Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-10-23
Act No. 1913

~ JOINT REsoLTT1o o ''e'o'
Proposing an amendment to Article sos
OF the Constitution .,n,tit Of the State Of
Confederate veterans. and for the pur-
pose Of providing a sufficient revenue
for the carving out Of this Article
Of the Constitution.
Section !. Be 1t resolved by the Gen.
| eral Assembly Of the State of Louisiana.
two-thirds or all members elected to
each House concurrins. That article
Louisiana. be SO amended az to read as
follows:
Article 3o3. A pension not to exceed
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veterans who passes all the fol-
lowing qualifications:
I. 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 mil
itary organization regularly mustered
into the Army or Navy of the Confed--
true to the Confederate States until the
3. He shall not own property of more
than two thousand dollars (s2.oo0).
3. 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 as q
the date OF his enlistment ne resided in
the State OF Louisiana, he shall have re-
sided in this State for at least five
,, years prior to his application for PEN
sion. In case he resided elsewhere than
| 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 shall be granted to the widow
who shall not have married again. In
| INDECENT circumstances. of such soldier
! or sailor whose marriage to her was
| contracted prior to January I. 1890; pro-
vided that II her deceased husband serv-
ed 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
| least five years prior to her application
therefor and II her deceased husband
enlisted elsewhere than in Louisiana
and served in an organization not mus
shall. in order to entitle her to q 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 second time shall not be de-
barred from benefits of this Act but be
| entitled to pension on same terms as
soldiers or sailors: provided further.
that pensions whether to veterans or
to widows. shall be allowed only from
the date of application under this Ar
tfcle and the total appropriations for
all pensions. in any one 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
rs 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 prohibit.
making any appropriation In excess of
the amount of the one mill tax levied and
collected and to be known as 'Confed-
| crate Veteran Pension Fund" and to be
adoption OF this, Amendment same shall
at once become self-operative and the
| FUNDS derived therefrom Immediately
ther that the tax collectors and asses
sors shall receive no commissions for
assessing and collecting said one mill
tax herein provided. Provided that moth
| ing in this Article shall be construed
| 80 as to prohibit the General Assembly
from providing artificial limbs to dis
| abled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be II further resolved. etc.
That this proposed amendment be sub
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 OF the State Of Louisiana rela-
tive to pensions for Confederate veter-
ans" and the words: Against the pro-
posed amendment to Article 303 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.. F.. THOMAS.
| Speaker OF the House of Representa- tives
THOMAS c. BARRETT.
Lieutenant Governor ard President Of
the Senate.
| Approved: July 2, 1914.
l.. f. HALL.
Governor of the State Of Louisiana
A true copy:
ALVIN F. HEBERr.
Secretary Of Stata