The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-08-29
ACT No. 15J.


House Bill No. 2yS. BY Mr.. Butler.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Processing an amendment to Article SO
of the Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana. relative TO pensions ioi
Confederate Veterans as amended
by Act No. % of the General AS
Sembly of 1900. and Act No. III Oh
the General Assembly of 1904, and
Act 26g of the General Assembly
of 1908. and for the purpose oi
providing a sufficient revenue tol
the carrying out of this Article OF
the Constitution.
Section l. BE il resolved by the Gen
eraI Assembly of the state of LouiSi-
ana two-thirds of all members elected
to each House ConcurrinS That Artl-
Gle 3O3 of the Constitution OF the STATE
of LouiSiana. as amended by ~ 3e' a 90
and Act No ll2 of the General As
| sembly of 1904. and Act No; 269 of
the General Assembly OF 1905 be so
amended as to read as follows:
| Article 1903. \ pension not TO exceed
eight dollars C$s) per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier OF
| sailor veteran who possesses all the
| following qualifications:
| l. He shall have served honorably
from the date of his enlistment until
| the close of the late Civil war. or UNI
| til he was discharged or paroled, IN
some military organization regularly
mustered into the Army or Navy OF
the Confederate States, and shall have
|
States until the surrender.
| >. He shall not own property OF
more than one thousand dollars valu-
alton and he shall not be physically
able to earn a livelihood by his own
| labor.
| 3. He shall not be salared 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 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 1ol
pension. In case he resided elsewhere
| thar 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, in INDECENT circumstances
| of such soldier or sailor whose mar
| riage to her was contracted prior to
| January l, 1885: provided that II her
deceased husband served in an organ
| ization. mustered in from Louisiana, or
| il 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 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-
| fifteen years prior to her application
! for such pension; provided further,
| that pensions whether to veterans OF
| ~ widows. shall be allowed only from
the date of application under this ar
| ticle. and the total appropriations Tor
| all pensions. in any one year, snail De
the proceeds of the annual one mill
tax, provided sad appropriations shall
| never be more than five hundred and
| fifty thousand dollars for any one year
| which is hereby levied on all taxable
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 be
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 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
prohibit the General Assembly from
providing artificial limbs to disabled
Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be IL 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
on the words: For the proposed
amendment to Article 303 of the Con-
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
the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana, relative to pensions for Confed-
crate Veterans" and each elector shall
indicate. as provided in the general
election laws of the State. whether ht
votes for or against the amendment.
L. +. THOMAS.
Speaker of the House of Representa-
THOMAS c. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved July 10th. 1912.
l.. F.. HALL.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
| ALVIN f. HEBERT,