St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-10-21
JAMES !. BAILEY.
Secretary Of StaHa
Act No. 1O1

| Act No. lU1
House Bill No; 10; TIE Flelds-s,. - q
JOINT RESOLUTION -
| Proposing an amendment to A-4..
| 500 OF the Constitution Of the stats ~ {
| Louisiana. relative to peustons ~
Confederate veterans. AZ ame.Sss
| by Act No. 1913 OF the Genera 81.
sembly of 1914. and for the nr-. -
Of providing sufficient revenuas 49, -
the carrying out OF this arti-i. ~ q
the Constitution. y 30
Section l. Be 1t resolved hv = III
General Assembly OF the State 81 -
elected to each House concurrinS ~ +
, Article 3o3 Of the Constitution 81 Mp
State of Louisiana. as anendan ~
Act No. 1913 of the General Asss,ns,yy
| Of 1914. be SO enacted as to read -
| follows: -
Article 300. A pension ~ =.
amount. not to exceed Twenty-Five Az
lars ($25.00) per month shall be- s,,cs1 Il
ed to each Confederate soldier or s.il.
or veteran who possesses all Of IN
following qualifications: -
l. He shall have served honnr.h,.
from the date of his enlistment MN:
the close Of the late Civil War. or nns,s
he was discharged or paroled In sr~.
military organization regularly mn. 4
tered into the Army or Navy Of IL
Confederate States. and shall have -
manned true to the Confederats sfafsss
until the surrender. - !
2. He shall not own propertv = /
more than two thousand dollars vains.
alton.
s.. He shall not be salaried or o,h.
Louisiana. or by any other state - e
Government. In case he enlisted -
any organization mustered into eaiS +
service as Louisiana organlxation. 80;
in case at the date OF his eniistmsst8
he resided in the State Of Louisiass n
he shall have resided in this 500 -
at least five years prior to his ans1i.3S
cation for pension. In case he resi1E 4
ed elsewhere than In this State. mi
enlisted In an organization not mus
Navy of the Confederate States, m
shall have resided in this bate fcy ~
least five years prior to hi3 apniiaes n
ton for such pension. A like pens5ca
shall be granted to the widow vheS
shall not have married again. IL ~
or sailor. whose marriage to her ~
contracted prior to January. 1855: nso,z
vided. that II her deceased hvs6as1Ss
served In an organization mustered q
from louisiana, or u he resided "a
ment. then in order that such wi1svs
shall be entitled to the penafon ~
herein provided. she shall have reei1.
ed in this State for at least ave yeasnSs
prior to her application therefor: ~
il her deceased husband enlisted d.
where than in Louisiana, and servSA
in an organization not mustered -
from Louisiana. such widow shall a
order to entitle her to q pension -
herein provided, have resided In this
State for not less than FIVE years pri.
OF to her application for such pen-a
sion: provided. further. that ali Nj
ows who married Confederate .soi...
or sailors second time shall not b.
oebarred from the benefits OF this Act
but be entitled to a pensloa on the
same terms as other widows VI deceas.a
provided. further. that pensions. wheth-ss
or to veterans or TO widows. shall %
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 he
in the State. provided said ap-
preparations shall never be more
than an amount sufficient to pay al
pensions for any one year. Any ac-
cruing surplus from said tax fund
shall be held as an accommodating FUND
for the Confederate veterans to be ap.
propriated by the General Assembly
for their use and benefit AZ lhe
General Assembly may - .u,ure de-s
er tax or the making OF any appro.SS
priatfon fer pensions in excess of the
amount OF the one mill tax levied ana
collected. and to be known M Gone
federate Veteran Pension Fund" q
hereby prohibited. and said fund 10 g q
be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipulated: and upon the adop-
ton Of this Amendment same shall ~ 4
once become self-operattve. and the
funds derived therefrom be inimedl-
vided. further. that the tax collectors
and assessors shall receive NO com
missions for assessing ard collective \
one mill tax herein provided.
Provided. that nothing IN this Arst "a
Gle shall be construed 90 a. to pro
hihit the General Assembly from prnsH
vidine artifcicl limbs To disabled Cor u
federate soldiers or sailors
Section 2, Be II further resolved n
etc. that this proposed amendment ~ II
subr,itted to the e1'"l iard electors ~ g
the State of Loui~i"~a. for adoption pssa3
rejection at the Congressional eiActtonS u
to be held on the erst Tuesday merit
Der. 1915.
That the official ballots to be uae1
at said elactio, shall have printed
thereon the words. For 'he proposed
a-,endment to Article 3na OF the Con
stttution Of the State or Louisiana rel
and the, words. "Arainet the
arcndmant TO Article 303 Of
The Constitution OF TIE State OF Louis
lana relative to pensions for Confefer-
ate veterans" az each elcctor shall
as provided in the general
election laws OF the State. whether or q
not he votes for or against the amend
ment.
HEWITT BoUANcHAUD.
Speaker Of the House Of Represents
lives.
FERNAND MOTION.
Lieutenant Governor and President 81 a
the Senate.
Approves: July $. 1916.
R. G. PLEASANT.
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.