1891 public laws – Ch.334 Sec.1

That to section four of said chapter add the following: In order that the county board of pensions may be assisted in its work of determining the justness of the claim of applicants for pension as called for in this section, the auditor of the state shall establish in each county a board to be known as The County Advisory Board of Pensions, which board shall consist of the executive committee of the County Confederate Veterans Association established under act of general assembly, chapter ninety-seven, laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, where such association exists, or where such association does not exist then the said board shall be composed of five ex-Confederate soldiers who were actively engaged in the late war between the states. To this advisory board of pensions the county board shall refer all applications for pensions immediately upon their presentation, and the said county advisory board shall proceed at once to inquire into the justness of each claim and be prepared to furnish all necessary information to the county board of pensions at its meeting one month succeeding the date at which the applications were first presented before the said county board for consideration: Provided, that applications presented on the first Monday in July of each year may be duly inquired into and considered by the county advisory board as herein provided for, and shall beacted on by the county board of pensions on the first Monday in August following and forwarded by the clerk of the superior court immediately to the auditor of the state to be filed and considered by the state board of pensions the same as applications acted on and filed prior to the first Monday in July, and the said county advisory board of pensions, constituted as aforesaid, shall be and is hereby authorized and empowered to sit with the pension board of its county as an advisory board for the purpose of aiding the said pension board in ascertaining who of the applicants for pension are justly entitled to the same: Provided further, that the said county advisory board shall render free of charge the services herein set forth.