The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-10-11
ACT No. So.
House Bill No. 73-By Mr.. B. T. Young
JOINT RESOLUTION
ACT No. So.

House Bill No. 73-By Mr.. B. T. Young:
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an Amendment to Article 303
of the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana.
election One. Be it enacted by the
- General Assembly of the State OF
Louisiana, two thirds of all members
elected to each House concurring, That
Article Three Hundred and Three of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana
be so amended as to read as follows:
Article 3O3. A pension not to exceed
Eight (S8) Dollars per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veteran, who possesses all OF the
following qualifications:
list. 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 mil
itary organization regularly mustered
into the Army or Navy of the Confede-
rate States, and shall have remained true
to the Confederate States until the sur
render.
End. He shall be in INDECENT circum-
stances, and unable to earn livelihood
by his own labor or skill.
Ord. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Lou
isiana, or by any other State or Govern
ment.
In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service as Louisiana
organization, or in case at the date of his
enlistment he resided in the State of
Louisiana, he shall have resided in this
State for at least five years prior to his
application for pension. In case he re-
sided 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 pension.
A 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 con-
tracted prior to January 1st, 1870, pro-
vided, that if her deceased husband
served in an organization mustered in
from Louisiana, or if he resided in Lou
isiana at the date of his enlistment, and
has SO resided for one year prior thereto,
then in order that such widow shall be
entitled to the pension as herein provid-
ed, she shall have resided in this State
for at least five years prior to her appli-
cation therefor; and if her deceased
husband enlisted elsewhere than in Lou
isiana, and served in an organization not
mustered in from Louisiana such widow
shall, in order to entitle her to pension
as herein provided, have resided in this
State for not less than fifteen years prior
to her application for such pension;
provided further, that pensions whether
to veterads or to widows, shall be allowed
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-five thousand dollars in any one
year, provided that nothing in this Arti-
Gle shall be construed so as to prohibit
the General Assembly from providing
artificial limbs to disabled Confederate
soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That this proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the qualified voters of the State
of Louisiana for adoption or rejection,
at the Congressional election to be holden
in November, 1900.
j. Y. SANDERS,
| Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| ALBERT ESTOPINAL,
Lieut. Governor and President of Senate.
Approved July 9Th, 1900.
w. w. HEARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.