31-8-19
Section 31-8-19 Amount of pension; appropriation. There shall be paid monthly to each and every
widow of a Confederate soldier and sailor, who is now on the pension roll of this state or
who may hereafter be placed on the pension roll of this state, the sum of not less than $150
for each month. There is hereby continuously appropriated out of the Treasury a sum which,
in conjunction with the moneys derived from the one-mill pension fund, shall be sufficient
to carry out the provisions of this chapter and all other provisions of law relating to pensions
for the widows of Confederate soldiers and sailors. (Acts 1939, No. 483, p. 684; Code 1940,
T. 60, §29; Acts 1943, No. 12, p. 9; Acts 1947, No. 8, p. 4; Acts 1950, 4th Ex. Sess., No.
8, p. 53; Acts 1951, No. 992, p. 1667; Acts 1953, No. 76, p. 104; Acts 1957, No. 619, p. 890.)...

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31-8-2
Section 31-8-2 Persons entitled to pension. The widow of any person who actually served as
a soldier or sailor in the army or navy of the Confederate States of America or of the State
of Alabama for or during the period of the War Between the States, who was married to such
soldier or sailor prior to January 1, 1904, or was married to such soldier or sailor for at
least one year prior to the time of his death, regardless of whether his death occurred before
or after September 23, 1919, and who has not remarried, except as provided in Section 31-8-3,
and who was not at the time of her husband's death separated from him by divorce or was not
voluntarily living apart from her husband during the period of one year prior to his death,
and whose husband did not desert the service of the State of Alabama or the Confederate states,
and who is an actual bona fide resident of Alabama and has been such for a period of five
years prior to the filing of the application, and the widow of any...
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31-8-7
Section 31-8-7 Application for placement on pension roll. The widow of any Confederate soldier
or sailor, deeming herself entitled to the benefits of this chapter, shall file with the county
department of human resources of the county of which she is a bona fide resident, her application
in writing, sworn to before some officer authorized to administer oaths, on blanks furnished
by the county department of human resources, such blanks conforming substantially to the requirements
set forth in Section 31-8-2. The application shall show the name of the deceased husband and
the date of his death, his company and regiment, the date of the widow's marriage, her age
at the time of making the application, and whether application has been made before and rejected
or her name dropped from the pension roll before, and if so, when and the reason assigned.
(Code 1907, §2008; Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2944; Code 1940, T. 60, §15.)...

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38-4-2
Section 38-4-2 Application for assistance; investigation; determination of eligibility and
amount of assistance; notice to applicant. (a) Applications for Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) cash assistance shall be made to the county department in the manner prescribed
by the state department and shall contain such information as the state department may require;
provided, that nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the signing
of a pauper's oath on the part of any person making application for assistance hereunder.
An investigation and record shall be promptly made by the county department of the circumstances
of the applicant. Upon the completion of the investigation the county director shall determine
whether the applicant is eligible for assistance under the provisions of this chapter and
the rules and regulations of the state department and the amount of assistance he shall receive.
The county director shall give notice in writing to the...
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31-8-9
Section 31-8-9 Proof of service of husband. Upon the application of the widow of any Confederate
soldier or sailor, or the widow of any Alabama soldier or sailor who served in the state in
the War Between the States, the fact of her deceased husband's having served as alleged, and
of his not deserting, may be proven by the affidavit of two reliable witnesses who are acquainted
with the facts; or if such witnesses cannot be found, upon affidavit to that fact, it may
be proven by any evidence that will satisfactorily prove the truth of such facts. Whenever
the proof of such facts is made by evidence other than the affidavit of two reliable witnesses,
such evidence shall be reduced to writing and subscribed and sworn to by the witness offering
the evidence. (Code 1907, §§2054, 2055; Code 1923, §§2991, 2992; Code 1940, T. 60, §§17,
18.)...
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31-8-14
Section 31-8-14 Application for reinstatement to pension roll. Any widow whose name has been
dropped from the pension rolls of this state since January 1, 1922, and who is a bona fide
resident citizen of this state at the time of making application for restoration of her name
to the pension rolls of the state may have her name restored to the pension roll of this state
by making application before the county department of human resources of the county of her
residence, setting forth in the application the name of the county in which she was residing
at the time her name was stricken from the pension roll, and the names of the places, counties
and states where she has resided since her name was dropped from the pension roll of Alabama,
such application to be supported by affidavit of the applicant and proof of two witnesses
as to her bona fide residence in this state. Such application shall be forwarded by the county
department of human resources to the State Department of Human...
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31-8-31
Section 31-8-31 Maintenance of permanent state pension roll; verification of applications,
etc. The Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources, by correspondence with the
Department of Defense in Washington, or investigation of the Confederate records on file in
the state or elsewhere, shall obtain all necessary information to make the permanent pension
roll complete, authentic and permanent as contemplated by this chapter, and the entering of
names of pensioners on the permanent pension roll and the cancellation of names struck from
the roll by reason of death or other legal cause, shall be under the supervision and direction
of the commissioner, who shall, when any application is made for a pension, submit to the
Department of Defense the facts of service set forth in such application for verification
thereof, and the result of such inquiry shall be submitted by him, with the application of
the pensioner, to the State Board of Human Resources. No application for a...
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31-8-4
Section 31-8-4 Certain persons not to be placed on pension roll. The State Department of Human
Resources shall not place on the pension rolls of the state the name of the widow of any person
or persons who served only in the state troops, state militia, or home guard. (Acts 1919,
No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2970; Code 1940, T. 60, §11.)...
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31-8-8
Section 31-8-8 Certificates to accompany application. No applicant will have her name placed
upon the pension rolls of this state unless at least one witness who was a Confederate soldier
and can establish his record as such certifies to the fact that the husband of the applicant
rendered the service as set forth in the application. In addition thereto there shall be required
with an application for a pension under this chapter the certificate of two disinterested
witnesses that the applicant is trustworthy and reliable and that they have full reason to
believe and do believe that the statements made in the application are true and correct. If
the Confederate archives in the City of Washington or the Department of Archives and History
in Montgomery show the service of the husband of the applicant for a pension, the affidavit
of the person who served in the service of the Confederate states, or the State of Alabama,
as above set out, need not be required. (Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535;...
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38-4-11
Section 38-4-11 Confederate widows eligible for old age assistance. 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. (Acts 1951, No. 703, p. 1211, §22.)...
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