The Donaldsonville chief., 1916-10-21
ACT MO. 1o1.
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House Bill No. Io--The NeIds-N BID

IOuSG BiH mo. lu--Ihe EIeidS.StS 5lA
| JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article a
OF the Constitution of the stats a
Louisiana relative to pensions q
Confederate Veterans. AS alnslaH
by Act No. 1913 of the General Asssas
bly, Of 1914, and for the purposa g
providing sufficient revenue Tor ~
Constitution.
Section /. Be it resolved BY The llsaaa
Assembly of the State Of Louisiana, lRe.
thirds OF all the members elected % eass n
House concurring, that Article Sas q "
Constitution Of the State Of I,ouislans \
Assembly OF 1914 be so enacted as q Eeaa
as follows:
Article 303. A pension Of liIie aInsiaI ~
not to exceed Twenty Five Do Isss zsss5
per month shall be allowed 10 each eaa as,
federate soldier or sailor veteran M nv W.
possesses all of the following qualllf w. w
I. lie shall have served honoTas INV wv !
the date of his enlistment until Ins VIZ WI
Of the late Civil War, or until as ,.3sz sa@
discharged or paroled, In some zasa4ss3 " III
organization regularly mustered ihss e,.ss ssS
Army or Navy of the ConfsdeTal sssss. ass
federate States until the SurreIdeR s5
z. He shall not own pr6perE 3 q s2s Y
than two thousand dollars yalna tloh. a .,t
8. He shall not be salaried er olAesalss !Aaa 4
provided for by the State Of Loulsla,slss las Il
by any other State or GoFeFIlLlg!sl Il! u ..r;s
tered into said service as LgassssSss ans
organization, or In case at the Qass Sss.s.s "
enlistment he resided In tiIe Ssale \, tsS
Louisiana, he snail have restdes1 W. 3 Il
State for at least five years prapS " y y =
application for pension. IN cass 5sss3 II as NH
sided elsewhere than IN this s.asssbsl .s,sssss
enlisted in an organization ngt q, lnasss1ia Il III
in from Louisiana, or y. the Nay .ssisj "
Confederate States, hesiall haVs = sslI NH
In this State for at least i've ysas / sii Hi
to his application for such penslohl sa,s & IN
pension shall be granted to tae " Nlo9psIs .'sIssa
shall not have married again ~ 81 a.ass8 Wit
circumstances, OF such soldier so.Isrsas5 q NH
whose marriage to her was eghtahasffH thsf /
prior to January, 1895. prgVloeQ WI asssys
her deceased husband served III ~ ia.so otss M
zatfol, mustered in from Lou sa aAas le n M
he resided In Louisiana az tas 80 aa = ysIaaa
enlistment, then in order that SUI VI sefsst ssst
shall be entitled to the pensieaag 4 " III rts ts
provided, she shall have resldeQ II II III
State for at least five years pfaeas saesssa
application therefor; and II flef " @sTs5 Taa5
husband enlisted elsewhere tfah I'll aasaia ii
lana, and served In an organs l..sss ggdfgf
mustered In from Louisiana, q sasaons ! ypnsslt
shall, In order to entftle her 20 81 q sss gs Ill
as herein provided, have residea rrsaE u
State for not less than i've geais ,,3n,ssgi5s
her application for such pensl III Hi ss6 (gst
further that all widows who ma lI,d III
federate soldiers or sailors sesgaatsS essneatsS
shall not be debarred from the nssssi' na,,sioa
this Act but be entitled to b psssalSiiE RI II Il
the same terms as other Wide,gs aim, sip
ceased Confederate soldiers 81 Y sgllSsIIa ssIIas
provided further. that pensions sa siss aIIsss
TO veterans or to widows shall Ri, ns sgi uti
only from the date Of applical..sor,IIiis sass
this Article, and the total appIppsfIs ppae sfIss
for all pensions In any or1e. yess yess5.ssIE 4
the proceeds of the anrluasi. onasssrsrH
the State, provided said appreop1IIl1Ifssd no1IlIs
ficient to pay all pensions .asr, aor ssfl saftdl
year. Any accruing surplus fTos,s,IlIst Tosa,s,,IlIIst
fund shall be held as an aesaas aeNs.ars hi
fund for the Confederate yesslasbblY s'ssass,bblY
appropriated by the Generat 49,,