The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-09-12
ACT NO. 15J.

IIousa RuI No. 29S. BY Mr.. Butler.
JOINT RESOLUTION ooo
Proposing an amendment 10 Articis ~ 80
of the Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana. relative TO pensions ioi
Confederate Veterans as anne ~
by Act No. % of the General AS
sembly of 1900, and Act NO. liz oI
the General Assembly OF 1914 ana
Act 269 of the General Assembly
of 1908. and for the purpose %
providing sufficient revenut lo 81
the carrying out OF inns Artlcie VI
the Constitution.
Section l. Be it resolved by the zen
eral Assembly of the state OF LOUISE
ana. two-thirds of all members elected
70 each House concurrinS, That Artl-
Gle 1903 of the Constitution OF the state
of Louisiana. as amended by Act 30
70 of the General Assembly OF lSoo'
and Act No lI2 OF the General AS
! sembly of 1904. and Act No. 269 OF
the General Assembly of 1908, be SO
amended as TO read as follows; oa
Article SCS = pension md nGf TO Shall be
allowed to each Confederate solder OF
sailor veteran who possesses all the
following qualifications: ,,,
/ He shall have served hOnoraDlE
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 reg uIdr
the Confederate States; and shall nave
remained true to the Confederate
States until the surrender.
3 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 49,,
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 We
at the date of his enlistment ne re,
sided in the State of Louisiana, ne Shali
have resided in this State for at least
pension. In case he 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
riage to her was contracted prior &c
January l, 1885; provided that If 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 entltled 10 tne
pension as herein provided. she shall
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 wild
ow shall. in order to entitIe her 10
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
the date of application under this ar
ticle. and the total appropriations for
all pensions. in any one year, snail 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
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
Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be 1t further resolved,
etc. That this proposed amendment
be submiMed 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
ative to pensions for Confederate Vet
erans." and the words: Against the
proposed amendment to Article 800 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-
tives.
THOMAS c. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor ana President
of the Senate.
Approved July 10th. 1912.