St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-09-12

in any organization mustered into
said service as Louisiana organl-
zation, 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 resided elsewhere than in
this State, and enlisted In an organi-
zation not mustered in from L0uisi-
ana, or in the Navy of the Confed-
crate 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 Janu-
AIRY /, 1890; provided that If her hus-
band served in an organization, mus
tered in from Louisiana, or If he re-
sided 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 resided in this State for at least
five years prior to her application
therefor; and If her deceased hus-
band enlisted elsewhere than in Lou
isiana, and served in an organization
not mustered in from Louisiana, such
widow shall, in 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; provided further
that all widows who married Confed-
crate soldiers or sailors second time
shall not be debarred from benefits
of this Act but be entitled to PEN
sion on same terms as other widows
of deceased Confederate soldiers or
sailors; provided further, that PEN
sions whether to veterans or to wild
ows. 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 appropriations 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
accruing surplus from said tax fund
shall be turned over to the common
school fund and prohibiting the col
lection 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 Veteran Pension Fund"
and to be used for no other purpose,
nd upon the adoption of this Amend
ment same snail at once become self
Operative and the funds derived
|therefrom Immediately used for said
purpose, and provided further that
the tax collectors and assessors shall
receive no commissions for assess
ling and collecting said one mill tax
herein provided. Provided that moth
ling in this Article shall be construed
|so as to prohibit the General AS
|sembly from providing artificial
limbs to disabled Confederate SOL
oilers and sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That this proposed amendment
|be submitted to the qualified voters
of the State of Louisiana for adop-
|tion or rejection at the congressional
election to be held on the first Tues
day next following the first Monday
lin November, 1914. That the ofhcial
ballots to be used at said election
shall have printed thereon the words:
|"For the proposed amendment to
Article 800 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, relative to PEN
|eions for Confederate veterans, and
the words: against the proposed
amendment to Article 800 Of the Con-
stitution of the State Of Louisiana,
relative to pensions for Confederate
veterans and each elector shall in
dictate, as provided in the general
election laws of the State, whether
he votes for or against the amend
lment.
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatiyes.
THOMAS C. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved: July 8, 1914.
L. E. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy.
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary Of State.