New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-09-16
elected to each house concurring, that

I Article ZlU or the Constitution d
amended so as to read as follows:
| Article 21O: No person shall be elig
ible to any office, State, judicial, Pa
rochial, municipal or ward, who is mo-
a citizen of this State, and duly quail
fled elector of the State Judicial Dis
trict, municipality or ward; wherein the
functions of the said office are to be per
formed; provided, that resident womer
over the age of twenty-one years shall
be eligible to hold the office of Factory
Inspector and any office connected with
the educational, eleem osyna1y, pena
and correctional systems of the State
Parish. Ward, municipality, or any other
| political division of the State. Ano
whenever any officer, State, Judicial, Pa
| rochial municipal, or ward, may change
| his or her residence from this State, OF
| from the district, parish, municipality
| or ward in which he or she holds such
| office, the same shall thereby be vacated
any declaration of retention of domicie
to the contrary notwithstand ing-
Section D. Be it further resolved, etc,
| That this prop osed amendment be sub
| mitted to the electors of the State OF
| Louisiana for their approval or reJec-
ton, as required by Article 231 of the
| Constitution of the State of Louisiana
and the general election laws of this
| State in November 1916.
Section g. Be it further resolved, etc.
| That on the official ballot to be used at
| the said election shall be placed the
words For the proposed amendment to
| Article 210 of the Constitution relative
to women" and the words Against the
proposed amendment to Article 210 of
| the Constitution relative to women" ana
each elector shall indicate, as provide1
in the general election laws Of the State
! whether he votes for or against the
said amendment.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieut.. Gov. and President of the Senate.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved July 5, 1916.
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of STATE.
ACT NO. 1O1.
House Bill No. TO- The FieldsNix Bill
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 303
of the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana relative to pensions for Con-
federate VETERANS. As amended by
Act No. 1913 of the General Assembly
of 1914, and for the purpose of pro-
viding a sufficient revenue for the car
rying out of this Article of the Con-
stitution.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisi
ana, two thirds of all the members elect
ed to each House concurring, that Arti-
Gle 3O3 of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana as amended by Act No. 1913
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
($25.0O) per month shall be allowed to
each Confederate soldier or Sailor vet
eran who possesses all of the following
qualifications:
/. 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 of the Confed-
crate States and shall have remained
true to the Confederate States until the
Surrender.
2. He shall not own property OF
more than two thousand dollars valua-
ton.
g. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Lou
isiana, or by any other State or Gov
eminent In case he enlisted in lany or
ganization 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 application for PEN
sion. In case he resided elsewhere than
in this State, and enlisted in an organ
ization not mustered in from Louisi- |
ana, or in the Navy of the Confederate |
States, he shall have resided in this |
State for at least five years prior to his
application for such pension. A like
pension SnAl DC granted 10 INC WAuoW
who shall not have married again, in in |
digent circumstances, of such soldier o:
sailor whose marriage to her was con-
tracted prior to January, 1895; pro-
vided that if her deceased husband |
served in an organization, mustered in l
from Louisiana, or if he resided in Lou
isiana, at the date of his enlistment, |
then in order that such widow shall be
entitled to the pension as herein pro-
vided, she shall have resided in this |
State for at least five years prior to he,
application therefor; and if her de
ceased husband enlisted elsewhere than
in Louisiana, and served in an organ
ization 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 les than
five years prior to her application for
such pension; provided further that al
widows who married confederate SOL
diers or sailors q second time shall MOI
be debarred from the benefits Of this Act
but be entitled to q pension on the same
terms as other widows Of deceased Con-
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