Tensas gazette., 1916-09-15
Act No. 1O1

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House Bill No. 10. The Fields-Nix Bill
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment 70 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.
aection L Be II resolved by the
General Assembly of the State OF Lou
isiana, two-thirds of all the members
Article 3O3 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 as
follows:
Article 500. A pension of like
amount not to exceed twenty-five dol
lars (s25.0O) per month shall be allow
cd to each Confederate soldier or sail
or veteran who possesses all or the
following qualifications:
l. 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 somsN
military organization regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy or the
Confederate States. and shall have re-
mained true to the Confederate States
until the surrender.
g. 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 or
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
he resided in the State of 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. ana
enlisted in an organization not mus
tered in from Louisiana. or In the
Navy of the Confederate States, ne
shall have resided in this State for at
least five years prior to his. applica-
tion for such pension. A like pension
shall be granted to the WIDOW VINO
shall not have married again, In IN
digent circumstances. OF such soldier
or sailor, whose marriage to her was
contracted prior to January, 1881 pro-
vided, that if her deceased husband
served in an organization mustered In
from Louisiana, or If he resided in !.
Louisiana at the date Of his enlist
ment then in order that such widow
shall be entitled to the pension as
herein provided. she shall have resid-
ed in this State for at least nxe years
prior to her application therefor; and
II 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 pension as
herein provided. have resided in this
State for not less than five years prf-
or to her application for such pen
sion; provided, further. that all Wild
ows who married Confederate soldiers
or sailors a second time shall not be
debarred from the benefits of this Act.
but be entitled to a 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 De
| allowed only from the date OF appiica-
| tion under this Article, and the total
appropriations for all 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-
propriations shall never pc more
than an amount sufncient to pay all
pensions for any one year. Any ac,
cruing surplus from said tax fund
shall be held as an accumulating fund
for the Confederate veterans to be ap-
propriated by the General Assembly
for their use and oenent as the
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
1
federate Veteran Pension Fund" Is
hereby prohibited. and said fund fs TO
! be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipulated: and upon the adop.
ton Of this Amendment same snaii =.
funds derived therefrom be immedi-
| ately used for said purpose; and pro-
vided, further. that the tax coIlectors
and assessors shall receive no COM
! missions for assessing and coilecuhs
| mill
| 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 Q. Be 1t further resolved.
| etc, that this proposed amendment De
submitted to the qualified electors OF
the State of Louisiana. for adoption or
rejection at the Congressional election
to be held on thes first Tuesday next
following the nrst Monday In Novem-
+, That the ofhcial ballots to be used
thereon the words. For the proposed
amendment to Article 303 OF the Con-
stftution Of the State of Louisiana rel
ative to the pensions for Confederate
vetrans." and the words, Against the
proposed amendment to Article 3o3 or
the Constitution Of the State OF Louis
lana relative to pensions for Confeder.
ate veterans" and each elector shali
indicate, as provided in the general
election laws of the State. whether or
not he votes for or against the amend
' HEWITT BoUANCHAUD.
Speaker OF the House Of Representa-
tives.
FERNAND MOUTON.
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
Approved: July S, 1916.
r. G. PLEASANT.
, Governor of the State of LOUISIANA