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Act No. 70.
House Bill No. 73-By Mr.. b. +. Young:
Joint RESOLUTION

Proposing an Amendment to Article 3o3 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 members elected each
House concurring, That Article Three Hun
dred 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 ($S) Dollars per month shall be al
lowed to each Confederate soldier sailor
veteran, who possesses all of the following
qualifications:
Ist. He shall have served hoEorably
from the date of his enlistment to the close
of the late Civil War, until he 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 Confederate States
until the surrender.
2nd He shall be in INDECENT c,rcum-
stances, and unable to earn a livelihood by
| his own labor and skill.
Srd. He shall not be salaried 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 as a Louisiana or
ganization, or in case at the date of his en-
| Iistment he resided in the State of Louisiana,
ne shall have resided in this State for at
| least tive years prior to his application for
pension. In case he resided elsewhere than
in this State, and enlisted in organization
| not mustered in from Louisiana, 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. A like pension shall be granted &c
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 IA, if he resided in Louisiana tho
date of his enlistment, and has resided
;,r, yea nriOr thereto then Ord,
tn.t 81, h widow $hrii I've entitled to Tho
pension as hr'e'n provided. she shall have
| -, !.:@d III this Sat- FIR al Last tive year
priv ;.,:: application. therefore; and if he
,.r.'Ca>.h i!uS:,ai:i enlisted elsewhere tina,
III |. .:Est served in al orga riZatiol
>'-reI in from Louisiana such widow
sha.i. i'll ur,. to entitle her to pension
i:-r elm pr,,vide.i, haze resided in This Stat
for than fifteen years prior to ne
. application for such pension; provided
further, that pensions whether to veteran
Z, widows shall be allowed only from
the date of application under this article
and the total apr OPERATIONS for all pension
shall not ,e less than fifty thousand dollar
, nor more than seventy-ive thousand dollar
in any one year. provided that nothing il
r this Article shall be construed SO to pre-
hipit the General Assembly from providin
official limbs to disabled Confederat
soldiers sailors.
| Section 2. BE it further enacted, etc.
That this proposed amendment be submit
ted to the qualified voters OF the State c
Louisiana for adoption rejection at tn
t Congressional election to be holden in N,
vember, 1900.
J. Y. SANDERS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ALBERT ESTOPINAI,,
r Leutenant-Governor and President of til
Senate. Approved July 6, 1900.
w. w. HEARD,
v Governor of the State OF Louisian:
A true copy:
JOHN Il. MICHEL,
/ Secretary of State.