St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-20
Official.

House Bin No. 73-By b. T. Young:
JOINT RESOLUTION.
PROPOSING An Amendment TO Article
sos Of the Constitution Of the State Of
Louisiana.
Section one. Be 1t leI acted by the
General Assembly OF the State Of L0uisi-
ana, two-ihir,ls Of all the members
elec ed to each House concurrinR, That
Article Three Hundred and three
OF the Constitution Of the State Of
Louisiana be 10 amended ~ TO read ~
follows:
Article sos. A pension NOT 70 exceed
Eight (88) Dollars per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier Ind
s,ilor ve:e1- who possesses all Of tho
following qualifications:
LIST. He shall have served honolably
from the day Of his E nl;str, ent until the
close Of the late Civil War. or It'll he
VIA discharged or paroled. in some
military organization regularly clustered
into the Army or NAvy Of tho Confederate
st ties, and shall have remained srne to
tho Confederate States until tie sur
render
Aud. He shall be in Indignant circum-
stances, AID unable 10 easn Twelfth COL
by his own labor or skill.
3rd, He shalt not bc s;llarled other
wise provided Tor by tue State Of Louisi-
ana, or by any other State or Govern
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In case he enlisted in any organization
I, ustered into said service IL u LOUISE
ana organisation, or in case ut the date
Of his enlistment lie resided in tue
state OF Lot isiana. he shall have re-
sided IN this State for at least five years
prior to hrs application for psnsi IN. In
case he resided elsewhere than III this
otate, and enlisted il IN organisation
rot II ussured in FROM Louisiana, or in
the Navy Of the Confederate states, he
shall have resi- dad in THUS State for ut
least fifteen years PRIOR 70 his aJplica-
ton tor such pension. \ like pension
shall be granted to the widow who shall
not have married again, IN lndigent
circumstances Of such soldier or sailor
whose marriage to her was contracted
prior to January list 1850. provided. that
neS deceased husband served IN Al or.
2anizalion mustered in from Louisi-
ana, or il he HesideA il Louisiana at the
date Of his enlistment, and has 30 re-
sided Tor 0. year prior thereto. then
| in order that such widow shall be
entitled 70 the pension as herein pro-
vidsd, she shall have resided in this
State tor 1t least Ave years prior to hsr
applicatiOn therefor; aud il her deceased
husband enlisted elsewhere than in
Louisiana, AMI served in an oiganiz.-
ton not mustered in frOrl LouisAuA such
widow shall, in order ~ elititle her to
pension - Lerein provided. have re-
sided in thIs State Tor not less thnn niseen
years prior 70 her application ior such
pension, provided further, that peu-
sions Whether 10 veterans or to widows,
shall be allowed only from the date Of
spplication under this article. and the
total apprt priations Tor all pensions
shall ms be less than ffty thousand dol
lars NOR more than seventy live thousand
dollars in amy one year, provided that
nothing in this Article shall be con-
stsue. 80 rs to prohibit tie General As
ssE,Lly frUm providing artificial limbs
20 disabled Contesler,ate soldiers o: sail
ors.
| Section 9. Be it farther enacted. etc.
that this proposed amend ncnt be
submitted to the quilted voters OF ti.e
State Of Louisiana for adoption or rejec.
tion, ut the C0ngressic nal election 70 BE-
holden in Noveriber, 1870.
| J. Y. SANDERS.
speaker OF the House Of Representatives.
ALBERT ESrOPENOL.
Ljeutenant.G Governor aud PIcnidsat oil
the Senate.
Approved July 9Th. 1870.
| w. v. HEARD,
Governor Of the State of LouisiA.- .
4 true copy:
JOHN T. MITCHELL,
Secretary Of state.