The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-10-27

Act No. g.
H""fe Bill! No. '3-By L. T. You,r.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an Amendment 70 Ar,;o,, 90,
OF the Constitution Of the St,.o 'o 70
Louisiana: ="
section one. BE it enacted by tnc c,
Assembly OF the state of louj,i,,n "e, ,.l
conrurrnS. That Article, Three Unn ,h rouse
Inrce OF the Constitution of the >tat.. ' eM ana
lS'ahit De so amended as to read nc Va Lou
hrticlE 'Nf. pension not toexc,.,.I rs.
w., noliars per month shall be allow .G s a
each Confederate soldier or .n,Inr u ,' to
VINO Possesses OF all the follo,,in" n"t,ttalan.
lions Ilalifica.
lst: He snail have served hou,,.,,,
~. ,', ; -, ~ enlistment until the close Of
~ NV n p",e Hn war or until he was discharyeud;
Or pnroiau, IN some military nrna,;S eo
regularly mustered into the 4 r,n, -, Sh
Va inc Sohlcdcratc States, and shall b,ror!
man! man true to the confederate states ,n ,e
the surrender. '"'eS Until
H 1na, ne snail be in INDECENT circumstance.
,iiu uhao,r I" earn livelihood by hi. ''..
oru, nc shaii not he saIaricd Or o,h.ru;.o
provided for by the State of Louisi m,r"se
ny any other State or Government or
IN case he enlisted in any or',,,>:.
mustered INTO said SERVICE ~ :, ...,:"Von
VI SahiHa'ton or in case mt the d,tn 90 ~.
enlistment he resided in the St,,ta '.t OF BIS
i.'nh' ne snail have resided in this sta," ~
ncn,ion ~ Ears cars prior to his application for
pcnsoi: IN case ne resided elsewhere tha W.
IN inns state, and enlisted in m o,,,,,,; INN
not mustered in from Louisiana "r "a ~.
Jaw OF the Confederate States hc .h ,ns
NAV resided IN this state for ut least fift"sn
Years prior 70 his application for such nnn
SION. \ like pension shall II, yr.nt. pen'
WIDOW who shall not have marrrd ",,;, '9e
lhui"cnt circumstances, of such snii.rr ~ ~
sailor whose marriage to her was contr.n,od
Pa ,oI 10 January lst, $50, provided, that If
tlon mustered i'll from LOuisian, nr !, ha
TesIucd IN Louisiana at the date of his en,iS,
Hleht, ana has SO resided for one wear nri",
;,herttn, imam IN order that such widow sha,1
~ entitled to the pension ut herein nr"yi hau
shc shall have resided in this STATE for ~
!cast nvc years prior to her annIicot,o ~
therefor; and if her deceased HUSBAND an.
Nstco elsewhere than in Louisiana ami
seaaeu III an organization not mustered in
rom louisiana such widow Shall. in order
70 ciltitIc her To pension is herein nrnvid.J
nave resided in this stat. for not less than
nlteeh Years prior to her application for
s,n1 pension ,,; provided further, that pen.
'hali be allowed Only from the date If ami
cation under this article, and the total m,
proprlatlons fora all pensions shall NOT he lers.
nan AIty thousand dollars nor more than
evenly thousand dollars in any one
ears. provided that nothing in this r,ieiS
man bc construed so as to prohibit the
!encrai Assembly from providing artificial
lmDs to disable confederate soldiers or
soldiers. e''
Section 2. Be it further enacted etc Tia,
MS proposed amendment be submitted IN
he 4uaiified voters of the State of Louisiana I
or adoption or rejection, ut the Congress
ional election to be held in November. IaO
j. Y. SANDERS.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ALBERT ESTOPINAL.
MISUNDERSTANDING and President of Senate d
Approved July 9Th, 1900.
W. w. HEARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiapa
y true copy:
JOHN +. MICHEL.
Secretary of Stofa