The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-10-15
ACT No. 269.

ACT No. 26s.
House Bill No. 1870.
BY Mr.. Richardson, of Bienyille.
JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing an amendment to Article aoa
OF the Constitution of the State of
louisiana, relative to pensions for
Confederate Veterans as amended nv
Act No. 10 of the General Assembly
OF 1900, and Act No. 112 of the Gem
eral Assembly of 1904
section l. Be it resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisia-
ma. two-thirds of all members elected
to each House concurring That Article
three hundred three of the Constitution
OF the State of Louisiana, as amended
by Act number seventy-three OF the
/ 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 303. A pension not to exceed
1 eight dollars ($S) per month shall be
4 allowed to each Confederate soldier or
I sailor veteran who possesses all the
following qualifications:
l. He shall have served honorably
from the date of his enlistment until
4 the close of the late Civil War, or until
he was discharged or paroled in some
military organization regularly mus
4 tered into the Army or Navy Of the
Confederate States, and shall have re.
/ manned true to the Confederate States
until the surrender.
2. He shall not own property of more
4 than five hundred dollars valuation
and he shall not be physically 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 organiza-
ton mustered into said service as a
Louisiana 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 application for q
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
prior to his application for such pen.
sion. A like pension shall be granted
to the widow who shall not have mar.
ried- again, in INDECENT circumstances
of such soldier or sailor whose mar.
riage to her was contracted prior 4
January 1, 1875; provided that II hel
deceased husband served in an organi.
. cation, mustered in from Louisiana, Of
if he resided in Louisiana, at the dat<
of his enlistment and had so resided
J for one year prior thereto. then in or
der that such widow shall be entitled
! to the pension as herein provided, sh,
shall have resided in this State for a.
least five years prior to her application
, therefor; and if her deceased husban<
, enlisted elsewhere than in Louisiana
! and served in an organization not mus
tered in from Louisiana, such widow
shall, in order to enttle her to pen
II sion as herein provided. have resided
in this State for not less than fifteel
! years prior to her application for sucl
!. pension; provided further, that pen
j sions whether to veterans or to widows
shall be allowed only from the dat
of application under this Article, an,
: the total appropriations for all pen
cir hal M fyUn hun n NJ
fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) II
any one year; provided that nothing
in this Article shall be construed 50 a
I to prohibit the General Assembly from
Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved. etc
/ that this proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the qualified voters of tn
State of Louisiana for adoption or re
lection at the Congressional electio
to be held on the first Tuesday mex
J following the first Monday in Novem
Der, 1908.
That the official ballots to be used q
: said election shall have printed there
a on the words: "For the propose
g amendment to Article 303 Of the Consti
e tuition of the State of Louisiana, rela
u ans" and the words: Against tn
!. proposed amendment to Article 800 Q
I the Constitution of the State of Louis
{ lana, relative to pensions for Confedel
ATE veterans, ana edcu eleCIOT SHd
indicate, as provided in the genera
I election laws of the State, whether h
. votes for or against the amendment.
g H. G.. DUPRE,
: Speaker of the House of Representative
: P. NJ. LAMBREMONT,
;, lieutenant Governor and President {
= the Senate.
$ Approved July 9th, 1908.
:. j. Y. SANDERS,
> Governor of the State Of Louisiana
3 A true copy. JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary of State