The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-09-15

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Act No. a.
House Bill No. 7s-By NJ. B. I. Young:
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an Amendment TO Article 900
Of the Constitution Of the Stste Of
Louisiana.
Section One. Be II enacted b The
General Assembly Of tho State Of Louis.
lana, two third Of all members elected
to each House concurring, That Article
Three Hundred and Three of the Constt-
tuition Of the State Of Louisiana b col
amended % to read - follows:
Article 900. A pension not to exceed
Eight CO., Dollars per month shall b
allowed to each Confederate colder OF
sailor veteran. who possesses oil Of the
following qualifications:
LIST. He shall have served honoeably
from The date Of his enlistmsnt until the
Close Of the late Civil War. q until b
was discharged or parolsd. 10 sous Mill
tary organisation regularly mustered
into the Army or Navy Of the Confedsf-
ats States, and shall have remained true
to the Confederate States until the sur
render.
End. He shsll b In INDECENT circum-
stances. and unable 70 earn livelihood
BY his own labor o. kill.
ard. He shall not b nlaried Or cher
wise provided for By the Stste Of Los-
isiana. or BY any other State Of 6ovsrn-
ment.
In case be enlisted In any 0tgsntss-
ton mustered into said service - Lou
isisns organization. OF In case Ut the
date Of his enlistment he resided IN the
| State Of Louisisns. he shall have resi-
| ded In this State for ct least 6ve ysars
prior to his application for pension. In
case he resided elsewhere than In this
State, and enlisted In IN organisation
not mustered In from Louisiana, OF In
the Navy Of the Confsrate States. be
shsll have reQtded In this STATE tor ct
least fifteen yearus prior 70 his spplies'
tion for such psrsion. A like pension
shall be granted to the widow Who shall
not have married again, In INDECENT cir
cumstances. Of such soldier o. sailos
whose marriage to her was contracted
prior to January Lat 1870. provided, that
II her deceased husband served In IN o.
Ranisation mustered in from Louisiana
or II he resided in Louisiana ct the date
Of bis enlistment. and has - resided fo'
one year thereto, then In order that s0ct
widow shall be entitled 10 the peosiol
| q herein provided. che shall have resi-
ded in this State for ct lsast I've y6ee'
prior to her application therefor; and 4
her deceased husband enlisted elsewher'
than In Louisiana, and served 10 "a OF
Ranisatiou not mustered In from Lon
isians such widow shall, 10 order 70 %
title her to pension - herein provided
have resided In this State fat not -
than fifteen years prior to her applies
| ton for such pension; provided further
that pensions whether TO veterans or :
widows, shall DO allowed only from dat
Of application under this article. an
the total appropriations foe oil Dqosiou
: shall not b less than City thousen
dollars nor more than seventy 1--we thor
sand dollars In any one year. provide
that nothing In this Article shall b COZ
. strusd 20 - to prohibit the General Al
sembly from providing artificial limit
!. to disabled Confederate soldier OF so
lors.
Section 2. Be II further enacted et>
8 That this proposed amendment b gu
J. mitted to the qualified voters Of the Sta
Of Louisiana for adoption or rsjsctio
/, at the Congressional election to b. ho'
. den in November, 1900.
!. J.Y.sANDERS,
/. SPEAKER Of the House Of Representative
ALBERT ESTOPlNAL
I Lieutenant Governor and President Of
: the Senate.
j.. Approved July 9Th. 1900.
: W. W. HEARD,