The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-21


THOMAS c. R.ARRET.
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: July 10th, 1912.
Governor of the State OF Louisiana.
ALvIS 4. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
ACT no. ISIS.
House Pill No. 29s. BY Mr.. Butler.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposins an amendment to Article 3o3
of the Constitution Of the State of
Louisiana, relative to pensions for
Confederate Veterans as amended by
Act No. 73 OF the General Assembly
Of 1900, and Act No. 112 Of the General
Assembly of 1904. and Act 269 of the
purpose of providing a sufficient rev.
enue for the carrying out of this Ar
ticle of the Constitution
Section l. Be il resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana
two-thirds of ell members elected tn
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: liz of the General Assem-
General Assembly of 1908, be so amend
ed as to read as follows:
Article 303. A pension not to exceed
eight dollars (Ss) per month shall be
sailor veteran who possesses all the
following qualifications:
i. 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
some military organization regularly
mustered into the Army or Navy o.
the Confederate States. and shall have
res .fx,<1 kx,ro 80, H. A1f cJo IN 80 au
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 q 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
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-
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 who shall not have mar
ried again in INDECENT circumstances.
Of such soldier or sailor whose mar
rage to her was contracted prior to
January /, 1885: provided that II her
deceased husband served in an organi-
zation. mustered in from louisiana. or
II he resided In Louisiana. at the date
such widow shall be entitled to the
pension as herein provided, she shall
have resided in this State for at least
five years prior to her application
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 .
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
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 appropriation shall
fifty thousand dollars for any one year
which is hereby levied on all taxable
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 ana 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 onoe become
self-operatiye 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-
vfding artificial limbs to disabled Con-
federate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be il further resolved. etc.
That this proposed amendment be SUBJ
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 10 ba 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
proposed amendment to Article 500 of
the Constitution Of the State Of LOUISE
ana. relative to pensions for Confed-
erate Veterana" and each alectOr ahal1