The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-09-29

Act NaA 10.
House. Bill No. T-By Mr.. B. T. Young:
ayOimt Resolution.
Proposing an Amendment to Article sos
OF the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana.
geetJon One. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana
two-thirds Of all the members elected to
each House concurrIng, Iha Article
Three Hundred and Three of the Constr
tntjon of the State of Louisiana be SO
amended as to read as follows:
Article BOB A pension no to exceed
Eight tSS| Dollars per month shall be al
lowed to each Confederate soldier or sail
or veteran, who possesses all OF the tol-
lowing qualifications:
lst. He shall have served hon0rably
from the date of his enlistment until the
close of the late Civil War, or until he was
discharged or paroled, in some military
organization regularly mustered into the
Army or Navy Of the Confederate States,
and shall have remained true to the Con-
federate S5ates until the surrender
End. He shall be in INDECENT circuni-
stances, and unable to earn a livelihood
by his own labor or skill.
Srd. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Louis
lana. or by any other State or Govern
mem.
In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service as a Louisiana
OrganiZation, or in case Attn date of his
enlistment he resided i'll the State of
Louisiana, he shall have resided an this
State for at least five years prior to his
application for pension. In case he resided
eisewhe than in this State, and enlisted
in an organization not mustered IN from
Louisiana. or in the Navy of the Confed-
crate States, he shall have resided in this
State for at least fifteen years prior to his
application for such pension. A like PEN
sion shall be granted to the widow who
shall not have married again, in INDECENT
circumst ances. of such soldier or sailor
whose marriage TO Der was contracted
prior to January 1st 1870, provided, that if
her deceased husband served in an organ
ization mustered in from Louisiana, or if
he resided in Louisiana at the date of his
enlistment, and has SO resided tor one
wear prior thereto, then in order thatsuch
widow shall be entitled to the pension as
herein provided, she shall have resided in
this State for at least five years prior to
her application therefor b if her de-
ceased husband enlisted elsewherethan in
Louisiana, ono served IN an organlzatloh
not mustered in from Louisiana such
widow shall, in order to entitle herstO
pension as herein provided, have resided
in thus State for not less than fifteen years
prior to her application for sue pension /;
provided further, that pensions. whether
to veterans or to widows shall be allowed
only from the date of application under
this article, and the total appropriations
fer all pensions shall not be less than fifty
thousand dollars nor more than seventy
FIVE Shousand dollarsin any n year, pro-
videdsthat nothing in this Article shall be
construed so as to prohibit the General
Assembly from providing artificial limbs
to disabled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section2. Be it further enacted. etc,
That this proposed amendment be sub
Hitted to the qualified voters of the State
OF Louisiana for adoption or rejection, lat
the Congressional election to be holden in
November 1900.
j.. Y. SANDERS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ALBERTEST0PINAL,
Lieut-Goy. and President of the Senate.
Approved July 6, 1900
w. w. HEARD
Governor OF the State of Louisiana.
Atue copy:
JOHN I. MICHEL,
Secretary of State