The herald., 1912-09-19
ACT NO. 155.

tIouse Pill No. 29S By Mr. Butler.
JOINT RESOLUTION ooo
Promising an amendment to Article 5O5
of the Constitution of the state Oh
Louisiana. relative TO pensions III
nv Act No. 73 of the General AS
sembly of 1900, and Act NO. IL OF
the General Assembly OF 1904, ana
of 1908. and for the purpose OF
providing a sufficient revenue Tor
the carrying out of this Article oil
the Constitution.
eral Assembly of the State OF Loulsl-
ana, two-thirds of all members elected
to each House concurring, That Aru-
Gle 3O3 of the Constitution or the State
n of the General Assembly of 1900,
and Act No. 1l2 of the General AS
sembly of 1904, and Act NO no; 2SS OF
the General Assembly of 1908, be SO
amended as to read as follows:
Article 1903. a pension not to exceed
eight dollars C$S) per month Shall pe
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veteran who possesses all the
following qualifications:
l. He shall have served honorably
from the date of his, enlistment until
til he was discharged or paroled, in
some military organization regularly
mustered into the Army or Navy OF
the Confederate States and cs shall nave
States until the surrender.
.. He shall not own property OF
more than one thousand dollars Vaiu-
alton and he shall not be physically
able to earn a livelihood by his own
labor.
3. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the state OF Lou
isiana or by any other State or Gov
eminent In case he enlisted in any
organization mustered into said service
as a Louisiana organization, or in case
IL IT,, ont hn
sided in the State of Louisiana. he shall
have resided in this State for at least
five years prior to his application Tor
pension. In case he resided elsewhere
than in this State, and enlisted in an
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
nrior to his application for such pen
sion. A like pension shall be granted
to the widow who shall not have mar
ried again, in INDECENT circumstances.
of such soldier or sailor whose mar
riage to her was contracted prior. to
January /. 1885: provided that If heI
deceased husband served in an organ
ization. mustered in from louisiana; or
if he resided in Louisiana. at the date
Of his enlistment: then in order that
such widow shall be entitled to the
pension as herein provided. she shall
five years prior to her application
therefor: and if her deceased husband
enlisted elsewhere than in Louisiana,
and served in an organization not
in from Louisiana, such wild
ow shall. in order to entitle her to
pension as herein provided, have re-
sided in this State for not less than
for such pension; provided further.
that pensions whether to veterans OF
to widows. shall be allowed only. from
the date of application under this ar
ticle. and the total appropriations for
all pensions. in any one year shall be
the proceeds of the annual one mill !
tax, provided said appropriations shall |
never be more than five hundred and
which is hereby levied on all taxable |
in the State. Any accruing |
surplus from said tax fund shall be |
and prohibiting the collection of any |
other tax or making any appropriation |
in excess of the amount of the one mill J
tax levied and collected. and to be |
known as Confederate Veteran Pen |
sion Fund and to be used for no other |
purpose, and upon the adoption of this |
same shall at once be- |
come self-operative and the funds de-
rived therefrom Immediately used for |
said purpose. and provided further that |
The Tax Collectors and Assessors shall |
receive no commissions for assessing |
provided. Provided that nothing in this
Article shall be construed so as to |,
prohibit the General Assembly from |
providing artificial limbs to disabled |
soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, |
etc, That this proposed amendment |
be submitted to the qualified voters of |
he State of Louisiana for adoption or
at the congressional election /
20 be held on the first Tuesday next !
following the first Monday in Novem
Der. 1912.
That the official ballots to be used at |
said election shall have printed there |
,n the words: For the proposed |
to Article 303 of the Con- |
of the State of Louisiana, rel |
alive to pensions for Confederate Vet |
erans." and the words: Against the |
amendment to Article 300 of |
he Constitution of the State of Louis
ana, relative to pensions for Confed- |
crate Veterans" and each elector shall |
Indicate. as provided in the general I
election laws Of the State. whether he /
votes for or against the amendment.
L. f. THOMAS,
Speaker OF the House of Representa-
tives.
THOMAS G. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate