Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN IfonorabloGeorge H. Sheppard Comptroller of Public &ccounta us tin, Tex*a (.I~:.>:. ::,,:l y 1s a Contefl- ::. ! I ; ytmd quost1on# that he +u at:th8t m$ n; ENSrir8t V~O died 80m8 tiae~ in 191r e& 1919; end he reiaarrlod in 1919, and BQI- t&ueU to ltre rt,tbbJ.0vir6 ug to s&me time in 1937, when ehe died. ‘*It 8eem cleer tc me, iron t&o faeta whiah tea be 6buMently oezllfied,tht he wee entitle6 -to $50.00 psr raorrthfkoa the flee hlr psnalon sturtrd to October 1937, when hia thea uiie died, but dw to the error &?oreaald he only received $25.00per month for this period of nmly tlve yewr. me. . ... articlea 6205, 6208, 6215 mad 6221 of Veroon*uAIL- no%ated Civil SWtukr a8 they lx l8teQ Srorn 1932 to 1937, the dtttesthe clloipuat under ooruiberation e88ert8 hi8 cleia for p8t Confedsrste psn8loa, inrehr a8 psrtinsnt to our Que8- t&on, %a part road rerpwtltely a8 follour: "To rhom Qramt(la.-- out OS the psn8loufuRa to be Croetod end uintaUod tmder the pmwl8i0nr 0r 4ia0le 6204, a~8 - than amll bs pald 0ath8 rirrttay 0r rchdrador wrs~ha naioa latheemoumt8 pr?oridrd for io, AFt10le 62a r to ovary Ooufoderet8 roldler or rl.ltw w-0 epplicu- tlw has herutofwe boea qrproved, end et80 those who duy to 9exm prier to January1, 1928, and uhti~ applleatloa 8hel.l -tar be approved, . .. “kmpurrt lOQ EtoQulromut*. -- Pw8ou entitled toe peasiaaumdw tU*tlt&~ohrSXrke lgptioe- t1osrrar aam AuLalt*aad UMW errtatetha oountf J* oi hi8 or h&awptf. buoh lpplioa- tiou shan Illat the Rue& ago, roalaaM0 or the lppliioant, aed oawpation, it cay, and evorf-feat a 8o 88s to a oatitlo ry e hloppllaansto the-pon+en. IItb lppllaent 18 awhe solAim Q aUlor8ir pre8aribe-d Welo, ho shell Etato ln hlr qpliti- 6100 the eompsuyaml roglwuG ln uhlah ho V18~UI- Uated~ lihr Lawe4 laeaox'~rcrtiontr tbs protoalou or tia hootlor a lmt Ipaun r*ldera or Jtoaieau mrama6r8*, ho m E OUI au4 ldoritl~ 8uuh org8nUatlen; if he varo aa offidosuuml8- lloned.bythe.Pro8ide~t tM the BpedrrJto States or by the Oo*emor .ak#.othw prop@ 4UthOrStY of thla StMa,in the q, aWy, mllitti O@ fPont%Or orgmiaatlon,he shall ateto the data of hlr mm- mlealoaand hia ranL tberela)and if daWlled dl- rectla under the pool810nr ot tho 00n80aipt Zau Honorable George ii.ShOppBFd, &Mb883 _ for duty in the armerie or 8hopa of the Confed- erate government or HOP my othor labor aoaeaaary for the rinteauta8 of the army la tho riela, or ith elr vedlu the Coafeder&teMvy, he ahrll aueo &ho time of ser*loe in mah wae. 8ach ep- pii0~ 8i~u f~?Pai#hths WmJROIU Of at -St 0110 oredibti VitMSS UhO ~SOB811~ kWV8 t&t he lD- 118tod in th8 nrVlO0 Md &WfOrpCrd the dUtie8 aa olaS+dby him. xt he oarroot 808UXU the testlaony of 8wh W1tlU88, he Uy fur&l882dWqm8ntS or other WfdMO0 Of hi8 88FVi~O. hwl446, tbtuhwe the appllean% m8 born @rlor to l&l, he my We his POO? by S&iuttiCkg t0 CbO OOUU~Y judge +O ttffl- dw%t stating hi8 n8me, age, residence 8nd oooupa- tlon, If mJ togethervlth every faet,noae8u*y to entitle hss to e po~um. woh Mfmwit, rben lmatod,JirllbeLci ompaaba bre rvomMiem- W ‘Of 8t ~1MSt bV0 P2 Gndlk@bk ll&-SWR Wh(P ~hw. known lam qqal cd ‘f&r a po~lcid of aot ~88 th*n toa (u)) 7eWS~ Md vh0 tie ti ILOWeI robto& to W UtOroltod 10 tk fi.UMiMl Wlf@Y* Of au& q @ lo sut, a a dth e th o la l wo dlteb lo poreon, a u4 : th e %i& y b q llq o .,.th ‘..._ r tet#y a a q *ntltllu& h lu to i a p M 81 06M 6oYYMb eua tmo . of iho mouey qprqwirted for that-puPpaw-u 8m0a by al. (I . . c .. ‘Ou li&eflrt~t~&~of owhealmder m&h Qmptrollor8hallpaf Sewa& Iroried Vo~eMaubo 18 living vlth hi8 utfe e pellBloa or rirty 40lZulr (&4l)psr.mouth for a8 l#$ +8 they bath la*7live, end cftrr the death &~eiIihrO'puty, t&n the 88Ld vetgnwau or hi8 wiaa 8tlU”~lrlAg Still only &Y&V &n rmount equal to other vitw~aa aP the&r U1dOUS. To e&oh veteran wm UaaracrWI or 8 wldouoz w ttia.dor Boacimblo Georg:s Ii. Shepp6r4, ‘page 4 _ Who 18 & M isg l PMSiOlh Op llho80 l ~iM titXtS8~ be horeaftor +ppsoTea 6h8llbo paid th0 SU8 of tummy-five dOllar8 (4125) per month for ouch yoe~, cad the reml.nder of 8614 p668loa fum¶ (afterbe- &mburrlrtgth6 g~~dr+reTeau~ fund for as~:th0~t0f~0 e6t0 taQ p0a0m b8 OQUuJ ~0~k~ WhOfAgai1 Of Uid pOQ8lWJP8 uhooe alalmoto penoloaohave been ort8bllohe&red fllod. ~11 p8n8lQns rh6l.lbe&a on the first ilar of the oalendarmouth Sollovingthe appwval of the eppllwMslon." It apprare from the80 artlelsr that before e persun W lIttitiOd to b6gin rOQeiViag a cOnfOdOd88 &30atbiM, h0 We8 ZWqUipSd80 make +A appliO48lw thOrS?Or io aOOOrdBM8 with 8ezd 8t6tUt68. SUOhe 6O~i~8iolli8~08chedf%3@th6~ of that Blat ol! *id Artlolo 6m5 8hleh 6UtbWir.S p&-t oat or t r frrrrdl ‘to OVO,J CMfutO #OldiOP OW i*Frol? rbo80 ~~erene~llerttoa~d~ae~~~ theeppl%- Ourt StmOd ra~lwag emp0a6loa fa acoMe 4th Art&620 &21r Inothor *-do, en lppllamitueo wqulsed to file hlr lpplioetuoaWhevo oomo appMvod beforeho bogem to xwolre l.ma tth 8lmor f, tma o y. w8 bOuSV6 tbr8 it 64th WOqavQuel- lyba steto~fnatbovor@l~.of the &bon sWtatos8a@Saia lb8ORaeOf 4ff~tiVO l8 to Iho Qontwary*that elthou@ * coafobrate *otoun vo boen ontltlo4l to * ponoton JWOViOM t0 tb tiB0 h0 M hi8 6&lOetiOl2, h0 Wu O&@ lU- thori to reooite 8uoh pso8166 fmm th8 t5&0 hi0 6gpli66tlot\ wu ~~~~0aurd~tf~~~t~~priat~~to. +I- the um lzluof reaoadagve a0 uot bollevol porooa aoa amend hir eppliaetiou et l Ut*r date ur4 thtu rwolvo brcrk.p*3mkktr beoed upeathis emon&edlppllartfea. To hold otherwirein the abaomo Eli 8 O&t10 logls- uou]Ldl*rd to %ho pO8Pibi E”lb? of OFWt- lrtionto that Cpffeat umintrho Cwifo6t.oratesm8laao~tmb She8evhe f@r s~ponoloabut v&o Yom terdy or faihd 80 .dO SO. OOUkd ,Ouir &qHCNLtOf th0 pM#JiOn @hey V0a.d bria rooolVodlf tho properappllomtlon at thb propor tiwr had hoen tgader Ia -06, the entire pon8iOIl ByatOm &#Uld be thS”0W.tiRt0 G%O8. *wa 00 the foregoing, we feel oon8tr8i.nedto ma- 8lf.ZfoUr pUrStbM& b th0 AlO@btiVO. Yours very truly Bobart 0. Ko& ~SSiStWlt