The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-10-20

Act No %.
House Bill No. '3-By b. 7. Young.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an Amendment to Article aa
OF the Constitution of the STATE NJ
Louisiana:
section One. BE it enacted by tho ,,o.,
Assembly Of the State of Lon SIM, n'n .tl
thirds OF all members elected Ia n,nh s"o'
cOncurring. That Article Three Unn,Irn .'"use
Three Of the Constitution of the state re ana
isana pc =" amended as to read as follows
Article 3O3. \ pension not to cxce.d -,
(S) Dollars per month shall be aI,o,rfSHt
each Confederate soldier or sailor 1911 10
who possesses OF I'LL the FOLLOWING. u,,i;aal'
tiOnS f''hca'
LIST. He snail have served hnnor,h,,
the date OF his enlistment untiI thn ni ai"l III
the late Civil War, or until nc was dsch"r,a ",
or Parolcd, III some military Orpaniz,tin,
regularly mustered into the Army mr %avn
OK thc confederate states, and shall have ~.
main true 10 the Confederate STATES nn,u
the surrender. 'S until
Ind. IL: shall be in INDECENT circumstance
and unable. to earn IL livelihood hy his own
labor or skill. '' U" IL
provided for by the State Of Iouisian, ~ nc
Oy any other state or GOyornmcnt VI
In case he enlisted in any orraniz,,io,
mustered into said service as n Inns;,v"
VA S'.ii-"'!oi'' vi IN case ut the date of his
enlistment hc resided in the State ri - ~,
lana, he shall have resided in this Stat" tor
AT least nNt years prior to his appljcafinn for
pension In case he resided piIevhnrs th "a
in this state, ana enlisted in an Organization
not mustered III from Louisiana mr. in d.
Navy OF the Confederate. states h. sha,
| have resided in this state for NJ least tist.an
years prior to his application for snch n.n'
sion. \ like pension shall be granted the
wiuow VINO shali not have married again in
81 OF
sailor whose marriage to her was cOntracted
prior TO january LIST, 1870, provided that n
her deceased husband served in an Organza
| ton mustered in from Louisiana, or il h.
resided III Louisiana at the date Of hjs enlist
mcnt, and has so resided for one wear nrior
thereto, than in order that such widow shsll
be entitled to the pension ut herein provided
she shall have resided in this state for NJ
| least nvc years prior to her appIicotiou
| therefor; and If her deceased husband en-.
| listed elsewhere than in Louisiana. and
| served i'll All organization not mustered in
| from Louisiana such widow shall, in Onler
! 70 cntHIc her 10 pension as herein provided
have resided in this State for not less than
| fifteen years prior to her application for
| such pension; provided further, that mem
| siOnS whether to veterans or. to widows
shall be allowed only from the date OF appli
! cation under this article, and the total an
preparations for all pensions shall not be lts,
than nifty thousand dollars nor more than
| seventy-fve Thousand dollars in any one
| years. provided that nothing i'm this Article
snail DC construed so az to prohibit the
Genera! Assembly from providing artificial
l limbs to disable confederate soldiers or
| soldiers.
| Section Z. BE it further enacted, etc. That
| TINS proposed amendment he submitted to
| the qualified voters OF the state of Louisiana
Tor adoption or rejection, at the Congrrs-
| SIGNAL election to be held in November, rS0 |
| j. Y. SANDERS,
! speaker of the House of Representative,
ALBERT ESTOPINAL
| Observation-Disclosures and President of Senate
Approved July 9Th, 1890.
| W. w. HEARD.
Governor of the State of Lopisispa
true copy:
! JOHN Il. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.