Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-08
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House Bill No. 10. The Fields-Nix Bill
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article
sos of the Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana, relative to pensions for
Confederate veterans. As amended
by Act No. 1913 of the General As
sembly Of 1914. and for the purpose
of providing a sufficient revenue for
the carrying out Of this article Of
the Constitution.
Section I. Be II resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State OF Lou
lsiana, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each House concurring. that
Article 800 of the Constitution Of the
State of Louisiana. as amended by
Act No. 1913 Of the General Assembly
Of 1914. be so enacted as to read a.
Article sos. A pension of like
lars ($26.00) per month shall be allow
cd to each Confederate soldier or sail
or veteran who possesses all Of the
following qualifications:
/. He shall have served honorably
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 have re-
until the surrender.
2. He shall not own property OF
more than two thousand dollars valu-
8. 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 said
service as q Louisiana organization. or
in case at the date of his enlistment
h. lad m Louisiana.
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. and
tered in from Louisiana. or in the
Navy Of the Confederate States. he
shall have resided In this State for at
least i've years prior to his applica-
ton for such pension. A like pension
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 If her deceased husband
from Louisiana, or IL he resided in
Louisiana at the date Of his enlist
ment, then in order that such widow
shall be entitled to the pension as
ed In this State for at least Ave years
prior to her application therefor: and
IL 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 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
or sailors a second time shall not be
dsbarred 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-
ton 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 APP
preparations shall never be more
than an amount sufhcient to pay All
pensions for any one year. any a
shall be held as an accommodating FUND
for the Confederate veterans to be ap-
propriated by the General Assembly
for their use and beneft as the
General Assembly may in ,uture 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-mill tax levied ana
collected. and to be known as Con-
federate Veteran Pension Fund" 10
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. ana 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 2 BE It further i resoIve ::
submitted to the qualified electors or
the State of Louisiana, for adoption or
rejection at the Congressional election
to be held on the frst Tuesday next
following the arst Monday In Novem-
That the official ballots to be used
at said election shall have printed
thereon the words. FOR the proposed
amendment to Article 303 of the Con-
alive to the pensions for Confederate
vetrans." and the words. Against the
proposed amendment to Article 303 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
eIection laws of the State. whether or
not he votes for or against the amend
ment.
Sneaker of the House of Represents
wv" FERNAND MoUToN.
Lieutenant Governor and President OK
the Senate.
Approved: July 5. 1916.
r. @. PLEASANT.
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
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