Section 1. — Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama,
That any resident citizen of this State on the first day of January,
1899, and who is a resident citizen at the time of filing his applica-
tion, who while in the military or naval service of this State, or the
Confederate States, lost a leg or arm, or the use thereof, or who
from wounds received while in such service, or who from sick-
ness or old age, or who is blind, or deranged or unable at the time
to make a living by physical labor, by reason of his permanent dis-
ability, and who did not desert the service of the Confederate States
or the State of Alabama, and who does not own property to the
value of four hundred dollars, and who has no children living with
him upon whom he can depend for support, and whose salary or
income does not exceed three hundred dollars per annum, shall
be entitled to the provisions of this act, as hereinafter provided,
and the widow of any soldier or sailor of this State or of the Con-
federate States, who has not married since the death of such sol-
dier or sailor, and whose husband did not desert the service of the
State or of the Confederate States and who was a resident citizen
of the State on the first day of January, 1899, and who is a resi-
dent citizen of the State at the time of filing her application, and
who does not own property to the value of four hundred dollars,
shall also be entitled to relief under the provisions of this act, as
hereinafter provided.
Section 12.— Be it further enacted, That the beneficiaries of this
act, shall be divided in four classes; as follows, soldiers or sail-
ors, who are totally blind, or who have lost two limbs, or the en-
tire use thereof, shall be class number one; those who have lost a
leg above the knee, or an arm above the elbow, shall be class
number two; those who have lost a foot or hand, or the entire use
thereof, shall be classed number three; and all others including
the widows shall be class number four. Each class shall participate
in the division of the pension fund in the proportion hereinafter
provided.
Section 16. — [As amended by Act approved March 5, 1901.] Be
it further enacted. That immediately after the first day of October
in each year the Auditor shall ascertain the amount of pension
fund subject to distribution for that year and pro rate the same
among all those who have been granted pensions in the ratio as
follows: To the first class, 60 cents; to the second class, 50 cents;
to the third class. 40 cents; and to the fourth class, 30 cents; pro-
vided, that in no one year shall the first class receive over sixty
dollars, the second class over fifty dollars, the third clas over forty,
nor the fourth class over thirty. Any amount remaining in the
fund after each class shall have received its maximum amount
shall be by the Auditor certified into the general fund of the State.