The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-08-21

pension shall be granted to the widow
who shall not have married again. in
INDECENT circumstances. of such soldier
or sailor whose marriage to her was
contracted prior to January !. 1890; pro-
vided that if her deceased husband serv-
ed IN an organization, 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 five years prior to her application
therefor and if her deceased husband
| enlisted elsewhere than in Louisiana.
and served in an organization not mus
tered in from Louisiana. such widow
| snail. In order to entitle her to a pen
sion as herein provided. have resided in
this State for not less than five years
PRIOR to her application for such ben
| sion; provided further that all widows
| VINO married Confederate soldiers or
| sailors second time shall not be de-
barred from benefits of this Act but he
entitled to pension on same terms as
other widows of deceased Confederate
soldiers or sailors; provided further.
that pensions whether to veterans or
to widows. shall he allowed only from
the date of application under this Ar
ttcle. and the total approximations for
all pensions. in any one year shall he
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 wear which
Is hereby levied on all taxable property
III the state. ANY accruing surplus
from said tax fund shall he turned over
TO the common school fund ard prohibit
Inc the collection of any other tax of
making any appropriation in excess of
the amount of the one mill tax levied and
collected and to he known as "Confed.
rot Nnta
used for no other purpose. and upon tho
adoption of this Amendment same shall |
at once become self-operatve and the |
FUNDS derived therefrom immediate,v |
used for said purpose and provided fur |
ther that the tax collectors and asses |
sors snail receive no commissions fn~ !
assessing and collecting said one mill |
tax herein provided. Provided that moth |
ing In this Article shall be construed
so as TO prohibit the General Assembly
from providing artificial limbs to dis |
abled Confederate soldiers or sailors
Section 2. Be it further resolved etc
That this proposed amendment be sinh.
mitted to the qualified voters of The
state OF Louisiana for adoption or re-
lection at the congressional election IN
De held on the first Tuesday NEXT fol
lowing the first Monday in November
1914. That the official ballots to be usei
at at sad saia , election shall have printel
to Article 3o3 of the Consti
tuition OF the State of Louisiana, reIa-
i've TO pensions for Confederate yetar-
ans, and the words: Against the mo-
nosed amendment to Article 3O3 of tha
Constitution of the State of Louisiana
relative to pensions for Confedarate
veterans. and each elector shall indi-
cate, 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 Representatives
THOMAS c. BARRETT
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate. vi
Approved: July g. 1914
l.. F. HALL
Governor of the State of Louisiana
4 true copy:
ALVIN f. HILBERT.
Secretary of State.