The southern sentinel., 1908-09-25
ACT No. 2e9.

mouse Bill No 130.
BY Mr.. Richardson. of BIenyiIla
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 3os
OF the Constitution of the State OF
EEooisisna, relative to pensions for
confederate Veterans as amended By
Act No. 13 of the General Assembly
OF 1900, and Act No. liz Of the Gen.
eral Assembly of 1904.
section i. Be IL resolved by the Gen.
erai Assembly of the State of Louisia-
ma two-thirds OF all members elected
70 eacn House concurring, That Article
three hundred three OF the Constitution
or the State of Louisiana. as amended
General Assembly of 1900. and Act
number one hundred and twelve Of the
General Assembly of 1904 be so amend
ed as TO read as follows:
Article sos- A pension not to exceed
eight dollars ($S) per month shall be
allowed TO each Confederate soldier or
sailor veteran who possesses all the
following qualifications:
l. he shall have served honorably
from the date OF his enlistment unt3
the close of the late Civil War. or until
ne was discharged or paroled. In some
miiftary organization regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy of the
Confederate States. and shall have re-
mained true to the Confederate States
until the surrender
= He shall not own property Of moro
than five hundred dollars valuation
and he shall not be physically able 10
earn a livelihood by his own labor or
skill
.. 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 Organize
ton mustered into said service a. .
loufsiana organization. or in case at
the date of his enlistment he resided
In the State of louisiana. he shall have
N fAr ur lnna AZ
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 Con.
federate States. he shall have resided
In this State for at least fifteen years
prior TO his application for such pen.
sion. A like pension shall be grantee
TO the widow who shall not have mar
ried again. in INDECENT circumstanceh
or such soldier or sailor whose mar
rfage to her was contracted prior q
January I. 1875. provided that u nsf
nation. mustered In from Louisiana. ce
IL he resided In Louisiana. at the dats
OF his enlistment and had so resiaeo
for one year prior thereto. then In or.
der that such widow shall be enutieS
to the pension as herein provided. sne
shall have resided in this State for AZ
least five years prior to her applicauos
therefor: and IL her deceased HUSBAND
enllSted elsewhere tnan IN LoulsIaI,-s
and served in an organization not mus
tered In from Louisiana, such wiaov
shall. in order to entitle her to pen.
sion as herein provided. have resideol
In this State for not less than fifteen
years prior to her application for sucn
pension: provided further. that pen
sions whether to veterans or to widosS
shall be allowed only from the dats das
of application under this Article, ans
the total appropriations for all pen
stons shall not exceed two hundred ano
fifty thousand dollars ts250.0OO-eol IN
any one year: provided that notnihk
In this Article shall be construed 80 ~
to prohibit the General Assembly fro1
providing artificial limbs TO disao'eo
Confederate soldiers or sailors
Section 2 Be IL further resolved. etc-
that this proposed amendment be SUI
mitted to the qualified voters OF tns
State OF Louisiana for adoption or re-
lection at the Congressional electos
to be held on the first Tuesday mex.
following the first Monday in Novem-
Der. 1908.
= That the official ballots TO be used as
said election shall have printed therss
- the words: For the propov