The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-11-03
PROPOSED

IF AGo OO&AA%
Act No. 10.
House Bill No. Tg-By Mr.. b. 7. Young
Joint Resolution.
Proposing an Amendment to Article jus
of the Constitution OF the State of
Louisiana.
Section One. Be it enacted by the Cen
sral Assembly of the State Of Louisiana.
two-thirds Of all the members elected to
each House eoncurring, That Article
Three Hundred and Three OF the Constr
tuition of the State, of Louisiana be so
amended us to read as follows:
Article 3034 A. pension not to exceed
i. Eight 1881 Dollars per month shall be al
lowed to each Confederate soldier or sall-
on veteran who possesses all OF the foI-
lowing qualifications:
LIST. He shall have served hOifofably
from, the date of his enlistment until the
close of the Late Civil War+or until he was
discharged or pareIed, in some military
organization. regularly mustered y the
ArnE or Navy Of the Confederate. States,
andAIaH have remained true to the Con-
fedefate States until the surrender
2rd. He shall be in INDECENT cIrcunl-
stances, and upable. to earn a livelihood
by his own labor or skill
3rd. He shall not be saIaried or other
wise provided for by the State OF. Louis
lima, or by any other State or Govern
nIent.
In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service as a Louisiana
Cryanization, or i'm case at the date of his
enlistinuut he resided IN the State OF
Louisiana, he shall have resided in this
State for at least five 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
-. nr -, Tho Navy af tho Ennfai-
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
circumstances, of such soldier or sailor
whose marriage to Der was e~ontracted
prior to January 1st 1870, provided. that it
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
year prior thereto, then in order that such
widow shall be entitled to the pension as
herein provided, she shall have resided in
her application therefor; and If her de-
ceased husband enlisted elsewherethan in
Louisiana, ond served in an organization
not mustered in from Louisiana such
widow shall, in order to entitle her to
pension as herein provided, have resided
HI JHlS Sbdb6 lOl uOU lCoS AUh A1UCCh SdAS
prior to her application for such 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
for all pensions shall not be less than fifty
thousand dollars nor more than seventy
five Thousand dollars in any one year, pro-
vided that nothing in this Article shall be
construed SO as to prohibit the General
Assembly from providing artificial limbs
to disabled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section Q. Be it further enacted. etc,
That this proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the qualified voters Of the State
of Louisiana for adoption OF rejection, at
the Congressional election to be holden in
November 1900.
j. Y. SANDERS
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ALBERT ESTOPINAL,
Lieut-Gov. and President of the Senate.
Approved July6y 1900.
w. w. HEARD.
Governor of the State OF Louisiana.
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State