The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-10-19

ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. lss.
| House Bill No. 29s. BY Mr.. gutler.
| JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 3o3
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, relative to pensions for
Confederate Veterans as amended by
Act No 70 Of the General Assembly
Of 1900, and Act No. H. of the General
Assembly of 1904, and Act 269 Of the
General Assembly Of 1908, and for the
purpose of providing sufficient rev.
enue for the carrying out of tAis Ar
ticle OF the Constitution.
| Section l. Be it resolved by the Gem
era1 Assembly OF the State OF Louisiana,
two-thirds of all members elected to
each House concurring, That Article
sos Of the Constitution Of the state
70 of the General Assembly of 1900,
and Act No 112 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 so3. A pension not to exceed
eight dollars {s8) per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veteran who possesses all the
/. He shall have served honorably
from the date of his enlistment until
the close of the late Civil War or un-
til he was discharged or paroled, IN
mustered into the Army or Navy of
the Confederate States, and shall have
remained true to the Confederate States
until the surrender
O. 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 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 q Louisiana organizat ton. 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
pension. IN oase he resided elsewhere
than in this State. and enlisted in an
organization not mustered in from
| Louisiana, or in the Navy Of the Con-
ii this state. Tor ii least fifteen years.
/ prior ta85 his application forASsuch pen-$
/ sion. like pension shall be granted
| to the widow who shall not have mar
OF such soldier or sailor whose mar
rfage to her was contracted prior to
January I. 1885: provided that IL her
| deceased husband served IN an organi-
zation 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
have resided In this State for at least
therefor fs and, il her deceased husband
enlisted elsewhere than in Louisiana,
mustered in from Louisiana, such Wild
oW shall, in order to en.itle her to a
pension as herein provided. nave re-
| sided in this State for. not less than
fifteen years prior to her application
for such pension: provided further,
| 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
all pensions. in any one year, shall be
| the proceeds of the annual one min
| 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 accr'ling
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
| tax levied and colleged 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-eperative and the funds derived
purpose, and provided further that the
Tax Collectors and Assessors shall re-
ceive no concessions for assessing and
collecting said one mill tax herein pro-
yided Provided that nothing in this
| Article shall be construed go as to pro-
hibft the General Assembly from pro-
viding artificial Limbs to disabled Con-
federate soldiers OF sailors
Section 2. Be it 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 this 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 so3 Of the Con-
alive to pensions for Confederate Vet
erans., and the words: against the
proposed amendment to Article 303 OF
the Constitution of the State Of Louist-
crate Veterans" and each elector shall
indicate as provided in the general
election laws Of Che State. whether She
votes for or against the amendment.
L. E. THOMAS. Z
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
THOMAS C. BARRET,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate
Approved: July 1esh. 1912. 5 -,
Governor Of the state Of Loaislana
A true copy:
ALVIN e. HEBERT,
Secretary, of State.
ACT no. Ie2.
House Bill No 2of By Mr.. Manion
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 210
Of the State OF Louisiana so AZ to
permit women to hold any office con-
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