Show commissioners OLD AGE TENSION PENSION LAW decision ot of the board of county commissioners to continue its relief measure to indi indigents gents under the old law rather than under the provisions ot of the old age pension law which was enacted by the last legislature was reached at the meeting ot of the board on oil monday ot of this week because ot of the numerous numer numerous oui inquiries ies regarding the new law however the board has asked that a section ot of it be published and that their attitude toward it be given publicity the following is therefore given section 2 tits the board of county commissioners s shall have the power to grant a monthly pension in such amount as the board may determine not to exceed twenty five dollars per month to be paid out of the county treasury to any person having attained the age ot of sixty five years and is incapacitated to gain a la is and for five years immediately preceding his application has teen an actual bona tide fide rest dent ot of the county providing the applicant shall establish to the catl faction of the board that he posses sea bea the qualifications prescribed in next sections other provisions are as follows applications to be made on blank to be furnished by the county audi tor applicant must be a citizen of the U S and a resident of utah to 15 years past pasi has not been convicted ot of felony during the last ten years has not deserted family has not been a vagrant tor for year last past has not had an income exceeding tor for year last past has not sufficient property tor for maintenance vias aas not deprived aimse himself if of any pro perty in order to quality qualify ro tor said pension responsible who Is 11 haa no relative able to support him or her the provision ot of this law are very little different from the law asder which the county consults have been operating tor for the relief ot of indigent persons the main differ different enoe being khat twenty julve dollars has been set as IL a maximum monthly allowance to any one person other provisions 0 ot f the old age strict than the pension lw are more ore law under which iron county has ae a operated budh as qualifications slid and tina noial conditions to residence after carefully con considering si dering the provisions ot of the new law the commissioners decided to continue to ners under tho the old law and on operate they have adminta the sam same a plan as relief to indigents Indi gents the CO county anty clerk was instructed to inform all applicants applicant a tor for help age pension law under the old in as much as the decision this of makes it c optional with law new them thein whether they 0 operate under one law or the other |