The herald., 1912-10-17
ACT NO 15J.

House Bill No. 29s. BY Mr.. Butler
JOINT RESOLUTION m,
p-onosing an amendment to Article so
of the Constitution of the state %
Louisiana. relative to pensions ioI
confederate Veterans as amehueu
nv Act No 73 of the General AS
sembly of 1900. and Act No IL OF
the General Assembly OF 1914 anu
Act 269 of the genera , HnSe'O Of
nroyiding a sufficient revenue 1oi
The carrying out of this Article OIL
the Constitution o.,
Section l. Be ii resolved by the GeH
eraI Assembly of the State OF Loulsl,
ana, two-thirds of all members electeu
to each House concurrlnS, Inat SA Lti
Gle 3O3 of the Constitution OF 'ne ct No
"a of the General Assembly or lSOo'
ana Act No. 112 of the General AS
! sembly of 1904. and Act no, no; ZSs co 90
the General Assembly of 1908, De SO
amended as to read as follows:
Article 3O3. A pension not TO exceed
eight dollars ($S) per month Shall oe
allowed to each Confederate so!d al tb Sa
sailor veteran VINO possesses al '"e
following qualifications: h,,,
/. He shall have served honorapiy
from the date of his enlistment In um mnI
til he was discharged or paroled, IN
some military organization regularly
mustered into the Army or Navy OF
the Confederate states tba ana c Snf rate
States until the surrender. -.
2 He shall not own property OF
more than one thousand dollars VAIN
alton and he shall not be physlcally
able to earn a livelihood by his own
3, He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for o ofb tne state or Gov
eminent. In case he enlisted IN any
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 snail
have resided in this State for at least
five years prior to his application 1o1
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 like pension shall be granted
to the widow who shall not have mar
of such soldier or sailor whose mar
rage to her was contracted prior to
January /. 1885; provided that If her
deceased husband served in an organ
if he resided in Louisiana, at the date
of his enlistment. then in order tnat
such widow shall be entitled to the
have resided in this State for at least
five years prior to her application
therefor: and If 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-
fifteen years prior to her application
for such pension; provided further,
that pensions whether to veterans or
to widows, shall be allowed only from
ticle. and the total appropriations Tor
all pensions, in any one year, shall be
the proceeds of the annual one mill
tax. provided said appropriations 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 aecr,uihhg
turned over to the common school fund
and prohibiting the collection of any
other tax or making any appropriation
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
come self-operative and the funds de-
rived therefrom Immediately used for
said purpose, and provided further that
the Tax Collectors and Assessors shall
receive no commissions for assessing
and collecting said one mill tax herein
provided. Provided that nothing in this
ArttGle shall be So as
providing artificial limbs to disabled
Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be II further resolved,
etc. That this proposed amendment
be submitted to the qualified voters of
the State of Louisiana for adoption or
rejection at the congressional election
to be held on the first Tuesday next
following the first Monday in Novem-
Der. 1912.
That the official ballots to be used at
said election shall have printed there;
amendment to Article 303 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 300 of
the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana, 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. F.. THOMAS.
Speaker Of the House of Representa-
tives.
THOMAS c. BARRET,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved July 10th. 1912.