The Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources, by correspondence with the Department of Defense in Washington, or investigation of the Confederate records on file in the state or elsewhere, shall obtain all necessary information to make the permanent pension roll complete, authentic and permanent as contemplated by this chapter, and the entering of names of pensioners on the permanent pension roll and the cancellation of names struck from the roll by reason of death or other legal cause, shall be under the supervision and direction of the commissioner, who shall, when any application is made for a pension, submit to the Department of Defense the facts of service set forth in such application for verification thereof, and the result of such inquiry shall be submitted by him, with the application of the pensioner, to the State Board of Human Resources. No application for a pension shall be finally denied, whether witness proof of the facts set forth therein as required by law is made or not, until such report has been obtained and submitted. The commissioner shall compare the pension warrants issued with payments made by the Treasurer, and examine the same as to their rightful delivery and payment, and he may request assistant examiners of accounts, in their assignments to any county, to make careful investigation of the pension roll of such county and the actual delivery and receipt of pensions, and under his direction there shall be prepared at the end of each month a list of all outstanding unpaid pension warrants, by number and name, and a report thereof shall be filed with the State Department of Human Resources.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.
Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.
Section 31-8-2 - Persons Entitled to Pension.
Section 31-8-3 - Entitlement of Remarried Widows.
Section 31-8-4 - Certain Persons Not to Be Placed on Pension Roll.
Section 31-8-5 - Forms, etc., for Use by Applicants.
Section 31-8-7 - Application for Placement on Pension Roll.
Section 31-8-8 - Certificates to Accompany Application.
Section 31-8-9 - Proof of Service of Husband.
Section 31-8-11 - Disposition of Rejected Applications.
Section 31-8-12 - Reapplication.
Section 31-8-14 - Application for Reinstatement to Pension Roll.
Section 31-8-15 - Restoration of Pensioner Dropped From Roll Through Error, Etc.
Section 31-8-17 - Proceedings as to Pensions Secured by Misrepresentation.
Section 31-8-18 - Proceedings as to Persons Placed on Pension Roll Through Fraud, Etc.
Section 31-8-19 - Amount of Pension; Appropriation.
Section 31-8-20 - Payment of Pensions - Generally.
Section 31-8-23 - Payment of Pensions - When Proof of Identity of Payee Required.
Section 31-8-25 - Transfer or Discount of Pension Claims or Warrants.
Section 31-8-24 - Disposition of Pension After Death of Pensioner.
Section 31-8-26 - Unauthorized Purchase or Receipt of Transfer of Pension Claim or Warrant.
Section 31-8-28 - Annual Publication of County Pension List.
Section 31-8-29 - Grand Jury Investigations of County Pension List; Report.
Section 31-8-30 - Permanent State Record of Pensioners.
Section 31-8-31 - Maintenance of Permanent State Pension Roll; Verification of Applications, Etc.
Section 31-8-32 - Report on Operation of State Pension Law.
Section 31-8-33 - Penalty for Violation of Laws Pertaining to Confederate Pensions.