Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-10-30

House Bill No 1877. Rv Mr.. Calf,eld
JOINT REsoLuTION. ''o
Proposing an amendment to Article sos
OF the Constitution 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.
eral Assembly OF the State of Louisiana.
two-thirds OF all members elected to
each House concurring. That article
300 of the Constitution Of the State of
Louisiana, be SO amended as to read as
follows:
Article 3o3. A pension not to exceed
eight dollars tSS.o0) per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
lowing qualifications:
L He shall have served honorablv
from the date Of his enlistment until
the close OF the Civil War; or until he
itary organization regularly mustered
ir to the Army or Navy Of the Confed-
crate States. and shall have. remained
true to the Confederate States until the
2. He shall not own property Of more
than two thousand dollars (S2.00O).
3. He shall not be ealaried or other
wise provided for by the State Of Lou
ment. In case he enlisted in any organ
ization mustered into said service as a
Louisiana organization. or in case at
the date OF his enlistment he 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
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 l. 1890: pro-
vided that II her deceased husband serv-
60 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
10 the pension as herein provided. she
snail 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
tered In from Louisiana. such widow
snail In order to entitle her to a PEN
sion as herein provided. have resided in
pror to TOR mot less than five
SION provided further that all widows
who married Confederate soldiers or
sailors second time shall not be de-
barred from benefits Of this Act hut be
entitled to a pension on same terms as
other widows Of deceased Confederate
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
ticle. 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 nifty
thousand dollars for any one wear 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 ard prohibit
Ing the collection Of any other tax of
making anv 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
used Tor no other purpose. and upon the
adoption or this Amendment same shall
at once become self-operative ana the
funds derived therefrom Immediately
used for said purpose. and provided fur
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
so as to prohibit the General Assembly
from providing artificial limbs to dis
abled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be IL further resolved. etc.
That this proposed amendment be SUBJ
mitted to the qualified voters Of the
state OF Louisiana for adoption or re-
Jection at tne 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 800 Of the
Constitution Of the State Of Louisiana.
relative to pensions for Confederate
veterans" and each elector shall fndi-
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 Representatives
THOMAS c. BARRETT.
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate
Approved: July .. 1917.
l.. f. HALL.
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN F.. HEBEBT,
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