The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-08-21

warrant in the name of the claimant upon the
Veterans Compensation Fund for an amount
: equal to Ten Dollars $4,000 for each and
every month of active service, or major frac-
ton thereof, subsequent to the sixth day of
April, Nineteen Hundred Seventeen, not ex-
ceeding, however, a total of Two Hundred
Dollars (S200.00l, and the State Treasurer
shall pay such warrants from the Veterans
Compensation Fund.
In cases where application for compensation
is made by the widow, children or parents
of a deceased veteran, such person shall fur
nish the same information as though the ap-
plication were made by the deceased veteran,
and the State Auditor shall prepare an ap-
propriate form of certificate to cover such
cases. Compensation allowed to the children
Of deceased veterans shall be paid to the
guardians of such children, which guardian, if
appointed by the courts of this state, shall
serve without compensation and in the discre-
ton of the court without bond, and It snail
be the duty of every county attorney IN TINS
state to appear in the courts or render any
other necessary legal assistance IN oehalI OF
such children in so far as the provisions OF
this Article are concerned, without compen-
sation. and no public officer shall collect any
fees in any proceeding brought IN nenaI OF
such children to secure compensation under
this Article.
The State Auditor is empowered to make
such additional reasonable requirements from
applicants as are necessary to prevent fraud or
the payment of compensation to persons not
entitled thereto.
Section 4. The State Auditor shall fur
nish free of charge, upon application therefor,
the necessary form of certificate to all persons
entitled thereto, and may establish at different
points within the State of Montana offices
at which there shall be kept on file for the
use of persons covered by this Article a sur.
fcient number of forms of certificates so that
there may be no delay in the payment of this
compensation. The State Auditor may author
ize the county auditor, or county clerk, or both,
of any county of the state to act for him In
receiving applications under the provisions of
this Article, and shall furnish such person
with the proper certificates to enable him to
accept such application. The State Auditor
is hereby authorized and directed to procure
such printing and office supplies and equip
ment, and to employ such persons as may be
necessary in order to properly carry out the
provisions of this Article, and all expenses
incurred by him in the administration of
this Article be paid by warrants drawn upon
the Veterans Compensation Fund.
The Adjutant General shall advise with and
assist the State Auditor in the performance
of the duties of the Auditor under this Article.
Section 5. For the purpose of providing
means for the payment of compensation here
under and for paying the expenses of adj
ministration, the State Board of Examiners
of the State of Montana is hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to issue, from time to
time, as may be required for the purpose of
this Article, bonds of, and in the name OF,
JIG obob VI hN
of the sum of Four Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars (s4,5O0, 100000 in excess of
the constitutional limitation of Indebtedness OF
the State of Montana, and over and above
any bonded Indebtedness of said state here
tofore created or incurred for which said state
is now obligated. The bonds provided for in
this Article shall be issued in denomination
of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.O0) each,
and shall bear interest at a rate not exceed
ing five and one-half per cent (51@9o) per
annum, payable semi-annually on the hrst
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the office of the State Treasurer of the State
of Montana, or at some bank in a city outside
of the State of Montana designated by the
State Treasurer such bonds shall be dated
on the first day of January or the first day
of July and shall become due and payable
twenty 600 years from their date and be
at the option OF the State Board
of Examiners at any time after ten (lO)
years from their date at any interest paying
period. The bonds herein referred to shall
be in such form as may be prescribed by the
General and approved by the State
Board of Examiners and shall be signed by
the members of said board and issued
under the great seal of the State of Montana,
shall be registered in the office of the
State Treasurer. Said bonds shall have in
terest coupons attached thereto covering the
interest due semi-annually which coupons
shall be executed with facsimile signatures
of all the members of the State Board of
Examiners, and the signing of said coupons t
said facsimile signature shall be recog-
nized as sufficient execution of said coupons
on Dehalf OF the oCaLe Oh h1OnIdHd-
The bonds provided for in this Article shall
be disposed of by the State Board of Examiners
in such manner as they shall deem for the
interests of the State in carrying out
the provisions of this Article, provided, that
no bond shall be disposed of for less than its j
par value.
Bonds issued under the provisions of this G
Article shall be a legal investment for any 2
If the funds of the state. '
Section 6. The money arising from the {
of each issue of bonds shall be deposited i
in the State Treasury to the credit of a (;
special fund to be known as the Veterans /
Compensation Fund which shall be used for S
he payment of the compensation provided in S
his Article and for paying the expenses of q
he administration thereof. For the purpose 2
If carrying out the provisions of this Ar '
there is hereby appropriated from the I'll
Veterans Compensation Fund the sum of Four f
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars -
.S4,5 500, 5000 or so much thereof as may be v
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Section T.. All payments or allowances p
made under this Article shall be exempt from
I'll taxation and from levy and sale on ex- +
,cution. ~
section s. That there shall be levied an t
lually a tax not exceeding one mill on the t
lollar on all property in the State of Montana n
ubject to taxation, which said tax when col
ected by the County Treasurers of the coun- 7
les of the State of Montana shall be by them C
for and paid into the State Treas n
Try of the State of Montana and to be by -
he State Treasurer placed in and credited to !
fund to be known as the Veterans Com 0
,ensation Bond Retirement Fund and which tt
und shall be used exclusively for the pay p
nent of principal and interest accruing on said =
,onds. e
Section 8. No charge made by any agent,
rotary public or attorney for a service in s:
with obtaining the allowance as
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