The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-09-22
AIT No ~
H"n Bill! 70. =, BY Is r Young
JOINT RESOLUTION,

| Proposing an Amendment to Article 30:
Of the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana:
Assembly Of the state of I.o,;isi:ina two.
thirds OF ali members elected to each IIouS,
concurrln@, That Article Three Hundred and
Three of the Constitution of the STATE, of Lon
>iana be 50 amended az to read as follows.
Article 81. \ pension not to exceed Eight
So Dollars pci month shall be allowed tn
"ach C"nicdcrat" soldicr or sailor veteran
y II" p"s>e-s-1s 81 al The following qilalitica
fions :! ''''
LIST. He snail h!yr served houorahly from.
t he dat" Of his enlistment until the ;.io., of
the lat" Civil War or Until he v a. di>tilaryr,l
on lGirnica, III some military organization
regularly mustered into the Army OF NAVY
~ the Confederate" States. and shall hay.. re-
main true to the Confederate. STATES uut;l
the surrender.
2nd. He SHALL III INDECENT circumstances
ami unab!" to earn Il livelihood by his own
labor or IL.
3:a, He shall not Lc >alaricd or otherwise.
provided for by the State of Louisiana or
by any othrr state or eminent
In case he enlisted in amy organization
mustered INTO said service rs Il Louisiana
organization, or in cast Il: the date OF his
enlistment he Resided in the State of Louis
iina, he shall have resided in this state for
ut least five years prior to his application for
pension. In Case ne resided elsewhere than
IN tins state. ana enlisted i'll an organization
nht mustered III from Louisiana, or in the
Navy OF me confederate states, ii" shall
nav e resided IN tins state for at lcas; fifteen
years prior to his application for such pen
SION. y Ike pension shall be granted the
WIDOW Who SHALL not have niagI led ,tH.tin. in
lntlgrnt circumstances, Of such Sol,if,.<. ~.
.;ail"r whose marriage tn hcrw us contracted
prior TO january lSt. 1870. provided that If
her i""rhSed htsb:n,l Ser, ~ III an u..aniLa
Lon mustered IL from Louisiana, or if he
RESIDED IN l.oul.IHna 1T the datcot his enlist.
incnt. and has so resided for one ear rlior
thereto. than in order thai such widow Shall
De entitled to the pension ut herein provided
she shall have resided il! this STATE for al
least hE" years prior to her aDpiication
I ltrcfor: and II her deceased husband en-.
listed elsewhere than in louisiana and
serve! III an organization not mustered in |
from Louisiana ~ucM widow shall in order
to cntitl" her t. pension rs herein provided |
have resided i'll this state for not less than |
liftecll years prior to her application for |
>uch pension; provided further, that pen
SONS whether to veterans or to widows
snail d" allowed only from the date of appli
cation under this article, and the total ;p-
preparations forall pensions shall not be less
Fan nifty thousand dollars nor more than
'avenfy i've thousand dollars in any one
'ear-. pro. idcd that nothing in this .rticlr
'htIl De construed so as to ayuhibH the
General Assembly from providing artiticiaI
llliDS To disable confederate soldiers or
soldiers.
Section 2 BE it further enacted etc That
ms proposed amendment he submitted to
no qualified voters of the state. of Lon. siam, |
or adoption or rcjcctioll at the. COurrcsI
l"nal election to be held in November. 1870.
j. Y. SANDERS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ALERT ESTOPINAL.
lieutenant GOVERNOR and President of senate
Approved july 6th 1870.
''.' W. W. HEARD,
Governor III the stG.,>D at IaHisiara
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.