The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-10-17
ACT NO. 1913.
House Bill No. 1S1-By Mr.. Caulheld.
JOINT RESOLUTION

! Section /. Be it resolved by the Genera
/. Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all members elected to eacl
House concurring. That Article sos OF tn
Constitution of the State of Louisiana, b
! so amended as to read as follows:
Article 3G3 A pension not to excee'
eight dollars (sS.OO) per month shall b
allowed to each Confederate soldier o
sailor veterans who passes all t., follow
ing qualifications:
l. He shall have served hon@'pis ii'9p
the date of his enlistment uli 'he Glossy
OF the Civil War, or until * was us
charged or paroled, in son, mihtars or
ganization regularly mus'red INTO the
Army or Navy of the Co'eoerate otates'
and shall have remainefprue to the Con-
Ifederate States until t. surrender
2. He shall not owrproperty of more
Than two tbousand ollars (S2,000.00).
2 He shall NOT he alaried or otherwise
provided for bv the State of Louisiana or
by any other STAB OF t1Y'ein'iio'
case he enlisted ir any 9Sa1 Gan H..l.. NV
tered into said savic ~ dato - 81
ganization. or ir 5Zd IN tho state of
1nn ,.;sinea asM have resided in this
stJ+e fa1S szSt five years prior to his
y1N pension In case he re-
mere than in this State. and
'3fHh an organization not mustered
.t8M Louisiana, or in the Navy of the
IzolHederate States, he shall have resided
Ia this State for at Least five years prior
to his application for such pension A
like pension shall be granted to the widow
who shall not have married again, in
DF e,,oI
or sailor whose marriage to her was con-
tracted prior to January /. 1890; provided
that if her deceased husband served IN
an organization, mustered in from LOUIS
lana, 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 a pension on same terms as
other widows of deceased Confederate SOL
diers or sailors; provided further, that
pensions whether to veterans or to widows,
shall be allowed only from the date OF
application under this ArtAcle, and the
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 five
hundred and fifty thousand dollars for
any one year which is hereby levied on all
taxable property in the State. Any &C
cruine surplus from said tax fund shall
be turned over to the common school
fund and prohibiting the collection of any
other tax or making any appropriation II
excess of the amount of the one mill tau
levied and collected and to be known as
Confederate Veteran Pension Fund ane
to be used for no other purpose, anf
upon the adoption of this amendment
same shall at once become self-operativt
and the funds derived therefrom lmme
diately used for said purpose, and pro
vided further that the tax collectors anf
assessors shall receive no commissions
for assessing and collecting said one NH
tax herein nrovided. Provided that nOth
ing in this Article shah be construed 81
as to prohibit the General Assembly from
providing artificial limbs to disabled Con
federate soldiers or sailors.
Section g Be it further resolved, etc.
| That this proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the qualified voters of the Stat
of Louisiana for adoption or rejection
the congressional election to be held OF
the first Tuesday next following the frs
| Monday in November. 1914. That the or
fetal ballots to lie used at said election
shall have printed thereon the words
"For the proposed amendment to Artici
800 of the Constitution of the State Q
Louisiana, relative to pensions for Con
federate veterans and the words
Against the proposed amendment t
Article 3o3 of the Constitution of tn
State of Louisiana, relative to pension
! for Confederate veterans and eac
elector shall indicate. as provided in tn
general election laws of the State, whethe
he votes for or against the amendment
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Representative
THOMAS C. BARRETT.
Lieut.. Governor and President OF Sehat
Approved: July 8. 1914.
l.. E. HALL,
Governor of the State of Iouisian
A true copy:
jALVIN L. HEBERT, Secretary OF Stat
i ACT NO. 1874.
1 House Bill No. 340-By Mr.. Gordon.