The herald., 1912-09-26
ACT NO. 155.

| ACT No. lob.
| House Bill No. 29S. BY MT. bulier
| JOINT RESOLUTION ooc
| Promising an amendment to Article SO.
| of the Constitution or the state VI
| louisiana, relative to pensions Iol
| Confederate Veterans as AMENDED
| by Act No. 70 of the General AS
sembly of 1900. and Act NO. ~ "
| the General Assembly OF 1904, anO
Act 269 of the General Assembly
of 1908, and for the purpose OF
| providing q sufficient revenue loi
the carrying out of this Article oil
J the Constitution.
| Section /. Be il resolved by the Gen
| eral Assembly of the state OF Louisl,
ana, two-thirds of all members electeo
to each House concurring, That Art-
Gle 3O3 of the Constitution of the state
Of Louisiana. as amended by Act no
| 73 of the General Assembly OF lSVo'
and Act No. 112 Of the genera A 81
the General Assembly. Of 1908, be SO
amended as to read as follows:
| Article 303. 4 pension not to eXcee e
eight dollars tsSl oP per mohsn soldier I OF
sailor veteran who possesses all the
following qualifications:
| 1. He shall have served honoraoiy
from the date of his enlistment until
the close of the late Civil War. or un-
| til he was discharged or paroIed, IN
some military organization regularly
mustered into the Army Gna or rba Hag lave T
1
remained true to the Confederate
States until the surrender. -.
2. He shall not own properly Oh
alton and he shall not be physically
able to earn a livelihood by his own
labor.
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
| To- a c q
AT the date of his enlistment he re-
sided in the State of Louisiana, he shali
have resided in this. State for az leasl
five years prior to his application foI
than in this State, and enlisted in an
organization not mustered in from
Louisiana. or in the Navy or the con,
federate States he shall nave resldeo
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
riage to her was CONTRACTED prior 10
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
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-
sided in this state Tor not less tnan
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 appropriations, shall
never be more than five hundred and
fifty thousand dollars for any one year
which is hereby levied on all taxa BILE
property in the State. Any accruins
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
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 hei lin
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 1t 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
amendment to Article 300 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 300 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 President
Of the Senate.
Approved July 10th. 1912.
L. z. HALL.
Governor of the State OF Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT.
Secretary of State.