Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-10-13
Act No. 1O1

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JOINT RESOLUTION
proposinr an amendment to ArticiS
sos Of the Constitution of the state ..
Louisiana. relative TO pens svmended
BY Act No. 1913 Of the Genera -
sembIy of 1914, and for the purpose
Of providing q SUFFICIENT revenue tor
the carrying out of this artieis "a
the Constitution. A..
9eneral Assembly Of the State OF Lou
isiana. two-thirds Of all the members
elected to each House concurring. tnss
Article sos Of the Constitution OF tne
state Of Lo1i; ~. a. as s%s Xsssmbiy
Of 1914. be 30 enacted ~ to read ~
Article sos. A pension Of Ike
amount not to exceed twenty.nve, , oor-
I'd to each Confederate soldier or sail
or veteran who possesses all OF the
following qualifications:
/. He shall have served honorabiy
from the date Of his enlistment unt,,
the close of the late Civil War. or until
he was discharged or paroled. In some
military organization regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy OF the
Confederate States. and shall have re-
mained true to the Conredsrsts s'@'ss
until the surrender.
:. He shall not own properly OF
more than two thousand dollars vaiu-
J. He shall not be salaried or 9th:
Louisiana, or. By any other State or
Government In case he enlisted IN
any organization mustered into seao
service As q Louisiana organisation. or
he resided In the State Of Louisiana.
he shall have resided In this state TOT
at least I'VE years prior to his appn-
cation for pension. In case ne resio.
Cd elsewhere than In this state ana
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 as
least hve years prior to his appiica-
tion 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; 1ssn; pro-
served in an organization mustered IN
from Louisiana, or IL he resided In
Louisiana at the date Of his enlist
ment. then in order that such widow
herein provided. she shall have resid-
ed In this State for At least nvs years
prior to her application therefor; and
IL her deceased husband enlisted else
in an organization not mustered In
from Louisiana, such widow shall. In
order to entitle her to q pension a
herein provided. have resided In this
state for not less than nve years prt-
or to her application for such pen
sion; provided. further. that all Wild
ows who married Confederate soldiers
or sailors q second time shall not Do
debarred from the benefits of this Act.
but be entitled to q pension on the
ed Confederate soldiers or sailors:
provided, further. that pensions. wheth-
er to veterans or to widows, snail %
allowed only from the date OF appiica,
appropriations for all pensions In any
one year shall be the proceeds of the
| annual one mill tax IL hereby
levied on all taxable properly
in the State. provided said sp.
than an amount suficient to pay all
pensions for any one year. Any &C.
cruing surplus from said tax rune
| shall be held a. an accumulating tuno
for the Confederate veterans % .. 1S
for their use and beneht AZ ths
| General Assembly may In ,uturs de-
termine, and the collection OF any oth-
er tax or the making Of any appro-
amount Of the one-mill tax levied and
collected, and to be known ~ Con
federate Veteran Pension Fund" ID
| hereby prohibited. and said fund 10 %
be used for no other purpose snan tns'
ton Of this Amendment same shall q
once become self-operative. and tne
funds derived therefrom DO immeoi'
ately used for said purpose: ana pro.
vided: further. that the s scx c ~a com.
missions for assessing and collecting
one mill tax herein provided.
Provided. that nothing In this All
Gle shall be construed 90 a. TO pro
viding artificial limbs to disabled CON
fedsrats soldiers or sailors.
section :. Be II further resolved
ETC.. that this proposed amendment b
unlimited e tn: cT:l'1 zee s s'ecsGo 3
rejection at the Congressional election
20 be held on the first Tuesday mex
following the nrst Monday In Novem
'' That the onacisi ballots 70 be USE
st said election shall have printe
thereon the words, ''For the proposes
) amendment to Article sos Of the Con
; stitution Of the state Of Louisiana rel
ativs to the pensions ,d for csn .isos. e
proposed amendment to Article sos Q
the Constitution Of the state Of Louis
} lana relative to pensions for ConfsdeI
} ate veterans" and each elector shal
! election laws Of the State. whether Q
. not no votes for or against the amend
HEWITT BouANcHAup.
Speaker Of the House OF Represents
FHRNAND MOTION,
Lieutenant Governor and Prssidsnt Z
the Senate.
> Approved: July 8. 1915.
r. q. PLEASANT.
I, Governor Of the State Of Louisia1
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