The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-09-05
ACT NO. 1893.
House Bill No. 1S1-By Mr.. Caulfielt
JOINT RESOLUTION

AZ M. lS5.
! House Bill No. 1S1-By Mr. Caulfield
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 800
! 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 /. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all members elected to each
House concurring, That Article 1903 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 ($S.00) per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veterans who passes all the follow
ing qualifications:
1. 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-
federate States until the surrender.
2 He shall not own property of more
than two thousand dollars $20O0.00).
g. 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
ganization,~ or in case at the date of his
enlistment he resided in the State of
Louisiana. he shall have resided in this
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application for pension. In case he re-
sided elsewhere than in this State. and
enlisted in an organization 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 con-
tracted prior to January l, 1890; provided
that if her deceased husband served in
an organization, mustered in from Louis
lana, or if he resided in Louisiana, at the
date of his enlistment. then in order that
such widow shall be entitled to the pen
sion as herein provided, she shall have re-
sided in this State for at least five years
prior to her application therefor; and if
her deceased husband enlisted elsewhere
than in Louisiana, and served in an or
ganizaton not mustered in from Louis
lana, such widow shall, in order to en-
title her to a pension as herein provided,
have resided in this State for not less
than five years prior to her application
for such pension; provided further, that
all widows who married Confederate SOL
diers or sailors a second time shall not
be debarred from benefits of this Act but |
be entitled to a pension on same terms as
other widows of deceased Confederate SOL |
diers or sailors: provided further, that I
pensions whether to veterans or to widows |
shall be allowed only from the date of
application under this Article, and the |
total appropriations for all pensions, in
any one year shall be the proceeds of the |
annual one mill tax. provided said appro-
priations shall never be more than five |
hundred and fifty thousand dollars for |
any one year which is hereby levied on all |
taxable property in the State. Any ac- /
cruing surplus from said tax fund shall |
be turned over to the common school |
fund and prohibiting the collection of any !
other tax or making any appropriation in
excess of the amount of the one mill tax |
evied and collected and to be known as |
Confederate Veteran Pension Fund and I
to be used for no other purpose. and |
upon the adoption of this amendment |
same shall at once become self operative |
md the funds derived therefrom imme- |
lately used for said purpose, and pro-
vided further that the tax collectors and |
assessors shall receive no commissions |
'er assessing and collecting said one mill
AK herein provided. Provided that moth
ng in this Article shall be construed so
rs to prohibit the General Assembly from
artificial limbs to disabled Con-
'ederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc,
That this proposed amendment be sub
nitted to the qualified voters of the State
If Louisiana for adoption or rejection at |
he congressional election to be held on
he first Tuesday next following the first
icial ballots to be used at said election
'hail have printed thereon the words:
For the proposed amendment to Article 1
1913 of the Constitution of the State of
louisiana. relative to pensions for Con-
ederate veterans" and the words:
Against the proposed amendment to .
Article 303 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, relative to pensions
or Confederate veterans" and each
'lector shall indicate, as provided in the
general election laws of the State. whether
he votes for or against the amendment.
L. E. THOMAS,