St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-09-30
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1ecfheary Of STATE
Act No. 1Ol

ACT NO. lUl
House 81, 5o III Il REso ei FLOWS afo
Proposing an amendment to Article
sos Of the Constitution Of the State 81
Louisiana. relative to pensions for
Confederate veterans. Az amended
by Act No: 1913 Of the General A.
sembly Of 1914. and for the purpose
OF providing q sufficient revenue tor
the carrying out Of this article OF
the Constitution.
Section l. BE It resolved by The
General Assembly Of the State Of l.ou.
elected to each House concurring. thai
Article 300 of the Constitution OF the
State of Louisiana, as amended 81
Act No. 1913 Of the General Assembly,
Of 1914. be SO enacted al to read q
Article so3. A pension Of like
amount. not to exceed twenty-five dol. 4
lars (<25.00) 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 soma
military organization regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy OF the
Confederate States. and shall have r..
NAMED true to the Confederate stafss
until the surrender.
:. He shall not own property Of
more than two thousand dollars vain.
alton.
3. 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
at least five years prior to his appli.
cation for pension. In case he resid.
enlisted in an organization not mus.
tered In from Louisiana, or In the
Navy Of the Confederate States. he
shall have resided In this State for at
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: 1885: pro.
served in an organization mustered d
from Louisiana. or II he resided n
Louisiana at the date Of his enlist.
ment. then In order that such widow
herein provided. she shall have rssid-
ed in this State for at least i've years
prior to her application therefor: and
il 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 a pension as
herein provided. have resided in this
State for not less, than five years pri-
~ to her application for such pen
sion: provided. further. that all Wild
ows who married Confederate sold,..
T..
lebarred from the benefits OF this Act.
but be entitled to Q pension ON the
same terms a. other widows Of deceas-
cd Confederate soldiers or sailors;
provided. further. that pensions. whsth-
q TO teri, sr or to t. ., oe
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 10 hereby
levied on s. al taxable pro property
preparations shall never be more
than an amount sufficient to pay all
pensions for any one year. Any &C.
eruing surplus from said tax tund
shall be held as an accommodating fund
propriated by the General Assembly
for their use and benefit ~ Me
General Assembly may IN ,uture de-
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 and
collected, and to be known AZ "Con-
federate Veteran Pension Fund. 10
hereby prohibited. and said FUND y %
be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipulated: and upon the adop.
ton Of this Amendment same shall ct
once become self-operative. and the
funds derived therefrom be immedt-
-ately used for said purpose: and pro-
vided. further. that the tax collectors
and assessors shall receive NO com.
missions for assessing and collecting
one mill tax heretn provided.
Provided. that nothing IN this Arti-
Gle shall be construed so ~ to pro.
hibit the General Assembly from pro-
viding artificial limbs to disabled Con-
federate soldiers or sailors.
etc. that this proposed amendment be
submitted to the o''alif1ed electors OF
the State Of Louisa ma. for adoption or
rejection at the Conversational election
to be held on the first Tuesday next
following the nrst Monday In Novem.
Der. 1915.
That the oflcia1 ballots to be used
at said election shall have printed
thereon the words. For the proposed
amendment to Article 303 Of the Con-
stftution Of the State Of Louisiana rel-
alive to the pensions for Confederate
proposed amendment to Article sos Of
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
not he votes for or against the amend>
mont.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUn.
Speaker Of the House Of Repreaenta-
tivee.
FERNAND MOuTON.
Lieutenant Governor and President o1
the Senate. 81
Approved: July 5. 1915.
r. G. PLEASANT,