The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-27

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article sos
OF tae Constitution OF the State of
Louisiana, relative to pecsicns for
Confederate Veterans.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly OF the State OF Louisiana,
tyso-thirds OF all the members elected to
each house concurring, Thai Article 303
OF the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana, as amended By Act No IS Of
the General Assembly Of 1900, be SO
amended as to read rs follows:
Article sos. A pension not to exceed
eight dollars (S8) per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veteran, who possesses all the fol
lowing qualifications:
|. He shall have served honorably
from the Gate OF his enlistment until the
close of the late Civil War, or until he
was discharged or paroled, in some mil
itary organization regularly mustered
into the army OF navy OF tilo Confederate
States, and shall have remained true to
the Confederate States until the sur
render.
2. He shall he in INDECENT circu.a-
stances, and unable to earn a livelihood
by his own labor or skin.
3. He shall not be saiaried or other
wise provided for BY the State Of Louis
lana, or by any other State Government.
In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service as a Louis
lana organization, or IN case at the date
Of his enlistment he resided in the State
of Louisiana, he shall have resided in
this State Tor at least five years prior to
his application for pension. In case
he resided elsewhere than in this State,
and enlisted in al organization not
mustered in from Louisiana, or in the
navy Of the Confederate States, he shall
have resided il this State for at least
fifteen years prior to his application for
such pension. A like pension shall be
granted 10 The widow who shall not have
married again, in INDECENT circum-
stances, OF such soldier or sailor
whose marriage to her was contracted
prior to January /, 1875; provided, that
| if her deceased husband served il an
organization mustered in from Louis
| lana, or il he resided III Louisiana at the
date of his enlistment. and has SO re-
| sided for one year prior thereto, then ir
order that such widow shall be entitled
| to tho pension as herein provided, she
| shall have resided in this State for al
least five years prior TO her application
| therefor; and if her deceased husband
enlisted elsewhere than in Louisiana
and served in an organization not mus
tered in from Louisiana, such widow
shall, in order to entitle her to pension
as herein provided, have resided in thi!
State for not less than fifteen year
prior to her application for such pen
sion; provided further, that pension!
whether to veterans Or to widows, shall
be allowed only from the date OF appE
cation under this article, and the tota
appropriations fer all pensions shall no
be less than seventy-five thousan'
(Sl5, ,00o1 dollars nor more than on
hundred and fifty thousand {Si5G, GOO
dollars in any one year; provided, moth
ing in this article shall be constaued s.
as TO prohibit the General Assembl,
from providing artificial limbs to dis
abled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
| Sec. 2. Be it further received, Tina
this proposed amendment be submitte
to the qualified voters of the State G
Louisiana for adoption or rejection, a
the Congressional election to be held O
the first Tuesday next following the frs
Monday in November, 1904.