St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-10-14
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Act No. 1Ol

jo1Nr RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Art1c1
sos Of the Constitution Of the State n
Louisiana. relative to pensions tori
Confederate veterans. As amended
by Act No. 1873 of the General ~
sembly Of 1914. and for the purpossy
OF providing sufficient revenue foYy
the CARRYING out Of this article 81
Section l. Be 1t resolved By theV
General Assembly Of the State Of Lou.f
fsiana. two-thirds Of all the memheraf
elected to each House concurring. that
Article 30s Of the Constitution OF thei
State OF Louisiana, as amended - 1
Act No. 1913 of the General Assembly I
Of 1914. be so enacted as to read q I
follows:
Article 303 A pension OF IKE
amount. not to exceed twenty-five dol.
ed to each Confederate soldier or SAIL
or veteran who possesses all Of tho
following qualifications:
l. He shall have served honorably
from the date Of his enlistment until
the close Of the late Civil War, or untilS
military organization regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy Of the
Confederate States. and shall have re-
manned true to the Confederate States
until the surrender.
3. He shall not own property Of
more than two thousand dollars valu.
alton.
3 He shall not be salaried or 9th.
erwise provided for by the State &c
Louisiana, or by any other State o.
any organization mustered into said
service as a Louisiana Organization. 81
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 resid-
ed elsewhere than In this State, ana
enlisted in an organization not mus
tered in from Louisiana, or In the
Navy OF the Confederate States. Id
least Ave years prior to his applies
ton for such pension. A like pension
shall be granted to the widow who
shall not have married again, In Ia.
digent circumstances. OF such soldier
contracted prior to January. 1896: pro.
vided. that II her deceased Husband
served in an organization mustered %
from Louisiana. or Il he resided Il
Louisiana at the date Of his enlist.
shall be entitled to the pension -
herein provided. she shall have resid.
ed in this State for ut least ave years
prior to her application therefor: and
If her deceased husband enlisted else
where than in Louisiana, and served
in an organization not mustered Is
from Louisiana, such widow shall. IN
order to entitle her to q pension n
herein provided, have resided in this
State for not less than Ave years pri-
or to her application for such pen.
sion: provided. further. that all Wild
ows who married Confederate soldls4. j
or sailors Z second time shall not be
Aebarred from the benefits OF this Act.
but be entitled to pension ON the
same terms as other widows Ut deceas-
provided. further. that pensions. wheth-
Or to veterans or to widows, shall be
allowed only from the date OF applica-
ton under this Article. and the total
appropriations for all pensions In any
one year shall be the proceeds OF TIE
In the State. provided said ap-
propriations shall never be more
than an amount suf1ictent to pay al
pensions for any one year. ANY ., aes
shall be held as an accommodating fund
for the Confederate veterans to be APP
propriated by the General Assembly
for their use and beneht 40 the
General Assembly may In future de.
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 as Con
federate Veteran Pension Fund: y
hereby prohibited. and said fund IL 70
be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipulated: and upon the adop.
ton Of this Amendment Same shall q
once become self-operative. and the
funds derived therefrom be immedl-
vided. further. that the tar collectors
and assessors shall receive no conn
missions for assessing and collecting
one mill tax herein provided.
Provided. that nothing IN this Arsi-
Gle shall be construed so as to pro.
viding artificial limbs to disabled Con-
federate soldiers or sailors.
Section q Be 1t further resolved.
etc, that this proposed amendment be
submitted to the Q.,althed electors q
the State of Louisiana. for adoption or
rejection at the Congressional election
to be held on the first Tuesday next
Der. 1916.
at said election shan Nave printed
thereon the words, For the proposed
amendment to Article 303 Of the Con-
stitution Of the State Of Louisiana rsl-
alive to the pensions. for Confederate
vetrans." and the words. Against the
proposed amendment to Article sos OF
the Constitution of th4 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.
msnt. Y
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
live0.
FERNAND MOUTON.
Lieutenant Governor and President -
the Senate.
Approved: July s. 1916.
r. G. PLEASANT.
Governor OF the State Of Louisiana.