The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-10-10

JOHN L. MICHELE.
Secretary of State.
Act No. 269.
House Bill No. 1870. By Mr.. Richard
son, of Bienville.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Arti-
Gle 800 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, relative to PEN
siOns for Confederate Vetere IS as
amended by Act No. IS of the Cen
eral Assembly of 1900, and Act.
No. 112 of the General Assembly of
1904.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all members
elected to each House concurring,
That Article three hundred three of
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, as amended by Act num-
Der seventy-three of the General ASS
emily of 1900, and Act number one
hundred and twelve of the General
Assembly of 1904, be so amended
as to read as follows:
Article 3O3. A pension not to
exceed eight dollars ($8) per month
shall be allowed to each Confederate
soldier or sailor veteran who poss-
esses all the following qualifications:
I. He shall have served honor
able from the date of his enlistment
until the close of the late Civil War,
or until he was discharged or parO-
led, in some military organization
regularly mustered into the Army
or Navy of the Confederate States,
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Confederate States until the surren-
der.
2. He shall not own property of
more than five hundred dollars va
luatiOn and he shall not be physi-
cally able to earn a livelihood by
his own labor or skill.
3. He shall not be salaried or
otherwise provided for by the State
of Louisiana or by any other State
or Government. In case he enlisted
in any organization mustered into
said service as a Louisiana Organi-
Zation, 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 application for a PEN
sion. 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 in
digent circumstances, of such sold
Ter or sailor whose marriage to her
was contracted prior to January 1,
1878: provided that IL her deceased
husband served, in an organization,
mustered in from Louisiana, or IL he
resided in Louisiana, at the date Of
his enlistment and had so resided
for one year prior thereto. then in or
der that such widow shall be entitled
to the pension "a herein provided,
she shall have resided in this state
for at least five years prior
to her APPLICATION therefor: and II
her deceased husband enlisted else
where than in Louisiana, and served
in an organization not mustered 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 application under this Article, and
the total appropriations for all PEN
si0ns shall not exceed two hundred
and fifty thousands dollars $780,
OOO.OO) In any one year; provided
that nothing in this Article shall
be construed SO as to prohibit the
General Assembly from providing ar
tiflcial limbs to disabled Confeder-
ate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it 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 following the first Monday in
November, 1908.
That the official ballots to be used
at said election shall have printed
thereon the words: "For the pro-
posed amendment to Article 303 of
the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana. relative to pensions
for Confederate Veterans" and
the word: Against the proposed
amendment to Article 303 of the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana,
relative to pensions for Confederate
Veterans" and each elector shall in
dictate, as provided in the general
election laws of the State, whether
he votes for or against the amend
ment.
H. G. DUPRE,
Speaker of the House of Repres-
Pm. LAMBREMONT.