St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-09-23
JAMES ). BAILEY.
Secretary Of State. =
Act No. 1O1

House Bill No. 10. The Tfelds-Nix Bin
| JOINT RESOLUTION
Ss 81 K. of tho STATE 81
Louisiana. relative to pensions for
| Confederate veterans. Al 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 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State Of Lou.
isiana. two-thirds OF all the members
elected to each House concurring. that
/ Article 303 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 %
follows:
Article 900. A pension Of like
amount, not to exceed twenty-five dol
lars ($25. O0) per month shall be allow
ed to each Confederate soldier or sail
/ or veteran who possesses all Of 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 some
tered into the Army or Navy Of the
Confederate States. and shall have re.
manned true to the Confederate States
until the surrender.
2. He shall not own property of
more than two thousand dollars valu-
alton.
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 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
A~r~ nnfr % H.
cation for pension. In case he resid-
ed elsewhere than in this State, and
enlisted in an organization not mus
tered In from Louisiana. or In the
shall have resided in this State for at
least five 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 IL her deceased husband
served in an organization mustered In
from Louisiana. or II he resided In
ment. then in order that such widow
shall be entitled to the pension a.
herein provided. she shall have resid-
ed in this State for at least i've years
il her deceased husband enlisted else
where than in Louisiana. and served
In an organization not mustered in
from Louisiana, such widow shall, in
herein provided. have resided in this
State for not less than Ave years Dri-
Ut to her application for such pen
sion; provided. further. that all Wild
ows who married Confederate soldie.
or sailors second time shall not be
but be entitled to q pension ON the
same terms as other widows Of deceas-
I'd Confederate soldiers or sailors:
provided. further. that pensions. wheth-
or to veterans or to widows. shall %
ton 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 Ii. on st.t e: .ss :e
preparations shall 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 APP
propriated by the General Assembly
for their use and benefit az the
General Assembly may in .uture dee
er tax or the making of any appro-
priation for pensions in excess Of the
amount of the one-miu tax levied and
collected. and to be known as scon-
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 at
once become self-operative. and the
funds derived therefrom be tmmedl-
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 50 as to pro-
viding artificial limbs to disabled Con. !
federate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be 1t further resolved.
etc. that this proposed amendment be
submitted to the qualified electors Of
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 Novem-
Der. 1915.
That the ofncial ballots to be used
at said election shall have printed
thereon the words. For the proposed
amendment to Article sos OF the Con-
stitution of the State Of Louisiana rel
alive to the pensions for Confederate
vetrans." and the words. "Against the
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
election laws Of the State. whether or y
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 s. 1916.
r. G. PLEASANT.
Governor OF the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY. l.