The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-09-23
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House Bill No. 10-The FIelds-Nix Bill
JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing an amendment to Article 303
o. tne Constitution OF the State of
Louisiana relative to pensions for
Confederate Veterans. AS amended
by Act No. 1873 of the General Assem-
bly, q 1914. and for the purpose OF
carrying out of this Article OF the
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana two
thirds Of all the members elected Il, 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
Article soa; "A pension Of like amount
per month shall be allowed to each Con.
federate soldier or sailor veteran who
possesses all Of the following qualifications
the date of his enlistment until the close
OF the late Civil War, or until he was
discharged or paroled. in some military
Army, OF. Navy Of the Confederate States
and shall have remained true to the Con-
federate States until the Surrender.
than two thousand dollars Valuation
3. He shall not be salaried or otherwise
provided for by the State OF Louisiana. or
case he enlisted in any orsan s musl
tered into said service as a Louisiana
organization, or in case at the date OF hi.
enlistment he resided In the State OF
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 have married again, IN INDECENT
circumstances. Of such soldier or sailor
whose marriage to her was contracted
her deceased husband served in an organi-
zation, mustered in from Louisiana, or IL
he resided in Louisiana. at the date OF his
enlistment. then in order that such widow
shall 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 II her deceased
husband 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 a pension
as herein provided, have resided in this
state for not less than five years prior TO
her application for such pension; provided
further that all widows who married Con-
federate soldiers or sailors a second time
this Act but be entitled to pension on
the same terms as other widows OF de-
ceased Confederate soldiers or sailors,
provided further. that pensions whether
only from the date OF application under
this Article. and the total appropriations
for all pensions in any one year shall be
hereby levied on all taxable property in
the State, provided said appropriations
shall never be more than an amount sur
ficient 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
appropriated by the General Assembly for