The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-09-13
ACT NO, l55,

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ALVIN f. HEBERT.
Secretary Of State.
ACT NO. l55.
! House Bill No. 29S. BY Mr. Butte.
JOINT RESOLUTION
| Proposing an amendment to Article 80.
| of the Constitution of the state a.
Louisiana, relative to pensions 70!
| Confederate Veterans as amended ny
| Act No. - Of the General Assambi!
| of 1900. and Act No. 112 Of the Genera
| Assembly of 1904. and Act 2G9 Of The
General Assembly Of 1905. and for the
purpose Of providing a sufficient roy
enue for the carrying out of this Ar
! tice of the Constitution.
| Section /. Be it resolved by the Gen.
! eral Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana
| twO-thirds of all members elected e
each House cOncurring, That Article
800 Of the Constitution Of the state
of Louisiana. as amended by Act No
70 of the General Assembly of 1900
and Act No. ll2 of the General Assem-.
! bly, Of 1904. and Act No. 2G9 OF the
General Assembly of 1903, be 50 amens
ed as to read as follows:
Article 303 \ pension not to exceed
eight dollars (sS) per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veteran who possesses all the
following qualifications:
!. He shall have served honordbly
from the date of his enlistment until
the close Of the late Civil War. or I'M
til he was discharged or paroled in
some military organization regularly
the Confederate States. and shall have
remained true to the Confederate States
until the surrender.
2. He shall not own property of
more than one thousand dollar valuation
and he shall not be physically able 70
earn a livelihood by his own labor
8. He shall not be salaried 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
ASA Louisiana organiza ton. 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 for
pension. In case he resided elsewhere
than in this State, and enlisted in an
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 he 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 !, 1885; provided that if her
deceased husband served in an organi-
zation. mustered in from Louisiana or
if 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
har li1, yOp,
therefor; and if 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 a
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 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 appropriation 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 appropria ton
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 become
self-operative and the funds derived
therelrom Immediately used for said
purpose, and provided further that the
Tax Collectors and Assessors shall re-
celve no commissions for assessing and
collecting said one mill tax herein pro-
Vlded: Provided that nothing in this
Artlcle shall he construed so as to pro-
hibit the General Assembly from pro-
vldlng artificial limbs to disabled Con-
Ieaerate soldiers or sailors.
- section 2. Be it further resolved. etc.
mat this proposed amendment be sub
united to the qualified voters of the
State of Louisiana for adoption or re-
lection at the Congressional election to
De heid on the first Tuesday next fol-
loving the first Monday in November,
That the official ballots to be used at
sald election shall have printed there
vi tne words: For the proposed
amendment to Article 3o3 of the Com
stitution of the State of Louisiana. rel
alive to pensions for Confederate Vet
erans." and the words. against tho
proposed amendment to Article 500 of
the Constitution of the State Of I,ouisi-
ana, relative to pensions for Confed-
crate Veterans" and each eIector shall
lndlcate, as provided in the general
electlon laws of the State. whether he
votes Tor or against the amendment.
L. E. THOMAS.
speaker OF the House of Representatives
THOMAS C. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate
approved: July 10th. 1912.
L. F.. HALL,
governor Of the State of Louisiana.
ALVIN e. HEBERT.
Secretary of State.