New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-10-28
elected to each house concurring, that
Article 210 of the Constitution be

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, amended so as to read as follows:
Article 2lO: No person shall be elig
) ible to any office, State, judicial, Pa
rochial, municipal or ward, who is no
citizen of this State, and duly quail
fled elector of the State, Judicial Dis
trict municipality or ward; wherein til
func. ions of the said office are to be per
formed; provided, that resident wome1
over the age of twenty-one years shall
be eligible to hold the office of Factor,
| Inspector and any office connected witt
the educational, emosynary, pena
| and correctional systems of the State
| Parish, Ward, municipality, or any othe
| political division of the State. Ant
whenever any officer, State, Judicial, Pa
rochial, municipal or ward, may change
| his or her residence from this Sta,e, Oh
| 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 domlc.!e
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc,
That this posed amendment be sub
mitted to the electors of the State of
Louisiana Tor 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 3. Be it further resolved, etc.
That on the official ballot to be used at
he 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 2lO OF
the Constitution relative to women" and
each eiector shall indicate, as provide
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 Represen tatives.
Approved: July 5, 1916.
X. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
a true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 1O1.
House Bill No. 10. The Ficlds-Nix Bill.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 3Q3
of the Constitution of the State Of |
Louisiana relative to pensions for Con- |
federate VETERANS. As amended by |
Act 10. 1913 CT the General Assembly |
of 1914, and for the purpose of pro-
vidng sufficient revenue for the car
rying out of this Article of the Con-
stitution.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisi-
ana, two thirds of all the members elect
ed to each House concurring, that Arti-
Gle 303 of the Constitution of the State
Of Louisiana as amended by Act No. 1913
If the General Assembly of 1914 be so
enacted as to read as follows:
Article 303. A pension of like amount
1ot to exceed Twenty Five Dollars
($25.0O per month shall be allowed to
each Confederate soldier or Sailor vet
,ran who possesses all of the following
l. He shall have served honorably
rom the date of his enlistment until
he close of the late Civil War, or until
lie was discharged or paroled, in SONS
military organization regularly mustered
INTO the Army or Navy of the Confed-
rate States and shall have remained
rue to the Confederate States until the
surrender.
g. He shall not own property of
more than two thousand dollars valua-
ion.
3. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Lou
siana, or by any other State or Gov
In case he enlisted in any or
,anization mustered into said service as
Louisiana organization, or in case at
he date of his enlistment he resided in
he State of Louisiana, he shall have
esided in this State for at least five
ears prior to his application for pen
ion. In case he resided elsewhere than
a this State, and enlisted in an organ
.ation not mustered in from Louisi-
ma, or in the Navy of the Confederate 1
tates, he shall have resided in this
tate for at least five years prior to his
pplication for such pension. A like
ension shall be granted to the widow
tho shall not have married again, in in
igent circumstances, of such soldier or
ailor whose marriage to her was con-
'acted prior to January, 1895; prof.
ided that if her deceased husband
srved in an organization, mustered in
'om Louisiana, or if he resided in Lou
'iana, at the date Of his enlistment,
hen in order that such widow shall be .
ntitled to the pension - herein pro-
ided, she shall have resided in this ,
tate for At least five years prior to her .
pplication therefor; and if her de-
BASED husband enlisted elsewhere than +,
/ Louisiana, and served in an organ
alton not mustered in from Louisiana,
,ch widow shall, in order to entitle her ,
} pension - herein provided, have
'sided in this State for not les than +.
ve yeazs prior to her application for 8
ach pension; provided further that all
idows who married confederate SOL :
lsrs Or sailors . second time shall not
} debafsed from the benefits Of this Act
1t Be entitled to pension on the same 9
rms - other widows Of deceased Con- I
dsTate soldiers or sailors; provided .
lYtheY. that pensions whether n ve% | q