The herald., 1912-10-24
ACT NO. 15J.

ACT NO. 155.
11o,,.o pill No 9es. By Mr.. Butler
JOINT RESOLUTION ooe
Promising an amendment to Article 81.
of the Constitution OF the state ol
Louisiana, relative TO pensions 10 dod
Confederate Veterans as amenueo
nv Act No 73 of the General AS
sembIy of 1900, and Act NO. IL OF
the General Assembly OF 1904, ano
Act 269 of the Generai nSosa ASSetliOdi 81 Z
providing a sufficient revenue foi
The carving out of this Article oil
the Constitution.
Section l. Be it resolved by the zen
araI Assembly of the State or Loulsl-
ana, two-thirds of all members elected
to each House concurrinS, Inat St ATti-
Gle 3O3 of the Constitution or the Slate
of Louisiana. as amended by Act no no
n Of the General Assembly of 1900
and Act No. H. of the General AS.
sembly of 1904. and Act No; 2S9 OF OF
the General Assembly OF l9os' De SO
amended as to read as follows: 5000
Article 3O3. A pension not to eXGeeo
eight dollars (SS) per month SHAH DC
allowed to each Confederate soldier OF
sailor veteran who possesses al 'he
following qualifications:
l. He shall have served honoraoiy
from the date of his enlistment uiltli
the close of the late Civil War or un-
some military organization regularly
mustered into the Army or Navy OIL
the Confederate States. and shall have
remained true to the confederate
9 He shall not own property Oh
more than one thousand dollars va!u-
alton and he shall not be physically
able to earn a livelihood by his own
3, He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State or Lou
isiana or by any other State or Gov
ernment. In case he enllsted IN any
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 Ior az ieasr sSt
pension In case ne 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, in INDECENT circumstances
of such soldier or sailor whose mar
rage to her was contracted prior to
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 entltied tC un1
have resided in this State for at least
five years prior to her application
therefor: and If her deceased husband
and served in an organization not
mustered in from Louisiana, such w1d-
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 application
for such pension; provided further,
that pensions whether to veterans OF
to widows, shall be allowed only from
,t,o lota nf
ticle. and the total appropriations Tor
all pensions. in any one year, shall be
the proceeds of the annual one mill
tax, provided said appropriations 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 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 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
Article shall be construed so as to
prohibit the General Assembly from
providing artificial limbs to disabled
soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be IL further resolved.
etc. That this proposed amendment
be submiued 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
to Article 300 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 he
votes for or against the amendment.
L. F.. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
THOMAS c. BARRET.
Governor and Presi6cnt
of the Senate.
Approved July 10th. 1912.
l.. E. HALL.
Governor OF the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN f. HEBERT.
Secretary of State.