The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-10-20
PROPOSED

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Act No. %.
House Bill No. 7s-By Mr.. B. T. Young:
Joint Resolution.
Proposing an Amendment to Article 303
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana.
gection One. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eFal Assembly of the State of Louisiana.
t~wo-thirds of all the members elected to
each House concurring, That Article
Three Hundred and Three of the Consti-
tution of the State of Louisiana be so
amended as to read as follows:
Article 303. 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:
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 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 circunI-
stances, and unable to earn a livelihood
by his own labor or skill.
3rd. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Louls-
lana, or by any other State or Govern
ment. *
In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said serv;cR as a Louisiana
organization, or in case at the date of his
enlistment he resided iu 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 resided
elsewhere than in this State. and enlisted
in an organization not mustered in from
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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
circumstances, of such soldier or sailor
whose marriage to Der was contracted
4 prior to January LIST 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-
ceased husband enlisted else wherethan in
Louisiana, ond served liz. ~, organization
not mustered in from Louisiana such
widow shall, in order to entitle her to
pension as herein provided, have resided
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prior to her application for such pension;
provided 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
for all pensions shall not be less than fifty
thousand dollars nor more than seventy
five thousand dollars in any one year, pro-
vided that nothing in this Article shall be
construed so as to prohibit the General
Assembly from providing artificial limbs
to disabled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section2 z. 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-Gov. and President of the Senate.
Approved July 6, 1900.
W. w. HEARD.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
4 true copy
JOHN 7. MICHEL, i
Secretary of State