This act is predicated upon the belief that the people, in adopting article nine, section sixteen of the Constitution,¹ authorizing a loan for the payment of compensation to certain persons who served in the military or naval forces of the United States, intended compensation to be paid for the service of veterans whether or not they be living when distribution is made. If the courts shall hold that the constitutional amendment cannot be thus construed, then compensation shall be payable out of borrowed funds to living veterans, and the General Assembly hereby expresses its conviction that appropriations should be made during the next five years out of current revenues for the payment of compensation to widows, orphans, or surviving parents of deceased veterans until all payments shall have been made which are contemplated by the provisions of this act.