The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-10-12


| Article 100 of the Constitution of Lou
| fsiana, relative to District Courts" and
| zach elector shall indicate. as provided
the general ns . election laws Of the
L. e. THOMAS.
| Speaker OF the House of Representatives
THOMAS c. P.ARRET,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
Approved: July 10th. 1912.
Governor of the State of Louisiana
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. l55.
House Bib No. 29s. BY Mr.. Butler,
| JOINT RESOLUTION
| PROPOSING an amendment to Article 303
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. 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 1. Be 1t resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana
two-thirds of all members elected to
sos of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana. as amended by Act No.
| 70 of the General Assembly of 1900.
and Act No: 112 of the General Assem-
| General Assembly of 1908. be SO amend
| ed as to read as follows:
| Article 3o3. A pension not TO exceed
eight dollars lssl per month shall be
sailor veteran who possesses all the
| following qualifications:
| /. He shall have served honorably
| from the date of his enlistment until
| I'll he was discharged or paroled. in
some military organization regularly
mustered into the Army or Navy oil
the Confederate States, and shall have
| 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
| 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
| 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.I in INDECENT circumstances.
| of such soldier or sailor whose mar
riage to her was contracted prior to
January l, 1885; provided that IL her
deceased husband served in an organi-
/ zation. 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 entftle- her to a
| pension as herein provided, have re-
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 shall
| 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 accruins
| surplus from said tax fund shall be
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
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
it, AI~ Coz n
| 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-
hibit the General Assembly from pro-
| viding artificial limbs to disabled Con-
federate soldiers or sailors.
| That this proposed amendment be sub
| mitted to the qualified voters of the
State of Louisiana for adoption or re-
| lection at the Congressional election ia
be held on the first Tuesday next fol-
lowing the first Monday in November,
| 1912.
That tho official ballots TO DO used al
said election shall have printed there;
amendment to Article 3s3 Of the Con-
! stitution of the State of Louisiana. 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 Louisi-
ana. relative to pensions for Confed.
| crate Veterans" and each elector shall
j indicate. 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 Representatives
THOMAS c. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
| the Senate.
Approved: July 10th, 1912.
L. F.. HALL.
~ Governor of the State of Iouisia ma