The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-06
PROPOSED

PROPOSED
Act No. 7s.
House Bill No. T-By Mr.. B. 7. Young
.BOimt Resolution.
Proposing an Amendment to Article so;
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 Consti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana be so
amended as to read IS follows:
Article Boa A pension not to exceed
Eight 1881 Dollars per month shall be al
lowed TO each Confederate soldier or sail
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 par0led, in some military.
organization regularly mustered into the
Army Or Navy of the Confederate States,
and shall have remained true to the Com
federate States until the surrender
End. He shall be in INDECENT circum-
stances, aud unable to earn a livelihood
by his own labor or skill. r
3rd. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Louis
lana. or by n other State or 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 of
Louisiana, be shall have resided in this
State for at least five 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 Confed-
crate. States. he shall have resided in this
State for at least fifteen years prior to his
application for such pension. A like pen
sion shall be granted to the widow who
shall not have married again, in INDECENT
eircumst anceS, of such soldier or sailor
whose marriage to. her was contracted
prior to January 1st 1870, provided, that if
her deceased husband served in an organ
~ization mustered in from Louisiana, 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 prior. to
her application therefor; and if her de-
husband enlisted else Wherethan in :
ond served in an Organization I"
not mustered in from Louisiana such
widow shall, i'll order to entitle herto
as herein provided, have resided
in this State for not less thar fifteen years
prior 10 ner appilcaUlOu TOT SucR pension
further, that pensions whether
TO veterans or to widows shall be allowed
only from the date of application UNDER
this article. and the total appropriations
Ior all pensions shall not be less than fifty
dollars nor more than seventy
i've thousand dollarsin any one year, pro-
vided that nothing in this Article shall be
construed 50 as to prohibit the General
Assembly from providing artificial limbs
disabled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further enacted. etc,
That this proposed amendment be sub
to the qualified voters of the State
f Louisiana for adoption or rejection, at
ne Congressional election to be holden in
November 1900.
j. Y. SANDERS,
of the House of Representatives,.
ALBERT ESTOPIEAL,
.ieut-GOy. and President of the Senate.
Approved Jnly g., 1900.
w. w. HEARD. 1880,
Governor of the State of Louisiana. IL
JOHN Il, MICHEL,
Secretary of State &