The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-20
Act No. 112.
JOINT RESOLUTION

D,ru ,.o5a Senate Resolution
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 3O3
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, relative to pensions for
Confederate Veterans.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
two-thirds of all the members elected to
each house concurring, That Article 303
of the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana, as amended by Act No. 73 of
the General Assembly of 1900, be SO
amended as 10 read as follows:
Article 303. A pension not to exceed
eight dollars (SS) 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 date OF his enlistment until the
close of the late Civil War, or until he
was discharged or paroled, in some mil
itary organiZat on regularly mustered
into the army or navy of the Confederate
States, and shall have remained true to
the Confederate States until the sur
render.
2. He shall he in INDECENT circum-
stances, and unable to earn livelihood
| by his own labor or skill.
3. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for Dy 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 for at least five years prior tC
his application for pension. In case
he resided elsewhere than in this State,
and enlisted in an organization no,
mustered in from Louisiana, or in the
navy of the Confederate States, he shal
have resided in this State for at leas1
fifteen years prior to his application fol
such pension. A like pension shall be
granted to the widow who shall not have
married again, in tndigent circum-
stances, of such soldier or sailor
whose marriage to her was contracted
prior to January l, 1875; provided, tina
If her deceased husband served in al
organization mustered in from Louis
lana, or if he resided in Louisiana at tn,
date Of his enlistment, and has so re
sided for one year prior thereto, then il
order that such widow shall be entitle,
to the pension as herein provided, shl
. shall have resided in this State for a
least five years prior to her application
therefor; and if her deceased husban,
enlisted elsewhere than in Louisiana
and served in an organization not mus
tered in from Louisiana, such wido,
!. 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, sha
be allowed only from the date of appli
cation under this. article, and the tots
appropriations for all pensions shall nc
be less than seventy-five thousan
: (S75, ,000) dollars nor more than on
i, hundred and fifty thousand (S15O, ,00C
: dollars in any one year; provided, moth
i 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, TIL;
: this proposed amendment be submitte
!, to the qualified voters of the State
0 Louisiana for adoption or rejection,
: the Congressional election to be held 6
f the first Tuesday next following the fir
d Monday in November, 1904.