The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-09-07

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1. E. THOMAS,
Speaker Of the House OF Representative
THOMAS C. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate
Approved: July 10TH 1912.
T.. e. HALL,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary OF State.
i Il
ACT no. 155.
House Bill 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. q Of the General Assembly
Of 1900, and Act No 112 Of the General
Assembly Of 190A.&and Act 269 of the
Genera1sAssembly Of 1908, 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 Cen
tWo-thirds of all members elected to
each House concurring, That Article
3O3 Of the Constitution of the State
Of Louisiana, as amended by Act No.
73 Of the General Assembly OF 1900,
and Act No: 112 of the General Assem-
bly, of 1904, and Act No 2e9 Of the
General Assembly of 1908, be SO amend
ed as to read as follows:
Article 303. A pension not to exceed
eight dollars (ssl 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
til he was discharged or paro1ed in
some military organization regularly
mustered into the Army or Navy of
the Confederate States. and shall have
until the surrender.
q. 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.
8. He shall not be lsalaried 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
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-
f States. he shall have y resided
prior to his application for such PEN
sion. "a like pension shall be granted
to the widow Whe shall not have mar
RED again IN INDECENT circumstances.
of such soldier or sailor whose mar
riage to her was contracted prior to
January i, 1885 provided that II her
deceased husband served in an organi-
ration, 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
therefor; and if.her deceased husband
enlisted elsewhere than in Louisiana,
and served in san organization not
mustered in from Louisiana, such wild
nM as herein proYided i h nave
sided in this Slate for not less than
fifteen years prior to her application
for such pension: provided further,
that pensions whether to veterans or
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 aceruing
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 and &c collected lee and 70 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
therefrom Immediately used for said
purpose, and provided further that the
Tax Collectors and Assessors shall re-
cefve 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 Com
federate soldiers or sailors.
g Section g. Be fl further resolved, etc,
That this proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the qualified voters OF the
State Of Louisiana for adoption or re-
lection at the Congre election to
be held on the first Tuesday next fol-
lowing 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
stitution of the state Of Louisiana, rel
ative to pensions for Confederate Vet
erans,'' and the words Against the
proposed amendment to Article 303 OF
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 for or against the amendment
L. e. THOMAS,
Speaker Of the House of Representa- tiyes. |
THOMAS C. BARRET,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: July 10th, 1912.
Governor of the State OF Louisiana
A true copy:
4 ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
ACT ITO. 1e2.
House Bill No. 201. BY Mr. Manion |
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 21o !
of the State Of Louisiana, so as to |
permit women 70 hold any office con-
nected with the educational system /
Of the State. or of any political SUBJ |
division thereof and with institutions
Of charity and correction.
Section i. Be # resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State Of Louisiana,
two-t thirds of all the members elected |
to each House coacurring, That Article I
30 of the Constitution be amended SO |
as TO read as follows:
Article 2lO: No person shall be eIigt-
bic to any office. State, judicial, paro-
chfaI, municipal or ward. who is not a