The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-30

1 tlllC y AAAo ~ y IN
commission or service, was a bona
fide resident Of the State of oMntana
the sum of Ten Dollars ($1O.OO) FOL
each month or major fraction thereo.
that such person was In active ser
vice during said war, whether he
fore or after November II, 1918, mo-
to exceed, however, a total sum oil
1.-TWO Hundred Dollars ($20O.OO)
provided, that persons who have re-
ceived extra compensation from any
other state, or nation other than toe
United States for such active service
shall not be entitled to compensation
under this Article unless the amount
of compensation so received Is less
than they would be entitled to here
under, in which event they shall re-
ceive the difference between the COM
pensation allowable under this Arti-
Gle and the extra compensation al
ready received from the state or ma
ton, provided, further, tht persons
who have received greater com
pensation than the regular pay
of the Army, Navy, or Marine
Corps and communication for quar-
tiers and subsistence, shall not
be entitled to receive compensation
under this article unless the amount
of the extra compensation so re-
ceived is less than they would be Gu
titled to hereunder in which event
they shall receive the difference be-
tween the compensation allowable
under this article and such extra
compensation. In case of the death
of any such person while in such sar-
vice an equal amount shall be paid
to his surviving widow, if not re-
married the time compensationis re-
quested, or in case he left no widow
and left children, then to his sur
viving children, or in the event he
left no widow or children, then to
his surviving parent or parents.
Persons of the female sex, or ttt'r
surviving children or parents, WHO
are in all other respects within the
terms of this Article, shall be entitled
to compensation Hereunder.
Section 2. The word person as
used in Section 1 of this Article,
shall not include persons who, during
the period of their service, refused
on conscientious, political or other
grounds, to subject themselves to full
military discipline or unqualified SIR
vice, or who, while in such service,
were separated therefrom under cir
~cumstances amounting to a dishono--
able discharge and who have not sub
s%equently been officially restored to
an honorable status, and such per-
son shall not be entitled to the
benefits of this Article.
Section 3. All disbursements re-
CURED by this Article for compensa-
ton shall be made upon the pre-
.sentation of a certificate upon a form,
to be prescribed by the tSate Auditor.
which certificate shall be duly veri-
fled by the claimant under oath and
shall set forth the name, reside noe
at the time of entry into the service
date of enlistment, induction or COM
mission, date of discharge or release
from active service, if the claimant
is not On active duty, a statement
that the claimant during the period
for which compensation is allowed
did not refuse to subject himself to
full military discipline and unquali-
fled service and that he has not been
separated from the service under cir
cumstances amounting to a dishonor-
able discharge, and such further in
as the State Auditor may
Such certificate shall lie
presented to the State Auditor or his
representative together with an
honorable discharge or release from
service, or in case of it's loss
properly authenticated record Of
service, or in the event that claim
mt is still in the service a properly
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performed by claimant, or ii
he same be presented by the widow,
.hild or parents of a deceased vet
ran, then with the proper evidence
# death, together with a properly
authenticated record of service, and
he State Auditor shall endorse up
m such discharge, release or record
# active service the fact that it was
the basis of the application,
shall return such discharge or
'elease or record of active service
O the claimant and shall forthwith
RAW his warrant in the name of the
claimant upon the Veterans Com
,ensation Fund for an amount equal
O Ten Dollars ~($10.00) for each and
very month of active service, or
major fraction thereof, subsequent to
he sixth day of April, Nineteen
hundred Seventeen, not exceeding
lowever a total of Two Hundred Dol-
ars ~($2O0.0O), and the State Treas
Irer shall pay such warrants from
Veterans Compensation Fund.
In cases where application for
compensation is made by the widow.
hildren or parents of a deceased
eteran, such person shall furnish
same information as though the
%pplication were made by the de-
eased veteran, and the State Auditor
hall prepare an appropriate form
f certificate to cover such cases.
Compensation allowed to the child
of deceased veterans shall be
aid to the guardians of such child
en-, which guardian if appointed by
courts of this state, shall serve
yithout compensation and in the dis
retion of the court without bond,
nd it shall be the duty of every
ounty attorney in this state to ap-
ear in the courts or render any
Their necessary legal assistance in be-
aIf of such children in so far as the
rovisions of this Article are con-
orned. without compensation and 10 |