The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-09-16

JNO. II. PARKER,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES j. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 40,
House Bill No. 2S6-By Mr.. Schell.
JOINT RESOLUTION
PROPOSING an amendment to Article 1903
of the Constitution Of the State of
Louisiana as heretobetorc amended
relative to pensions for Confederate
Veterans.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of Louis
lana, two thirds of all the members
elected to each House concurrng, That
Article 2O3 Of the Constitution of the
State OF Louisiana as heretobefore
amended be amended and reenacted so
as to read as follows:
Article 500. A pension not to exceed
Thirty Dollars (s30.OO) per month shall
or sailor veteran who possesses all OF
the following qualifications
1. He shall have served honorably
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 Jus
Confederate States and shall have re-
NAMED true to the Confederate States
until the Surrender.
2. He shall not own property Of
more than two thousand dollars val
| uation.
iana or BY any other State or Govern
ment. In case he enlisted in, any ora
Eanization 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
years prior to his application for pen.
sion. In case he resided elsewhere
than In this state, and enlisted In an
organization not mustered In from
Louisiana, or in tho Navy Of the Con.
federate States, he shall have resided
In this State for at least FIVE years
prior to his application for such pen.
to the widow who shall not have mar
fled again. in indigent circumstances,
Of such soldier or sailor whose mar.
riage to her was contracted prior to
January, 1926; provided that II her de-
ceased husband served in an organiza.
he resided in Louisiana, at the date Of
his enlistment, then in order that such
H;tow shall be entitled to the pension
hs herein provided, she shall have res
sided in this State for at least five
year,. prior TO her applicat ton thtrsfcri
and if her deceased husband enlisted
elsewhere than IN louisiana ana
served In an Organization not mustered
In from Louisiana, such widow shall,
In order to entitle her to a pension as
herein provided. have resided In this
State for not less than five years prior
to her application for such pension;
provided further that all widows who
married Confederate soldiers or sailors
a second time shall not be debasrad
from the benefits of this Act but be
entitled to pension on the same terms
as other widows of deceased Confeder-
ate soldiers or sailors; provided further
that pensions whether to veterans or
to widows shall he allowed only from
the date of application under this
Article, and the total appropriati ton;
FOR I'll pensions i'll any one year Shall
be the proceeds Of an annual tax OF
shrecAfourths of one mill or the dollar
which tax Is hereby levied on all tax.
able property in the State, provided
said appropriations shall nsver be more
than an amount sufficient to pay al
pensions for any oAe year. Any &C.
be held as an accommodating fund fol
the Confederate Veterans to be appro'
priated by the General Assembly FOL
, their use and benefit as the Genera
, Assembly may in future determine, ant
, the collection of any other tax or II
, the making Of any appropriation fol
pensions In excess of the amount o.
the three fuurths of one mill tax Levied
| and collected and to be known as Con
federate Veteran Pension Fund II
; hereby prohibited and said fund Is tt
, be used for no other purpose than tina
herein stipulated and upon the adop
ton Of this Amendment same shall a
: once become self operative and tn
funds derived therefrom be in,lnedi
| ately used for said purpose, and pro
! vidsd further that the tax collector
and assessors shall receive no commits
, sions for assessing and collecting SAT-
. | three.fourths Of one mill tax hereil
! Provided that nothing In this Articl
shall be construed so as to prohibi
! the General Assembly from providing
! artificial limbo to disabled Confederat
> Soldiers or Sailors.
Section 2. Be 1t further resolved
: etc, That this proposed amendment b
: | submitted to the qualified electors 0
!. the State Of Louisiana, for adoption o
! rejection at the Congressional Election
: | to be held on the first Tuesday mex
, | following the first Monday in Ncvem
Der, 1920;
That the official ballots to be use
! at said alection shall have ptihte
thereon the words: For ting propose
i | amendmeh: to Article S03 Of the Con
stitution If the State ct louisiana rsl
f alive to the rensiors for Confederat
n Veterans" and the words, Against tn
=. proposed amendment to Article agS 9
d the Constitution OF the State OF Loule!