(section 10735 of Remington's Compiled Statutes), and referred to by the state treasurer and the state auditor in their records of the United States fund. 29c168 PC6245-1. 932-25 Fund Abolished.-§ 4. That from and after the first day of May, 1929, the United States fund in the state treasury shall be and is hereby abolished. 29c168 PC6245–2. 932-27 Warrants Paid From General Fund. § 5. That from and after the first day of May, 1929, all warrants drawn on the United States fund and not presented for payment, shall be paid from the general fund, and it shall be the duty of the state treasurer, and he is hereby directed, to pay such warrants, when presented, from the general fund. 29c168 PC6245-3. VETERANS HOMES, WASHINGTON LAWS, 1947, CHAPTER 190 CHAPTER 190. [H. B. 273.] COLONY OF THE STATE SOLDIERS' HOME. AN ACT relating to the State Soldiers' Home, the Washington Veterans' Home, and the Colony of the State Soldiers' Home; providing for admission thereto and for supplies and rations to be drawn by the members thereof; amending section 2, chapter 106, Laws of 1915 as last amended by chapter 74, Laws Ex. Ses. 1925, and section 3, chapter 106, Laws of 1915 as last amended by section 1, chapter 161, Laws of 1939 (secs. 10730 and 10731, Rem. Rev. Stat.; secs. 932-3 and -5, PPC); and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: SECTION 1. Section 2, chapter 106, Laws of 1915 as amended by chapter 74, Laws Ex. Ses. 1925 (sec. 10730, Rem. Rev. Stat.; sec. 932-3, PPC) is amended to read as follows: Section 2. There is hereby established what shall be known as the "Colony of the State Soldiers' Home." All of the following persons who reside within the limits of Orting precinct and have been actual bona fide citizens of this state for a period of three years at the time of their application and who have personal property of less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and/or a monthly income insufficient to meet their needs as determined by the standards of the County Welfare Department, may be admitted to membership in said colony under such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Department of Finance, Budget and Business. (1) All honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines, who have served the United States government in any of its wars, and members of the state militia disabled while in the line of duty, who were married and living with their wives for five years prior to application to membership in said colony or who, since said date, have married widows of soldiers who were members of a soldiers' home or colony in this state or entitled to admission thereto at the time of death: Provided, That such soldiers, sailors, and marines and members of the state militia shall, while they are members of said colony, be living with their said wives. (2) The widows of all soldiers who were members of a soldiers' home or colony in this state or entitled to admission thereto at the time of death, and the widows of all soldiers who would have been entitled to admission to a soldiers' home or colony in this state at the time of death but for the fact that they were not indigent and unable to support themselves and families, which widows have since the death of their said husbands become indigent and unable to earn a support for themselves: Provided, That such widows are not less than fifty years of age and have not been married since the decease of their said husbands to any person not a member of a soldiers' home or colony in this state or entitled to admission thereto. Any resident of said colony may be admitted to the hospital at the State Soldiers' Home for temporary care when requiring hospital treatment. SEC. 2. Section 3, chapter 106, Laws of 1915, as last amended by section 1, chapter 161, Laws of 1939 (sec. 10731, Rem. Rev. Stat.; sec. 932-5, PPC) is amended to read as follows: Section 3. The members of the colony established in the preceding section shall, to all intents and purposes, be members of the State Soldiers' Home and subject to all the rules and regulations thereof, except the requirements of fatigue duty, and each member shall, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Director of Department of Finance, Budget and Business, be supplied with medi cal attendance and supplies from the home dispensary and rations not exceeding fifteen dollars ($15) per month in value, and clothing not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) per year in value. SEC. 3. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately. Passed the House March 4, 1947. Passed the Senate March 9, 1947. Approved by the Governor March 18, 1947. VETERANS HOMES, WASHINGTON LAWs, 1949, CHAPTER 114 CHAPTER 114 [H. B. 162.] VETERANS' INSTITUTIONS-HOBBY PROMOTION AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AN ACT relating to hobby promotion and occupational therapy at veterans' institutions. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: SECTION 1. The Superintendent of the Washington Veterans' Home and the Superintendent of the State Soldiers' Home and Colony is hereby authorized to: (a) Institute programs of occupational therapy and hobby promotion designed to improve the general welfare and mental condition of the persons under his supervision; (b) Provide for the financing of these programs by loans from funds in the Superintendent's custody through operation of canteens and exchanges at such institutions; (c) Limit the hobbies and occupational therapy sponsored to projects which will, in his judgment, be self-liquidating or self-sustaining. SEC. 2. The Superintendent of each institution referred to in section 1 may purchase, from the appropriation to the institution, for operations, equipment or materials designed to initiate the programs authorized by section 1 hereof. Passed the House February 10, 1949. Passed the Senate March 4, 1949. Approved by the Governor March 16, 1949. VETERANS HOMES, LAWS OF WISCONSIN, 1948, 1949, CHAPTER 360, § 9. 20.036 SECTION 9. 20.036 (1) (b), (3), (7) (a), (ac), (b), (c) and (f) and (8) of the statutes are amended to read: * 20.036 (1) (b) From the post-war rehabilitation trust fund on July 1, 1949, $167,400 and on July 1, * ** 1950, $173,400 for the execution of its administrative functions. The annual salary of the director shall not exceed $6.500, as fixed by the board. Of this appropriation there is allotted for the following purposes: (3) *** From the general fund, on Julyl 1, 1949, $3,300, and annually, beginning July 1, *** 1950, $3,400 for the execution of the functions prescribed by sections 45.01 to 45.04. *** The annual salary of the custodian shall be $2,100 plus any cost of living bonus authorized other state employes. Of this appropriation there is alotted for the following purposes: (7) (a) On July 1, * * * 1949, $452,000, and annually, beginning July 1, 1950, $465,600 for operation * * Of this amount not to exceed *** $150 may be expended for the burial of each deceased member as defined in section 45.37 (8) who shall be buried in the cemetery of said home. Of this appropriation there is allotted for the following purposes: Personal services. Materials and expense. 1949-1950 1950-1951 $300, 205 $310, 845 154,755 Of the allotment made for materials and expense there my be used not to exceed $1,000 to maintain a contingent fund for the payment of petty cash items, without first submitting them to the director of budget and accounts for audit and and approval, to be expended and accounted for insofar as applicable as provided by section 20.175 (3). (ac) Annually, beginning July 1, * * * 1949, $3,900 to cover the cost of insur ance. (b) *** Annually, beginning July 1, *** 1949, $25,000 *** for property repairs and maintenance. The unencumbered balance on June 30, 1949, shall lapse and revert to the general fund. Of this appropriation there is allotted for the following purposes: Personal services.. Materials and expense.. 1949-1950 1950-1951 $21,810 $23,010 1,990 (c) Annually, beginning July 1, 1939, $9,500 for permanent property and improvements, except the purchase of land. * * * (f) Annually, beginning July 1, 1943, for a period of 10 years, all moneys received by the state from the federal government as aid for veterans of any war or military expedition of the United States who have been admitted to and are cared for at the Grand Army Home for Veterans as a nonlapsible appropriation, to be used by the department exclusively for the erection of a modern building or buildings or adequate housing facilities, inclusive of such other land as may be necessary therefor, and equipment at said home to replace the present inadequate and dangerous housing accommodations. Of this there is allotted $1,200 for the purchase of land to be used for cemetery purposes. ** (8) From the general fund ** annually, beginning July 1, *** 1949, $1,800 to carry out the provisions of section 45.42. Of this appropriation there is allotted for the following purposes: Personal services.... Materials and expense.. 1949-1950 1950-1951 $1,294 $1,304 496 VETERANS' HOMES, WISCONSIN STATUTES, 1940, § 20.036 SUBSEC. 7 AN (7) GRAND ARMY HOME FOR VETERANS. From the general fund, for the Grand Army Home for Veterans: (a) On July 1, 1949, $452,000, and annually, beginning July 1, 1950, $485,600 for operation. Of this amount not to exceed $150 may be expended for the burial of each deceased member as defined in section 45.37 (8) who shall be buried in the cemetery of said home. Of this appropriation there is allotted for the following purposes: Personal services. Materials and expense.. 1949-1950 1950-1951 $300, 205 $310.845 154, 755 Of the allotment made for materials and expense there may be used not to exceed $1,000 to maintain a contingent fund for the payment of petty cash items, without first submitting them to the director of budget and accounts for audit and approval, to be expended and accounted for in so far as applicable as provided by section 20.175 (3). (ab) Annually, beginning July 1, 1943, a sum sufficient to cover the cost of coal and other solid fuel purchased pursuant to section 15.56 (4), including freight and hauling charges thereon. (ac) Annually, beginning July 1, 1949, $3,900 to cover the cost of insurance. (b) Annually, beginning July 1, 1949, $25,000 for property repairs and maintenance. The unincumbered balance on June 30, 1949, shall lapse and revert to the general fund. Of this appropriation there is allotted for the following purposes: (c) Annually, beginning July 1, 1939, $9,500 for permanent property and improvements, except the purchase of land. (d) All moneys received from sales made at the canteen conducted at this home, to be used for the operation of said canteen. (c) On July 1, 1943, $500,000 as a nonlapsible appropriation to construct a new heating plant and to purchase and install necessary auxiliary services including electrical system change-over. On the effective date of this amendment (1949), the unincumbered balance in the allocation of July 1, 1943, for the first unit of a modern hospital shall be transferred to and made a part of the unincumbered balance in the allocation of July 1, 1943, for a new boiler house. (f) Annually, beginning July 1, 1943, for a period of 10 years, all moneys received by the state from the federal government as aid for veterans of any war or military expedition of the United States who have been admitted to and are cared for at the Grand Army Home for Veterans as a nonlapsible appropriation, to be used by the department exclusively for the erection of a modern building or buildings or adequate housing facilities, inclusive of such other land as may be necessary therefor, and equipment at said home to replace the present inadequate and dangerous housing accommodations. Of this there is allotted $1,200 for the purchase of land to be used for cemetery purposes. (g) Any moneys received by the state under the provisions of section 45.37 (3), or any moneys received by gifts or bequest shall be paid into the general fund, and are appropriated therefrom to carry out the purposes of section 45.37. (8) RECORD OF VETERANS' GRAVES. From the general fund annually, beginning July 1, 1949, $1,800 to carry out the provisions of section 45.42. Of this appropriation there is allotted for the following purposes: Personal services. Materials and expense.. 1949-1950 1950-1951 $1,294 $1,304 496 (9) G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT. Annually, from the general fund, beginning July 1, 1947, $1,000, to pay all the necessary expenses which in the department's judgment, may be necessary to properly provide for and pay all transportation costs, necessary care and entertainment of all such members described in section 1 of chapter 136, laws of 1943, who attend such national encampment, from their homes to such city and return. (11) GIFTS. From the post-war rehabilitation trust fund money received under section 45.35 (13) to be used as provided in that section. (12) VETERANS' HOUSING LOANS. (a) From the veterans' housing trust fund a sum sufficient for the payment of housing loans granted to veterans, veterans' nonprofit housing corporations and veterans' nonprofit co-operative housing associations, and the payment of expense and other payments as a consequence of being mortages or owner under sections 45.352 and 45,353. (b) From the veterans' housing trust fund on July 1, 1949, $100,000, and on July 1, 1950, $100,000 for the execution of the functions of the department under sections 45.35 (14), 45.352, 45,353, 45,354 and 66.39 (1), (10), (11) and (13). (c) From the veterans' housing trust fund a sum sufficient, but not exceeding the limit prescribed for such purposes under section 25.36, for incentive grants to county, city, or village housing authorities to assist such housing authority in providing housing for veterans and their families. Allotments from this appropriation shall not exceed 10 per cent of the total cost to any such housing authority of the land, improvements and dwelling units located thereon as determined by the department. Actual payments of allotments shall be at such times as said department shall determine. All allotments shall be made upon written application in form prescribed by the department. (d) Notwithstanding the limitation prescribed under section 25.36, if by June 30, 1950, the amount available for veterans under paragraph (a) or the amount available for housing authorities under paragraph (c) is in excess of the amount needed for the purpose, such excess amount or any part thereof shall be transferred to and be available for the other if needed for use in such other appropriation, except that after such transfer the amount available for the purpose of paragraph (c) shall not exceed 40 per cent of the total amount available for the purpose of said paragraphs. Such transfer shall be made only on the finding of the emergency board that such conditions exist, which findings shall be certified by the emergency board to the secretary of state and the director of budget and accounts whereupon the transfer shall be effected. VETERANS HOMES, WISCONSIN STATUTES, 1949, § 45.37 45.37 Grand Army Home for Veterans; management; who entitled to membership and burial.—(1) The Wisconsin department of veterans' affairs (hereafter in this section referred to as the department) shall operate and conduct the Grand Army Home for Veterans at King (hereafter in this section referred to as the home) and employ a commandant and such officers, nurses, attendants and other personnel as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the home. Complete personal maintenance and medical care shall be furnished all members under the policy of the department. (2) Within the limitations of the facilities of the home, the department may admit to membership the following: (a) Those men and women of Wisconsin who served at least 90 days of active duty in the armed forces of the Unieed States during a war period or under conditions comparable thereto as may be determined by department, and who meet the following requirements: 1. Who were discharged from such service under conditions considered honorable by the department; 2. Who are found by the department to lack adequate means of support for themselves and dependents, and are temporarily or permanently incapacitated, due to physical disability or age, from following any substantially gainful occupation; 3. Who are eligible to similar care in a facility controlled by the United States veterans' administration; 4. Who are 50 years of age or over; 5. Who were bona fide residents of Wisconsin at the time of entering service with the armed forces and who have resided in Wisconsin continuously for the 10 years next proceeding the date of application for membership; 6. Veterans with less than 90 days of service, if otherwise qualified as specified herein, shall be considered eligible if such service was terminated as a result of service connected disability. Disabled veterans under 50 years of age, if otherwise qualified, may be admitted if unable to secure adequate care from the federal government. Veterans whose services are not credited to Wisconsin but who are otherwise qualified for membership may be admitted if they have resided continuously in Wisconsin, for the 15 years next preceding the date of application. Residence in Wisconsin for the purpose of this subsection may not be initiated by residence in a United States veterans administration facility. (b) The wives of those veterans who are eligible to membership under the provisions of paragraph (a) who have lived continuously with their veteran husbands not less than 10 years before making application, and whose husbands are members of the home or are institutionalized because of physical or mental disability. Wives who become members after July 7, 1949 and who become widowed while they are members of the home must qualify for membership as widows under the provisions of subsection (2) (c) if their membership is to be continued. |