The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-10-27
ACT NO. 70.
House Bill No. 7s-By Mr.. b. T. Young:
JOINT RESOLUTION.

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JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to article sos Of the
Constitution Of the State Of Louisiana.
Section l.. Be it enacted BY the General As
sembly Of the State Of Louisiana. two-thirds Of
all the memb ers elected to each House concur.
ring, That Article Three Hundred and Three OF
the Constitution Of the State Of Louisisna be 60
amended as to read as follows:
Article 90S pension not to exceed EIGHT
ISL DOLLARS per month shall be allowed to
each Confederate soldier or sailor veteran, who
He sbs ii ,s1
date OF his enlistment until the close Of the late
Civil War. or until he Was discharged or paroled,
ed into the Army or Navy OF. the Confederate
states. and shall have remained true to the Con-
| federate States until the surrender.
"a. he shall be in INDECENT circumstances.
and unable to earu livelihood by his own labor
3D.. He shall not be salarisd or otherwise pro-
other State or Government.
| IN case he enlisted in any organization MUSTER
60 into SAID service as Louislana organization.
ed in the State Of Louisiana, he shall have resd-
ed IN this State Tor 1t least i've years prior to HIS
application for pension. In case he resided else
sanitation not mustered in from Louisiana ma or or
in the Navy Of the t;onfsderate States be shall
have resided in this State for at least fifteen
like pension .shan be granted to the widow
who shall not have married again. in indigene
clrcuiuetAnce9s OF such soldier or sailor whose
marriage to her was contracted prior to january
LIST. 1879. provided. that il her deceased husband
served IN an organization mustered in from Lou
isiana. or II he resided in Louisiana at the date
on his enlistment. and has SO resided for ons
year prior thereto then in order that such widow
shall be entitled to the pension as herein pro.
yided she shall have resided in this State for at
least i've years prior to her application therefore
and II her deceased husband enlisted elsewhere
than In Louisiana, and serveI in an organisation
not mustered IN from Louisiana such widow
SHALL IN order to entite her to pension as herein
provided have resided in this State for not less
than fifteen years prior to her application for
such pension; provided further that pensions
whether to veterans or to widows shall be al
lowed only from the date of application under
this article, and the total appropriations for all
pensions shall not be less than fifty thousand
dollars nor more than seventy-fve Thousand dol
lars In any one year, provided that nothing in
this Article shall be construed 80 ms to prohibit
the General Assembly from providing artificial
limbs to disabled Confederate soldiers or Sailors
Section 2 Be it further enacted. etc.. That
this proposed amendment be submitted TO the
qualified voters of the state of Louisiana for
adoption or rejection. at the Congressional cleo
ton to be holden in November, 1900
j. Y. SANDERS
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
ALBERT ESTOPINAI.
Lieut.. Governor and President Of the Senate
Approved July 9th, 1900:
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.