The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-04
ACT no. l55.

House Bill No. 29S. BY Mr. Butler
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment 10 Article 3Oa
of the Constitution Of the state ~
Louisiana. relative to pensions for
| Confederate Veterans as amended Nv
| Act No. - OF the General A%samD'y
of 1900. and Act No IL Of the General
Assembly Of 1904 and Act 269 Of the
General Assembly of 1905. and for the
purpose Of providing a Sufficient rev
| enue for the carrying ont Of this Ar
| ticle of the Constitution
| Section !. Be 1t resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly OF the State of Louisiana.
two-t thirds Of all members elected to
! each House concurring. That Article
| sos Of the Constitution of the State
OF Louisiana. as amended by Act No
10 OF the General Assembly OF 1900
and Act No. 1l2 OF the General Assem-
bly, Of 1904, and Act No. $50 OF the
General Assembly of 1908, be SO amend
ed as to read as follows:
Article 363, pension not to exceed
eight dollars SS) per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veteran who possesses all the
following qualifications:
!. He Shall have served hoRorably
from the date Of his enlistment until
the close OF the late Civil War. or I'M
til he was discharged or paroled. in
some military organization regularly
mustered into the Army or Navy Of
the Confederate States. and shall have
remained true to the Confederate States
until the surrender.
Z. lie shall not own property of
more chan one thousand dollar valuation
and he shall not be physically able to
earn livelihood by his own labor.
3. He shall not be salarfed or other
wise provided for by the State of Lou.
NT hy nsL
eminent In case he enlisted in any
organization mustered into said service
as Louisiana organization, or IN case
at the date Of his enlistment he re.
sided 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
oorgani2ation 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
rled again, In INDECENT circumstances. |
of such soldier or sailor whose mar |
rage to her was contracted prior to |
January !. 1885; provided that lie her |
deceased husband served In an organi- !
zation. mustered in from Louisiana or |
II ne resided tn Louisiana. at the date
or ms enlistment: then in order that
pension as herein provided. she shall
have resided in this State for at least
rive years prior to her application
therefor: and II her deceased husband |
ENLISTED elsewhere than in Louisiana.
anu served IN an organization not
mustered tn from Louisiana, such wild
ow shall, In order to entitle her to q
pension as herein provided, have re-
sided IN this State for not less than
flfteen years prior to her application
TOT such pension: provided further
that pensions whether to veterans or
TO widows, shall be allowed only from
me date of application under this ar
e en ana the total appropriations for
an PENSIONS in any one year. shall he
me nroceets of the annual one mill
tax, provided said appropriation shall
never be more than five hundred and
f1fty. thousand dollars for any one wear
Which IL hereby levied on all taxable
propert. In the State. Any accrufng
'urplus from said tax fund shall be
ma prohibiting the collection Of sny
'ther tax or making any appropriation
n excess OF the amount Of the one mill
ak levied and collected and to be-
$, as confederate Veteran PEN
'ion Fund' and to be used for NO other
purpose, and upon the adoption of this
Imendment same shall at once become
,eif-operattve and the funds derived
herefrom Immediately used for said .
.urpose. and provided further that the :
ak collectors and Assessors shall re- :
eye no commissions for assessing and :
o'siieeting said one mill tax herein pro /
W. n.i froVided that nothing In this 7
~. it shaii De construed so as to pro- $
iS the General Assembly from pro I
idihg artificial limbs to disabled Con ,
eaerate soldiers or sailors !
,, SEXTON q BE IT further resolved etc i
, nay tn!s proposed amendment be sub T
,n 20 the qualified voters of the /
.ate OF Louisiana for adoption or re- e
:. iaoit AZ the Congressional election 10 o
sT.g the first Monday in November. !
That the official ballots to be used q, q
a'u election shall have printed there. .
me words: For the proposed !,
' mf.endiment to Article 300 Of the Con q
, ,tua q. OF the State Of Louisiana. rel, n
i've to pensions for Confederate Vet 4
ans" and the words: Against the u
amendment to Article 500 OF s
re constitution Of the State Of T,nuisf- T
20. reiatlVe to pensions for Confed- 81
d. dc Veterans, and each elector shall A
sntin' as provided in the general s.
81 IaWs of the State. whether he b
o' VI against the amendment | m
,ao,,o L, r. THOMAS, OF
'eaker or the House of Representatives. \
e,to. THOMAS c. BARRETT. a,
eotenant Governor and President NJ ~
the~Senate. u ~
pproved: July 10th, 1912. 70 70
co,,. i. F. HALL, T
,r Governor Of the State of Louisiana. Of
ALVIN E HILBERT. "a .H
Secretary of State. ~,
r.