The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-09-26


JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article SOB of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana,
relative to pensions for Confederate Vet
Grams as amended By Act No. 70 OF the
General Assembly of 1909, and Act No. 1l2
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 seventythree of
the General Assembly Of $780, and Act number
one hundred and twelve of the General Assem-
bly, of 1894 be SO amended as to read as fol
lows:
Article 3O3 A pension not to exceed eight
dollars ($S) per month shall be allowed to each
Confederate soldier or sailor veteran who
possesses all the following qualifications:
I. He shall have served h0norably 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
ly mustered into the Army or Navy of the Con-
federate States, and shall have remained 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 living by his own
labor or skill
g. 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 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
application for pension. In case he resided
elsewhere than in this State, and enlisted in
an organization not mustered in from Lonisi
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 such
! pension. A like pension shall be granted tt
| the widow who shall not have married again
| in INDECENT circumstances, OF such soldier OF
sailor whose marriage to her was contracted
prior to January ], 1875; provided that If hel
deceased husband served in an organization
mustered in from Louisiana. or If he resided
in Louisiana, at the date of his enlistment ant
had so resided for one year prior thereto. theI
in order that such widow shah be entitled Il
the pension as herein provided, she shall have
resided in this state for at least five year
prior to her application therefor; and II her de
ceased husband enlisted elsewhere than il
Louisiana. and served in an organization no
mustered in from Louisiana. such widow shall
in order to entitle her to a pension as herell
provided, have resided in this State for no
less than fifteen years prior 10 her application
for such pensions provided further, that pen
sons whether to veterans or widows, shall be
allowed only from the date OF Application
under this Article, and the total Appropriation
for all PENSIONS shall not exceed two hundre
and fifty thousand dollars ($?5ooOOoO) in an
one yeat; provided that nothing in this Article
shall be construed SO as to prohibit the Ger