The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-09-24
Secretary OF State.
ACT NO. LIE.

ACT NO. LIE.
| BY Mr.. Madden.
Senate Resolution No. Al
JOINT RESOLUTION.
| Proposing an amendment to Article go
of the Constitution Of the State O
| Louisiana, relative to pensions fol
| Confederate Veterans.
Section !. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly CT the State Of Louis
| lana, tWo-thrids Of all member:
elected to each House concurring, Thai
Article three hundred and three OF tn,
Constitution OF the State Of Louisiana
as amended by Act No. seventy-thref
OF the General Assembly of 1900, be sc
amended as to read as follows:
Article SOB. A pension not to exceed
eight dollars (sSl per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier OF
sailor veteran, who possesses all Of tha
following qualifications:
l. He shall have served honorably
from the dat of his enlistment unit!
the close of the late Civil War or until
he was discharged or paroled, in some
military organization regularly mus
tered into the army or navy Of the Con-
federate States, and shall have remain
ed true to the Confederate States until
the surrender.
2. He shall be in INDECENT circum-
stances, and unable to earn a liveh-
hood by his own labor or skill.
g. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State Of Lou
isiana, or by any other State Govern
ment. In case he enlisted in any or
ganzation mustered into said service
as Louisiana organization, or in case
at the date Of his enlistment he %
sided in the State OF Louisiana. he
shall have resided in this State for at
feast five years prior to his applica
ton for a pension. In case he resided
elsewhere than in this State. and en-
listed in an organization not mustered
in from Louisiana. or in the Navy OF
the Confederate States, he shall have
resided in this State for II least fifteen
years prior to his application for such
pension. A like pension shall be
granted to the widow who shall not
have married again, in INDECENT cir
Cumstances. OF such soldier or sailor
whose marriage to her was contracted
prior to January 1st 1875, provided. that
if her deceased husband served in al
orGanizati ton mustered in from Louisia-
ma or If he resided In Louisiana at the
date of his enlistment, and has so re-
sided for one year prior thereto. then
in order that such widow shall be en-
titled to the pension as herein provid I'd,
she shall have resided in this State for
at least five years prior to her applica-
ton therefor; and if her deceased hus-
band enlisted elsewhere than in Louis
lana. and served in an organization not
in from Louisiana, such
widow shall, in order to entitle her to
pension as herein provided, have re-
sided In this State for not less than
fifteen years prior to her appli-
cation for such penson; provided
'urther, that pensions whether to
veterans or to widows. shall be
allowed only from the date OF applica-
ion under this article, and the total
appropriations for all pensions shall
lot be less than seventy-five thousand |
SIS, OOO) dollars nor more than one hun
.red and fifty (s15OoOW dollars in any |
me year: provided. that nothing in this |
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lib!t the General Assembly from pro- |
riding artificial limbs to disabled Con |
ederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
hat this proposed amendment be sub
nitted to the qualified voters of the
tate Of Louisiana for adoption or re-
ection at the Congressional election to
e held on the first Tuesday next fol-
owing the first Monday in November,
3O4
That the official ballots to be used ut
aid election shall have printed thereon
he words: For the Proposed Amend
aent to Article 303 Of the Constitution
f the State of Louisiana, relative to
tensions for Confederate Veterans"
nd the words: Against the Proposed
to Article 3O3 of the Con-
titution OF the State OF Luisiana, rela-
we to Pensions for Confederate Vet
rams" and each elector ghall indicate
S provided in the general election laws
t the State, whether he votes for or
gainst the Amendment.
R. H. SNYDER,
peaksr Of the House Of Representa-
tives.
?. NJ. LAMBREMONT,
President pro TEN. Of the Senate.
Approved July 4. A. D. 1904.
NEWTON c. BLANCHARD,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Seer etary Of State
ACT NO. 1873
y Mr.. Marks. House Bill No 81