The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-10-03
ACT NO. 100.

ACT NO. 155.
| House Bill No. 29s. BY MI. Butter
JOINT RESOLUTION ooo
| Promising an amendment to Article oua
| of the Constitution or the Stale y,
| louisiana relative to pensions iol
| Confederate Veterans as ahhehueO
| nv Act No. 70 of the General AS
| sembly of 1900, and Act No. IL OF
the General Assembly or iSO4, aI an q
| Act 269 of the General AsselliOIy ~
| Of 1908. and for the purpose OF
| providing a sufficient revenue iot
the carrying out Of this Article Oh
! the Constitution 90
| Section L, Be it resolved oy .he o nE
| ana. two-thirds of all members elected
to each House concurring' Ihat S Srtio
| Gle 3O3 of the Constitution or the State
of Louisiana. as amended by Act no no
"a of the General Assembly of 1900,
and Act No. l12 of the General AS
| sembiy of 1904. and Act No; 2S9 OF
the General Assembly OF ISoo' pe So
amended as to read as follows; ,
| Article 303. A pension not 10 exceed
eight dollars 1881 per month shall De
allowed to each Confederate solder OF
sailor veteran who possesses All INC
| following qualifications:
| / He shall have served honoraply
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 OF
the Confederate States. and shall nave
remained true tso to the Cohledera'e
2. He shall not own property Oh
more than one thousand dollars vaiu-
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 by the State OF Lou
isiana or by any other state OF 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,
have resided in this State for at least
five years prior to his application Tor
pension. In case he resided elsewhere
than in this State, and enlisted IN an
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 sha 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 1, 1885: provided that II her
deceased husband served in an organ
ization. mustered in from louisiana. or
if 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
therefor: and il 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 than
fifteen years prior to her application
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, SHAH be
the proceeds of the annual one mill
tax. provided said appropriations shall
never be more than five hundred and
which is hereby levied on all taxable
in the State. Any accruing
surplus from said tax fund shall be
turned over to the common school fund
other tax or making any appropriation
in excess of the amount of the one mill
tax levied and collected and to be
known as CSnfeds s o veteran ,o Pen Pen
purpose, and upon the adoption of this |
same shall at once be-
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 |
Article shall be construed so as to ,
prohibit the General Assembly from
providing artificial limbs to disabled |
soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be 1t 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
to Article 300 of the Con-
of the State OF Louisiana, rel |
alive to pensions for Confederate Vet
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 |
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-
THOMAS G. BARRETT,
Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved July 10th. 1912.
l.. z. HALL.
Governor of the State OF Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN f. HEBERT.
Secretary Of State.