The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-10-24

House Bill No. 100, BY Mr. Richardson, OF BIZ
enYille.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 1903 of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana
relative to pensions for Confederate Vet
Grams as amended by Act No. % 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
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 Assem-
bly, of 1904, be SO amended as to read as fol-
| lows:
| Article 303, A pension not to exceed eight
dollars (S9 per month shall be allowed to each
Confederate soldier or sailor veteran who
possesses all the following qualifications:
/. He shall have served hOnOrably from the
| date of his enlistment until the close OF the
late Civil War. or until he was discharged or
paroled, in some military organization regular
| " mustered into the Army or Navy of the Con
federate States, ard shall have remained true
to the Confederate States until the surrender.
2. He shall not own property OF more thar
five hundred dollars valuation and he shall not
| be physically able to earna living by his OWE
labor or skill.
i g. He shall not be salaIied or otherwise
provided for by the State OF Louisiana or by
any other State or Government. In case nc
enlisted in any organization 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 IL
this State for at least five years prior to hi
application for pension. In case he resided
elsewhere than in this State, and enlisted il
an organization not mustered in from LonSl
ana, or in the Navy OF the Confederate States
he shall have resided in this State for at leaS
fifteen years prior to his application Tor sue
pension. A like pension shall be granted T.
the widow who snail not have married agar
in INDECENT circumstances, of such soldier o
sailor whose marriage to her was contracte
prior to January l. 1875; provided that II he
deceased husband served in IN organization
mustered in from Louisiana. or II he reside
in Louisiana at the date OF his enlistment an
had 50 resided for one year prior thereto the
in order that such widow shall be entitled
the pension as herein provided she shall nav
resided in this state tUr ~ least hVe yeal
prior to her application therefor; and II her d
ceased husband enlisted elsewhere than
y, Louisiana, and served in an organization III
mustered in from Louisiana, such widow sha
in order to entitle her TO pension as mere
. provided. have resided in this state Tor N
= less than fifteen years prior 10 her appiica'i'
- for such pension provided further. that pc
:. sions whether To veterans or widows, snail
-, allowed only from the date OF apphcati'
-, uuder this Article, and the total appropriate
= for all pensions shall not exceed two hunar'
., and fifty thousand dollars (S25OOOO.cO IN al
=. one year; provided that nothing in tins Afuc
,r shall be construed SO as to prompit the oe