The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-09-22

lASG NO. 10.
House Bill No. 7s-By Mr.. B. T. Young:
.E0i1aG Resolution.
Proposing an Amendment to Article 303
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana.
Section One. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of theS State of Louisiana.
tw0-thirds Of all the members elected to
each House concnrring, That Article
Three Hundred and Three of the Constr
tuition OF tho State of Louisiana be so
amended as to read as follows:
Article 303. A pension not to exceed
Eight (Ss) Dollars per month shall be al
lowed to zach Confederate soldier or sail
or veteran, who possesses all of the fol-
lowing qualifications:
1st. He shall have served h~onorably
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 nave remained true to the Con-
federate States until the surrender
2nd. He shall be in INDECENT circum-
stances, aud unable to earn a livelihood
by his own labor or skill.
3rd. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Louis
lana, or by any other State or Govern
ment.
In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service as a Louisiana
organization, or in case at the date of his
enlistment 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
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. Alike PEN
sion shall be granted to the widow who
shall not nave married again, inindigent
circumst ances, of such soldier or sailor
whose marriage to Der was contraeted
prior to January 1st1S70, provided, thatif
her deceased husband served IN an organ.
iZation mustered in from Louisiana, or it
he resided in Louisiana at the date Of his
enlistment. and has so resided tor one
year prior thereto, then in order that such
widow shall be entitled to the pension as
herein provided, she shall have residedin
this State for at least tive years prior to
her application therefor; and if her de-
ceased husband enlisted e~lseWherethan 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
in this State for not less than fifteen years
prior to her application for such pension
PANf AoIo LoAUhNAt N4oO 49, y
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 dcllarsin 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.
Section2. Be it further enacted. ETC.,
That this proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the qualified voters of the State
Of Louisiana for adoption or 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 July 8, 1900.
w. w. HEARD.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy
JOHN L. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.