The St. Mary banner., 1912-09-07

IN ,his State. for at least fifteen yss]s
prior t. his appIica tion for such Nen.
sion a like pension shail be srahtci
to the widow who shall not nave MAJ
ried again. in INDECENT clfcimstahces'
of such soldier or sailor whose mar
riae. to her was contracted prior 10
January J. 1855. provided that II her
deceased husband served IN an nrsahi
cation. mustered IN from Louisiana. "f
if ne resided in Louisiana. at the date
of his enlistment. then in order that
such widow shall be eutltied 70 the
pension nE herein provided. she shall
have resided in this state for az least
five wears prior to her Application
therefor: and if her deceased husband
enlisted elsewhere than in Louisiana, ,
and served IN an organization nor
mustered IN from Louisiana. surh Wlo-
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 app! t'"ii
for such pension. provided Inrthef.
that penSionS whether to veterans OF
to widows shall he allowed only from
the date Of applcation under this ar
ticle and the total appropriations TOT
all pensions. in any one year Shail ne
the proceeds Of the annual one milI
tax. provided said appropriation shall
never he more than five hundred ana
fifty thousand dollars for any one year
which is hereby levied on all taxable
rropertv in the state Any accrulnS
snrnlus from said tax fund shall be
turned over 10 The common school fuhd
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
known as Confederate Veteran ZEN
sion Fund" and I" be used FOR no otner
purpose and upon the adoption or TINS
amendment sam" shall At once necorne
self-operatIve and the funds derlN ed
therefrom Immediately used for sald
purpose and provided further that the
Tax Collectors and Assessors snail re-
ceive no commissions for assessing anu
collecting said one mill tax herein pro
vided Provided that nothing IN thls
Article shall be construed 50 as to pro
hihit the General Assembly from pro
viding artificial limbs to disabled CON
federate soldiers or sailors.
Section . Be it 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 Congressional election tt
| he held on the first Tuesday next foi-
| lowing the first Monday In November
| 1912.
That the official ballots to be used at
| said election shall have printed there.
! on the words: For the proposed
amendment to Article 3o3 of the Con
stitution of the State of Louisiana rel
atiye to pensions for Confederate Vet
erans" and the words: Against the
proposed amendment to Article 3O3 OF
the Constitution of the state OF l.oulsl-
ana. relative to pensions for Confed-
| crate Veterans" and each elector shall
! Indicate as provided i'll the general
| election laws of the State. whether he
votes for or against the amendment.
| j.. f. THOMAS.
| Sneaker OF the House Of Representatives.
| THOMAS G. BARRETT,
| Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
| Approved: July 10th. 1872.
| l.. f.. HALL.
| Governor of the State Of Louisiana
| A true copy:
| ALVIN f. HEBERT.
| Secretary of state.