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act No. 70.
House Bill No. 73-By Mr.. b. T. Young:
JOINT RESOLUTION

House Bill No. 73-By Mr.. b. T. Young:
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an Amendment to Article 3o3 of
the Constitution of the State of Louisiana.
Section One. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana
two-thirls of ali members elected to each
House concurring. That Article Three Hun
bred and Three of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be 20 amended ~ to read
- follows:
Article 500. A pension not to exceed
Eight (93l Dollars per month shall be al
lowed to each Confederate soldier or sailor
vetcs.n. who possesses all of the following
Qualifications:
Ist. He shall have served hocorably
from the date q his enlistment to the close
Of the late Civil War, until be was dis
charged or paroled, in some military organi
1esioo regularly mustered into the Army or
NAVY Of the Confederate States, and shall
have remained true to the Confederae States
until the surrender.
and. He shall be in INDECENT circum-
stances, and unable to earn q livelihood by
grid. He shall not be salaried other
wise provided for by the State of Louisiana,
or BY any other State or Government.
In case he enlisted in any organization
ganizatioo, OF in case at the date of his en-
listment he resided in the State of Louisiana,
he shall have resided in this State for at
least hive years prior to his application for
tS$oOe0 ELSEWHERE
in this State, and enlisted in an organization
not mustered in from louisiana, or in the
Navy of the Confederate States, he shall
have resided in this State for at least fifteen
years prior to his application for such PEN
sion. like pension shall be granted to
the widow who shall not have married
again, in INDECENT circumstances, of such
soldier or sailor whose marriage to her was
contracted prior to January list 1870, pro-
vided, that if her deceased husband served
ORGANIZATION in I
lana, or if he resided in Louisiana at the
date IF his enlistment, and has resided
for one year prior thereto, then in order
that such widow shall he entitled to the
pension herein provided, she shall have
resided in this State for at least FIVE wears
prior to her application therefor; and If her
deceased husband enlisted elsewhere than
in louisiana, and 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 ess than fifteen years 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. provided that nothing in
this Article shall be construed SO as to pro-
hibit the General Assembly from providing
artificial limbs to disabled Confederate
soldiers or sailors.
Section z. Be it further enacted, etc..
That this proposed amendment be submit
ted to the qualified voters OF the State of
Louisiana for adoption rejection at the
Congressional election to be holden in Mo-
vember, 1900.
J.Y. SANDERS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ALBERT ESTOPINAL
Lieutenant-(,overnor and President of the
Senate. Approved July s, 1900.
w. w. HEARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JOHN r. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.