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 The Medical History of the Confederate States. 145

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida :

SECTION i. That any person who enlisted in the military or naval service of the Confederate States, or of this State, during the civil war between the States of the United States, who was a citizen of this State, at the time of enlistment, or who was a bona fide citizen of this State on January i, 1875, who lost a limb or limbs while engaged in said military or naval service, occasioned by reason of such military or naval service, or who may thus have received wounds or injuries which afterward caused the loss of a limb or limbs, or who may have been permanently injured by wounds or disease con- tracted while in said service, and who may be a bona fide citizen of this State at the time of making application for the benefits herein provided for, shall be entitled to receive, per annum, in quarterly pay- ments, the following allowance, or pay, to-wit: For total loss of sight, one hundred and fifty dollars ; for total loss of one eye, thirty dollars ; for total loss of hearing, thirty dollars ; for loss of a foot or loss of a leg, one hundred dollars ; for loss of all of a hand or loss of (an) arm, one hundred dollars ; for loss of both hands or both arms, one hundred and fifty dollars ; for loss of both feet or both legs, one hundred and fifty dollars ; for loss of one hand or foot, and one arm or leg by same person, one hundred and fifty dollars ; for permanent injuries from wounds whereby a leg is rendered substanti- ally and essentially useless, ninety dollars; for permanent injuries from wounds whereby an arm is rendered substantially and essen- tially useless, ninety dollars; for other permanent injuries from wounds or diseases contracted during the service and while in line of duty as a soldier (or sailor) whereby the person injured or dis- eased has been rendered practically incompetent to perform ordinary manual avocations of life, ninety-six dollars. The benefits of this section shall inure to the widow of any soldier or sailor who was receiving a pension under the provisions of this act at the time of his death, which pension shall continue during such widowhood.

SEC. 2. That before any person shall be entitled to any of the benefits of this act, he shall make oath before some person author- ized to administer oaths, stating in what company, regiment and brigade he was serving when the loss was sustained or injury received, and when it was lost or received, or when and where he contracted the disease which caused the amputation or loss of his limb or limbs, or produced the permanent disability claimed to exist.