The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-11-28
Publish Text of
 Law on Pensions
Maximum Sum of $45 Per Month Allowed Women and $35 Month ly to Men-PeriOd Residence Es- tablished.

ta0lShed.
 Many inquiries have been re-
 eeiVed as to the exact phraseology of the pension law as amended by
 the last Territorial legislature and for tue benefit of those interested
 the law insofar as it relates to pensions is printed in full below:
 Article II
 Section g. Who entitled to al lowance. Any resident of Alaska who is a citizen of the United States and who has attained the age of sixty-fiye (65) years or, if a woman, the age of sixty (60) years, and who shall have resided in Alaska continuously since Janu- ary 1st, 1906 and is entitled to the free benefits of the Alaska Pio- neers' Home, may, in lieu of an ap- plication to be received and care for at such Home, make an ap- plication to the Board of Trustees of said Pioneers Home in the man her prescribed in this act for an allowance to he paid out Of money approprIato4 by the Territorial Legislature for this purpose, and thereupon said Board shall inyesti- gate the cause of such applicant, and 1t it finds that his or her case is worthy and that he or she is in actual need of such allowance, the said Board shall enroll him or her as a beneficiary under this act and issue certificate accordingly, which shall not be transferable or descendible, and in conformity herewith an allowance shall be- paid for his or her use, as provided in Sections 2 and II of this act, out of the appropriation for allow ances to aged pioneers; Provided, that if any person given an allow ance under the provisions of this act shall be admitted to the Alas ka Pioneers Home, any allowance granted hereunder shall be sus- pended during the time such per son shall be an inmate of the Home, and any inmate of the Home who is eligible to receive an allow ance under the provisions of this | act. may at any time make applica- ton for such allowance in lieu of | the support and maintenance pro- yided for him in such home. (Sec- ton 1, Chapter 65, 1925.)
 Section 10. Application for AL owance. Said Board of Trustees shall cause blank forms of applica- lions to be prepared and printed and shall distribute them in suf- 1icient quantities to the various Commissioners for the several pre- ,incts of Alaska. The application 5hall set forth the facts requisite to bring the applicant within the pro- visions of this Act, and shall state n detail the periods and causes of lis or her disability for gaining lis or her subsistence, and his or Ter resources and circumstances md those of his or her relatives eff lny) living in Alaska or elsewhere, lnd that applicant is dependent in )art upon an allowance from the Territory for a living and has no other sufficient means of support Said application shall be signed by he applicant, and witnesses. ac- and verified by his or Ter affidavit to the effect that the contained therein are rue. Said affidavit shall be sworn 0 before any notary or other per on authorized to administer an ,ath, and there shall be appended 0 the application a certificate by iuch authorized person, and sup ported by affidavits by two reput- lble persons resident within such precinct, to the effect that he or hey are personally acquainted with the applicant and believe that III the statements set forth in such application to be true. Any one who, in such affidavit knowingly makes a false statement, shall be guilty of perjury and shall be pros ecuted and punished accordingly Section 3, Chapter 46, 1923)
 Section II. Amount of Allowance. Method of Payment. Each allow tnce granted shall be of such amount, not exceeding Thirty-five