The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-09-15
Act No. 112.
Nv NJ M.aa., Senate Resolution
No. "A.
IOINT PESnI TTTTNN

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 3OS
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, relative to pensions for
Confederate Veterans.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana.
two-thirds of all the members elected to
each house concurring, That Article 3O3
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, as amended by Act No. 73 of
the General Assembly of 1900, be SO
amended as to read as follows:
Article 3S. A pension not to exceed
eight dollars ($S) per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veteran, who possesses all the fol-
lowing qualifications:
1. 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 organization 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 a livelihood
Oy ms own LABOR or skill.
3. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Louis
lana, or by any other State Gov ernment.
In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service as 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 i've 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 pension. A like pension shall be
granted to 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 in an
organization mustered in from Louis
lana, 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 entitled
to the pension as herein provided. she
shall have resided in this State for at
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 this
State for not less than fifteen years
prior to her application for such pen-
sion; provided further, that pensions
whether to veterans or to widows, shall
be allowed only from the date of appl-
cation under this article, and the total
appropriations for all pensions shall no,
be less than seventy-five Thousand
($75, ,00O dollars nor moro than one
hundred and fifty thousand ($i5O, 600,
dollars in any one year; provided, moth
| ing in this article shall be constaued &
as to prohibit the General Assembly
from providing artificial limbs to dis
abled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Sec. 2. Be it further received, Tha.
this proposed amendment be submittei
to the qualified voters of the State O
Louisiana for adoption or rejection, a
the Congressional election to be held o.
the inst Tuesday next following the frs
! Monday in November, 1904.