The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-09-24
ACT No 2hQ
House Bill No. 1870
BY Mr.. Richardson, of Btenville
JOINT RESOJ J-TION

BY Mr.. Richardson, of Btenvtlle. |
JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing an amendment to Article 800 |
OF the Constitution of the State Of |
LOUISIANA. relative to pensions for |
Confederate Veterans as amended nv |
Act No 80 of the General Assembly
81 1900, and Act No. lie Of the Gem
eral Assembly of 1904
Section l. Be it resolved by the Gem
eral Assembly of the State Of louisa
ma, tWo-thirds of all members elected
70 each House concurring, That Article
three hundred three of the Constitution
or the State of Louisiana, as amended
Dy 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 300. pension not to exceed
eight dollars t$S) per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veteran who possesses all tho
following qualifications:
l. He shall have served honorably
from the, date of his enlistment until
the close of the late Civil War, or until
ne was discharged or paroled, in some
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
than five hundred dollars valuation
and he shall not be physically able to
earn livelihood by his own labor or
SKILL he Oh, =, NOT 10 col. 10, 80
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 q
Louisiana organization, or in case al
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 n
a oil knp
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
in this State for at least fifteen years
prior to his application for such pen.
sion: A like pension shall be granted
70 the widow who shall not have mar
ried again, in INDECENT circumstances,
of such soldier or sailor whose mar
rage to her was contracted prior ia
January !, 1878; provided that if her
deceased husband served in an organi-
cation, 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 for at
least five years prior to her application
therefor; and II her deceased husband
enlisted elsewhere than in Louisiana,
and served in an organization not mus
/ tered in from Louisiana, such widow
shall, in order to entitle her to a PEN
sion as herein provided, have resided
In this State for not less than fifteen
years prior to her application for such
pension; provided further. that pen
sions whether to veterans or to widows
shall be allowed only from the date
Of application under this Article, and
| the total appropriations for all PEN
sions shall not exceed two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars $3.50 000.00) in
any one year; provided that nothing
in this Article shall be construed SO as
! to prohibit the General Assembly from
providing artificial limbs to disabled
| Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, ETC.,
that this proposed amendment be sub
mitted TO the qualified voters Of the
| State of Louisiana for adoption or re-
| lection at the Congressional election
| to be held on the first Tuesday next
following the first Monday in Novem-
Der, 1908.
That the official ballots to be used at
said election shall have printed there.
on the words: For the proposed
amendment to Article 303 OF the Consti-
| tuition of the State of Louisiana. rela-
| tive to Pensions for Confederate Veter-
! ans, and the words: Against the
| proposed amendment to Article 3O3 OF
| the Constitution of the State of Louis
/ lana, relative to pensions for Confeder-
/ ate Veterans" and each elector shall
! Indicate, as provided in the general
| election laws of the State, whether he
/ votes for or against the amendment,
III. G. DUPRE,
I Speaker of the House of Representatives
P. NJ. LAMBR EMONT,
lieutenant Governor and President OF
! the Senate.
Approved July 9th. 1908.
I J. Y. SANDERS,
Governor OF the State of Louisiana.
a true copy. JOHN T. MICHEL
Secretary of State.
!
| House Bill No. 1925. BY Mr.. Henriques.
JOINT RESOLUTION
| Proposing an amendment TO Article 134
of the Constitution regulating the al
| lotment of cases filed in the Civil
District Court of the Parish Of Or
leans.
/ Section /. Be it resolved by the Gen,
eral Assembly of the State of Louisia-
, ma, two thirds of all the members elect
ed to each house concufring. That there
! be submitted TO the electors of the
State, in accordance with law, at the
Congressional election to be held In
November, 1908, a proposition to amend
Article 13t of the Constitution so that
the said article shall read as follows
| to-wit:
Article 1874: All cases after being
filed in said Civil District Court shall
be allotted or assigned among the
rules to be adopted by said Court, un-
less otherwise provided by law
Section ?. Be it further enacted and
resolved. etc. That on the official bal
lots to be used at said election shall
be placed the words:
For the amendment to Article l34
! Of the Constitution, Against ths
amendment to Article 13i Of the Con.
stitution.f And each elector shall in.
dictate his vote on the proposed amend
ment as provided in the general cleo.
ton laws of the. state.
Fl. G. DTFRE,
Speaker of the House of Representative!
P. NJ. LAMBRF.MoNT,
Lieutenant Governor and President o.
the Senate,
Approved July, 9th. 1903.
J. Y. SANDERS,
Governor of the state of Louisiana
A true copy JOHN It. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.
ACT No. 800
House Bill No. $40. BY Mr. Smith
JOINT RESOLUTION