Tensas gazette., 1916-11-10
Act No. 1O1

Act NO. lUl
House Bill No. 10: The F,elds-Nix b'h
Processing an amendment to Article
30S Of the Constitution of the State or
Louisiana, relative to pensions Tor
Confederate veterans. A. amendeA
sembly of 1914. and for the purpose
of providing q sufficient revenue for
the carrying out of this article OF
the Constitution.
Section 1. Be II resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State OF Lou
elected to each House concurring. that
Article sos Of the Constitution of the
State Of Louisiana, as amended ~
Act No. 1s3 Of the General Assembly
Of 1914. bs % enacted as to read ~
Article sos. A pension Of IKE
amount. not to exceed twenty-five DOL
lars ($3S.oo) per month shall be allow
Cd to each Confederate soldier or sail
or veteran who possesses all OF the,
following qualifications: ~
I. He shall have served honoraol lf}
from the date of his enlistment unc
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-
mained true to the Confederate States
until the surrender.
more than two thousand dollars vsiu-
alton.
3. He shall not be salaried or 9TH
erwiss provided for by the state OF
Louisiana. or By any other stat: or
any organisation mustered into said
service As q 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 ave years prior to his appli-
cation for pension. In case he resfd-
cd elsewhere than in this State. and
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
least hve years prior to his appltca-
ton for such pension. A like pension
shall be granted to the widow who
digent circumstances. OF such soldier
or sailor. whose marriage to her was
contracted prior to January. 1885; pro-
vided. that II her deceased husband
served in an organization mustered IN
from Louisiana. or II he resided IN
Louisiana at the date Of his enlist
msnt, then in order that such widow
shall be entitled to the pension a.
herein provided. she shall have resid-
cd In this State for At least ave years
prior to her application therefor: and
! II 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 q pension ~
herein provided, have resided in this
State for not less than hve years pri-
or to her application for such pen
sion: provided. further. that all wild
or sailors q second time shall not be
dsbarred from the benefits Of this Act
but be entitled to . pension on the
seme terms az other widows OF deceas-
ed Confederate soldiers or sailors:
provided. further. that pensions. wheth-
or to veterans or to widows. shall be
allowed only from the date of applics-
tion under this Article. and the to-
appropriations for all pensions in
one year shall be the proceeds of Z.
levied on all taxable property
In the State. provided said APP
propriations shall never be more
than an amount suficient to pay ei
eruing surplus from said tax fund
shall be held a. an accumulating fund
for the Confederate veterans to be ap-5
propriated by the General AsssY
for their use and benent a.
General Assembly may in .utursy
termine. and the collection Of any oel
er tax or the making OF any appro-
priation for pensions In excess Of the
amount Of the one-mfll tax levied ano
collected v and to Be- .I.,"" known rn.a =. Con +.
hereby prohibited. and said fund r. -
be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipulated: and upon the adop.
tion Of this Amendment same shall ~
funds derived therefrom be immsdi-li
ately used for said purpose; and pro-
vided. further. that the tar collectors
and assessors shall receive no COM
missions for assessing and collecting
Provided. that nothing In this Arti-il
Gle shall be construed 30 - to pro-
hibit the General Assembly from pro-l
viding artificial limbs to disabled, Con-
fs:s: s:.;':, '9diis: 3: Il Il ;arss.s :a'lSs:
etc. that this proposed amendment be
submitted to the qualified electors Of
the State Of Louisiana, for adoption or
rejection At the consrsss,cnal election ,
following the nrst Monday In Novem-
That the oniciai ballots to be use 3
at said election shall have prints1
amendment to Article sos Of the Con-,
stitution Of the State Of Louisiana rsl-
ativs to the pensions for Confederats
vetrans." and the words. Against the
proposed amendment to Article soS OF
lana relative to pensions for Confedsr.
ate veterans" and each slector shar
Indicate. ~ provided IN the genera
election laws Of the State. whether 9
not he votes for Or against the amsss'
HEWITT BoUANCHAUD.
Speaker Of the House Of Representa-
FBRNAND AoUT0N,
Lieutenant oovsr.er and President .
the Senate. u
Approved: July 8. 1915. II
r. q. PLBA0ANT,
Governor Of the State Of Louie1AAo