The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-10-26
ACT NO. 101

Rouse '! 9o M 1 REs6fu H!S!SS-S'1 Bill.
Proposing an amendment to Article 800
OF the Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana Louisiana relative to pensions for
bly, Of 1914. and for the purpose of
providing a sufficient revenue for the
CARRYING out Of this Article of the
Constitution.
Assembly of the State Of Louisiana two.
thirds Of all the members elected to each
house concurring, that Article 3O3 OF the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana as
amended by Act No. 1913 Of the General
as follows:
Article 1903. A pension of like amount
not to exceed Twenty Five Dollars(S 25. OOl
Per POI month shall be allowed to each Con,
nosscsses sGIo of or sailor veteran who
Il. He shall have served honorably from
the date of his enlistment until the close
Of the late Civil War, or until he was
dlsc a1r or paroled. In some military
%rm9 or Savv g tps into the
and shall have remained true to the Com
federate States until the Surrender
~, ~. re shal not own property Of more
than two THOUSAND dollars valuation
provided for by the State Of Louisiana, or
by any other State or Government. In
case ne enlisted in any organization mus
tered into said service as Louisiana
organization; or in case at the date Of h.
louisiana. he shall have resided in this
state for at least five years prior to his
application FOR pension. In case he re-
sided elsewhere than in this State, and
enlisted in an organization not mustered
IN from Louisiana, or in the Navy Of the
Confederate States, he shall have resided
in this State for at least five years prior
to his application for such pension. A like
pension shall be granted to the widow who
shall not nave married again. in INDECENT
whose. marriage to her was contracted
prior to January, 1895; provided that il
her deceased husband served in an organi-
eaton. mustered in from Louisiana. or IL
ne resided in Louisiana. at the date of his
enlistment. then in order that such widow
SHAH be entitled to the pension as herein
provided. she shall have resided in this
state for at least five years prior to her
application therefor; and if her deceased
husband in enlisted elsewhere than in Louis
lana, 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 prior to
further that all widows, who married Con-
1ederate 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 de-
ceased Confederate soldiers or sailors;
provided further. that pensions whether
TO veterans or to widows shall be allowed
only from the date OF application under
this Article, and the total appropriations
for all pensions in any one year shall be
the proceeds OF the annual one-mill tax
hereby levied on all taxable property in
the State. provided said appropriations
shall never be more than an amount SUI
fcient to pay all pensions for any one
year. Any accruing surplus from said tax
fund shall be held as an accommodating
fund for the Confederate Veterans to be
by the General Assembly tor