The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-08-30
AcF NO. l55.

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House Bill No. 29s BY Mr.. Butier.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 5VS
of the Constitution of the state OF
Louisiana, relative to pensions TOT
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
General Assembly of 1908. and for the
purpose of providing a sufficient rev
enue for the carrying out of this Ar
ticle of the Constitution.
Section I. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of LOUISIANA,
two thirds of all members elected TO
each House cOncurring, That Article
303 of the Constitution of the state
of Louisiana. as amended by Act No
% of the General Assembly of 1900
and Act No 112 of the General Assem-
bly, of 1904 and Act No. 263 of the
General Assembly of 1908, be so amend
ed as to read as follows:
Article 800. A pension not to exceed
eight dollars (sS) per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veteran who possesses all the
followS1g qualifications:
/. He shall have served honorably
from the date OF his enlistment unit!
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 OF
the Confederate States, and shall have
remained true to the Confederate states
until the surrender.
2 He shall not own property or
more than one thousand dollar valuation
and he shall not be physically able to
earn a livelihood by his own labor.
g. 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 a 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
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
! riage to her was contracted prior to
| January J. 1885; provided that if her
deceased husband served in an organi-
cation. 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
! pension IS 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 entitIe her to a
pension as herein provided. have 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 OF
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
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 accruing
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
! self-operative and the funds derived
therefrom Immediately used for said
| purpose, and provided further that the
Tax Collectors and Assessors shall re-
| ceiye 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-
vidlng artificial limbs to disabled Con-
federate soldiers or sailors
Section 2. Be it further resolved. etc.
! ihat 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-
loving the first Monday in November
That the official ballots to be used at
said election shall have printed there.
on the words: For the proposed
amendment to Article 800 of the Con
stltution Of the State of Louisiana. rel
at1Ve to pensions for Confederate Vet.
erans." and the words: Against the
proposed amendment to Article 303 of
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 Tor or against the amendment
J.. f. THOMAS,
speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS c. BARRETT.
Lieutenant Governor and President of
| the Senate.
Approved: July 10th, 1912.
l.. F.. HALL,
A true copy
| ALVIN e. HILBERT.
| Secretary Of State.
ACT NO. le2.
| House Bill No. 207. By Mr. Man,or