St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-09-23
Act No. 1O1

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JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article
303 of the Constitution OF the State Of
Louisiana, relative to pensions for
Confederate veterans. As amended
nv Act No. 1913 of the General As-
sembIy of 1914. and for the purpose
of providing a sufficient reveaue for
the carrying out of this article of
the Constitution.
Section 1. Be 1T resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of Lou
isia ma, Iwo-thirds of all the members
elected to each House concIrrimg, that
Article 300 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 a.
Article 303. A pension OF like
amount. not to exceed twenty-five dol
lars f$25.00) per month shall be allow
ed to each Confederate soldier or sail
or veteran who possesses all ct the
following qualifications:
/. He III have served honorahIy
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 mus
tered into the Army or Navy of the
Confederate States. and shall have re-
NAMED true to the Confederate States
until the surrender.
2. He shall not w property OF
more than two thousand dollars valu-
alton.
3. He shall NOT be salaried or 9th
erwise provided for by the state Of
Louisiana, or by any other State or
Government. In case he enlisted in
any organization mustered into said
service as a 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 Ave years prior to his appIi-
~aAi1- fn~ rnnSian Tn ra GO "a YaoSHu@8
ed elsewhere than in this State, and
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 aE
least five years prior to his applica-
ton 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, 1885: pro-s
yided, that if her deceased husband
served in an organization mustered In
from Louisiana, or If he resided In
Louisiana at the date of his enlist
nent. then in order that such widow
shall be entitled to the pension -
herein provided. she shall have resid-
ed in this State for at least five years
prior to her application therefore. ana
lie her deceased husband enlisted else
where than in Louisiana, and served
In an organization not mustered in
from Louisiana. such widow shall, In
order to entitle her to a pension 81
herein provided, have resided In THIS
! State for not less han FIVE years prt-
or to her application for such PEN
sion; provided, further that all wild
| ows who married Confederate soldiers
or sailors a second time shall not pc
/ debarred from the benefits OF thts Act
but be entitled to a pension on the
same terms as other widows OF deceas-
ed Confederate soldiers or sailors:
provided. further, a pensions. Wheen-
er to veterans or to WIDOWS. small 70
allowed onIy from the date of appfica-
ton under this Article, and the total
i appropriations for all pensions Ia any
one year shall be the proceeds OF the
annual one mill tax fs hereby
levied on all taxable properly
preparations shall never be more
tina an amount sufficient to pay al
pensions for any one year. ANY &C.
cruing surplus from said tax Iuho
shall be held as an accumufating Iuno
| for the Confederate veterans to be ap-
propriated by the General Assembly
for their use and benefit as he
General Assembly MAJ In Lutisre de-
termine, and the collection of n 9TH
err tax or the making OF any appso-
priation for pensions in excess OF eae
amount of the one-min tax levied a
/ collected, and to be known as o
federate Veteran Pension Fund. -
i hereby prohibited, and said fund Is 70
be used for no other purpose than ehat
herein stipulated; and upon the ad0p-
ton of this Amendment same shall &C
once become self-operattye, and the
funds derived therefrom be tFnrnedt-
ately used for salt purposes q pro-
vided. further. that the tax coliecsors
and assessors shall receive NO COM
missions for assessing and c0tiecttnE
one mill tax herein provided.
Provided. that nothing In this ArEi-
Gle shall be construed 50 as ee pro-
hibit the General Assembly fresn pro-
yidfng ARTIFICIAL limbs to disabled Con-
Tolerate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved.
etc, that this proposed amendment pc
submitted to the qualified electors OF
rejection at the Congressional election
to be held on the first Tuesday nsxk
following the first Monday In Noyeza-
That The Official ballots to BE- used
at said election shall have printed
thereon the words, For the proposed
amendment to Article 363 Of the Con
stitution of the State of Louisiana rel
alive to the pensions for Confederats
vetrans,"s and the words. aAgainss Ins
proposed amendment to Article 3o5 OF
the Constitution OF the State OF LOUIS
lana relative to pensions for Confeder.
ate veterans and each eiector snai
indicate, as provided in the generai
election laws of the State. wheGner or
not he votes for or against the aHaena-
ment.
Speaker OF the House Of Representa-
FERNAND MOuTON.
Lieutenant Governor and PresidenS o.
Approved: July S. 1915.
r.. c.. PLEASANT.
royarpor of the State Of Louisiana