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Section 5 of that act provides for the payment of the
pro rata pro portion of the appropriation of $12,000 for the year 1880, and of $8,000 for the year 1881; in case the beneficiaries take oath before the clerk of the district court of their parish, stating in their affidavits that they do not believe that the style of artificial limb contracted for by the
adjutant-general would be of any practical use to them; in that case the
adjutant-general is instructed to approve and indorse on the affidavits the contract price of the artificial limb to which the beneficiaries would be entitled under this act, which affidavits so indorsed and approved, shall be the voucher of the auditor of public accounts for his warrant on the
State treasurer in favor of the beneficiary.
By a latter resolution of the House of Representatives, under date of April 15, 1880, the
adjutant-general is authorized and empowered to supplement the list of disabled soldiers, adopted and forwarded to him by the house, by the addition of the names of those at this time
citizens of the State, who may forward or carry to him an affidavit made before the clerk of their parish that they lost a limb or limbs in the service of the
Confederate States, approved by either of their representatives or senators, or by the addition of names of persons forwarded to him by either the
Louisiana Division of Army of Northern Virginia, or
Louisiana Division of Army of Tennessee.
Under this act 69, and under the resolution of the house referred to, the following artificial limbs are accounted for:
| Appropriation for 1880 | $12,000 00 |
| Appropriation for 1881 | 8,000 00 |
Act 72, approved July 1, 1882, directs that the unexpended balances appropriated by
Act No. 69 of 1880, be transferred to and appropriated out of the general fund of 1882 and 1883, to be paid out according to provisions and regulations of Act 69 of 1880.
| For artificial limbs in 1882 | $,300 00 |
| For repairs of same in 1882 | 1,000 00 |
| For artificial limbs in 1883 | 1,300 00 |
| For repairs of same in 1883 | 1,071 77 |
Under Act 72, the following artificial limbs and repairs to same have been furnished upon proper affidavits on file in this office:
| Appropriation for 1882 | $2,300 00 |
| Appropriation for 1883 | 2,371 77 |
