The Opelousas courier., 1885-01-17
Act SO, Session Of 1884.

PO VA1 lVtIdl uISlF1CtS,
that at the last session of the
General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana an act was passed
granting relief to the disabled
Confederate soldiers Of the State,
and which act is now in force.
AS there are many in the vicini-
ty who are entitled to the bene-
fits to be derived from it, we
give below the full text of the
act in question, for their infor-
nation and benefit
Sec. /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana, That any person,
who being regularly enlisted in
the military or naval service OF
the Confederate States from this
State during that term Of enlist
ment received such injury as to
permanently disqualify him from
the active Yocations of life, shall
be entitled to enter of the va
cant lands of the State, one
hundred and sixty acres. The
provision of this act shall also
apply to the widows Of Confed-
crate soldiers who are in indi-
gent circumstances.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That this act shall not be
construed as to apply to those
who subsequent to the re-
ceiving of such injury deserted
from the Confederate Army, OIL
to those benefciaries Of the
State in the Soldiers Home, at
New Orleans.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That any person desiring
to avail himself of the privileges
accorded by this act, shall pro-
vide himself with the certificates
of two physicians showing dis
ability, and that the fact enti-
Ting the applicants to relief be
shown in detail by affidavits a
three members of same com,
mand /; provided, the certif-
Gates, as provided for in this act.
be countesigned and approved
by the Association of the Army
of Northern Virginia, or the
Association Of the Army of Ten
nessee, or the Association OF
the Trans-M Depart
ment, through their proper of.
ficers, aud upon the presenta-
ton of these certificates and af-
fidavits TO the Register OF the
Land Office, the applicant shall
be entitled TO enter lands as
aforesaid under the general laws
Of the State.
SEC 4. Be it further enacted:
etc, That the lands, thus donat-
ed by the State, shall be such
lands only as have never been
entered by any person or per
sons whatever, or which have
accrued TO the State by tax sales
or other legal process.
SEC. 5. Be il further enacted
etc, That this act shall take
effect from and after its passage
and shall remain in full force
for the space Of eight years.
SEC. 6. BE it further enacted
etc, That all laws or parts o
laws inconsistent herewith arr
hereby repealed.
Extract from a speech deliver
ed by Hon. Samuel J. Randall
at Nashville, Tenn, on the 30tl
ultimo: We have three sets o
thinkers in. our country at thii
time. One class want prohibit
tory high tariff duty, anothe
class seeks to have free trad
established, and the third class
to which / claim to belong, wan
duties to be levied on articles Q
import, SO that when they com
lin competition with those manu-
factnredi III ouroountry, they shal
have such a duty placed npol
them as will result in preventing
their Importation. By thi
equalization, the money invests
lin manufactures in this conntr,
will not be injured and labor 9
the United States will be save
from the degrading level Whlc
pauper labor in Europe ia
reached, aud SO long as ! hay
the right to stand IN the coul
ellis of the Union,I will neyel
] by any word, act or deed, IN
| poverish the producing class !
The United Stares and help |
reduce it to the miserable cond
tion of European paupef labo
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