The Rice belt journal., 1914-09-01

pension shall be granted to the widow
who shall not have married again. III
INDECENT circumstances. Of such soldier
or sailor whose marriage to her was
contracted prior to January l, 1880; pro-
vided that il her deceased husband SerV-
ed IN an organization. mustered IN from
Louisiana, or If 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. sne
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
tered in from Louisiana. such widow
shall. in order to entttle 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-
barred from benefits of this Act but be
entitled to pension on same terms as
other widows of deceased Confederate
soldiers or sailors provided further
that pensions whether to veterans or
10 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 fifty
thousand dollars for any one year which
is hereby levied on all taxable propeRtv
in the State. Any accruing surplus
from said tax fund shall be turned over
to the common school fund ard prohibit
ing the collection o| any other tax Of
making any appropriation In excess Of
the amount Of the one mill tax levied and
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crate Veteran Pension Fund" and to he
used for no other purpose and upon the
adoption OF this Amendment same shall
at once become self-operative and the
funds derived therefrom Immediately
used for said purpose, and provided fur
Sher that the tax collectors and asses
sors shall receive no commissions for
assessing and collecting said ono 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 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
be held on the first Tuesday next fol-
lowing the first Monday in November
1914. That the official ballots to he 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 3O3 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. E. THOMAS.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
THOMAS c. BARRETT.
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved: July 9, 1914.
L. E. HALL.
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
ALVIN T.. HEBERT.
Secretary Of State