The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-10-25
ACT No. So.
House Bill No. 73-By Mr.. B. 7. Youu.,
JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an Amendment to Articla1 -
OF the Constitution Of the Htats r. 3
Louisiana. j. s q
election One. Be it enacted h
y General Assembly Of the ST. - n
Louisiana, two-thirds Of all measi, e
elected to each House concurrinc. YSs8 3
Article Three Hundred and Three q ~
Constitution OF the State Of LouiIisS.
be 80 amended as to read az follo1a:
Article 38. A pension not to c1ceoi /
Eight ($8) Dollars per month shall r.
allowed to each Confederate soldiR
sailor veteran, who possesses al AZ =
following qualifications: -
list. He shall have served honnrsla
from the date of his enlistment missy
close of the late Civil War, or unf3l -
was discharged or paroled, in sons r.
itary organization regularly mus1eeea
into the Army or Navy of the Couiel1s I
rate States, and shall have remained -
to the Confederate States until I'd -
render.
End. He shall be in INDECENT ciIv
stances, and unable to earn Ey6lihon1
by his own labor or skill.
3rd. He shall not be salaried Or otl
W4oO pAoVAAO0 AOA Wy VIC 0sas0 Va A-~eS
isiana, or by any other State or Cow
ment.
In case he enlistedin any organisaii
mustered into said service as q Louil
organization, or in case at the data q IT.
enlistment he resided in the 6tate III
Louisiana, he shall have resided II -
State for at least i've years prior . r.
application for pension. In case he1o.
sided elsewhere than in this StetA -
enlisted in an organization notmua
in from Louisiana, or in the Navy c6 ri
| Confederate States, he shall hare No
in this State for at least fifteen ye
prior to his application for such panacn.
A like pension shall be granted b t<o
widow who shall not have married aGDs
in INDECENT circumstances, Of such aot1
or sailor whose marriage to her w1aeol
tracted prior to January list, 1870, ~.
vidsd, that it her deceased hu1611
served in an organization mustered i
from Louisiana, or if he resided u L.
isiana at the date Of his enlistment, TT
has so resided for one year prior thee
then in order that such widow shal1 t.
entitled to the pension as herein peog
ed, she shall have resided in this So
for at least five years prior to her applls
cation therefor; and if her deoso
husband enlisted elsewhere than q L.
isiana, and served in an organisattc1no
mustered in from Louisiana such MIdc1
shall, in order to entitle her to penl
az herein provided, have resided u ~
State for not less than fifteen yealspGl1l
to her application for such psn1lon;;
provided further, that pensions wneeee
to veterads or to widows, shall b0alLc1
only from the date of application MI
this article, and the total appfopfiat!
for all pensions shall not be lees -
fifty thousand dollars nor mofo -
seventy-five thousand dollars in my e.
year, provided that nothing in this Aze,
Gle shall be construed 30 az to ptul
the General Assembly from PRO
artificial limbs to disabled Confodo
soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further enacted -
That this proposed amendment b -
mitted to the qualified voters OF 49,
of Louisiana for adoption or re1ecoel
at the Congressional election to b h010
in November, 1900:
Speaker of the House of Representaf!yol
II ALBERT ESTOPlNAL4
Lieut. Governor and President OF Seaae
Approved July 9Th, 1900.
w. w. HEARD,
Governor of the State OF LoulaaaAl
joint. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.