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elected to each house concurring, tina
I Article 210 of the Constitution b
amended so as to read as follows:
Article 210: 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 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 witt
the educational, eleem osynary, penal
and correctional systems Of the State
Parish, Ward, municipality, or any othe;
| political division of the State. And
whenever any officer, State, Judicial, Pa
| rochial, municipal, or ward, may change
| his OF her residence from this State, o,
| from the district, parish, municipality
or ward in which he or she holds such
office, the same shall thereby be vacate.
any declaration of retention Of domiciie
| to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Section Q. Be it further resolved, ETC.,
That this proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the electors of the State OF
Louisiana fox 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
the said election shall be placed the
words "For the proposed amendment to
Article 21O of the Constitution relative
to women" and the words Against the
proposed amendment to Article 210 OF
the Constitution relative to women" anu
each elector shall indicate, as provided
in the general election laws of the State
whether he votes for OF 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 Stat>.
ACT NO. 1Ol
House Bill No. 10. The Fields-Nix Bill
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article. 80:
of the Constitution Of the State o
Louisiana relative to pensions for Con-
federate VETERANS. As amended by
Act No. 1913 of the General Assembl.
of 1914, and for the purpose of pro-
viding 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 303 Of the Constitution of the State |
of Louisiana as amended by Act No. 1913
of the General Assembly of 1914 be sc
enacted as to read as follows: -.
Article 303. A pension of like amount
not to exceed Twenty-Five Dollar.
($25.00) per month shall be allowed to
each Confederate soldier or Sailor vet
eran who possesses all of the following
qualifications: |
/. He shall have served. honorabl.
from the date of his enlistment unit.
the close of the late Civil War; or unit.
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 tn
Surrender.
2. He shall not own. property o.
more than two thousand dollars valua-
ton.
3. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Lou
isiana, or by any other State OF Gov
In case he enlisted in any or
ganization mustered into said service IS
! Louisiana organization, or in case q
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
ZION. In case he resided elsewhere than
n this State, and enlisted in an organ
zation not mustered in from Louisi-
ina, OF 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
,ension shall be granted to- the widow
Who shall not have married again, in in
ligent circumstances, of such soldier o,
ailor whose marriage to her was con-
racted prior to January, 1895; prof.
ided that if her deceased husband
erved in an organization, mustered in
rom Louisiana, OF if he resided in Lou
siana, at the date Of his enlistment, ,
hen in order that such widow shall be ,
Untitled to the pension As herein pro.
ided, she shall have resided in this .
tate for at least Eve years prior to he
pplication therefor; and if her de- ,
eased husband enlisted elsewhere thar :
!, Louisiana, and served in an organ
.ation not mustered in from Louisiana
nch widow shall, in order to entitle her .
. . pension ~ herein provided, have
esided in this State for not les than !.
We years prior to her application for :
uch pension; provided further that al! .
'idows who married confederate SOL
iers or sailors . second time shall no,
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