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: Of said bphds, are hereby recognized an
: declared to be valid and existing bond
] and obligations of the district or subdi
vision issuing the same, and no cour
: shall have jurisdiction to entertain an
) contest wherein their validity or consti
nationality is questioned.
, Section 2. Be it further resolved. etc
, That this proposed amendment shall b
!. submitted to the qualified voters of thi
. State for adoption or rejection at the con
gressional election to be held in Novem
Der, 1914, and, if adopted, the same shall
take effect Immediately thereafter.
Section 3. Be it further resolved, etc.
That on the official ballots to be issuet
at said election there shall be placed thu
words: For the proposed amendment tt
Paragraphs Two (2) and Three 90 o
Article Two Hundred and Eighty one O
the Constitution of louisiana" and The
words: Against the proposed amend
ment to Paragraphs Two (2) and Three
(3) of Article Two Hundred and Eighty.
one of the Constitution Of louisiana ant
each elector shall indicate, as provided
in the general election laws of the State
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Against he votes.
Lieut.. Governor and President of Senate
| L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Approved: July 9, 1914.
| L. e. HALL
! Governor of the State of Louisiana.
! A true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT, Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 1893.
House Bill No. 1S1-By Mr.. Caulfield.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 3O3
Of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana. relative to pensions for
Confederate veterans, and for the pur-
pose of providing a sufficient revenue
for the carrying out Of this article of
the Constitution.
Section l. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all members elected to each
House concurring, That Article 303 of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana, be
so amended as to read as follows:
Article 3G3. A pension not to exceed
eight dollars (sS.00) per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veterans who passes all the follow
ing qualifications:
l. He shall have served honorably from
the date of his enlistment until the close
OF the Civil War, or until he was dis
charged or paroled in some military or
ganization regularly mustered into the
Army or Navy of the Confederate States,
and shall have remained true to the Con- |
States until the surrender.
z He shall not own property of more |
than two thousand dollars (s2,OOO0O). !
3. He shall not be salaried or otherwise |
provided for by the State of Louisiana or
by any other State or government. In |
case he enlisted in any organization mus
tered into said service as a Louisiana or
or in case at the date of his
enlistment he resided in the State of /
Louisiana, he shall have resided in this
state for at least five years prior to his
application for pension. In case he re-
sided elsewhere than in this State and
enlisted in an organization not mustered
n from Louisiana, or in the Navy of the
confederate States, he shall have resided
n this State for at least five years prior
o his application for such pension A
ike pension shall be granted to the widow
Who shall not have married again, in !
ndigent circumstances. of such soldier 1
r sailor whose marriage to her was con- ,
racted prior to January 1. 1890; provided :
hat if her deceased husband served in t
n organization, mustered in from Louis S
ina, or if he resided in Louisiana, at the !
ate of his enlistment, then in order that 6
UGH widow shall be entitled to the PEN a
ion as herein provided, she shall have re- :
in TO fnr CT Rx,o j.,
rior to her application therefor; and if Il
err deceased husband enlisted elsewhere !
nan in Louisiana, and served in an or V
anization not mustered in from Louis T
ina, such widow shall, in order to en- !.
tie her to pension as herein provided, b
ave resided in this State for not less fl
IAN five years prior, to her application y
'r such pension; provided further, that a
Il widows who married Confederate SOL "
ers or sailors second time shall not i
e debarred from benefits of this Act but o
2 entitled to pension on same terms as Il
her widows of deceased Confederate SOL !,
ers or sailors; provided further, that "
ensions whether to veterans or to widows, u
lall be allowed only from the date of y
,plication under this Article, and the v,
tai appropriations for all pensions, in
~ one year shall be the proceeds of the !. L
lnual one mill tax, provided said appro- s
iations shall never be more than five CT
inbred and fifty thousand dollars for Y.
~ one year which is hereby levied on all o
xable property in the State Any ac- T
uing surplus from said tax fund shall al
turned over to the common school 4
nd and prohibiting the collection of any tt
her tax or making any appropriation in "
.e' VI INC a'noui. VI .he ohe niiH TAX OF
Vled ana collected and to be known as es
Veteran Pension Fund.- and til
be used for no other purpose, and )"
ION the adoption Of this amendment
me shall at once become self operative Ia
d the funds derived therefrom imme- g,