Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1869-07-10
No. 152 /
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To provide Pensions for the Veterans Of eigh-
teen hundred and fourteen and eighteen
hundred and fifteen, or their widows. &C.
corIing 10 the requirements Of article one
hn~nl1el-and wen'y four of The Constitu.
. ton Of eighteen hundfed aud siNty.eiuh,.
Section l. Be- il enacted By the Senate
and House OF Representatives Of the State Of
Louisiana in General Assembly convened, Tha,
each veteran OF the years eighteen hundred
and fourteen and eighteen hundred and fifteen,
sesiding i'll the State Of Louisiana, or their
widows, shall be entitled to All annual pension
Of Que hundred and fifty dollars, payable
quarterly on, of the State treasury, on, of any
moneys therein not Otherwise appropriated.
any person who has heretofore, by any acl Of
the General Assembly Of this State, been ac.
corded a pension for services rendered the
State or the United States in the year A. D..
eighteen hundred and fnut,een aud A. D..
eighteen hundred and fifteen, and known as
veterans of those years, or their widows, shai !
be entitled 10 the benefit of his act; and The
amount appropriated by this act as a pension
Tor snch persons Shall be paid on iheit own
warrant, when the signature to such warrant
is atleslel by a certificate of the clerk OF the
cour, of the parish in which sucl, petitioner
resides, that he saw The pensioner sign the
warrant, and that he is the person he represents
himself 10 be, which warrant, shall be accom-
panied by The affidavit Of the 'pensioner tina, he
is the person TO whom the law has heretofore
awarded a pension, which law by its date an
number Of the act shall be referred to in said
affidavit.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, Tha,
every person shall be entitled to the benefit OF
this act who Shall make oath that he was
regularly in the military service of the United
States, or Of this State, in the year A. D.,
eighteen hundred and fourteen. and A. D.,
eighteen hundred and fifteen, and in lha,
capacity was at the siege Of New Orleans in
December, A. D., eighteen hundred and four.
teen, and January, A. D., eighteen hundred
and fifteen, and is now residing in this State
who shall state in such affidavit the company
regiment, or other army divisions Of which he
was a member at that time, and that he was
honorably discharged Afterwards from the
service, and that in addition such person shall
have either evidence of his having been in the
military service OF the country as above
reviewed, and Of his honorable discha rye. Of
the evidence OF two credible witnesses who
have been acquainted with him for a, leas, ter
years, that he has borne the reputation of hav
ing been a veteran Of eighteen hundred and
fourteen and eighteen hundred and fifteen a.
above defined, and the certificate Of the clerl
Of the district court Of the parish ofhis residence
TO tho credibility Of The applicant and his wit.
nesses, that the pension provided by this &C
shalt, on the presentation Of such evidence a.
is required by this section, be paid on III.
warrant OF the pensioner. fHE
Sec. 4. Be ii further enacted, ETC., Tia,
the pension provided by this act shall tax.
effect and from The first day o
September, A. D., eighteen hundred ant
sixty-eight..
Signed CHAS. w. LOWELL.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives,
Signed OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of III
Senate.
Approved October 10, 1868.
Signed H. c. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
a true copy: al. Is
GEO. E. BovlE,
| Secretary Of State.