The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-10-10
ACT NO. 1873.
House Bill No. 1S1-By Mr.. Caulfield.
JOINT RESOI IrTION

Proposing an amendment to Article 81
of the Constitution of the State {
Louisiana, relative to pensions fo
Confederate veterans, and for the pur
pose of providing q sufficient revenu
for the carrying out of this article c
| the Constitution
Section /. Be it resolved by the Genera
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all members elected to eacl
House concurring, That Article 303 of tn
Constitution of the State of Louisiana, b
so amended as to read as follows
Article 3G3 A pension not to excee,
eight dollars (ss.0O) per month shall b.
allowed to each Confederate soldier O
sailor veterans who passes all the follow
ing qualifications:
l. 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 (s2,00OO0).
| 3. He shall not be salaried or otherwise
provided for by the State of Louisiana OF
| by any other State or government In
case he enlisted in any organization mus
tered into said service as 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
State for at least five years prior to his
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
liidH III LouISldIld anu SeTVeu III dIl Or
ganization not mustered in from Louis
lana, such widow shall, in order to en-
title her to 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 second time shall not
be debarred from benefits of this Act but
be entitled to pension on same terms as
other widows of deceased Confederate SOL
diers or sailors: provided further, that
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
TO be used for no other purpose, and
upon the adoption of this amendment |
same shall at once become self-operative |
ind the funds derived therefrom imme- |
lately used for said purpose, and pro-
yided further that the tax collectors and |
assessors shall receive no commissions |
or assessing and collecting said one mill !
ak herein provided. Provided that moth |
in, At; IL III 4
Is to prohibit the General Assembly from |
providing 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
T louisiana for adoption or rejection at
he congressional election to be held on
he first Tuesday next following the first
londay in November. 1914. That the Of |
cial ballots to be used at said election
hall have printed thereon the words: |.
For the proposed amendment to Article |.
o. of the Constitution of the State of
louisiana, relative to pensions for Con-
ederate veterans and the words:
Against the proposed amendment to I,
rticle 300 of the Constitution of the
tate of Louisiana. relative to pensions
'r Confederate veterans" and each
lector shall indicate. as provided in the
eneral election laws Of the State. whether
votes for or against the amendment
L. e. THOMAS,
peaker OF the House of Representatives. .
THOMAS c. BARRETT. s
ieut. Governor and President of Senate. &
Approved: July 9, 1914. I
L. E. HALL. :
A true copy: L.
LV1N E. HILBERT. Secretary OF State.
ACT NO. 1884, &c
House Bill No. s4O-By Mr.. Gordon. 2
AN ACT 3