The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-10-10
ACT NO. 155.

r1o,,sa Pill No. 29S BY Mr. Butter
Joint RESOLUTION ooo
Proposing an amendmehc - ,be State OF
Louisiana. relative TO pehslo Uis, ded
Confederate Veterans as az A.
BY Act No. % of the GeHe'Iit1 40 ~
Ssmbly Of 1900. and Act NO. - y!
the General Assembly OF lSOf, an
Az, go OF the General Assemol!
of 1908, and for the purpose 90 ~
providing a sufhclenh rticIa Of
The carrying out or TINS al -
the Constitution. Can
Section l. Be il resolved by the zen
eral Assembly of the state OF L LIo,,ad
ana two-thirds OF all members e4tCLtu
20 each House concurring. That S Arti-
Gle 303 of the Constitution OF the s'S ~
OF Louisiana. as amended py Ac' eo0
70 of the. General AsSenlGCi syneTal AS
sembiy of 1904. and Act No 2Ss OF
,Sn General Assembly of 1908, be SO
amended as to read as follows: oa
o,g 1TtiG deIlars Css5 per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldler OF
sailor veteran who possesses an inc
Following qualifications: .orobr,
from the date of his enlistment until
the close of the late Civil war. OF uii.
til he was discharged or paroIeIIs NV "
some military organization atttt 81
the Confederate States. and shall nave
ranained true to the Confederate
states until the surrender. -.
He shall not own properly Oh
,,ore than one thousand dollars valu-
alton and he shall not be pnyslcaIls
able TO earn a livelihood by MS own
labor. ,-os nv o+bar
wise provided for by the state OF Lou
isiana or by any other state OF 1oN-
ernment In case he ENLISTED IN any
organizati9n mustereia la inoG sS or in case
AT the date of his enlistment ne
sided in the State OF LOUISIANA, ne Sna
have resided in this state Tor az least
five years prior to his application IoI
nension In case he resided elsewhere
than in this State, and enlisted IN an
organization not mustered IN from
Louisiana. or in the Sany have Oh sn resiSed
in this State for at least fifteen years
prior to his application for sucn pen
sion. a like pension shal De granIeu
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 &c
January, I. 1855; providsed tna' o IL n
ization. mustered in from louisiana; or
IL he resided in Louisiana. at the date
Of his enlistment. then in order lnat
nension as herein provided, she shall
| have resided in this state for az Ieast
FIVE years prior to her appncatloi1,
therefor: and il her deceased HUSBAND
and served in an organization not
mustered in from Louisiana, such wld-
ow shall. in order to entitle her 10
pension as herein provlaea' naVe +bon
| fifteen years prior to her apptIcatioIl
| for such pension; provided 1urther,
| that pensions whether 10 veterans OF
| to 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 shai p '1
tax. provided said appropriations shall
never be more than I'VE hundred ano
| 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
1 other tax or making any appropriately,
| in excess of the amount of the one mill
tax levied and collected. and to be
known as Confederate Veteran Pen
| sion Fund ana to be used for no othe
purpose, and upon the adoption OF TINS
| come self-operative and the funds de-
rived therefrom Immediately used foI
/ said purpose. and provided further thal
receive no commissions for assessing
and collecting said one mill tax herein
provided. Provided that nothing in this
Article shall be construed so as &C
providing artificial limbs to disabled
Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section g Be II further resolved
etc. That this proposed amendment
be submiued to the qualified voters o.
the State of Louisiana for adoption OF
rejection at the congressional election
to be held on the first Tuesday mex
following the first Monday in Novem
Der. 1912.
That the official ballots to be used a
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
erans." and the words: Against tn
proposed amendment to Article 30S o
the Constitution Of the state Of Louis
lana, relative to pensions for Confed
crate Veterans" and each elector shall
indicate, as provided in the genera
election laws of the State. whether h
votes for or against the amendment.
L. F.. THOMAS.
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
THOMAS c. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
lApproved July 10th. 1912.
| L. E HALL