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Act No. 269.
House Bill No. 1870. By Mr.. Richard
son, of Bienville.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Arti
Gle 3O3 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, relative to pen
sions for Confederate Veterans a!
amended by Act No. 73 of the Gen
eral Assembly of 1900, and Act
No. 112 of the General Assembly o.
1904.
Section 1. Be it resolved by thu
| 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 800. A pension not to
exceed eight dollars ($S) per month
shall be allowed to each Confederate
soldier or sailor veteran who poss-
esses all the following qualifications:
l. 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,
and shall have remained true to the
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 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-
cation, 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
dtgent circumstances, of such sold
Ter or sailor whose marriage to her
was contracted prior to January l,
1875: provided that If her deceased
husband served in an organization,
mustered in from Louisiana, or If 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 as herein provided,
she shall have resided in this state
Tor at least five years prior
% her APPLICATION therefor; and il
her deceased husband enlisted else
where than in Louisiana, and served /.
n an organization not mustered in
rom Louisiana, such widow shall
n order to entitle her to pension as
herein provided, have resided in this
State for not less than fifteen years
'rior to her application for such pen !
ion; provided further, that pensions
whether to veterans or to widows,
hall be allowed only from the date
Y application under this Article, and
he total appropriations for all pen
ions shall not exceed two hundred
nd fifty thousands dollars $780,
10000 In any one year; provided
hat nothing In this Article shall
70 construed SO as to prohibit the
General Assembly from providing ar
lncial limbs to disabled COnfeder-
te soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
&C.. That this proposed amendment
e submitted to the qualified voters
the State of Louisiana for adoption
r rejection at the congressional cleo
ion to be held on the first Tuesday
ext following the first Monday in
november, 1908.
That the official ballots to be used
said election shall have printed
lereon the words: For the pro-
osed amendement to Article 3O3 of
ne Constitution of the State of
oufsiana, relative to pensions
n Confederate Veterans" and
lie word: Against the proposed
to Article 3O3 of the Con-
tuition of the State of Louisiana,
'lative to pensions for Confederate
eterans," and each elector shall in
lcate, as provided in the general
ection laws of the State, whether
2 votes for or against the amend |
ent. !,
H. G. DUPRE,
Speaker of the House of Repres-
kI
p. n. LAMBREMONT.