Lower coast gazette., 1914-10-17

NiS' ulStlliil Stu VI Id'oiNN, !" ''"S
.arTS organization regularly mustered into y
the. Army or Navy of the Confederate c
States. and shall have remained true to e
the Confederate States until the surren- e
Ter:
>. He shall not own property of more s
than two thousand dollars ($2.OOO). !
3. He shall not be salaried or other ;
wise provided for by the State of Louisl- !
ana or by any other State or government. i,
In case he enlisted in any organization !!
into said service as a Loulsl. !
ana organization, he snail have resided
in this State for at least five years prior :
to his application for pension. In case
he. resided elsewhere than in this State, i
and enlisted in an organization not mus
tered 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 mar
ried again, in INDECENT circumstances, of
surh soldier or sailor whose marriage
to her was contracted prior to January
+. 1890; provided that if her deceased
husband served in an organization mus.
tered in from Louisiana, or if he resided
in: Louisiana, at the date of his enlist
ment. then in order that such widow shall
be- entitled to the pension as herein pro
vided. she shall have resided in this
State for at least five years prior to her
application therefor; and if her deceased
| husband. enlisted elsewhere than in Loui-
siana, and served in an organization not
mastered in from Louisiana, such widow
shaH,, lin, order to entitle 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; pro-
| vided further that all widows who mar
| ried Confederate soldiers or sailors a sec
ond time shall not be debarred from bene-
| fits of this Act but be entitled to a pen
| sion on same terms as other widows OF
deceased Confederate soldiers or sailors;
provided further, that pensions whether
to veterans or to widows, shall be allow
ed only from the date of application under
this Article, and the total appropriations
for all pensions, in any one year shaii
be the proceeds of the annual one mil
tax, provided said appropriations snail
never be more than, FIVE hundred and NIFTY
thousand dollars for any one year 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 and prohibiting the
collection Of any other tax of making any
appropriation in excess of the amount
of the one mill tax levied and collected
and to be known as Confederate Neter-
an Pension Fund" and to be used for
no other purpose, and upon the adoption
/! of this Amendment same shall at once be-
come self-operative and the funds derived
therefrom Immediately used for said pur-
pose. and provided further that the tax
;, collectors and assessors shall receive no
Il commissions for assessing and collecting
, said one mill tax herein provided. Pro
!! vided that nothing in this Article shall be
- construed so as to prohibit the General
+, Assembly from providing artificial limbs
to disabled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
E Section 2. Be it further resolved, ETC.,
That this proposed amendment be sub,
: msitted to- the qualified voters Of the State
of Louisiana for adoption or rejection
at the congressional election to be held
y on the first Tuesday next following the
: first Monday in November, 1914. THAI
= the official ballots to be used at sale
election shall have printed thereon the
words: For the proposed amendment tt
= Article .3O3> of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, relative to pensions
for Confederate veterans" and the word:
= Against the proposed amendment to Ar
= ticle 303. of the Constitution of the Stat
of Louisiana, relative to pensions To-
Confederate veterans" and each electo,
shall indicate, as provided in the genera
election laws of the State, whether N
h votes for or against the amendment.
L.. Il. THOMAS,
id Speaker of the House of Representatives
III THOMAS G. BARRET,
or Lieutenant Governor and President of tn
Senate,
{, Approved. July 9, 1914.
III Governor of the State of Louisian;
A true copy:
re ALVIN e. HEBERT,
Mt Secretary of State.
of =: : ACT NO. 1914.
OF House Bill No. $40 BY Mr.. Gordt
dis AN ACT
~ Proposing an amendment to Article N
nv 1875 Of the Constitution of the State
=; Louisiana, relative to District Alto
neys:
to-, Section 1. Be is resolved by the &c
be eral Assembly of the State of Louisian
~ two-thirds of all the members elected
To- each House concurring, That the folio
mel ing amendment to the Constitution of
ef. State. Of Louisiana, shall be submit
N; to the electors of the State, at the CO
.ha gressional election to be held on the fiji
to Tuesday after the first Monday in Move
OF Der, 1914, and if approved and ratif
by a majority of said electors voting
ent said election the same then to become
of part Of the Constitution, to-wit:
que That Article No. 1875 of the Constit
,ro- ton Of Louisiana be amended so as
the read as follows:
qr ARTICLE 125.
There shall be a District Attorney
the each Judicial District in the State, "
shall be elected by the qualified elect,
of the judicial district at the same ii
:. and for the same term as is provided
Article 100 for District Judges. He sh
'na. receive a salary of One Thousand o
lars per annum, payable monthly on
own warrant. He shall be an actual r,
dent of the District and a licensed
torney in this State. He shall also
ceive fees; but no fee shall be ALLOW
-, in criminal cases, except on convict
which fee shall not exceed five dollars
each case of conviction of a misdemear
oo2 All elections to fill vacancies occasion
for by death, resignation or removal, 81
our be for the unexpired term, and the G
nue. larnor shall fill the vacancy until an e.