The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-10-13
Act No .3
House Bill No. BY l. T Y,,r,
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an Amendment to Ar,;c,o ,oo
Of the Constitution of tn, St,,o ~
Louisiana: VI
Section one. BE it enacted by tie ,;.n...,
Assembly OF III" state of Louisiana t,ia
thirds of all members ,.lrct.d tn ,,ii''; Two.
concnrring, That Article Three Urnhr' a"use
Three of the Constitution of the Stntr nfI ",id
isialia be so amended rs to read As fnll"n LOU
Article ;M' \ pension not to exceed ti,,,,
(ssl Dollars per month shall be- .JIou naSht
each Confederate soldier or ,uiInr "' WI 10
who possesses of all the FOLLOWING on viiTiah'
tiOnS: i'''hed'
lst He snail have served hon.r,,,,.
!ht natt Oh ms enlistment until the close ~,
thc iatc CNii war. or until he was discn.r,
or parol"d, III some military nrf,,,;,n.Seu
regularly mustered into the Army ar W.,
OF the Confederate States. and .I,.,i, h,,, ,a's
MAIN true I" the Confederate states MIN
the surrender. 'S nhti
2nd, He shall be in INDECENT circ,,,.t,,,o
labor or kill nus own
5rd, lie shall not be salaricd or otherwiso
provided for by the State of Innj.i.n' 'se
by any other stat" or Government vi
In case he enlisted in any nro,niy..;
"l"N.titu l'to sara >er' zee rs Il Louisi,r.
organization, or III case at the dat, M H.
enlistment he req ded in the State nj nni' ms
lana, he shall have resided in ~. S,a ,ouis
AT least fNc years prior to his applicatin, r
pension. In case he resided eisrwh,rn th ,"i
iii this state, and enlisted in IN orranizaton
not mustered III from Louisiana or in tI
Navy of the Confederate states ho .hnn '
have resided iii this state for at least tiitnnn
years prior to his application for such man,
sion. n like pension shall he uront,d tho
M'u ,' VINO silaii not nave Inarried again. in
ihul1cnt circumstances of such soldier nr
sailor whose marriage to her was contr,c,nt
prior to January lst, $50 provided FIAT Il
Der deceased husband served in an orynniza
ti,.l Sf..Ts IN
resided in Louisiana at the. ,Iatrnf hiv .,,;s,
mcnt. ana has so resided for one wear nr;or
thereto, than III order that such widow Ihl
ne entitled to the pension at herein provided
she shall have resided in this STATE for at
least five years prior to her application
therefor; and if her deceased husband an
listed elsewhere than in Loui4ion. and
served III an organization not mustered in
to entitle her to pension rs herein proyldeI
have resided in this State for not les, than
lftccn years prior to her application for
Such pension; provided further that prn.
sions whether to veterans or to widows
shall be allowed only from the date of ami
cation under this article and thu. total pn
preparations forall pensions shall NOT he lrss
than NIFTY Thousand dollars nor more than
se.cn'y -hsc Thousand dollars in any one
years provided that nothing in this Article
shall be construed so as to prohibit the
General Assembly from prov ding artificial
iimD- to disable confederate soldiers or
soldiers. '' VI
"cttioh Z. lie II further enacted, etc, That
TINS proposed amendment be submitted TO
tue qualflcd vOtcrs.-t'I The state If Louisiana
lot adoption or rejection, at the Congress
Siohai election to he held in November. iaO
j. y. SANDERS,
speaker of the House of Representatives
ALERT ESTOPINAL
leutenant-GovcrnOra and President of Senate
Approved July 9Th, 1880.
w. W. HEARD,
Governor of the St ate of Louisiana
n true copy:
JOHN r. MICHEL.
Secretary of State