St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-10-24
ACT NO, cas-.
House Bill No. $50. BY Mr.. Richardson
A JOINT RESOLUTION

House Bill No. $50. BY Mr.. Richardson.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 800 of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana rela-
tive to pensions for Confederate Veterans
as amended by Act No. 73 of the General
Assembly of 1000, and Act No 112 OF the
General Assembly OF 1904
Section l. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two-thirds
of all members elected to each House concur.
ring That Article three hundred of the Con.
stitution of the State of Louisiana, as amended
by Act number seTenty-three of the General
Assembly of 1900, and Act number one hun.
bred and twelve of the General Assembly of
1904. be so amended as to read as follows
Article BOB. pension not to exceed eight
dollars ($Sl per month shall be allowed to
each Confederate soldier sailor veteran who
possesses all the following 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 military organization reg
ularly mustered into the Army or Navy of the
Confederate States. and shall have ramined true
to the Confederate States until the surrender.
2. He shall not own property of more than
Ave hundred dollars valuation and he shall not
be physically able to earn a livelihood by his
own labor skill
s. He shall not be salaried or otherwise BRO
vided for By the State of Louisiana or by any
other State or Government. In case he en-
listed in any organization mustered into said
SERVICE dB u AOulSld0d 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 to his APP
plication for pension. In case he resided
elsewhere than in this State, and enlisted
in an organization not mustered In from Louisi-
ana, 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. like pension shall be granted to
the widow who shall not have married again,
In INDECENT circumstances, or such soldier or
sailor whose marriage to her was contracted
prior to January i, 1875; provided that il her
deceased husband served In an organization
mustered in from louisiana If he resided in
Louisiana, at the date of his enlistment and
had so resided for one year prior thereto
then in order that such widow shall be en-
titled to the pension as herein provided she
shall have resided in this State for at least
five years prior to her Applicant therefor; and
IL her deceased husband enlisted elsewhere than
in Louisiana, and served In an organization not
mustered in from Louisiana, such widow shall.
In order TO ent1tie her to pension herein
provided have resided IN this State for not less
than fifteen years prinr to her application for
such pension; provided further, that pensions
whether to veterans or to widows. shall be al.
lowed only from the date of application an
der this Article, and the total appropriations
for all pensions shall not exceed two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars ($250, 0o0.00I in any
one year; provided that nothing in this Article
shall be construed as to- prohibit the General
Assembly from providing artificial limbs to dis
abled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section g BIT 1t further resolved ETC. That
this proposed amendment be submitted to the
qualified voters of the State of Louisiana for
adoption or rejection at the congressional cleo
ton to be held on the first Tuesday next fol-
lowing the first Monday in November, 1908.
That the official ballots to be used at said
election shall have printed thereon the words;
For the proposed amendment to Article 500
of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana.
relative to pensions for Confederate yeter-
ans, = and the words Against the proposed
amendment to Article 3o3 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana. relative to pensions
for Confederate Veterans and each elector
shall indicate, as provided in the general elee
ton laws of the State. whether he votes for
or against the amendment.
Fl. G. DUPRE
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives
r. N. LAMBREMoNT
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate. Approved July 9th. 1905
J. Y. SANDERS
Governor of the state OF Louisiana.
true copy.
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.