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Act No. 70.
House Bill No. 73-By Mr.. B. T. Young:
Joint RESOLUTION

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JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing Amendment to Article 3o3 of
the Constitution of the State of louisiana.
Section One. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of louisiana.
| two-thirds of all members elected to each
House concurrng, That Article Three Hun
dred and Three of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be amended as to read
as follows:
Article 800. A pension not to exceed
Eight ($S) Dollars per month shall be al
lowed to each Confederate soldier or sailor
veteran, who possesses all of the following
qualifications:
Ist. He shall have served hororably
from the date of his enlistment to the close
of the late Civil War, until be was dis
charged or paroled, in some military organi
cation regularly mustered into the Army or
Navv of the Confederate States, and Shall
have remained true to the Confederae States
until the surrender.
and. He shall be in INDECENT circum-
stances, and unable to earn a livelihood bv
his own labor and skill.
grid. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State Of louisiana,
or by any other State or Government.
In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service louisiana or
ganization, or in case at the date of his en-
listment he resided in the State Of Louisiana,
he shall have resided in this State for at
least hve years prior to his application for
pension. In case he resided 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 pen
sion. 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
contracted prior to January Ist 1870, pro-
vided, that if her deceased husband served
in an organization mustered in from Louis
IA, or If he resided in Louisiana at the
date of his enlistment, and has SO resided
Tor one year prior thereto, then in order
that such widow shall be entitled to the
pension as herein provided, she shall have
resided in this State for at least five years
PrI''r +" hcr application therefor; and if her
deceased husband enlisted elsewhere than
IN louisiana, and served in an Organization
not mustered in from Louisiana such widow
snail, IN order to entite her to pension as
herein provided, have resided in this State
for not ess than fifteen years prior to her
application for such pension; provided
turt her, that pensions whether to veterans
or to widows. shall be allowed only from
the date of application under this article,
and the total appropr atoms 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
tins Article shall be construed SO as to pro-
hibit the General Assembly from providing
al tificial limbs to disabled Confederate
soldiers sailors.
Section 2. BE it further enacted, etc., |
That this proposed amendment be submit
ted to the qualified voters OF the State of |
Louisiana for adoption rejection at the |
Congressional election to be holden in No
vember, 1900.
J.Y. SANDERS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ALBERT ESTOPINAL.
Lleutenant-Governor and President of the
senate. Approved July 6, 1900.
Wv. HEARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
true copy:
JOHN r. MICHEL
Secretary of State.