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By JlA>Inke pension shall be granted
to me widow who shall not have mar
ried again, in INDECENT circumstances.
of such soldier or sailor whose mar
riage to her was contracted, prior TO
January /, 1885: provided that If her
deceased husband served in an organi-
cation mustered On 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
pension as herein provided, she shall
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-
sided in this State for not less tran
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 mill
tax, provided said appropriation shali
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 accru!ng
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
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
self-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 ana
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 it further resolved, etc.
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 303 of the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiasa, rel
alive to pensions for Confederate Vet
| eranS," and the words: Against the
| proposed amendment to Article 303 OF
| the Constitution of the State of Louisl-
| 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.
THOMAS C. BARRETT,
| Lieutenant Governor and President of
| the Senate.
| Approved: July 10th, 1912.
| L. E HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
| A true copy:
| ALVIN E. HEBERT,
| Secretary Of State.