The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-09-26

| Act No. 269.
House Bill No. 1870. BY Mr.. Richard
| son, of Bienville.
| JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Arti
Gle 303 of the Constitution of tn,
State of Louisiana, relative to pen
siOns for Confederate Veterans a.
amended by Act No. 70 of the Gen
eral Assembly of 1900, and Act
No. 112 of the General Assembly O
1904.
Section !. Be 1t resolved by tn,
General Assembly of the State O.
Louisiana, two-thirds of all member.
elected to each House concurring
That Article three hundred three OF
OF the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana. as amended by Act mum.
Der seventy-three of the General ASS.
emily of 1900, and Act number one
hundred and twelve of the General
Assembly of 1904, be so amended
as to read as follows:
Article 300. A pension not to
exceed eight dollars ($S) per month
shall be allowed to each Confederate
soldier or sailor veteran who pcss-
esses all the following qualifications:
l. He shall have served honor
able from the date of his enlistment
until the close of the late Civil War,
or until he was discharged or paro-
led, in some military organization
regularly mustered into the Army
or Navy of the Confederate States,
and shall have remained true to the
COnf0d0r0f0 CfofnC h4
der.
2. He shall not own property of
more than five hundred dollars va
luatiOn and he shall not be physi-
cally able to earn a livelihood by
his own labor or skill.
3. 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 a Louisiana organi-
cation, or in case at the date of his
he resided in the State
of Louisiana, he shall have resided
in this State for at least five years
prior to his application for pen
sion. In case he resided elsewhere
than in this State and enlisted in
an organization not mustered in
from Louisiana, 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 to the widow who
shall not have married again, in in
dtgent circumstances, of such sold
Ter or sailor whose marriage to her
was contracted prior to January /,
1875: provided that If her deceased
husband served in an organization,
mustered in from Louisiana. or il he
resided in Louisiana, at the date of
his enlistment and had SO resided
Tor one year prior thereto, then in or
Ter that such widow shall be entitled
% the pension as herein provided,
she shall have resided in this state
for at least five years prior
% her APPLICATION therefor; and il
Ter deceased husband enlisted else
where than in Louisiana, and served
n an organization not mustered in
rom Louisiana, such widow shall
n order to entitle her to pension as
herein provided, have resided in this
State for not less than fifteen years
,rior to her application for such pen
ion; provided further, that pensions
to veterans or to widows,
hall be allowed only from the date
II application under this Article, and !
he total appropriations for all PEN
ions shall not exceed two hundred !
nd fifty thousands dollars $780,
.OO.OO) In any one year; provided
hat nothing in this Article shall
re construed SO as to prohibit the
General Assembly from providing ar
iflcial limbs to disabled Confeder-
te soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
to-, That this proposed amendment
e submitted to the qualified voters
I the State Of Louisiana for adoption
r rejection at the congressional cleo
lon to be held on the first Tuesday
ext following the first Monday in
November, 1908.
That the official ballots to b. used
t said election shall have printed
hereon the words: "For the pro
osed amendment to Article 303 of
he Constitution of the State of
'ouisiana, relative to pensions
Dr. Confederate Veterans" and
ne word: Against the proposed
mendment to Article 303 of the Con-
titution of the State of Louisiana.
elative to pensions for Confederate
eterans," and each elector shall in
icate, as provided in the general
lection laws of the State, whether
e votes for or against the amend
lent.
H. G. DUPRE,
Speaker of the House of Repres-
1tative3..
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