or mother residing at the home shall be included among and considered as a legal heir for the purpose of this section.

The personal property and effects of deceased members of the Colorado soldiers' and sailors' home shall be held by the commandant of said home, subject to the claim of the heirs of such deceased members. After holding such unclaimed property and effects for the period of six months, said property and effects shall be sold, and the proceeds of such sale shall be held by said commandant for the period of twelve months, and if still unclaimed by the legal heirs of the deceased member, the said proceeds of such sale shall be placed to the credit of the general fund of said home.

Source: L. 17, p. 465, § 1; C. L. § 707; CSA, C. 150, § 16; L. 53, p. 570, § 4.

General. This section has no application where a judicial administration of the estate of a deceased member is necessary, and money unclaimed at the time of final settlement of the estate should be disposed of as provided in CRS 152-14-14. (Case decided prior to 1953 act.) Estate of McManis Danks v. Herriman (1934) 94 C. 546, 31 P. 2d 912. 143-1-15. Burial of deceased veterans.-Any veteran who served honorably in any branch of the military forces of the United States, while engaged in any war of the United States and who at the time of his death was a resident of this state, shall be eligible for burial and interment at the home. Cost of preparing grave and erection of marker shall be paid from the appropriation made to the home.

Source: L. 53, p. 571, § 7.

143-1-16. Burial of wives and mothers.-Burial shall be provided in the cemetery of the home for any wife, widow or mother of an honorably discharged veteran of any branch of the military forces of the United States who was engaged in any of its wars, where such wife, widow or mother at the time of her death was a member of the home. All expenses incident to the burial at the home of a person defined in this section shall be paid from the estate of the decedent, except that if there is no estate or the estate is insufficient, the expense of burial, or necessary part thereof, shall be paid from the appropriation made to the home. Source: L. 53, p. 571, § 8.

143-1-17. Donations for home-title.-The board shall have the right, on behalf of the state, to accept donations of land or money, or other property or valuables. All titles to lands, and all improvements thereon, shall be vested in the state, and the title deeds thereto, and all insurance policies, certificates of water rights and other evidences of ownership to the lands, or improvements of said home, shall be deposited with the secretary of state for the use of the board of commissioners.

Source: L. 95, p. 107, § 12; R. S. 08, § 6045; C. L. § 703; CSA, C. 150, § 12.

143-1-18. Acquisition of land-title.-The board shall have power to acquire by gift, purchase, lease or condemnation, lands necessary for the purposes of the home with power to lease or sublet the same. Title thereto shall be taken in the name of the state of Colorado and shall be held by and for the uses and purposes of said home so long as used for the present objects and purposes thereof. No payment shall be made out of the state treasury or otherwise for any such land until the title has been examined and approved by the attorney general. Every such deed of conveyance shall be immediately recorded in the office of the proper register of deeds and thereafter filed with the secretary of state.

Source: L. 53, p. 571, § 9.

143-1-19. Plans for building.-The board of commissioners of the soldiers' and and sailors' home at Monte Vista, is hereby authorized and directed to have prepared plans for a building or buildings to be constructed on the grounds of the soldiers' and sailors' home situate at Monte Vista, Colorado, and upon approval of said plans by the board, to begin the construction of said building or buildings. Source: L. 47, p. 794, § 1; Not in CSA.

143-1-20. Construction of buildings.-The building or buildings shall be constructed by the board of commissioners, in conformity with the plan for public works within the state of Colorado prepared and published by the state planning commission, and shall be and remain under its management and control in the same manner that said board now maintains and controls the buildings of the soldiers' and sailors' home at Monte Vista.

Source: L. 47, p. 794, § 2; Not in CSA.

143-1-21. Purpose of buildings.-The building or buildings, when completed, shall be used only for purposes of the soldiers' and sailors' home at Monte Vista. Source: L. 47, p. 794, § 3; Not in CSA.

143-1-22. Tax levied and assessed.-There shall be levied and assessed upon all taxable property within this state, both real and personal, in the years 1947 and 1948, in addition to all other levies for the soldiers' and sailors' home at Monte Vista, a tax of seventy-two hundred-thousandths mill on each and every dollar of assessed valuation, and there shall be levied and assessed upon all taxable property within this state, both real and personal, in the years 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956, in addition to all other levies for the soldiers' and sailors' home at Monte Vista, a tax of seven hundred twenty-five hundred-thousandths mill on each and every dollar of assessed valuation. The taxes shall be assessed and collected in the same manner and at the same time as is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the assessment and collection of other revenues, and when so collected shall be paid by the state treasurer to the credit of the appropriation hereby made. The entire funds and moneys derived from such levy each year, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to the board of commissioners of the soldiers' and sailors' home at Monte Vista, for the purpose of carryng out the provisions of sections 143-1-19 and 143-1-20 and the equipping and furnishing of said building or buildings, and for the remodeling of, addition to and improvement of existing buildings and utilities of the said soldiers' and sailors' home at Monte Vista.

Source: L. 47, p. 794, § 4; Not in CSA.

143-1-23. Anticipation warrants.-The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to issue anticipation warrants in payment of all expenditures made from the tax levied in section 143-1-22 by the board of commissioners of the soldiers' and sailors' home under authority of sections 143-1-19 to 143-1-23, upon presentation of vouchers certified by said board of commissioners, provided that the state planning commission shall first have certified to him, in writing, its opinion that the building or other improvement proposed is included in the provisions of sections 143-1-19 to 143-1-23 and constitutes a need of such emergent importance that the issuance of such anticipation warrants is justified. The anticipation warrants shall be payable out of moneys hereby appropriated and shall bear interest at not to exceed three per cent per annum from date of presentation until paid; but in no event shall the total amount of said warrants exceed eighty per cent of the amount hereby appropriated. The faith and credit of the state is hereby pledged for the payment of principal and interest on said anticipation warrants.

Source: L. 47, p. 795, § 5; Not in CSA.

VETERANS' HOMES CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, 1949, §§ 2925-2930, 2935-2939

CHAPTER 133

VETERANS

PART I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 2925. Definitions.-Terms used in this part shall be construed as follows, unless another meaning is expressed or is clearly apparent from the language or context or unless such construction is inconsistent with the manifest intention of the general assembly. "Home" shall mean the veterans' home and hospital maintained by the state. "Hospital" shall mean any incorporated hospital or tuberculosis sanitorium in the state. "Veteran" shall mean any resident of this state who is an honorably discharged person, who served in or with the military or naval forces of the United States in time of war, who served in or with the military or naval forces of the United States in any campaign or expedition recognized as such by the war or navy department or who served in or with the forces of any government associated with the United States in either world war I or world war II, provided, when the word "veteran" shall be used with reference to persons who served in world war I, it shall mean any person who served at any time between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, inclusive, and any person who served with the United States military forces in Russia at any time between April 6, 1917, and April 1, 1920, inclusive, and provided, for the purposes

of this part, service in the Spanish-American war shall be construed to mean service between April 21, 1898, and July 4, 1902, inclusive, and actual participation in hostilities in the Morro Province to July 15, 1903, and provided, further, when the word "veteran" shall be used with reference to persons who served in world war II, it shall mean any person who served in the active military or naval forces between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, inclusive, and provided any such person who was not a resident or resident alien of this state at the time of enlistment or induction into such service shall have resided continuously in this state for at least two years.

Sec. 2926. Veterans' home and hospital commission.-The veterans' home and hospital commission shall continue to have the government and control of the veterans' home and hospital and shall consist of eight commissioners, all of whom shall be citizens of this state and a majority of whom shall be veterans. On or before July 1, 1949, and biennially thereafter, the governor shall appoint two commissioners for a term of eight years and until their successors shall be appointed and shall have qualified, and he may fill any vacancy which may occur, by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. Each commissioner shall be sworn to a faithful performance of his duties. The governor may, for reasonable cause, remove from office any commissioner. The commissioners appointed by the governor shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be paid their reasonable expenses in the performance of their duties. The commission shall biennially report its doings, under oath, to the governor. Sec. 2927. Secretary. Treasurer.-The commission shall elect from its members such officers and committees as it may deem essential and shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the transaction of its business. It shall appoint a treasurer, who may be a member of the commission and who shall give a bond to the state in such sum, not less than five thousand dollars, as the commission shall require, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. A majority of the commissioners in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Sec. 2928. Duties of commission.-The commission shall adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the management of the home and to procure order, enforce discipline and preserve the health and insure the comfort of its inmates; and shall discipline or dismiss any officer or inmate of the home who shall disobey or infringe upon such rules or regulations. The commission shall appoint from outside of its number such officers and employees as may be necessary for the administration of the affairs of the home and of its duties under this chapter, under its direction, and may discharge them; shall prescribe the relative rank, if any, duties and compensation of such officers and employees and shall commission each such officer, who shall wear such uniform, if any, as may be prescribed by the commission.

Sec. 2929. Admission. Discharge. Transfer. Payment.-(a) All male veterans shall be entitled to admission to the home; and all veterans, who, from disease, wounds or accident shall need medical or surgical care and treatment or who shall have become mentally ill and who shall have no adequate means of support, shall be entitled to admission to any hospital and to receive necessary food, clothing, care and treatment therein, at the expense of the state. (b) Any veteran desiring care or treatment under the provisions of this chapter shall make application under oath to the commission; but, if, by reason of his physical condition, shall be unable to make such application, some other veteran may make such application in his behalf. Said commission shall have sole power to determine whether such veteran is entitled to admission to the home, or to a hospital, and such veteran, if admitted, shall, upon application to the commission, receive transportation at the expense of the state from his place of residence to the home or such hospital. No veteran so admitted shall be discharged from the home or hospital except upon the approval of the commission. The commission shall have sole power to remove any veteran, whose care and treatment is paid for by the state, from any hospital to another, and shall appoint such agents as are necessary to see that veterans admitted to hospitals are receiving necessary food, clothing, care and treatment. (c) The commission shall determine the sum to be paid by such applicants as it may admit to the home or a hospital, who, in the judgment of the commission, may be able to pay in whole or in part for their support, and fix the amount to be paid for medical and surgical care or treatment, food and clothing furnished such veterans at the home or at a hospital.

Sec. 2930. Hospital care.-Any hospital, upon request of the commission, shall furnish any veteran, determined by the commission to be entitled to admission

thereto, necessary food, clothing, care and treatment therein at the expense of the state, and such veteran shall have preference for admission into such hospital. Sec. 2935. Fees for commitment. The probate fees and other actual costs of commitment of veterans who are eligible to admission to the home or to a hospital shall be paid by the comptroller to the judge making the commitments, who shall disburse the same, such fees and costs being taxed and certified by such judge; but the provisions of this section shall not apply to a veteran so committed, who may be drawing a United States pension at the time of commitment and who has no wife or husband or child under sixteen years of age, dependent upon him or her for support.

Sec. 2936. Commission to investigate complaints.-The commission shall have full power to investigate all complaints that may be made to it respecting the conduct or treatment of such veterans and for that purpose shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses under oath. If, upon such investigation, the commission shall find that any veteran has not received proper care or has been ill treated or abused by any officer or employee of a hospital, it shall forthwith certify that fact to the proper officer of such hospital who shall cause the offender to be prosecuted, disciplined or dismissed, as the commission shall direct. If no adequate grounds shall exist for such complaint, the commission shall certify that fact to the proper officer of such hospital.

Sec. 2937. Weekly allowances to widows of veterans of civil war or SpanishAmerican war.-Weekly allowances, to be determined by the commission, but in no case in excess of the amount required for the support of an inmate of the home, shall be paid by the comptroller for the support and maintenance of the widow of a man who served in the military or naval forces of the United States, in either the civil or Spanish-American war, who had been honorably discharged from the same and was a resident of this state at the time of his death; provided any such widow, at the time of making application for such aid, shall be without adequate means of support or by reason of age or disability shall be unable to support herself and provided such widow shall have been married prior to June 27, 1905, if her husband was a veteran of the civil war, or prior to January 1, 1938, if her husband was a veteran of the Spanish-American war and provided such widow shall have lived with such husband contuously from the time of her marriage to him to the time of his death, separations of a temporary or ordinary nature excepted, and that such widow shall be a resident of this state when applying for such aid and shall continue to reside in this state while receiving it.

Sec. 2938. Disclosure of property of applicant.-Any person who shall have in his possession or control any property of any person applying for or receiving aid from the soldiers, sailors and marines' fund or the veterans' home and hospital commission, or who shall be indebted to such applicant or recipient or shall have knowledge of any property belonging to him, and any officer who shall have control of the books and accounts of any corporation which has possession or control of any property belonging to any person applying for or receiving such aid or is indebted to him, shall, upon presentation by the disbursing officer thereof or any person deputized by him, of a certificate, signed by him, stating that such applicant or recipient has applied for or is receiving aid from said fund or the veterans' home and hospital commission, make full disclosure to said disbursing officer or said deputy, of any such property or indebtedness. Such disclosure may be obtained in like manner of the property or indebtedness of any person liable for the support of any such applicant or recipient.

Sec. 2939. State policy duty. The commissioner of state police shall assign one or more state policemen for duty at the home as may be requested by the commission.

VETERANS HOMES, CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, 1949, § 4263

Sec. 4263. Refusal of permit; location or character of premises; other grounds. The commission may, except as to a store engaged chiefly in the sale of groceries, refuse to grant permits for the sale of alcoholic liquor if it has reasonable cause to believe: (1) That the proximity of the permit premises will have a detrimental effect upon any church, public or parochial school, convent, charitable institution, whether supported by private or public funds, hospital or veterans' home or any camp, barracks or flying field of the armed forces; (2) that such location is in such proximity to a no-permit town that it is apparent that the applicant is seeking to obtain the patronage of such town; (3) that the number of permit premises in the locality is such that the granting of a permit is detrimental to public interest, and, in reaching a conclusion in this respect, the com

mission may consider the character of, the population of, the number of like permits and number of all permits existent in, the particular town and the immediate neighborhood concerned, the effect which a new permit may have on such town or neighborhood or on like permits existent in such town or neighborhood; (4) that the place has been conducted as a lewd or disorderly establishment; or (5) that there is any other reason as provided by state or federal law or regulation which warrants such refusal.

VETERANS HOMES, CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, 1955, SUPPLEMENT § 1636d. Sec. 1636d. Officers. Treasurer.-The commission shall elect from its members such officers and committees as it may deem essential and shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the transaction of its business. It *** may appoint a treasurer, who may be a member of the commission and who shall give a bond to the state in such sum, not less than five thousand dollars, as the *** comptroller shall require, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. A majority of the commissioners in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

VETERANS HOMES, CONNECTICUT PUBLIC ACTS, 1951, CHAPTER 175

PUBLIC ACT NO. 175

AN ACT Concerning Fees for Commitment of Veterans to the Veterans' Home and Hospital.

Section 2935 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: The probate fees and other actual costs of commitment of veterans who are eligible to admission to the home or to a hospital shall be paid by the comptroller to the judge making the commitment, who shall disburse the same, such fees and costs being taxed and certified by such judge. [but the provisions of this section shall not apply to a veteran so committed, who may be drawing a United States pension at the time of commitment and who has no wife or husband or child under sixteen years of age, dependent upon him or her for support.]

VETERANS HOMES, IDAHO CODE ANNO. 1949, §§ 66-901 To 66-906

CHAPTER 9

SOLDIERS' HOME

SECTION. 66-901.

66-902.

Establishment of home.

Commandant-Appointment, duties and salary.

66-903. Physician and matron-Appointment, salary, and term of office.

66-9.04.

66-905. 66-906.

Inspection of home.

Uniform of inmates.

Succession to property of deceased inmate.

66-901. Establishment of home.-There shall be established in this state an institution under the name of the Soldiers' Home, which institution shall be a home for honorably discharged Union soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the Union armies during the late war of the rebellion, or in Indian wars in which the government of the United States was involved; also for honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the Spanish-American war and the Philippine insurrection incident thereto; also for members of the state national guard disabled while in the line of duty; and veterans of the Mexican War; also all honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses of the great war with Germany and her allies; also all honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses of World War II and her allies; who did not refuse military duty on account of conscientious objection: provided, that before a person is admitted to said home he shall have been a bona fide resident of this state for not less than two years, and shall have registered and voted at one or more general elections in the state of Idaho prior to making application for admission thereto. But such residence, registration and voting shall not be required of any person who, at the time of his enlistment or induction into such service, was a bona fide resident of this state. [1893, p. 91, § 1; am. 1897, p. 7, § 1; reen. 1899, p. 190, § 1; am. 1905, p. 4, § 1; am. 1905, p. 414, § 1; am. 1907, p. 15, § 1; reen. R. C. & C. L., § 792; C. S., § 1250; am. 1921, ch. 173, § 1, p. 368; am. 1925. ch. 55, § 1, p. 80; I. C. A., § 64–701; am. 1945, ch. 57, § 1, p. 73.]

Compiler's notes. The law as enacted 1893, p. 91; am. 1897, p. 7, reen. 1899, p. 190; am. 1905, pp. 4, 44; am. 1907, p. 15, reen. R. C. & C. L., §§ 792-799, provided for a board