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Act No. 73.
House Bill No. 73-By Mr.. b. T. Young:
JOINT RESOLUTION

Act No. -.
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 to 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 800. A pension not to exceed
Eight (9S) 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 hororably
from the date of his enlistment to the close
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 Confederae States
until the surrender.
and. He shall be in INDECENT circum-
stances, and unable to earn a livelihood by
his own labor and skill.
3rd. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Louisiana,
| or by any other State Government.
In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service a louisiana or
| ganiz alton, or in case at the date of his en-
| lstment he resided in the State of Louisiana,
he shall have resided in this State for al
| least hve years prior to his application fol-
| 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 Confederate States, he shall
| have resided in this State for at least hfteer
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 wa:
| contracted !-:r,r to January Ist 1870, pro
vided, thar II her deceased husband served
! in crganizai ion mustered In from Louis
| ia "A. if he resided in Louisiana the
date IF hi, enlistment. and has so resided
for one year prior thereto, then in orGe
tina, such widow shall be entitled tbs
pension as herein provided. she shall hav'
resided il. this STATE t',r least ive year
| prior :" h-r application therefor: and if he,
| deceased husband enlisted elsewhere thar
! in l-t,uI>i:i,.a- and served in 4 Orga nizatioI
! Ii II mu>:rre,: i'll from Louisiana such widow
shall, in nr.:er Is, ent'tc her to pension a
| herein provided, have resided i'll this Stat
| for than fifteen years prior to he
application for such pension: provided
| further, that pensions whether to veteran
or widows. shalt be allowed only from
the date of application under this article
| and the total appropriations for all pension
shall not le less than fifty thousand dollar
nor more than seventy-hve thousand dollar
in any one year. provided that nothing ii
this Article shall be construed pro
hioit the General Assembly from providin,
artificial limbs to disabled Confederat
soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, etc.
| That this proposed amendment be submit
ted to the qualified OF the State Q
Louisiana for adoption or rejection at tn
Congressional election to be holden in Nc
| vember, 1900.
J.Y. SANDERS.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
| ALBERT ESTOPINAL,
Lieutenant-Governor and President of tn
Senate Approved July 6, 1900.
w. w. HEARD,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana
true copy:
| JOHN T.. MICHEL,
| Secretary of State.