Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-10-20

ACC NO. xVl
House Bill No. 10. The Fields-Nix Bill
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article
sos Of the Constitution Of the State Of
Louisiana. relative to pensions for
Confederate veterans. As amended
by Act No. 1913 of the General As
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 It resolved by the
Genera. Assembly Of the State of Lou
lsiana. two-thirds Of all the members
elected to each House concurring, that
Article sos Of the Constitution OF the
state Of Louisiana. as amended By
Act No. 1913 OF the General Assembly
Article sos. A pension of like
amount, not to exceed twenty-five dol
lars ($26.oo) per month shall be allow
or veteran who possesses all OF the
following qualifications:
/. He shall have served honorabrH
from the date Of his enlistment until
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-
NAMED true to the Confederate States
until the surrender.
;. He shall not own property Of
more than two thousand dollars valu-
alton.
8. 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
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 hve years prior to his appli-
cation for pension. In case he resid-
ed elsewhere than in this State. and
enlisted in an organization not mus
tered in from Louisiana. or In the
Navy Of the Confederate States. hs
shall have resided in this State for u
least i've years prior to his applica-
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
contracted prior to January. 1895; pro-
vided. that IL her deceased husband
served in an organization mustered in
from Louisiana. or II he resided In
ment. then in order that such widow
shall be entitled to the pension a.
herein provided. she shall have resid-s
ed In this State for at least hve years
prior to her application therefor; and
If her deceased husband enlisted else
whore 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 i've years pri-
or to her application for such PEN
sion: provided. further. that all wild
ows who married Confederate soldiers
or sailors second time shall not be
debarred from the benefits of this Act.
but be entitled to pension on the
same terms as other widows of deceas-
ed Confederate soldiers or sailors:
provided. further. that pensions. wheth-
er to veterans or to widows. shall be
allowed only from the date of applica-
for all pensions in any
one year shall be the proceeds of the
annual one mill tax IL hereby
levied on all taxable property
propriations shall never be more
than an amount sufficient to pay all
pensions for any one year. Any ac-
cruing surplus from said tax fund
ghal1 be held a. an accumulating fund
propriated by the General Assembly
FOR their use and benent as the
General Assembly may In iuture de-
and the collection of any 9TH
er tax or the making of any appro-
amount of the one-mill tax levied and
and to be known a. Con
federate Veteran Pension Fund.-" 10
hereby prohibited. and said fund II to
be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipulated: and upon the adop.
ton OF this Amendment same shall at
once become self-operative. and the
funds derived therefrom be immsdi-
Ately used for said purpose; and pro-
vided. further. that the tax collectors
= vA uh M
missions for assessing and collecting
ono mill tan herein provided.
Provided. that nothing in this Arti-
Gle shall be construed 50 as to pro-
viding artificial limbs to disabled Con.
federate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be Il further resolved.
Dtc.. that this proposed amendment be
unlimited to the qualified electors Of
rejection at the Congressional election
10 be held on the FIRST Tuesday next
following the frst Monday in Novem-
That the ofacial ballots to be used
.hereon the words, FOR the proposed
amendment to Article sos of the Con.
Of the State Of Louisiana rsl-
ltive to the pensions for Confederate
proposed amendment to Article sos Of
he Constitution OF the State of Louis.
ana relative to pensions for Confeder-
tie veterans" and each slector shall
Indicate. as provided in the general
Election laws Of the State. whether or
lot he votes for or against the amend
nent.
HEWITT BouANcHAup.
speaker Of the House of Represents.
FHRNAND MOUTON,
lieutenant Governor and President q
the Senate.
Approved: July s. 1916.
( R. G. PLEASANT.
Governor Of the State of I.oufafana