Any widow of a Confederate veteran entitled to a pension under the provisions of the laws authorizing the payment of such pensions to Confederate widows, who may also be eligible for old age assistance under the terms of this chapter, shall be required to make application for assistance as provided in this chapter. Any assistance actually received by any such person under the terms of this chapter shall be deducted from the pension due such person under the provisions of said Confederate pension laws. Nothing herein contained, however, shall ever under any circumstances be construed or allowed to cause any said widow to receive less than she would but for the provisions of this chapter.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 4 - Public Assistance Generally.
Section 38-4-1 - Persons to Whom Public Assistance Payable.
Section 38-4-3 - Payments After Death.
Section 38-4-5 - Right of Persons Applying for or Receiving Public Assistance to Appeal.
Section 38-4-6 - Subpoena of Witnesses.
Section 38-4-9 - Hospitalization of Incapacitated Applicants and Recipients of Old Age Pensions.
Section 38-4-10 - Review by County Board of Findings and Awards of County Department.
Section 38-4-11 - Confederate Widows Eligible for Old Age Assistance.
Section 38-4-12.1 - Alabama Veterans' Assistance Fund.
Section 38-4-13 - State Public Welfare Trust Fund.
Section 38-4-14 - Limitations on Use of Public Assistance Benefits.