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Act No. 70.
House Bill No. 73-By Mr.. B. T. Young:
JOINT RESOLUTION


JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an Amendment to Article 900 of
the Constitution of the State of Louisiana.
Section One. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana.
thirds of ali members elected to each
dred and Three of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be SO amended as to read
as follows:
Article 800. A pension not to exceed
lowed to each Confederate soldier or sailor
veteran, who possesses all of the following
qualifications:
Ist. He shall have served hororably
from the date Of his enlistment to the close
of the late Civil War. or until be was dis
charged or paroled, in some military organi
cation regularly mustered into the Army or
Navv of the Confederate States, and shall
have remained true to the Confederae States
until the surrender.
and. He shall be in INDECENT circum-
stances, and unable to earn a livelihood by
his own labor and skill.
grid. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Louisiana,
or by any other State or Government.
- In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service as Louisiana or
ganization, or in case at the date of his en-
listment he resided in the State of Louisiana,
he shall have resided in this State for at
least hve years prior to his application for
pension. In case he resided elsewhere than
in this State, and enlisted in an organization
not mustered in from Louisiana, or in the
Navy of the Confederate States, he shall
have resided in this State for at least fifteen
years prior to his application for such pen
sion. A like pension shall be granted to
the widow who shall not have married
again, in INDECENT circumstances, of such
soldier sailor whose marriage to her was
| contracted prior to January Est 1870, pro-
vided, that if her deceased husband served
in an organization mustered in from Louis
lana, or if he resided in Louisiana at the
date of his enlistment, and has resided
for on.. year prior thereto, then in order
| that such widow shall he entitled to the
| pension as herein provided, she shall have
resided in this State for least five years
pri''r ~ her application therefor; and if her
| &c. ea,"d husband enlisted elsewhere than
! III l.. ni<i'na. and served in an rganization
| II stored in from Louisiana such widow
Shat. II, '.r'.,:I Ia entitle her to pension as
herein provided, have resided in this State
| TO: not rss 'k:,, fifteen years prior to her
appii,'.lin tor such pension; provided
further, that pensions whether to veterans
| ar t. widows. shalt I've allowed only from
| the date of application under this article.
and the total appropriations for all pensions
| shall ~, i's. less than fifty Thousand dollars
! nor more than seventy-fve thousand dollars
| in any one year, provided that nothing ir
| this Article shall be construed to pro-
| hiuit the General Assembly from providing
| artificial limbs to disabled Confederate
soldiers sailors.
Section BE it further enacted, etc.,
That this proposed amendment be submit
ted to the qualified voters OF the State o,
Louisiana for adoption rejection at the
Congressional election to be holden in No
vember, 1900.
~. SANDERS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ALBERT ESTOPINAL,
Lieutenant-t1overnora and President of the
Senate. Approved July 6, 1900.
w. w. heard,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
| JOHN r. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.