St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-09-30
Act No. 1Ol

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Proposing an amendment to Article
800 Of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, relative TO pensions Tor
veterans. AS amended
by Act NO. LBS or the General As
sembfy OF 1914, and Tor the purpose
of providing a sufhcient revenue Tor
the carrying out of this article OF
the Constitution
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State OF Lou
isiana, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each House concurring, thai
Article 303 of the Constitution OF the
State OF Louisiana. as amended hy
Act No. 1913 of the General AssenabIy
of 1914, be SO enacted as to read aa
follows:
Article 800. A pension of like
amount, not to exceed twenty-five doI-s
lars fS25.00) per month shall be allow
ed to each Confederate soldier or sail
or veteran who possesses all Of the
following qualifications:
i. He shall have served honorable
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 OF the
Confederate States, and shall lave Re-.
NAMED true to the Confederate States
until the surrender.
2. He shall not own property OF
more than two thousand dollars valus
alton.
3. He shall not be salaried or 9TH
erwise provided for by the State or
Louisiana, or by any other State ar
Government. In case he enlisted in
any organization mustered into said
service as a Louisiana organization, or
in case at the date of his enlistment
he resided in the State of Louisiana.
he shall nave resided in this State Tor
at least Ave years prior to his appli-
cation for pension. In case he resid-
ed elsewhere thai In this State. and
enlisted in an organization not mus
tered in from Louisiana, or In this
Navy of the Confederate States. he
shall have resided in this State for At
least five years prior to his applica-
ton for such pension. A like pension
shall not have married again. In IN
digent circumstances, OF such soldier
or sailor, whose marriage to her was
contracted prior to January. 1895; pre-
vided, that If her deceased husband
served in an organization mustered In
from Louisiana, or IL he resided In
Louisiana at the date or his enlist
ment. then in order that such widow
shall be entitled to the pension -
herein provided, she shall have restd-
ed in this State for at least i've years
prior to her application therefor. q
If 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 q pension az
herein provided, have resided In this
State for not less than nv 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 q pension ON the
same terms as other widow OF deceas-
ed Confederate soldiers or sailors
provided, further. that pensions. wheth-
err to veterans or to widows. shall DO
allowed only from the date Of appica-
ton under this Article, and the total
appropriations for ali pensions In any
one year shall be the proceeds OF the
annual one mill tax Is hereby
levied on all taxable property
in the State. provided said ap-
preparations shall never be more
Than an mount sufficient to pay all
pensions for any one year. a &c
shall be held as an accommodating fund
for the Confederate veterans to be p
propriated by the Genera Assembly
for their use and benefit as the
General Assembly may in lussre de-
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-mifl tax levied and
collected, and to be known as Con
federate Veteran Pension Fund. "
hereby prohibited. and said fund 10 TO
be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipulated; and upon the adop.
once become self-operasiys. ana sMe
ately used for said purpose; and pro
vided. further. tina the Tax coaiecsgal
missions for assessing and coilecttng
one mill tag nereln proS.aeas Al.
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