St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-09-16
JAMES !. BAILEY,
Secretary Of State.
Act No. 1O1

House Bill No. 10. The Fields-Nix Biu
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article
303 Of the Constitution Of the State of
Louisiana. relative to pensions fo1
Confederate veterans. AS amended
by Act No. 1913 OF the General AZ
.sembly Of 1914. and for the purpose
Of providing q sufficient revenue for
the carrying out Of this article Of
the Constitution.
Section l. Be 1t resolved by Ia
General Assembly Of the State Of Lo9-
tsiana, two-thirds of all the membefa
elected to each House concurring. thaf.
Article 500 Of the Constitution Of ~
State of Louisiana, as amended 81
Act No. 1913 OF the General Assemble
Of 1914. be SO enacted as to read -
follows: -
Article 3o3. A pension Of like
amount, not to exceed twenty-five doll
lars ts25.oo) per month shall be allow
ed to each Confederate soldier or sail
or veteran who possesses all Of the
following qualifications:
/. He shall have served honorablys
from the date of his enlistment until
the close of the late Civil War. or unfsI
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-
manned true to the Confederate States
until the surrender. s.
2. He shall not own property OF
more than two thousand dollars valu.
alton.
3. He shall not be salaried or 9th
erwise provided for by the State Of
Louisiana. or by any Other State OF
any organization mustered into said
service as Louisiana organization. or
in case at the date Of his enlistment
he resided in the State Of Louisiana,
he shall have resided in this State IorI
at least five years prior to his appli-e
cation for pension. In case he resid.
ed elsewhere than in this State, ana
enlisted in an organization not mug
tered in from Louisiana. or In he
Navy OF. the Confederate States. he
least Ave years prior to his applisa-
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
~vided, that II her deceased husband
served in an organization mustered u
from Louisiana. or It he resided q
Louisiana at the date Of his enlist
shall be entitled to the pension -
herein provided. she shall have resid-
ed in this State for at least I'VE years
prior to her application therefor: and
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 a pension az
herein provided, have resided in this
State for not less than 1--WE years pri-
sion; provided. further. that all wild
ows who married Confederate soldiers
Or sailors . second time shall not be
lebarred from the BENEFITS Of this Act.
but be entitled to q pension ON the
semo terms as other widows Ut >decees-
I'd Confederate soldiers or sailors;
or TO veterans or to widows, shall be
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
; :Ss one nil taxable tab Is pr a.s:ey
IN the State. provided said APP
propriations shan never be more
than an amount SUFFICIENT to pay all
pensions for any one year. Any &C.
cruing surplus from said tax fund
for the Confederate veterans to be ap-
propriated by the General Assembly
for their use and beneht az ths1
General Assembly may In future de-
termine. and the collection Of any oth-s
er tax or the making Of any eppro-
priation for pensions in excess Of the
amount of the one-mill tax levied ana
collected. and to be known AZ Con
federate Veteran Pension Fund. 10
hereby prohibited. and said fund e e
herein stipulated: and upon the adop.
ton Of this Amendment same shall Ae
once become self-operative. ana the
funds derived therefrom be immedl.
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 tar herein provided.
Provided, that nothing In this Arta.
Gle shall BE- construed so ~ to pro-
hibit this General Assembly from pro
federate soldiers or sailors.
Section g. Be 1t further resolved,
etc. that this proposed amendment be
submitted to the qualified electors o8
the State Of Louisiana. for adoption or
rejection at the Congressional election
to be held on the first Tuesday next
following the first Monday In Novel,.
Der. 1915.
That the oh1cial ballots to be used
at said election shall have printed
thereon the words. For the proposed
amendment to Article 500 of the Com
stitution Of the State Of Louisiana rel
vetrans." and the words. against the
proposed amendment to Article sos Of
the Constitution Of the State Of Louis
Jana relative to pensions for Ccnfeder-
ate veterans" and each elector shall
indicate. as provided in the general
election laws Of the State. whether or
not he votes for or against the amend
ment.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD.
Speaker Of the House of Representa-
tives.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved: July 5. 1916.
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