St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-29
ACT MO. 2sa.

Aux NOs S6Ss
House Bill No. 100. BY Mr. Richardson
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 3o3 of the
Constitution of the State of louisiana rela-
tive to pensions for Confederate Veterans
as amended by Act No. 70 of the General
Assembly of 1900, and Act No. 112 of the
General Assembly of 1904.
Section l. Be 1t resolved by the General
Assembly of the State OF Louisiana, two-thfrds
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 303. A pension not to exceed eight
dollars 1851 per month shall be allowed to
each Confederate soldier or sailor veteran who
possesses all the following qualifications:
/. He shall have served honseabIy from the
date of his enlistment until the close of the
or 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
2. He shall not own property of more than
five hundred dollars valuation and he shall not
be physically able to earn livelihood by his
own labor or skill.
z He shall not be salarted or otherwise pro-
yided for by the State Of Louisiana or by any
other State or Government. In case he en-
listed In any Organization mustered into said
service as 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 ap-
| plieation for q pension. In case he resided
elsewhere than in this State, and enlisted
| in an organization not mustered in from Louisi
| ana. 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 suef
| pension. like pension shall be granted tx
| the widow who shall not have married again
/ in iudi from or smell
| sailor whose marriage to her was contracted
| prior to January l, 1875; provided that IL hel
| deceased husband served in an organization
| mustered in from Louisiana, or If he resided II
| Louisiana, at the date of his enlistment ant
| had so resided for year prior thereto
! then in order that such widow shall be en-
| titled to the pension as herein provided, sht
! shall have resided in this State for at feas
five years prior to her application therefor; ant
| if her deceased husband enlisted elsewhere thar
! in Louisiana, and served in an organization mo-
mustered in from Louisiana, such widow shall
In order to entitle her to a pension as here1I
| provided have resided in this State for not les
than fifteen years prior to her application TO
such pension; provided further, that pension
| whether to veterans or to widows, shall be al
4 lowed only from the date of application un
1 der this Article, and the total appropriation
i for all pensions shall not exceed two hundret
/ and fifty thousand dollars (S25o, o0000l in an.
| one year; provided that nothing In this Artiei
| shall be construed as to prohibit the Genera
i Assembly from providing artificial limbs to dis
| abled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. BIT 1t further resolved, etc, Tha
| this proposed amendment be submitted 10th
qualified voters Of the State of Louisiana fo
| adoption rejection at the congressional eleC
ton to be held, ON the first Tuesday next fol
lowing the first Monday in November. 1908.
That the official ballots to be used at sal
election shall have printed thereon the. words
'For the proposed amendment to Article 80
of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana
relative to pensions for Confederate VeteI
ans and the words: Against the propose
amendment to Article 300 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana, relative to pension
for Confederate Veterans and each eleeto
shall indicate, as provided in the general elee
ton laws of the State, whether he votes fe
or against the amendment.
| II. G. DUPRE,
i 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
A true copy.
JOHN T. mitchell,
Secretary of State.