Show go ahe rell ea 01 Sola lepS 09 Ps the Bol soldiers Sold lort diers and bailers bailors Bai lors civil ballet notly batly act recen recently aly passed by congress alms aims to protect soldiers lera and sailors from undue hardship due to their inability to bring or defend lawsuits and to attend to their business obligations ligat il ions or property rights during their absence in military service A k soldier or sailor way may owe oe monty money on ln a note or he ma have bought or ceased land or tools or furniture ou on chich an installment la Is yet due or tie ae may have mortgaged his hia home ind and be liable to foreclosure for nonpayment or he be may have started a homestead or raining mining claim and bo be unable to continue the necessary occupation cu Cla pation in the required period of I 1 lime ime or he may have carried life hie insurance nau ranco for several years and now be unable to keep up the premium payments or lie he may have a money claim against some one and during lila his ablie abenico neo the dapne of time lima may raise ft a legal bar against suing for it 11 when he returns or he may tie be sued on some claim in his absence and muy may be unable to defend the suit effectively while absent in these and other was he be muy may 11 uffer suffer undue hardship the object ul of this act la Is to give relief from such hardship tuo tua provisions of the act are too numerous to set forth accurately here enough to point out that its ita main MAID principle is as follows 1 lot let some one on behalf of the soldier or sailor bailor notify the court that the party concerned is a soldier or sailor then tha court will make prompt inquiries into the merits of the case it if the case merits it the court has power to stay the other party from further proceedings or to give other remedy that may be appropriate the court may also appoint an attorney to represent the soldier or sailor in the lawsuit 2 it if a lawsuit has been begun bedim already in some court against the soldier or sailor so go to that same earno court ant give giva the notice above mentioned it if no lawsuit has yet been begun but some landlord or other person is preparing to sell bell out or to take possession of property in which the soldier or sailor is interested go to the court in whose jurisdiction the property is notify the court as aa above and ask the court to summon the other party all such persons persona are forbidden by law to take property in that way without first applying to court for an order but some persons persona may inay attempt to take possession with out doing so in ignorance of the new law 3 it if the soldier or sailor had bad an insurance policy or a fraternal benefit membership before september 1 1917 and fears that he may not be able to keep up his big pay ments he be write writa to the war risk insurance bureau at washington and ask aak them for a form of application or ask his post poet adjutant at the camp the government on certain cartain conditions will guarantee the payment of the premiums so ao that the policy or membership will not be forfeited during the soldiers or tailors sailors absence he be will then have ll a year yair after his hia return in which to pay up and save his bis policy or membership this relief does not apply to all policies or memberships and details can not be given hero here but on filling out the application and sending it to the war risk insurance bureau it will be duly taken care of it it la Is the kind of insurance that Is protected by this act 4 copies of the act are being sent to about lawyers to all superior courts and to all local boards and the boards have been asked to hand a copy to the nearest est magistrate thus the courts ought to be already well informed as to the provisions of the new act nevertheless the copies furnished to the red cross officers and members will doubtless be needed tor for further circulation to lawyers arid and magistrates applicants or extra copies should be directed to the division offices of the red cross |