The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-09-20
.aC- no, 155.

| ALVIN l.. HrI;t.RT.
Secretary o. state.
&C. no. l55.
House Bill No. 29S By Mr. Butler.
! JOINT RESOLUTION
! Proposing an amendment to Article sos
! of III" Constitution of the State or
! Louisiana. relative to pensions for
! Confederate Veterans rs amended by
Act No. % Of the Gen aral Assembly
| Of 14d0, and Act No. ll2 of>the General
Assembly of 1908 and Act 2G9 Of the
General Assembly Of 1anS. and for The
| emu" fo' the carrying out Of this Ar
! tic!s OF the Constitution.
/ Section /. BE it resolved by the Cen
/ "ral Assembly OF the state Of Louisiana.
/ tW0-thi!,iS Of all members elected to
/ each House concurring. That Article
1903 of In" Constitution OF the State
. of Louisiana. as amended by Act No
( - Of the General Assembly Of 1900,
! and Act No. III ot the General Assem-
+: General Assembly Of l9oS. be 50 amend
ed as to read as follows:
Article 303. \ pension not 70 exceed
! ni@ht dollars t$H per month shall he
! allowed to each Confederate soldier oi
sailor veteran who possesses al! the
Z lbilONinS Nu:tlllcdtiD
!. He shall have served honorably
from the date Of his enlistment until
the close Of the late Civil War. or IN
( til he was discharged or paroiel, in
some military organization regularly
nustercd into the Army or Navy Of
! the Confederate States and shall have
remained true to the Confederate States
! until the surrender.
9. He shall not own property OF
. I1llar Val at 4,
and he shall not be physically able to
earn a livelihood by his own labor
3 He shall rot he 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 & Louisiana organization, or in case
at She 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,
riage to her was contracted prior to
January /. 1885; provided that IL her
deceased husband served in an organi-
zation. mustered in from Louisiana, OF
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
g., 1,~
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 a
pension as herein provided, have re-
sided in this State for not less thar
fifteen years prior to her application
for such pension: provided further
to widows shall be allowed only from
the date Of application under this ar
ticle, and the total appropriations fol
all pensions. in any one year, shall be
the proceeds Of the annual one mill
tax. provided said appropriation shall
never be more than five hundred anG
fifty thousand dollars for any one veal
property in the State. Any accruine
surplus from said tax fund shall bt
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 mil
known as Confederate Veteran Pen
; sion Fund" and to be used for no othel
purpose. and upon the adoption of thi!
amendment same shall at once becom,
self-operative and the funds derived
therefrom Immediately used for SAID
purpose, and provided further that the
Tax Collectors and Assessors shall, re
| g. .r
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 ,. Be 1t further resolved, etc.
; That this proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the qualified voters Of thu
State Of Louisiana for adoption or re
lection at the Congressional election t
be held on the first Tuesday next fol
lowing the first Monday III November
1912.
That the official ballots to be used a
said election shall have. printed there
amendment to Article 800 Of the Con
: stitution Of the State of Louisiana. rel
alive to pensions for Confederate Vet
erans," and the words: against tn
proposed amendment to Article 1903 Of
the Constitution Of the State Of LOuist
ana relative to pensions for Confed
crate Veterans" and each elector shall
indicate. as provided in the genera
election laws Of the State. whether h,
votes for or against the amendment
l.. L. THOMAS,
; Speaker Of the House of Representatives
THOMAS c. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President O
the Senate.
Approved: July 10th, 1912.
L. T.. HALL.
Governor of the State Of Louisiana
: a true copy:
ALVIN T. IIEBERT.
Secretary Of State.
ACT NO. 1872.
| House Bill No. 207. BY Mr.. Manion
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 21'
Of the State Of Louisiana, so as t,
permit women to hold any office con
, nected with the educational system
Of the State. or Of any political sub
division thereof. and with institution
, Of charity and correction
Section I. BE it resolved by the Gen
, eral Assembly OF the State of Louisiana
two-thirds Of all the members electe'
/ to each House concurring. That Article
r 210 Of the Constitution be amended 81
as to read as follows:
Article 210: No person shall be e!igi
bile to any office. State. judicial, paro