St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-10-14
Act No. 1Ol

Act NO. lUl
Houss Bill No. 10. The Fields-Nix am
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Arffna.
500 of tho Constitution OF the gtate cs
Louisiana, relative to pensions. Pa
Confederate veterans. As ahnenaad
by Act No. 1913 of the General ~
sembly Of 1914, and for the purposs
Of providing q sufhcient resenus for
the carrying out of this article DE-
the Constitution.
Section /. Be It resolved bY tha
General Assembly of the State Of lar
isiana, two-thirds or all the memhar.
elected to each House c~oncurring, 9haf
Article 500 OF the Constitution of a.
State OF Louisiana. a. amended IS
Act Nc. 1913 of the General 5Aaaembiv
OF 1914, be go enacted as Co read =
follows:
Article s0s. 4 pension DC ilke
amount, not to exceed twenty-five dOa-
lars ($25.00 per month shall be allow
ed to each Confederate soldier or satI-
or veteran who possesses ali Of tie
following qualifications:
1. He shall have served honorAbiv
from the date Of his enlistment until
the close OF the late Civil War. or until
he was discharged or paroled. In soma
military organization regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy Of tha
Confederate States, and shall have Re.
mained true to the Confederate States
until the surrender.
3. He shall mot own property oe
more than two thousand dollars vaiu-
alton.
s. He shall mot be salaried or oth-
erwise provided for by the state oe
Louisiana, or by any other State or
Government. In case he eniiated II
any organization mustered Into said
service as a Louisiana organization. OF
In case at he date OF his enlistment
he resided In the State OF Louisiana.
he shall have resided in this State Tor
at least i've years prior to his appIi-
cation for pension. In case he restd.
ed elsewhere than in THIS State. and
enlisted in an organisation not mus.
tered in from Louisiana. or in the
Navy of the Confederate States. ne
| shall have resided in this State for ak
least five years prior to hfs applica-
| tion for such pension A like pension
shall be granted to the widow who
shall not have married again. 10 Ia
digent circumstances. OF such soldier
or sailor, whose marriage to her was
contracted prior to January. 1881: pro-
vided, that If her deceased husband
served in an organization mustered In
from Louisiana, or IL he resided In
ment. then in order that such widow
shall be entitled to the pension as
herein provided, she shall lave resld-
ed in this State for at least eve years
prior to her application therefor; and
IL her deceased husband enlisted elsa.
whore than Ia Louisiana and served
in an organization not mustered Ia
from Louisiana, such widow shall. In
order to entitle her to q pensf0R -
herein provided, have resided In this
State for mot less than 1--WE years prte
or to her application for such Pen
-x.-. 1rox1dal Ftarfhar That All wt6,
ows who married Confederate soldiers
or sailors q second time shall not %
debarred from the benefits OF this ACT
but be entitled to . pension ON eha
IN terms as other widows Of deceas-
ed Confederate soldiers or sailors
provided. further. that pensions Whefns
or to veterans or to widows, shAiI d
allowed only from the date OF apDilca,
ton under this Article. n the e0eal
appropriations for all pensions In AMI
one year shall be he proceeds OF eal
annual one mill tag u asEses
IN the state. provided said .,
propriations shall never be NOR
than an amount suficient 9 Day "
pensions for any one cal. ~
cruing surplus from said eaR Luhs
shah be held 40 an accumuiattng fana
p~ropriated by the General AsseazoN
for their use and bsneGt 40 W
General Assembly may in ausurs ae
termine. ana the collection or any as1
or tau or the making OF any agDro
priation for pensions II exesss ~ ~ =,
collected, and 70 be knowR ~ .sCeg
federate Veteran Pension EuRds1 !
hereby prohibited, and said fund fasu
be used for no other purpose q 30
herein stipulated: a upon fhe a@0p
ton Of this Amendment same D. y
funds derived therefrona DO fnnuasat
ateiy used for said purpose: and pre-
yided. further. that the tan e0lIe9E9fl
and assessors shall .recetvs No essa
missions for assessing and eolieaslnt
n min tax herein PROVIDED u
eIe shall be construed 50 a. - pEe
hibit the General Assembly fRoua pro
yidinR artificial limbs to disabled G0a
federate soldiers or sailors.
Section e Be It further EssS ns Y
anbrnitted 90 the qualified electors .
the state Of Louisiana. for adoption 9
rejection at the Congressional eiecAol
10 be held on the first TUESDAY mex
following the hrst Monday In Noysaa
Ds rhat fhe oslc4al ballots 70 be use'
ut said election shall have prsase'
Thereon the words, For the proposes
Amendment to Article SOB of the Coz
stitution Of the State OF LouIsiana 81
alive to the pensions for confedsrat
vetrans,' and the words. aAgatnss Y
proposed amendment to Article 49,
the Constitution Of the State OF Logas
lana relative to pensions for ConlsasI
afe veterans" and each elect0R snAt
indicate. as provided in he genera
eIection laws of the State, whether g
not he votes for or against the s&nasau'
msnt. m
Sneaker of the House OF Represents
: FERNAND MOUToN.
r,entennnt Governor and President o
the Senate.
ArSnroved. July S. 1915.
r. G. PLEASANT.
Governor OF the State Of Loeistfns
A true copy:
LANES L.