St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-10-17
ACT NO osa
ACT NO. 269.
House Bill No. 100. By Mr.. Richardson
A JOINT RESOLUTION


House Bill No. 100. BY Mr.. Richardson
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 30S 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 1900, and Act No. liz of the
General Assembly Of 1904.
Section /. 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 seventy-three of the General
Assembly of 1900, and Act number one hun
dred 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 1881 per month shall be allowed to
each Confederate soldier sailor veteran who
possesses all the following qualifications:
/. He shall have served honoraDly from the
date of his enlistment until the close Of the
late Civil War, or until he was discharged
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
q He shall not own property of more than
five hundred dollars valuation and he shall not
be physically able to earn a livelihood by his
own labor skill.
g. He shall not be salaried or otherwise Dro.
7ided for by the State of Louisiana by any
other State or Government In case he en-.
listed in any organization mustered into said
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 ap.
plcation for pension. In case he resided
elsewhere than In this State, and enlisted
In an organization not mustered in from Louisi
ana, 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 tc
the widow who shall not have married again
in INDECENT circumstances or such soldier OIL
sailor whose marriage to her contracted
prior to January l. 1875; provided that If heI
deceased husband served in an organization
mustered In from Louisiana, or If he resided ir
Louisiana, at the date Of his enlistment ans
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 application therefor; ant
IL her deceased husband enlisted elsewhere thar
In Louisiana, and served in an organization moi
mustered in from Louisiana, such widow shall
in order to entitle her to u pension as hereir
provided. have resided in this State for not lesi
than fifteen years PROV to her application 70.
such pension; provided further, that pension,
whether to veterans to widows. she'll be al
lowed only from the date Of application un
der this Article, and the total appropriation
for all pensions shall not exceed two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars ($250, 000.00J in any
one year; provided that nothing in this Artel,
shall be construed SO us to prohibit the Genera
Assembly from providing artificial limbs to dis
aDIeu confederate sOlQierB or sall0rS.
Section 2. BIT 1t further resolved etc. Tha
this proposed amendment be submitted to tn,
qualified voters Of the State of Louisiana fo
adoption or rejection at the congressional cleo
tion to be held the first Tuesday next fol
lowing the first Monday in November 1908
That the official ballots to be used at sait
| election shall have printed thereon the words
For the proposed amendment to Article 30:
of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana
relative to pensions for Confederate Veter
ans" and the words: against the proposed
amendment to Article 303 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana, relative to pensions
for Confederate Veterans and each electo
shall indicate as provided in the general cleo
ton laws of the State, whether he votes fo
or against the amendment.
II. G. DUPRE
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
p. NJ. LAMBREMONT,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of tn,
Senate. Approved July 9th, 1908.
J. Y. SANDERS
Governor Of the State OF Louisiana
true copy.
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.