The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14
ACT NO. 1o1.

ACT NO. fo1.
House Bill No. 10-The Fie1ds-Ni Bill.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 303
Of the Constitution of the State of
Confederate Veterans. AS amended
bly, Of. 1914. and for the purpose Of
providing a sufficient revenue for the
carrying out of this Article Of the
Section |. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana. two
thirds Of all the members elected to each
constituton d the State q louisiana lHs n as as
amended by Act No. 1873 of the General
Assembly of 1914 be SO enacted as to read
as follows.
Article 3o3. A pension OF like amount
not to exceed Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00)
per month shall be allowed to each Con
fsdsrate qa af Of sa9r netHfan who
/. 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 military
organization regularly mustered into the
Army or Navy % the Confederate States
and Shall have remained true to the Com
federate States until the Surrender.
Q. He shall not own property of more
than two thousand dollars valuation.
3. He shall not be salaried or otherwise
by any other State or Government. In
case he enlisted IN any organization mus
tered into said service as Louisiana
enlistment he resided In the State Of
Louisiana, he shall have resided In this
State Cor at least five years prior to his
sided elsewhere than in this STATE and
enlisted in an organization not m cred
in from Louisiana, or In the Navy the
Confederate States, he shall have si SIDED
in this State for at least five year@prIor
to his application for such pension. Va like
pension shall be granted to the widow VINO
shall not have married again, III andlgsnt
circumstances, of such soldier or SAILOR
whose marriage to her was contracted
prior to January, 1895: provided that II
her deceased husband served in an ofganilce
cation 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 SHAH nave Eeslaa sa y = i IL.
application therefor; and 4 neF degeasea
husband enlisted elsewhere than m LOUIS.
lana, and served n an organ, MA Iaos
shall, In order to entitle her 70 pension
as herein provided, have resided M Ih rs
State for not less than five years prior, 20
her application for such pension pfoVlaeA
further that all widows who married Son-
federate soldiers or sailors q second Ilfns
shall not be debarred from the dement's q
this Act but be entitled to q pension OF on
the same terms as other widows OF de-
ceased Confederate soldiers or sailorsi
provided further, that pensions wiener wiener
to veterans or to widows saan t Re Under
this Article and the total approprlla51IIoIhiaa
for all pensions In any one. year sna , ps
the proceeds OF the annual one-n menu ts r.
the State provided said approprtatlolnss
shall never be more than an amount SUI
Ieient to pay I'll pensions for any a. = q 9ae
year ANY accrutng surplus from saId -. lAA
fund shall be held as an aecumuisa ~ Ess
fund for the Confederate Veterans 70 pc
appropriated by the General Assembly iof