The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-10-30

Section !. Be II resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly Of the State of Louisiana
two-thtrds OF all members elected TO
each House concurring, That article
500 Of tho Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana, be 80 amended as to read "a
follows:
Article 30S A pension not 10 exeead
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veterans who passes all the fol.
lowing qualifications:
1. He shall have served honorable
from the date Of his enlistment until
the close Of the Civil War. or until ne
was discharged or paroled, In some mil.
itary organization regularly mustered
into the Army or Navy Of the Conted.
crate States. and shall have remained
true to the Confederate States until the
surrender.
than two thousand dollars (S2.O00).
Q. He shall not be salaried or other.
wise provided for by the State Of Lou
isiana or by any other State or govern.
ment In case he enlisted In any organ.
ization mustered into said service ss a
Louisiana organization. or IN case al
the date Of his enlistment he resided In
sided in this State for at least five
years prior to his application for pen.
e!on. In case he resided elsewhere thar
in this State. and enlisted in an organ.
ization not mustered 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 shan bo granted to the widow
who shall not have married again. IN
INDECENT circumstances. of such soldier
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contracted prior to January l, 1890; pro-
vided that II her deceased husband serv-
cd 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
shall have resided in this State for at
therefor and II her deceased husband
enlisted elsewhere than In Louisiana.
and served in an organization not mus
tered in from Louisiana, such widow
shall. In order to entitle her to pen
sion as herein provided. have resided IN
this 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 a second time shall not be de-
bsrred from benefits Of this Act but be
entitled to pension on same terms as
otter widows Of deceased Confederate
goldiers or sailors; provided further.
10 widows, shall be allowed only from
the date Of annl'oation under this Ar
tiele. and the totat appropriations for
ell pensions. In any one year shall be
the proceeds OF the annual one mill tax.
provides said appropriations shall never
be more than five hundred and ti'ty
thousand dollars for any one year which
n hAPahY, In1faH oil favohtA TNpNnATfU
In the State. Anv accruing surnius
from said tax fund shall be turned over
Ia the common SCHOOL fund and prohibit
ing the collection o. any other tax Of
maxine anv appropriation IN excess OF
the amount az the one mill tax lev'aA and
COLLECTED ard tn ne known as 'Confed.
crate Veteran Pension Fund" AMI to be
used for no other purpose. and upon the
adontion OF this Amendment Same shall
at once become snl'-onerative eo1 the
funds derived thereFrom Immediately
used for said purpose and provided FRY
Their that the tax collectors AMI asses
eors shall receive No commissions fo~
tax herein provi5ea Provided that moth
Ing in this Article shall he construed
80 as to n-ohihit trn Gonerai Assembly
from providing art ffcial limbs t. dis
ah'e1 ror~eds-ate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2 BE Il further resolved. etc.
Jnat th1S prop0Sed a~nan0Tert Oe sun
rritted to the qualified votA~s ~ The
State Of Louisiana FOR adontion or re-
lection at the congressional election TO
ne held on the first Tuesday newt fol-
lowing the first Monday IN November,
1914 That the official ha,lote to he ura'
at said election shall have printed
thereon TIE WORDS. ''For the prouosnd
amendment to Article 202 % the consti-
tuition Of the State Of Louisiana. rela-
tive to ne~s'ors For Core 'orata veter-
ans" AMI the words: Against the pro-
posed sr'endrnert to Article 203 % the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana.
relative to pensions FOR Confederate
veterans ard each elector shall tr1i-
cate. as rrnv'7ed in the general election
laws of the State. whether he votes for
or againal the ame~ 7-oent
L. F. THOMAS.
Speaker of tho House of Represents tfyes
THOMAS C. BARRETT.
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Serato
Approved July 9. 1914.
L. z. HALL,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
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