Lower coast gazette., 1914-10-24

the confederate States untll the Surren-
der.
>. lie shall not own property Of more
than two thousand dollars $4,000.
3. lie shall not be salaricd or other
wise provided for by the State of Louisi-
ana or by any other State or government.
In case he enlisted in any organization
mustered into said service as a Louisi-
ana organization, he snail have resided
in this State for at least five years prior
to his application for pension. In case
he resided elsewhere than in this State, :
and enlisted in IN organization not mus
tered in from Louisiana, or in the Navy
of the Confederate States, he shall have,
resided in 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 mar
ried again, in INDECENT circumstances, of
such soldier or sailor whose marriage
to her was contracted prior to January
l, 1890; provided that if her deceased
husband served in an organization mus"
tered in from Louisiana, or if he resided
in Louisiana, at the date of his enlist
ment, then in order that such widow shall
be entitled to the pension as herein pro-
vided, 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 Loui-
siana, and served in an organization not
mustered in from Louisiana, such widow
shall, in order to entitlc 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; pro-
vided further that all widows who mar
ried Confederate soldiers or sailors a sec
ond time shall not be debarred from bene-
fits of this Act but be entitled to a pen
sion on same terms as other widows OF
deceased Confederate soldiers Or sailors
provided further. that pensions whether
to veterans or to widows. shall be allow
ed only from the date Of application under
this Article, and the total appropriations
for all pensions, in any one year shall
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 accruing surplus from
said tax fund shall be turned over to the
common school fund and prohibiting 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 be known as Confederate Veter-
| an Pension Fund" and to be used for
no other purpose, and upon the adoption
; of this Amendment same shall at once be-
, come self-operative and the funds derived
| therefrom Immediately used for said pur-
pose, and provided further that the tax
| collectors and assessors shall receive no
i commissions for assessing and collecting
said one mill tax herein provided. Pro
! vided that nothing in this Article shall be
! construed so as to prohibit the General
Assembly from providing artificial limbs
to disabled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc,
That this proposed amendment be sub
m.itted to the qualified voters of the State
of Louisiana for adoption or rejection
at the congressional election to be held
on the first Tuesday next following 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 3O3 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, relative to pensions
for Confederate veterans" and the words
Against the proposed amendment to Ar.
ticle 3O3 of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana, relative to pensions fol
Confederate veterans" and each electol
shall indicate, as provided in the genera
election laws of the State, whether be
votes for or against the amendment.
L. f. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS G.. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President of thu
Senate.
Approved: July 8, 1914.
T.. L. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
ALVIN r. HEBERT,
t Secretary of State.
f ACT NO. 1874.
! ! House Bill No. $40 BY Mr.. Gordo
S AN ACT
: Proposing an amendment to Article NJ
125 of the Constitution of the State G
Louisiana, relative to District Attol
! neyS:
=. Section /. BE is resolved by the Ger
e eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana
> twO-thirds of all the members elected t
each House concurring, That the follow
e ing amendment to the Constitution of tt
State of Louisiana, shall be submitte
to the electors of the State, at the Coz
y - gressional election to be held on the fir.
O Tuesday after the first Monday in Noven
Der, 1914, and if approved and rattle
by a majority of said electors voting
said election the same then to become
part of the Constitution, to-wit:
That Article No. 125 of the Constit,
ton of Louisiana be amended so as
le read as follows:
ARTICLE 125.
There shall be a District Attorney f,
each Judicial District in the State. wi
shall be elected by the qualified electo
of the judicial district at the same tin
and for the same term as is provided
Article 100 for District Judges. He sha
q receive a salary of One Thousand Dc
lars per annum, payable monthly on h
own warrant. lie shall be an actual res
dent of the District and a licensed a
torney in this State. He shall also r
ceive fees; but no fee shall be allow,
, in criminal cases, except OF convictio
which fee shall not exceed five dollars
each case of conviction of a misdemeano
All elections to fill vacancies occasion,
by death, resignation or removal, sha
be for the u%nexpired term, and the Go
le ernor shall fill the vacancy until an ele
ton can be held. Provided that the ele
ton to fill such vacancy shall be he
D. within sixty days from the date the v
8. cancy occurs. Provided, if such u1e