The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-09-12

pension shall be granted to the widow
VINO snail not have married again. IN
inuasent circumstances. Of such soldier
or sailor whose marriage TO her was
! contracted prior to January 1. 1890: pro-
Flded that II her deceased husband serv-
eo IN an organization, mustered In from
Louisiana Or 1t 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, she
scall have resided in this State for at
least five years prior to her applicati ton
therefor and il her deceased husband
enlisted elsewhere than in Louisiana,
and served in an organization not mus
tered in from Louisiana, such widow
shal1, IN order to entitle her to pen
SION as herein provided, have resided in
TINS State for not less than five years
prior to her application for such PEN
sion; provided further that all widows
VINO married Confederate soldiers or
sailors 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
that pensions whether to veterans or
TO widows. shall be allowed only from
the date of application under this Ar
tlcle, 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
In the State. Any accruing surplus
from said tax fund shall be turned over
to the common school fund and prohibit
Ing 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 "Confed-
crate Veteran Pension Fund" and to be
used for no other purpose and upon the
adoption of this Amendment same shall
ar once become self-operative and the
funds derived therefrom Immediately
used for said purpose. and provided fur
Their 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
80 as to prohibit the General Assembly
from providing artificial limbs to dis
abled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be 1t further resolved. etc,
mitted TO the qualified voters of the
State of Louisiana for adoption or re-
lection at the congressional election to
pc held on the first Tuesday next fol-
1914. That the official ballots to be used
at said election shall have printed
thereon the words: For the proposed
amendment to Article sos of the Consti-
tuition Of the State of Louisiana, reIa-
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,
veterans" and each elector shall indi-
cate. as provided in the general election
laws Of the State. whether he votes for
OF 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 E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State