The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-10-04
ACT No. SO.
House Bill No. 73-By Mr.. B. T. Young
JOINT RESOL UTION

House Bill NO. lJ-by MT. p. i. Dung: |
JOINT RESOLUTION
an Amendment to Article 3OS
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana.
election One. Be it enacted by the
- General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all members
elected to each House concurring, That
Article Three Hundred and Three of the |
Constitution of the State of Louisiana
be so amended as to read as follows:
Article 1903. A pension not to exceed |
Eight ($8) Dollars per month shall be |
allowed to each Confederate soldier or |
sailor veteran, who possesses all OF the |
following qualifications:
list. He shall have served honorably |
from the date of his enlistment until the |
close of the late Civil War, or until he j
was discharged or paroled, in some mil
itary organization regularly mustered
into the Army OF Navy of the Coincide
rate States, and shall have remained true
to the Confederate States until the sur
render.
End. He shall be in INDECENT circum-
stances, and unable to earn livelihood
by his own labor or skill.
3rd. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State OF Lou
isiana, or by any other State or Govern
ment.
In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service as Louisiana
organization, or in case at the date OF his
enlistment he resided in the State OF
Louisiana, he shall have resided in this
State for at least five years prior to his
application for pension. In case he re-
sided elsewhere than 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 pension.
A 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 con-
tracted prior to January list, 1870, pro-
| vided, that if her deceased husband
served in an organization mustered in
from Louisiana, or if he resided In Lou
isiana at the date of his enlistment, and
| has so resided for one year prior thereto,
then in order that such widow shall be
entitled to the pension as herein provid-
ed, she shall have resided in this State
for at least i've years prior to her appi-
cation therefor; and If her deceased
husband enlisted elsewhere than in Lou
isiana, 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 less than fifteen years prior
to her application for such pension;
provided further, that pensions whether
to veterads 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 Arti-
! Gle shall be construed 80 as to prohibit
the General Assembly from providing
! artificial limbs to disabled Confederate
soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further 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 ESTOPINAL,
Lieut. Governor and President of Senate
Approved July 9Th, 1900.
w. w. HEARD,
Governor ct the State of Louisiana
: "a 10 JOHN 7. MICHEL,
Secretary OF State.