The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-10-10

! OLD ACE PENSION PLAN LAW
To BE VOTED ON IN NOVEMBER

The full text of the Minnesota Old
Age Pension Law which will be sub
mitted to the voters at the coming
election in ST. Louis County is printed
in full at this time in order to give
all an opportunity of carefully study
ing the measure and thus enabling
the voter to ascertain it's desirability
or undesirability in time to cast his
ballot for or against it.
The act as passed by the legislature
Of 1929 allowing the counties of the
state to submit the question To the
voters contains many clauses which
should be carefully looked into. The
act is as follows:
CHAPTER A. S. F. No. 102
AN ACT relating to old age pensions
and providing penalties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l.. Any county in this state
is hereby authorized to establish a
system of old age pensions. Before SO
doing the proposition of the establish
ment of such a system shall be duly
submitted to the legal voters of the
county at the ensuing general election
to be held therein, and if a majority
of the legal voters voting at such
election shall vote in favor of the
establishment of such a system then
it shall be established in said county
PURSUANT to the conditions of this act.
A resolution submitting such PROPOSE
ton to the legal voters of the county
must be duly adopted by the county
board by majority vote thereof be-
fore such proposition shall be so sub
mitted. After having operated under
such system for one year or more any
county may abandon such system by
a majority vote of the county board
voting in favor of the abandonment.
Sec 2. Any person while residing in
a county, which maintains a system of
old age pensions, who shall comply
with these provisions, shall be entitled
to a pension. The amount of such
pension shall be fixed with due regard
to the conditions in each case, but in
no case shall it be an amount, which,
when added to the income of the ap-
plicant, including income from pro-
perty, as computed under the terms
of this act, shall exceed a total of one
dollar a day.
Sec. 3. An old age pension may be
granted to an applicant who:
Cd Has attained the age of seventy
years or upwards.
90 Has been a citizen of the United
States for at least fifteen years before
making application for pension.
90 Has resided in the state and
county in which he makes application.
(a) Continuouslyffor at least fifteen
years Immediately preceding the date
of application, but. continuous resi-
dence in the state and county shall not
be deemed to have been interrupted
by periods of absence therefrom if the
total of such periods does not exceed
three years, or,
CD Forty years. at least five of
which have Immediately preceded the
application:
Co Provided, that absence in the
service of the state of Minnesota or OF
the United States shall not be deemed
to interrupt residence in the state or
county if domicile be not acquired
outside the state or county.
(4 Is not at the date of making
application an inmate of any prison,
Jail, workhouse, infirmary, insane asy-
lum, or any other public correctional
institution;
60 During the period of ten years
Immediately preceding such date has
not been imprisoned for felony;
co If a husband, has not without
just cause, failed eto support his wife
and children under the age of fifteen
years for six months or more during
the fifteen years preceding the date OF
the application;
Cd Has not within one year pre-
ceding such application, been habit
ual tramp or beggar;
90 Has no child or other response
BILE person under the law of this state
liable for his support or able to sup
port him.
Sec. f. No old age pension shall be
granted or paid to a person:
Cd While or during the time he is
an inmate of or receives the necessities
of life from any charitable institution