Tensas gazette., 1916-09-22
Act No. 1O1

House Bill No. 10. The Fields-Nix D'iA
JOINT RESOLUTION .
Proposing an amendment to Articis
sos of the Constitution Of the State. 90. ..
Louisiana, relative to pensions .os
Confederate veterans. A. amSn3-
by Act No. 1s3 OF the Genera. Gec.e
sembly of 1914. and for the purpooe po,
of providing q suficient revenue tos
the carrying out of this article OF
the Constitution.
Section 1. Be II resolved by the
General Assembly Of the state .. ~
elected to each House concurring. tnse
Article s03 of the Constitution OF tne
State Of Louisiana. as amenoeo ~
Act No. 1913 Of the General Assembly
Of 1914. be 50 enacted as 10 reso
Article soa. A pension Of ike
amount, not to exceed twenty-five COL
lars ($26.00) per month shall be allow
or veteran who possesses all OF tne
following qualifications:
/. He shall have served honorary
from the date of his enlistment until
the close of the late Civil War. or until
he was discharged or paroled. In some
military organization regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy or the
Confederate States, and shall nave re-
mained true to the Confederate States
q. He shall not own property Of
more than two thousand dollars vaiu-
alton.
g. He shall not be salaried or 9th.
erwise provided for by the state OF
Louisiana, or by any other State or
Government. In case he enlisted In
any organization mustered into saio
service as a Louisiana organization, or
In case at the date of his enlistment
he shall have resided in this State for
at least five years prior to his appli-
cation for pension. In case he resid.
ed elsewhere than in this State. ana
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 nve years prior to his appiica-
shall be granted to the widow who
shall not have married again. In in
digent circumstances. OF such soldier
or sailor. whose marriage to her was
contracted prior to January. 1895; pro-
vided, that II her deceased husband
served in an organization mustered in
from Louisiana, or II he resided In
Louisiana at the date Of his enlist
shall be entitled to the pension as
herein provided. she shall have resid-
ed In this State for at least fve years
prior to her application therefor; and
II her deceased husband enlisted else
where than in Louisiana. 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 pri-
or to her application for such PEN
sion: provided, further. that all Wild
ows who married Confederate soldiers
debarred from the benefits of this Act.
but be entitled to pension on the
same terms as other widows of deceas-
ed Confederate soldiers or sailors;
provided. further. that pensions. wheth-
er to veterans or to widows. shall DO
allowed only from the date of applica-
tion under this Article. and the total
appropriations for all pensions in any
one year shall be the proceeds OF the
levied on all taxable property
in the State. provided said ap-
propriations shall never be more
than an amount sufficient to pay all
pensions for any one year. ANY ac
shall be held as an accommodating fund
for the Confederate veterans to be ap-
propriated by the General Assembly
for their De and benent as the
.termine and the collection OF any 9TH
er tax or the making of any appro-
priation for pensions In excess OF the
amount Of the one-mill tax levied ana
federate Veteran Pension Fund" is
hereby prohibited. and said fund Is TO
be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipulated: and upon the adop-
ton Of this Amendment same shall az
once become self-operative. and the
funds derived therefrom be immedi-
ately used for said purpose; and pro-
vided, further, that the tax collectors
and assessors shall receive no COM
missions for assessing and collecting
one mill tax herein provided.
Provided that nothing in this Arti-
Gle shall be construed so as to pro-
hibit the General Assembly from pro-
viding artificial limbs to disabled Con-
federate soldiers or sailors.
/ Section e. Be It further resolved.
| etc. that this proposed amendment be
submitted to the qualifed electors OF
the State of Louisiana. for adoption or
rejection at the Congressional election
to be held on the hrst Tuesday next
following the first Monday In Novem-
That the oficial ballots to be used
| at said election shall have printed
thereon the words. For the proposed
amendment to Article sos of the Con-
stitution Of the State of Louisiana rel
vetrans." and the words. "Against the
proposed amendment to Article 3o3 OF
the Constitution Of the State of Louis
lana relative to pensions for Confeder-
ate veterans" and each elector shall
Indicate. as provided in the general
not he votes for or against the amend
~ HEWITT BouANcHAuD.
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
FERNAND MoUToN.
the Senate.
Approved: July s. 1915.
r. G. PLEASANT.
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.