The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-09-05
ACT No. 15J.


House Bill No. 29S. by Mr. Buller'
JOINT RESOLUTION 400
| t,,,,osi,ts an amendment to Article 3O5
! of the Constitution OF the STATE VI
Louisiana. relative TO pensions ioi
Confederate Veterans a. iII -
nv Act No 73 of the General AS
sernblv of 1900, and Act No. IL OF
the General Assembly OF iSot, an y
Act 269 of the General AsSembl!
of 1903. and for the purpose %
nroyiding a sufficient revenue 1oI
The carrying out Of this Article OF
the Constitution. 70,
Section !. Be il resolved py the zen
eral Assembly Of the State or Loulsl,
ana, two-thirds of all members elected
to each House concurrinS' tnat H[.i-
| Gle 3O3 of the Constitution or the SISIt
n of the General Assembly of l9oo'
and Act No. l12 OF the General AS.
! sembiy of 1904. and Act No 2S9 oil
the General Assembly OF Isoo' DC 81
amended as to read as follows: ,
| Article 3O3. A pension not TO eNGeeu
eight dollars CSS per month Shall De
allowed to each Confederate soldier OF
| sailor veteran who possesses an 'He
| following qualifications;
| | He shall have served honorary
from the date Of his enlistment untll
the close of the late CiVll war. OF uii,
| iii he was discharged or paroled, IN
some military organization regularly
mustered into the Army or Navy oil
the Confederate States; and shall nave We
| renamed true W lllt
States until the surrender.
| 3 He shall not own property OF
more than one thousand dollars Yaiu-
alton and he shall not be physlcally
able to earn a livelihood by his own
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 enlisted in any
organization mustered into said service
as a Louisiana organization, or In case
at the date of his enlistment ne
| have resided in this state for at leasl
| five years prior to his application IoI
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 htteen years
sion 4 like pension shall be granted
to the widow who shall not nave mar
ried again, in INDECENT circumstances
of such soldier or sailor whose mar
riage to her was contracted prior tc
January !, 1885: provided that II mel
deceased husband served in an organ
ization. mustered in from LOUISIANA; OF
il 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 snail
have resided in this State for at least
five years prior to her Application
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
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 De
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 accrulnS
surplus from said tax fund shali 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 or TINS
amendment same shall at once pc
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
|
| Confederate soldiers or sailors.
| Section 2. Be ii further resolved,
etc. That this proposed amendment
be submiued to the qualified voters of
| the State of Louisiana for adoption OF
/ 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 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 G. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved July 10th, 1912.
| l.. f. HALL.
| Governor of the State OF Louisiana.
A true copy:
| ALVIN f. HEBERT.
| Secretary of State.