The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-10-24
ACT NO, 1873,
House Bill No. 1S1-By Mr.. Caulfield.
JOINT RESOLUTION

of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, relative to pensions for
Confederate veterans, and for the pur
pose of providing q sufficient revenue
for the carrying out of this article Of
the Constitution.
Section /. Be it resolved by the General |
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all members elected to each |
House concurring, That Article 3O3 of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana, be
so amended as to read as follows:
Article 303. A pension not to exceed |
eight dollars $500 per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veterans who passes all the follow
ing qualifications:
|. He shall have served honorably from
the date of his enlistment until the close
OF the Civil War or until he was dis
charged or paroled, in some military or
ganization regularly mustered into the
| Army<or Navy of the Confederate States,
! nd shall have remained true to the Con-
| ederate States until the surrender
! 2. He shall not own property of more
than two thousand dollars ($2,0000O).
g. He shall not be salaried or otherwise
provided for by the State of Louisiana or
by any other State or government. In
case he enlisted in any organization mus
tered into said service as a Louisiana or
ganizaton, or in case at the date OF his
enlistment he resided in the State of
Louisiana, he shall have resided in this
State for at least five years prior to his
| In, ha 20
sided elsewhere than in this State, and
enlisted in an organization not mustered
in from Louisiana, or in the Navy of the
Confederate States, he shall have resided
II this State for at least five years prior
his application for such pension
ike pension shall be granted to the widow
who shall not have married again, in
ndigent circumstances, of such soldier
or sailor whose marriage to her was con-
racted prior to January l, 1890; provided
that if her deceased husband served in
an organization, mustered in from Louis
ana, or if he resided in Louisiana, at the
date of his enlistment, then in order that
such widow shall be entitled to the PEN
sion as herein provided, she shall have re-
sided in this State for at least five years
prior to her application therefor; and II
her deceased husband enlisted elsewhere
than in Louisiana and served in an or
ganization not mustered in from Louis
lana, such widow shall, in order to en-
title her to a pension as herein provided
have resided in this State for not less
than five years prior to her application
for such pension; provided further, that
: all widows who married Confederate SOL
: diers or sailors a second time shall not
be debarred from benefits of this Act but
be entitled to pension on same terms as
r other widows of deceased Confederate SOL
/ diers or sailors: provided further that
r pensions whether to veterans or to widows,
r shall be allowed only from the date OF
application under this Article, and the
e total appropriations for all pensions, in
: any one year shall be the proceeds OF the
$ annual one mill tax, provided said appro-
= priations shall never be more than i've
e hundred and fifty thousand dollars for
e any one year which is hereby levied on all
= taxable property in the State. Any ac-
f cruing surplus from said tax fund shall
e be turned over to the common school,
0 fund and prohibiting the collection of any
t other tax or making any appropriation in
excess Of the amount of the one mill tax
levied and collected and to be known as
f Confederate Veteran Pension Fund ana
d to be used for no other purpose, and
d upon the adoption of this amendment
: same shall at once become self-operatiVe
g and the funds derived thereffom imme-
60, e,ni1 n
+ vided further that the tax collectors and
l.. assessors shall receive no commissions
S for assessing and collecting said one mill
e tax herein provided. Provided that moth
e ing in this Article shall be construed sc
d as to prohibit the General Assembly from
n providing artificial limbs to disabled Con-
/, federate soldiers or sailors.
e Section 2. BE it further resolved, etc.
If That this proposed amendment be sub
S mitted to the qualified voters of the state
s of Louisiana for adoption or rejection al
q the congressional election to be held OF
II the first Tuesday next following the firs'
l. Monday in November, 1914 That the Of
n fetal ballots to be used at said election
d shall have printed thereon the words
s For the proposed amendment to Article
e 3O3 of the Constitution of the state o
d Louisiana, relative to pensions for Con
l. federate veterans and the words
y Against the proposed amendment Il
" Article 1903 Of the Constitution OF th'
= state of Louisiana, relative to pensions
e for Confederate veterans, and eacl
o elector shall indicate, as provided in thu
" general election laws of the state, Whethe
n he votes for or against the amendment
y l.. e. THOMAS.
Is Speaker of the House of Representatives
ID THOMAS G. BARRETT,
y Lieut.. Governor and President of Senate
d Approved: July 8, 1914.
l.. E. HALL,
ID Governor of the State Of Louisiana
l. A true copy:
If ALVIN E. HEBERT, Secretary of State