St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-27
Official.

.ict. No. 73
House Bill No. 73-By b. T. Young:
JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
Prop Osinv an Amendment to Article
sos of the Constitution Of the State Of
Louisiana.
Section one. Be 1t !eL acted by the
Genernl Assembly Of the State Of Louisi-
ana, two.ihirds Of all the members
elec.ed to each House concuIriDg, That
Article Three Hundred and three
Of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana be 10 amended ~ to read rs
follows:
Article 3O3. A pension not 10 exceed
Eight (9S) Dollars per month shall BE-
allowed to each Confederate soldier and
sailor ve:eraI who possesses all Of the
following qualifications:
LIST. He shall have served honolably
from the day of his enlistr ent until the
close of the late Civil Wax. or q It'll he
WAS discharged or paroled, in some
military organization regularly mustered
into the Army or Navy Of tho l'onfedera ate
st ties, and shall have remained true to
the Confederate States until the sur
render
2ud. He shall be in indignant circum-
stances, and unable 10 ea:n Twelfth God
by his own labor or skill.
3rd. He shalt not he salariod or other.
wise provided ior by the State Of Louisl-
ana, or by any other State or Govern
inert.
In case he enlisted in ANY organization
l,usseeed into sid service ~ Louisi-
ana organization, W in case ut the date
Of his enlistment lie resided in the
state Of Louisiana. he shall have re-
sided IN this State for At least i've years
prior to lls application for pension. In
case he resided elsewhere than in this
state, and enlisted in IN Organization
rot n ustcred in from L0uisians, or in
the Navy Of the Confederate States, Id
shall have ,esi dsd in this State for II
least fifteen JEWS prior to his spplica-
ton tor SUCH pension. \ 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 st. 1870, provided. that
lef deceased hushend served in an Or
sanizAiion mustered in }foT Loui.i-
ana, or If he resided il Louisiana at 1he
date 81 his enl:stm ent, and has 30 re-
sided Tor y, year prior thereto, then
| in order that such WIDOW sh:u be
entitled 10 The pension as here;n pro
videl, abe shall have resided in this
State tor Ut lsast i've YeaES Plt0F 10 Ari
ap, location therefor; apl il her deceased
. -',."d enlisted elsewhere than 10
n.ss. "a IN IN o:ganix.s'
LOUISIANA, AMI rerv.,. -
tim not mustered in from Louisiana SUI.
widow shall. in order - entitle hog to .
pension d j.erein provided. hsvs re-
sided in this State tor not less than fifteen
years prior 70 her application for such
pension, Provided further, that pen
si"ns whether to ', tensns or TO widows,
shall BIZ allowed only from the date Of
application under this article, AMI the
total apprG priatiOns tor all pensions
shall MT be less than fifty thousand dol
lars nor more than seventy five thousand
dollars in any one year, provided that
nothing in thus Article shall bs con-
strue. 50 AZ to prohibit tie General As
seEiLly from providing artificial limbs
70 disabled Confederate soldiers o: sail
o1s.
Section 2. Re il i.rther enacted. etc.
that this proposed :.mcnl nent be
submitted TO the quilted voters Of tie
State Of Louisiana for adoption or rejec-
ton. at the CODgressic NAL election 70 be
holden in November. 1910.
]. Y. SANDERS.
Speaker of the House Of lteprssen t,tives.
ALBEIT EJrOPENOl.
Lieutenant.G Governor and PHehideat oil
the Senate.
Approved July 9Th. 1900.
w. ". HEARD,
Governor of the State of Louisa. ..
A true copy:
JOHN T. MITCHELL,
Secretary of state.