The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-07

zach elector shall indicate, as provldeu
in the general election laws OF the
State. which of the propositions. For
VI a'"s ne so L. i E. THOMAS.
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
THOMAS c. RARRET,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
Approved: July 10th. 1912.
l. E, HALL.
Governor Of the State OF Louisiana
ALVIN e. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. ls5.
House Bih No. 2ss. BY Mr.. Butler.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposins an amendment to Article s03
of tire Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana, relative to pensions Tor
Act No. 73 Of the General Assembly
of 1900. and Act No 112 of the General
Assembly of 1904. and Act 269 of the
General Assembly Of 1903. and for the
purpose of providing sufficient rev.
enue for the carrying out of this Ar
ticle of the Constitution
Section j. Be ii resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana.
two-thirds of all members elected to
each House concurring, That Article
3O3 of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana, as amended by Act No.
70 of the General Assembly of 1900.
and Act No liz Of the General Assem-
bly, of 1904, and Act No. 269 of the
General Assembly of 1908, be SO amend
ed as to read as follows:
Article $685. A pension not to exceed
eight dollars tssl per month shall be
sailor veteran who possesses all the
following qualifications:
l. He shall have served honorably
from the date Of his enlistment until
y, n1<> .R - 1oxo fx-fI IVor mr.
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.
g. He shall not own property of
more than one thousand dollar valuation
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
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
organization not mustered in from
Louisiana. or in the Navy of the Con.
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 who shall not have mar
of such soldier or sailor whose mar
rtage to her was contracted prior to
January 1. 1885; provided that II her
deceased husband served in an organi-
xation. mustered in from Louisiana. or
II 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 II her deceased husband
enlisted elsewhere than in Louisiana,
and served In an organization not
mustered 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
fifteen years prior to her application
that pensions whether to veterans or
to widows. shall be allowed only from
the date of application under this ar
ticle. and the total appropriations for
the proceeds OF the annual one mill
tax, provided said appropriation shall
never be more than five hundred and
fifty thousand dollars for any one year
property in the State. Any accruins
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 the amount Of the one mill
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
amendment same shall at once become
seif-operative and the funds derived
therefrom Immediately used for said
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.
Section 2. Be II further resolved etc,
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
be held on the first Tuesday next fol-
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 3s3 of the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana, rel
alive to pensions for Confederate Vet
erans.' and the words: Against the
the Constitution of the State Of Louisi-
ana. relative to pensions for Confed-
crate Veterans" and each elector shall
indicate, as provided in the general
election laws Of the State. whether he
votes for or against the amendment.
L. E. THOMAS
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives,.