The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-09-28
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ETC., That upon the official ballots TO
be used at said Congressional election
shall be printed the words 'For the
the constitntion Of louisiana 90 relative Ella
to District Courts, !" and the words
Against the proposed amendment to
Article 100 of the Constitution of Lou
isiana, relat tive to District Courts" and
in the general election laws Of the
State, which of the propositions, For"
i. E. THOMAS. "
Speaker Of the House of Represen tatives.
THOMAS G.. BARRET,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: July 10th, 1912.
L. E. HALL.
ALVIN q. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
ACT no. 1s5.
House Bill No. 298. BY Mr.. Butler.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 303
of the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana, relative to pensions for
Confederate Veterans as amended by
Act No. rs of the General Assembly
OF 1900, and Act No. of the General
Assembly of 1904, and Act 269 of the
General Assembly OF 1908, and for the
purpose Of providing a sufficient rev.
enue for the carrying out Of this Ar
ticle of the Constitution.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
tWo-t thirds Of all members elected to
each House concurring. That Article
500 OF the Constitution Of the State
10 Of the General Assembly Of 1900,
and Act No. 112 of the General Assem-
bly, Of 1904, and Act No. 26e Of the
General Assembly OF 1908, be SO amend nd
Article 3o3. a pension not to exceed
eight dollars (s8) per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veteran who possesses all the
following qualifica tons:
i. He shall have served honorably
from the date of his enlistment until
the close Of the late Civil War, or ull-
til he was discharged or paro1ed, 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.
2. He shall not own property of
more than one thousand dollar valuation
and he shall not be physically able to
earn livelihood by his own labor.
8. He shall not be sslaried or other
wise provided for by the State Of Lou
isiana or by any other State or Gov
organization mustered into said service
as a Louisiana organization, or in case
at the date Of his Enlistment he re-
sided in the State Of louisiana, he shall
five years prior to his application for
pension. In case he resided elsewhere
than in this State, ard enlisted in an
organization not mastered in from
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
to the widow sViaa Z, shall not.have mar
of such soldier Ser sailor whose mar
riage to her was contracted prior to
January I, 1856 provided that ii her
deceased Husband served in an organi-
cation, mustered in from Louisiana. or
IL he resided in Louisiana, at the date
of his enlistment, then In order that
such widow shall be entitled to the
pension as hersin provided, she shall
have resided insthis State for at least
therefor: and II her deceased husband
enlisted elsewhere than in Louisiana,
and served inIan organization not
mustered in from Louisiana, such Wild
ow shall, in order to entitle her to a
pension as herein provided, have re-
sided in this State for not less than
fifteen years prior to her application
for such pension; provided further.
to widows. shall be allowed only from
the date Of application under this ar
ticle, and the total appropriations for
all pensions, in Iany one year, shall be
tax, provided said appropriation shall
never be more than five hundred and
fifty thousand dollars for any one year
which is hereby levied on all taxable
property in the State. Any accruing
surplus from said tax fund shall be
turned over to the common school fund
and prohibiting the collection Of any
other tax or making any appropriation
in excess OF thekamount Of the one mill
tax levied and collected and to be
sion Fund and to be used for no other
purpose. and upon the adoption of this
amendment same shall at once become
self-operative and the funds derived
purpose, and provided further that the
Tax Collectors and Assessors shall re-
ceive no commissions for assessing and
collecting said one mill tax herein pro-
vided Provided that nothing in this
Article shall be construed so as to pro-
hibit the General Assembly from pro-
viding artificial limbs to disabled Con-
federate soldiers or sailors
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
De nelQ On Tie Ills TUESDAY H6At5 1Ol-
lowing the first Monday in November
1912.
That the official ballots to be used at
said election shall have printed there
on the words For the proposed
amendment to Article 3o3 of the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana, rel
alive to pensions for Confederate Vet
Grams" and the words: Against the
proposed amendment to Article 900 OF
the Constitution Of the State Of Louisi-
ana, relative to pensions for Confed-
crate Veterans and each e1ector shall
indicate, as provided in the general
election laws of the State whether he
votes for or against the amendment
T.. E. THOMAS,
Speaker OF the House of Represen tatives
THOMAS C. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: July 10th, 1912.
Governor Of the state Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN e. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 1e2.
House Bill No 207. BY Mr.. Manion
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 210
Of the State of Louisiana, SO as to
permit women to hold any office con-
nected with the educational system
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