The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-27
AMENDMENT
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House Bill No. Fey Mr.. B.. 7. Yenng:
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House Bill No. Fey Mr.. 3. 7. Young:
.Eo11sa ResofmtlOa.
Proposing an Amendment TO Article SS
of the Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana ;
Section One. Be 10 enacted by the Gen
eraI AssembIy7sf the State Of Louisiana.
two-thirds OF all the members elected TO
each House eoneurring, That srtic!e
Tlyvee Hundred and Three OF the Constr
tGtion OF the State of LouisfaDa be SO
amended az t. read as folfaws:, !,
Article 3e3 A pension DO to exceed
Eight tssl Dollars PEI month shalt pc ~
lowed to each Confederate soldier or sail
or veteran, who possesses all OF the fol-
lowing qualifications
LIST. He shall. have served hoRorabiy
from the date of his enllstihapt until the
close Of the late Civil War. or until he was
discharged or paroled. in some military
organization regularly mnsteled into the
and shall have remained true to the Con
federate States until the surrender
End. He shall be in INDECENT clrcunI-
stances, and unable to earn u livelihood
BY his own labor OF skill.
3rl. He shall not be salaried or other
WISE provided for by the State OF LOUIS
lana. or by any other State or Govern
ment.
In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service asa Louisiana
organization. or in case at the date Df his
enlistmt MT he resided in the State OF
Louisiana. he shall nave resided III this
State for at least i've years prior to. DIS
application for pension. In case he resided
elsewhere than in this State, and enlisted
in an organization not mustered in from
louisiana. or in the Navy of the COlfed-
crate States, he shall have resided in this
State for at least fifteen years prior to his
application for such pension. A like pen
sion shall be granted TO the WIDOW VINO
shalt not have married again, in INDECENT
circumstances, of such soldier or sailor
whose marriage to her was contracted
prior to January lst 1870, provided, that II
her deceased husband served in an organ
ization mustered In from Louisiana. or II
he resided in Louisiana at the date OF his
enlistment. and has SO resided tor one
a prior thereto, then in order that such
widow shall he entitled to the pension as
herein provided, she shall have resided in
this State for at least five years prior to
her application therefor; and it her de-
ceased husband enlisted else W harethan IN
Louisiana. ond served III an organization
not mustered in from. Louisiana such
widow shall, in order to entitie her to
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 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 shallnot be less than fifty
thousand dollars nor more than seventy
five thousand dollars in any n yeaF, pro-
vided that nothing in this Article shallhe
construed SO as to prohibit the General
Assembly from providing artificial limbs
to disabled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it farther enacted. etc,
That this proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the qualified voters of the State
Of Louisiana for adoption or rejection, at
the Congressional election to be holden in
November 1900.
j. Y. SANDERS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ALBERT ESTOPlNAL.
Iieut-Goy. and President of the Senate.
Approved July 6, a9o1.
w. w. HEARD.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
JOHN t. MICHEL,
Secretary of State