Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-09-04
Act No. 1913

House Bill No. 1a1. By Mr.. CaIf,e,d
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 30s
OF the Constitution of the State OF
louisiana. relative to pensions fol
Confederate veterans. and for the pur.
pose OF providing a sufficient revenue
for the carrying out Of this Article
Of the Constitution.
Section l: Be it resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly OF the State of Louisiana
two-thirds Of all members elected Ia
each House concurring. That article
3O3 Of the Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana, be so amended as to read as
follows:
Article 3o3. A pension not to exceed
eight dollars t$S.00) per month shall he
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veterans who passes all the fol-
1. He shall have served honorably
from the date of his enlistment until
the close OF the Civil War. or until he
was discharged or paroled. in some mill
n 1aGy the a1mx N sesuary
crate States. and shall have remained
true to the Confederate States until the
surrender.
2. He shall not own property Of more
than two thousand dollars ($2,0OO).
3. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State Of Lou
fsiana or by any other State or govern
ment. In case he enlisted in any organ
Louisiana organization, or in case at
the date Of his enlistment he resided I'm
the State of Louisiana. he shall have re-
sided in this State for at least five
sion. In case he resided elsewhere than
in this State and enlisted in an orean-
ization not mustered in from Louisiana,
or in the Navy Of the Confederate
State for at least five years prior to his
application for such pension. A like
pension shall be granted to the widow
VINO shall not have married again. in
inoisent circumstances. of such soldier
or sailor whose marriage to her was
contracted prior to January 1, 1890; pro-
vided that If her deceased husband serv-
60 IN an organization, mustered in from
louisiana, or II 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
ieast rive years prior to her application
snereIor and II her deceased husband
ana served in an organization not mus
tered In from Louisiana such widow
snaIl, In order to entitle her to a PEN
sion sion as herein provided. have resided in
TINS state for not less than five years
prior to her application for such pen
sion; provided further that all widows
who married Confederate soldiers or
sailors second time shall not be de-
entitled to a pension on same terms as
other widows Of deceased Confederate
soldiers or sailors; provided further.
mat pensions whether to veterans or
10 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.
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
10 the common school fund and prohibit
ing the collection Of any other tax Of
making any appropriation in excess of
the amount OF the one mill tax levied and
corrected and to be known as "Confed-
crate veteran Pension 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 therefrom Immediately
Their that the tax collectors and asses
sors snail receive no commissions for
assessing and collecting said one mill
tax herein provided. Provided that moth
so as to prohibit the General Assembly
from providing artificial limbs to dis
abled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
section 2. Be 1t further resolved. etc,
mitted to the qualified voters of the
State Of Louisiana for adoption or re-
lection at the congressional election to
De held on the first Tuesday next fol-
lowing the first Monday in November,
1914. That the Official ballots to be used
at said election shall have printed
thereon the words: For the proposed
amendment to Article 303 of the Consti-
tuition or the State of Louisiana, rela-
tive to pensions for Confederate veter-
ans. and the words: Against the pro-
posed amendment to Article sos Of the
Constitution Of the State Of Louisiana
relative to pensions for Confederate
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. E. THOMAS.
Speaker OF the House of Representative
THOMAS c. BARRETT,
Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved: July 8. 1914
l. E. HALL
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
SECRETARY Of StatA