The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-11-01
ACT NO, lS5.
House Bill No. 2eS BY Mr.. Butte
JOINT RESOLUTION

House Bill No. PES. BY Mr.. Butler.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article SOB
of the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana. relative to pensions for
Confederate Veterans as amended by
Act No 73 OF the General Assembly
of 1900, and Act No. ll2 of the General
Assembly of 1904, and Act 269 Of the
General Assembly of 1905 and for the
purpose of providing sufficient rev
enue for the carrying out OF this Ar
ticle Of the Constitution.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State of Louisiana.
two-thirds of all members elected to
each House concurring, That Article
300 Of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana. as amended by Act No
70 Of the General Assembly, Of 1900,
and Act No. ll2 Of the General Assem-
bly, of 1904. and Act No. 269 of the
General Assembly of 1908. be SO amend
ed as to read as follows:
Article 303. A pension not to exceed
eight dollars SO per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veteran who possesses all the
following qualifications:
!. He shall have served honOrably
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 have
remained true to the Confederate States
until the surrender.
2. He shall not own property of
more than one thousand dollar valuation
and he shall not be physically able TO
earn a livelihood by his own labor.
3. 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
organzato 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
pension. In case he resided elsewhere
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 !, 1886: 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 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
CD
sided In this State for not less than
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
tax provided said appropriation shall
never be more than five hundred and
fifty thousand dollars for any one year
which is hereby levied on all taxable
propert. 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 he
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 and
collecting said one mill tax herein pro-
Vided. Provided that nothing in this
Article shall be construed so as to pro-
hipit the General Assembly from pro-
viding artificial limbs to disabled Con
federate soldiers or sailors.
, sectlon z. Be 1t further resolved, etc,
Ihat this proposed amendment be sub
mltted to the qualified voters of the
state of Louisiana for adoption or re-
lectlon at the Congressional election to
pe neIo on the first Tuesday next fol-
1912. -'0'e'e''
That the official ballots to be used at
said election shall have printed there.
on the words: For the proposed
amendment to Article 500 of the Con-
stitution OF the State Of Louisiana. rel
erans." and the words: Against the
proposed amendment to Article 900 of
the Constitution of the State of Louisi-
ana, relative to pensions for Confed-
craze veterans. and each elector shall
indlcate, as provided In the general
election laws Of the State. whether he
ava VI oSdinbt the amendment.
l.. E. THOMAS,
speaker OF the House of Representative
THOMAS c. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved: July 10th, 1912.
L. F. HALL,
true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT.
Secretary of State,