The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-09-15

Act No. Is.
House Bill No. 73-By Mr.. B. t. Young:
Joint Resolution.

ACU NJ I'D. 49,
House Bill No. 73-By Mr.. B. t. Young
Joint Resolution.
Proposing IN Amendment to Article SOB
of the Constitution of the State Of
Louisiana.
Section One. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana.
.tWo-thirds of all the members elected to
each House concurring, That Article
Three Hundred and Three OF the Constr
tuition of the State of Louisiana be SO
amended as to read as follows:
Article 303. A pension not to exceed
Eight 1881 Dollars pei month shall be al
lowed to zach Confederate soldier or sail71
or veteran, who possesses all OF the fol-
lowing qualifications:
1st. He shall have served honorably
from the date of his enlistment until the
close of the late Civil War, or until he was
discharged or >paroled, in some military
organization regularly mustered into the
Army or Navy Of the Confederate States,
and shall have remained true to the Con-
federate States until the surrender,
End. He shall be in INDECENT clreum-
stances, and unable to earn q livelihood
by his own labor Orsklll.
3rd. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Louis
lana, or by any other State OF Govern-
ment.
In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service as a Louisiana
organization, or in case at the date OF his
enlistment he resided IN the State or
Louisiana, he shall have resided In tins
J State for at least FIVE years prior to ms
application for pension. In case he resided
, elsewhere thanin this State, and enlisted
i in an organization not mustered IN from
! Louisiana, or in the Navy OF the Confed-
kerate States, he shall have resided IN TINS
State for at least fifteen years prior to his
application for such pension. A like pen
4 sion shall be granted to the widow who
shall not have married again, in INDECENT
circumstances, of such soldier or sailor
whose marriage to Der was contracted
lprier to January 1st 1870, provided, thatli
her deceased husband served I'D an organ,
:, ization mustered in from Louisiana, or Il
: he resided in Louisiana at the date or nls
: enlistment. and has SO, resided tor ont
year prior thereto, then in order thatsuch
!, widow shall be entitled to the pension al
I herein provided, she shall have resided IL
this State for at least five years prior G.
her application therefor; and II her de
ceased husband enlisted elsewherethan IL
= Louisiana. ond served in an organization
not mustered in from Louisiana sucl
widow shall, in order to entitle her tt
: pension as herein provided, have resided
r in this State for not less than hfteea year
= prior to her application for such pension
provided further, that pensions whetne
10 veterans or to widows shall be above,
. only from the date of application unde
t. this article, and the total appropriation
for all pensions shall not.be less than MT
b thousand dollars nor more than seventy
five thousand dollars in any one year, pre-
vided that nothing in this Article shalib
Is construed so as to prohibit the Genera
Assembly from providing artificial limb
l. to disabled Confederate soldiers or sa1iOrs
Seetion2. Belt, further enacted. etc
10 That this proposed amendment be sui
n mitted to the qualified voters of the Sta,
of Louisiana for adoption or rejection, 2
OF the Congressional election to be holden |
w November 1900.
y J.,Y. SANDERS,
r Speaker of the House of Representative
ALBERT ESTOPINAL,
e Lieut-Gov. and President Of the Senate.
Approved July6, 1900.
WV. HEARD, 49,
Gu Governor of the State of Louis1an
8: A true copy ,
JOHN T. MICHEL,
e. Secretary of State