The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-09-29
ACT NO. 70.
House Bill No. 7s-By Mr.. B. T. Young:
JOINT RESOI sIJrTON

JOANl hESODUIION.
PROPOSING an amendment to article s0s Of thu
Constitution Of the State Of Louisiana.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General A.
sembly of the state Of Louisiana two-thirds 81
all the members elected to each House concur.
f fhtns mnai Article Three Hundred AID Three Of
amended as to read as follows.
"a. Aftlcie Sos A pension not to exceed EIGHT
ssol DOLLARS per. month shall be allowed tu
each confederate soldier or sailor veteran, who
Possesses all OF the following qualifications:
ISL. ne shall have served hOnurably- from tho
dqte Of his enlistment until the close Of the late
ctvll war. Or until he WIS dischargedo or parOlod
10 some military organization regularly muster
go TITO the Army or Navy of the Confederate
States. and shall have remained true to tho Con-
Iederate states until the surrender.
"a. He shall DO in INDECENT circumstances.
and enable to earn livelihood by his own labor
Sd. He shall not be- salariesl or otherwise pro-
v,ded Tor by the State of Louisiana or BY any
other State or Government.
q case he enlisted in any organization MUSTER
or IN case at the date Of his enlistment he resid-
ed IN the state of Louisiana, he shall have reside
ed ~ this State for at least i've years prior 10 his
Application for pension. In case he resided else-
where than in this State, and enlisted IN an or
eanization not mustered ia from Louisiana, or
IN the Navy OK the confederate States. he shall
have resided IN this State for at least fifteen
years prior to his application for such pension.
like pension shall be granted to the widow
who shall not have married again in lndigenS
marriage to her was contracted prior 10 January
LIST. 1879. provided. that il her deceased husband
served in an organization mustered in from Ion
isiana. or II he resided in Louisiana NJ the date
81 his enlistment. and has SO resided Tor ona
year PRIOR thereto. then in order that such widow
shall be entitled TO the peEsion a. herein pro
yided she shall have resided in this 81 ate for &c
least hve years prior to her application therefor:
and II her deceased husband enlisted elsewhere
than IN Louisiana. and serve in an oruan ration
not mustered in from Louisiana such widow
shall, IN order to entitIe her to pens,o ~ herein
provided have resided In this State for NOT less
than hfteen years prior 10 her application for
such pension; provided further, that peusiopa
whether to veterans or 10 widows shall be AL
lowed 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 i've tilnus;snd dol
lars IN any one year, provided that nothing in
this Article shall be construed go as to prohibit
the General Assembly from providing Hrtifclsl
limbs to disabled confederate sold ers OF s9iorr
Section z. Be IL further enacted. etc. That
this proposed amendment BE- submitted 10 fhe
qqalifled voters Of the State Of Louisiana for
adoption or rejection. at tie Congressional elec~
ton to be holden in November, 1901.
Y: Y.SANDERS.
speaker OF the Hc1 2. s s 81 kspressn,stiyes.
Lieut. Governor and President OF the Senate.
Approved July 6th. 1850
w. w. HEARD.
Governor If the Stats Ut Louisiana.
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Secretary of SfatiA