The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-12-01
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ORTHER G.. MOUTON.
Lafayette, La.
Act No. 70.
House BIZ No. 73-By Mr.. b. +. Young:
JOINT RESOLUTION

House Bill No. 73-By MIR. b. T. Young
JOINT RESOLUTION
/ Proposing an Amendment to Article 20, o,
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:
p;. Article ass;s GS. A pension not to exceed
lowed to each Confederate soldier or sailor
veteran, who possesses all of the following
qualifications:
Ist. He shall have served hororably
from the date of his enlistment to the close
of the late Civil War. or until be was dis
charged or paroled, in some military oreani
cation regularly mustered into the Army or
Navv of the Confederate States, and shall
until the surrender.
2nd He shall be in INDECENT circum-
stances, and unable to earn a livelihood bv
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 or Government
In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service as a Louisiana Or
gan'zation, or in case at the date of his en-
i'stment he resided in the State of Louisiana
he shall have resided in this State for at
least hve 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 Confederate States, he shall
have resided in this State for at least fifteen
years prior to his application for such pen
sion. like pension shall be granted to
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-
vlded, that it her deceased husband served
In an organization mustered in from Louis
lana, 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 wears
i1rl'r t" her apPication therefor; and if her
deceased husband enlisted elsewhere than
III Louisiana, and served in an Organization
MT mustered in from Louisiana such widow
shall, i" order t" entitls. her to pension as
herein provided, have resided in this State
tor not ess than fifteen years prior to her
application Tor such pension; provided
further, that pensions whether to veterans
or to widows. shall be allowed only from
the Gate or 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. provided that nothing in
tins Article shall be construed so as to pro-
hinit the General Assembly from providing
artificial limbs to disabled Confederate
soldiers sailors.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
mat this Proposed amendment be submit
ted to the qualified voters OF the State of
louisiana for adoption or rejection at the
Congressional election to be holden in No
venber, 1900.
J.'Y. SANDERS.
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
ALBERT ESTOPINAL,
Lleutenant-Governor and President of the
Senate. Approved July 6, 1900.
w. w. BEARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN r. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.