The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-08-13

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 receive
! the difference between the compensa.
ion allowable under this Article and
he extra Compensation already re-
| .eived from such other state or nation,
r0vided, further, that persons who
nave received greater compensation
than the regular pay of the Army,
Navy, or Marine Corps and conimuta-
ton for quarters and subsistence,
shall not be entitled to receive com
pensation under this article unless
the amount Of the extra compensation
SO received is less than they would be
entitled 70 hereunder, in which event
they shall receive the difference be-
tween the compensation allowable
under this article and such extra COM
pensation. In case of the death of
any such person while in such service
an equal amount shall be paid to his
surviving widow, if not remarked the
time compensation is requested, or in
case he left no widow and left chill
dren, of in the event he left no widow
or children, then to his surviving par
ent or parents. Persons of the female
sex, or their surviving children or pa
rents, who are in all other respects
within the terms of this Article, shall
be entitled to compensation thereun-
der.
Section 2. The word person as
used in Section | of this Article, shall
not include persons who, during the
period Of their service, refused on con-
scientious, political or other grounds,
to subject themselves to full military
discipline or unqualified service, or
who while in such service, were sep
arated therefrom under circumstances
amounting to a dishonorable dis
charge and wha have not subsequent
" been officially restored to an honor
able status, and such person shall not
be entitled to the benefits Of this Ar
ticle.
Section 8. All disbursements re-
quired by this Article for eompensa-
ton shall be made upon the presenta-
ton Of certificate upon a form to
be prescribed by the State Auditor
which certificate shall be duly veri-
fled by the claimant under oath and
shall set forth the name, residence at
the time of entry into the service, date
of enlistment, induction or commits
sion, date of discharge or release from
active seevice, if the claimant is not
on active duty, a statement that the
claimant during the period for which
conversation is allowed did not refuse
to subject himself to full military dis
cipline and unqualified service and
that he has not been separated from
the service under circumstances
amounting to dishonorable dis
charge, and such further information
AS the State Auditor may require.
Such certificate shall be presented to
the State Auditor or his representative
together with an honorable discharge
Eor release from active service, or in
case Of its loss a properly authenti-
Gated record of service, or in the event
that claimant is still in the service a
properly authenticated record of all
active service performed by claimant,
or if same be presented by the widow,
child or parents Of q deceased veteran.
then with the proper evidence Of
death, together with properly au-
thenticated record Of service, and the
State Auditor shall endorse upon such
discharge or release or record of ac-
tive service to the claimant and shall
forthwith draw his warrant in the
name Of the claimant upon the Vet
rams Compensation Fund for an
amount equal to Ten Dollars $50. 00)
for each and every month of active
service, or major fraction thereof, sub
sequent to the sixth day of April,
Nineteen Hundred Seventeen, not ex-
ceeding however total Of Two Hun
bred Dollars ($200.00), and the State
Treasurer shall bay such warrants
from the Veterans Compensation
| Fund.
In cases where application for com
pensation is made by the widow, chill
dren or parents Of a deceased veteran
such person shall furnish the same in.
formation as though the application
We're made by the deceased veteran
and the State Auditor shall prepare
an appropriate form Of certificate tx
cover such cases. Compensation al
lowed to the children of deceased vet
ran, and the State Auditor shall pre-
pare an appropriate form of certifi
cate TO cover such cases. Compensa
| ton allowed to the children of de
ceased veterans shall be paid to thu
guardians of such children, which
guardian if appointed by the courts
Of this state, shall serve without com
pensation and in the discretion of tn
court without bond, and it shall be tn
4 duty Of every county attorney in thi
state to appear in the courts or rende
any other necessary legal assistanc
In behalf Of such children in so far a
the provisions of this Article are con
cerned, without compensation and n
public officer shall collect any fee
in any proceeding brought in behal
Of such children to secure compensa
ton under this Article.
The State Auditor is empowered t
, make such additional reasonable re
: luirements' from applicants as ar
{ necessary to prevent fraud or the pay
: ment Of compensation to persons nc
entitled thereto.
! nSection d The State Auditc
: shall furnish free of charge, upon al
4 plication therefore, the necessary for
! of certificate to all persons entitle
. thereto, and may establish at differel
: points within the State of Montar
t offices at which there shall be kel
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