Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-12

was discharged or paroled, in some mill
tary organization regularly mustered into
the Army or Navy of the Confederate
States, and shall have remained true to
the Confederate States until the surren-
der.
?. He shall not own property of more
than two thousand dollars $4,000.
3. He shall not be salaried 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-
n 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 an 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 entitle 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 n year shall
be 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 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
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 SUBJ
mitted 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 1903 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 for
Confederate veterans" and each elector
shall indicate, 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 Representatives.
THOMAS G. BARRET.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved: July 8, 1914.
l.. e. HALL,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
ALVIN r. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.