Pensions. A. 1896, p. 65. A. 1896, p. 65. A. 1896, p. 65. 65. furnish the various ordinaries with suitable blanks for use of claimants; to draw a warrant on the State treasurer to be signed by the Governor and countersigned by the Commissioner for the amounts which may be due on approved claims, and for which appropriations are made; to furnish to the clerks of the several superior courts by the first day of January of each year lists of the pensioners for such county, as provided by the Acts of October 19, 1891. § 6558. Annual Report.-The said Commissioner of Pensions shall on the first day of October of each year make to the Governor a written report showing under the several pension laws the wholɛ number of pensions, the number of claims allowed for the past year and the amounts paid, together with such other information pertaining to his office as the Governor may ask. § 6559. Records, etc., open to inspection.--All records, books, claims, or other matters connected with the office of said Commissioner of Pensions shall be kept open to inspection, and under the charge and direction of the Governor, and all rulings made by said Commissioner shall be subject to revision and change by the Gov ernor. $ 6560. Office, duration of.-This office shall continue for six years only, unless continued by further legislation. A. 1896, p. § 6561. Commissioner not act as Attorney.-The said Commissioner of Pensions shall not exercise the power of attorney to draw any pension. A. 1896, p. 67. § 6562. Crime to take fees.-[See Penal Code Sup., § 6690-91.] § 6563. Confederate widows.-The Act entitled "an Act to allow pensions to certain Confederate widows, and for other purposes," approved December 23, 1890, (See § 1263) shall be construed to cover and embrace not only such persons as were widows at the time said Act was approved, but such other persons as have or may hereafter become widows, provided all other requirements set out in said Act and the Act amendatory thereof shall be complied with. A. 1897, p. § 6564. Appropriations for 1898.-In addition to the sum heretofore appropriated by the Act of December 24, 1896, for the payment of pension of indigent soldiers the other and further sum of forty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for payment of said pensions for the year of 1898, aggregating and making a total of one hundred and ninety thousand dollars for said year. 15. A. 1898, p. 19. A. 1899, p. 11. § 6565. Pensions of 1898, unpaid. The sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, was appropriated to pay pensions for 1898 to such invalid pensioners or their widows who had been regularly enrolled in the Pension Office and who had previously drawn pensions, but who had failed to receive such pensions for want of funds to pay the same. § 6566. Appropriation for 1900.—In addition to the sum heretofore appropriated by the Act of December 22, 1898, for the payment of pensions to invalid soldiers, the other and further sum of two Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia. thousand and five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for payment of said invalid pensions for the year 1900, aggregating and making a total of one hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars for said year 1900. And in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated by said Act of December 22, 1898, for the payment of pensions to indigent soldiers, the other and further sum of thirty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for payment of said indigent pensions for the year 1900, aggregating and making a total of two hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars for said year 1900. CHAPTER IV. CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS' home of georgia. 86. § 6567. Conditions of gift of land; appropriation for.-WHEREAS, A. 1900, p. The trustees of said Home have tendered to the State one hundred and nineteen and one fourth acres of land and its appurtenances, situated near the city of Atlanta, known as part of the "Schultze place," fully described in a deed thereto from Emmy Vonder Hoya Schultze to the committee on location of said Home, recorded in book "13," page 398, records of deeds in the clerk's office of Fulton Superior Court, and afterwards conveyed to said Home, upon which is located a building designated as the Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia, which land and building have cost about the sum of fortyfive thousand dollars, and were paid for by contributions from citizens of Georgia and others, and said land has, since its purchase, largely increased in value, and continues so to increase, upon conditions that the Home shall be maintained by the State for the benefit of such ex-Confederate soldiers as may need the benefit thereof, for a period of twenty years, or for such period as the number of inmates or applicants may justify or require, in the discretion of the legislature. After the expiration of such term the entire property to belong to the State, in fee simple, to be used and disposed of as the General Assembly may deem best; therefore, said property so tendered is hereby accepted upon said conditions, and the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the year 1901, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the maintenance of said Home, including the furnishing of same, and such ex-Confederate soldiers as shall be entitled to the benefits thereof under the rules hereinafter prescribed; provided, however, that no part of the said $15,000.00 shall be expended as contemplated in said Act until forty bona fide applications for admission into said Home are filed and accepted by said board of trustees. 86. $6568. Board of Trustees; Appointment; Duties; Report of.. 1900, p. There shall be a board of trustees appointed by the Governor, consisting of eleven members, one from each congressional district, who A. 1900, p. 86. A. 1900, p 86. A. 1900, p. 86. Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia. shal! serve without compensation for the term of five years, whose duty it shall be to have charge of said institution and provide all necessary rules and regulations for the government thereof and for the admission therein; to exercise all other powers incident to the same not conflicting with the law and requirements of this Act; to appoint a superintendent thereof at a salary not to exceed five hundred dollars per annum, treasurer, steward and such other assistants or employees as be necessary to the efficient administration of the institution; prescribe their duties, fix their compensation and remove said incumbent from office when, from any cause, the good of the institution may require it; to hold in trust for said institution any devise or bequest of property of any kind, or money, for its general use or any particular use designated; to visit the institution as often as may be necessary, and on the first day of October of each year to make to the Governor, to be by him laid before the General Assembly, a complete report of the condition of the same in all its departments. Said trustees shall present to the Governor at least ten days before the annual meeting of the General Assembly an exact estimate of the amount of money required for the support of said Home for the succeeding year. § 6569. Treasurer; Duties; Bond of.-The treasurer shall give bond and security in the sum of five thousand dollars; shall make quarterly applications for funds from the treasury for the support of the institution and accompany the same with an itemized account of his expenditures for the preceding quarter, with duplicate vouchers for the sum disbursed by him, and the Governor shall draw his warrant for the sum required. $6570. Beneficiaries of Home.--Ex-Confederate soldiers who are residents of the State of Georgia, and have resided in the State of Georgia five years prior to this Act and honorably discharged from the Confederate service, and who are unable by age, infirmity or poverty to maintain themselves, may be admitted to said Home and receive its benefits under the regulations prescribed by the board of trustees as herein provided, and shall be furnished with food, lodging, necessary clothing, medicine and medical attendance and shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the superintendent, with the sanction of the trustees, and in case of death shall have decent burial. $ 6571. Pensions abate while inmate of Home.-No soldier who accepts the benefits of the Home provided for in this Act shall at the same time draw any pension under the laws of this State, but his becoming an inmate of said Home shall be in lieu of his pension; provided, those who are now, or hereafter may be, drawing a pension from this State shall be given the preference in the selection of inmates in said institution by the authorities thereof; provided, no soldier shall be admitted the same year he receives from the State a pension. Agriculture, Horticulture and Pomology-Fertilizers. 86. § 6572. Admission of applicants.-Those admitted into the Home a. 1900, p. provided by this Act shall be from the several counties of the State of Georgia, according to their population, in the event the number of applicants are more than can be accommodated. TITLE XXII. AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND POMOLOGY. Chap. I. Fertilizers. Chap. II. Bonded Public Warehouses. Chap. III. Mortgages on Crops. Chap. IV. Horticulture and Pomology. CHAPTER I. FERTILIZERS. 143. 99. $5573 (1568). Accounting for money received from inspectors. A. 1891, p. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to keep a correct account of all money received from the inspection of fertilizers, and to pay the same into the treasury after paying out of said sum the expenses and salaries of inspectors, and for the tags and bottles used in making such inspections, [and all materials used for A. 1898, p. making such inspections, and the materials used in recording same and postage for sending out the bulletins pertaining to the fertilizers : provided, this expense of said materials for making inspections, and records of said inspections and for postage in sending out bulletins of said fertilizers (not already included in the law pertaining to fertilizers) shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars per annum.] 115. 100. 86574. Branded how.-It shall be unlawful to sell any [com- A. 1897, p. mercial] fertilizers in this State unless the grade of same is branded A. 1898, p. upon each sack or package thereof in letters not less than one inch: [provided, that this Act shall not be construed as applying to cotton A. 1898, p. seed meal and German kainit and muriate of potash]. 100. 115. $6575. Graded how.-The grades of such fertilizers shall be di- A. 1897, p. vided into three, to wit: "High grade," which shall contain not less than fourteen per cent. of plant food; "Standard grade,” which shall contain not less than twelve per cent. of plant food, and "Low grade," which shall contain not less than ten per cent. of plant food; provided, this Act shall not go into effect until after the first day of August, 1898. 115. $6576. Penalty in case of failure.-A failure to comply with the A. 1897, p. requirements of this Act shall subject the seller thereof to all the pains and penalties now of force for failure to have fertilizers properly inspected. Bonded Public Warehouses. A. 1899, p. 84. A. 1899, p. 84. A. 1899, p. 84. A. 1899, p. 84. A. 1899, p. 84. CHAPTER II. BONDED PUBLIC WAREHOUSES. $6577. Any person engaged in the business of a warehouseman, or any corporation organized under the laws of this State, and whose charter authorizes them to engage in the business of a warehouseman within this State, may, if they so desire, become a bonded publie warehouseman, and authorized to keep and maintain bonded public warehouses for the storage of cotton and other goods, wares and merchandise as hereinafter prescribed, upon their giving the bond hereinafter required. 6578. Bond to be given.-Every person or corporation desiring to become a bonded public warehouseman under the authority granted by the preceding section shall give bond to an amount based on the estimated value said warehouseman will provide storage for. Said bond shall be made payable to the clerk of the superior court of the county wherein such bonded public warehouse is situated, and be conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties and liabilities as a bonded public warehouseman under the provisions of this act. The surety or sureties upon said bond shall be some one or more of the guarantee, surety, fidelity insurance, or fidelity and deposit companies, which are described in section first of an Act entitled "An Act to authorize solvent guarantee companies, surety companies, fidelity insurance companies, and fidelity and deposit companies to become surety upon attachment bonds, and upon the bonds of city, county and State officers, and providing remedies against such bonds, and for other purposes," approved December 24th, 1896 (§6620, post); all of the provisions of said Act being hereby made applicable to the purposes and provisions of this Act, so far as the same are pertinent or applicable hereto; and it shall be the duty of said clerk of the superior court to fix the amount of said bond, and to approve the surety or sureties thereon. 6579. Liability of principal and sureties.-Whenever such bonded public warehouseman fails to perform his duty as such, or violates any of the provisions of this Act, any person injured by such failure or violation may bring his action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the principal and sureties upon the bond of said warehouseman. § 6580. Insurance of stored property.-Every such bonded public warehouseman shall cause to be insured for the benefit of whom it may concern, unless requested not to insure by the owner, all property placed in storage with him in his said bonded public warehouse, such insurance to be so taken out as to cover and protect said property from the time it is so stored with him. $6581. Receipts of warehouseman.-Every such warehouseman shall, except as hereinafter provided, give to each person depositing |