The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-10-21
ACT NO, 140.

ACT NO. 140.
House Bill No. 2S6-By Mr.. schell.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Promising an amendment to Article 3O3
of tie Constitution OF the State OF
Louisiana as heretobefore 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 concurrlng, mat
Article 3oS Of the Constitution OF the
State Of Louisiana as heretobeiore
amended be amended and re-enacted SO
as to read as follows:
Article 500. A pension not to exceed
Thirty Dollars $4,000 per month shall
be allowed to each Confederate soldier
or sailor veteran who possesses all or
the following qualifications:
/. He shall have served honoraoly
from the date Of his enlistment until
he was discharged or paroled, in some
military organization, regularly mus
| tered into the Army or Navy OF tho
| Confederate States and shall have re-
NAMED true to the Confederate States
until the Surrender.
70 He shall not own property OF
more than two thousand dollars val
uation.
3, He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Louis
lana, or by any other State or Govern
ment In case he enlisted In any or
ganization mustered into said service
as q 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 TOR at least FIVE
wears 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 the Navy OF the Con.
federate States, he shall have resided
in this State for at least Ave years
prior to his application for such pen.
to the widow who shall not have mar
ried again, In INDECENT circumstances
of such soldier or sailor whose mar
rlaCe to her was contracted prior tt
January. 1895: provided that II her de
| csas d husband served In an organiza
. Ton mustered in from Louisiana. or /
H.. 81 4 In Louisiana ut the date o
!, h!2 p..nttmyEt. then iii order that sucl
widow shall be entitled to the pension
: as herein provided she shall have 70
. sided in this State for at least fiv
} years prior to her application therefor
: and if her deceased husband enliste
+ elsewhere than in Louisiana, an
/ served in an organization not mustere
, in from Louisiana, such widow shall
!. In order to entitle her to pension a
r herein provided, have resided In thi
e State for not less than Ave years prio
| to her application for such pension
f provided further that all widows VIII
= married Confederate soldiers or sailor
q a second time shall not be debafre
d from the benefits OF this Act but b
i entitled to a. pension on the same term
: as other widows Of deceased Confedel
It ate soldiers or sailors; provided furthe
i that pensions whether to veterans {
# to widows shall be allowed only frol
= the date Of application under tn
q Article, and the total appropriation
C for ali pensions in efly one year si,a
II be the proceeds Of an ANNUAL tax {
= which tax is hereby levied on ali Ia,
j. able property In the state, pfovid.
Il said appropriations shall never be moi
= than an amount sufficient to pay a
j. pensions for any oRe year. Any a.
Is cruing surplus from said tax fund sha
ID be held as an accumulating fund fl
II the Confederate Veterans to be Apr,
n priated by the General Assembly Il
le Assembly may In future determine, al
le the collection OF any other tax or
In the making OF any appropriation 4
1t pensions in excess OF tho amount
:. the three fourths of one mill tax levi
id and collected and to be known as Co
/. federate Veteran Pension Fupd'
re hereby prohibited and said fund 10
N be used for no other purpose than tn
a. herein stipulated; and upon the ado
= ton Of this Amendment same shall
err once become self operative and L
a. funds derived therefrom be immet
I'd ately used for said purpose, and pr
VS. vidsd further that the tax colleoto
Id and assessors shall receive no ccmmi
ch yons for assessing and collecting sa
d. | three fourths Of one mill tax hers
y provided.
n, Provided that nothing In this Arti,
q. shall be construed 30 IS to prohil
Il, the General Assembly from providi
in artificial limbs to disabled Confedero
he Soldiers or Salofa.
nd seetion Z. Be 1t further resclv'
or etc, That this proposed amendment
he submitted to the qualified electors
o. the State of Louisiana, for adoption
to rejsction at the Congressional Elect
tn to be held on the first Tuesday NJ
in following the frst Monday in Nove
he ber, 1870.
an That the official ballots TO be US
ali At said election shall have print
I'd thereon the words: For the propos
ed amendment to Article soS Of the &C
ty, stitution Of the State OF Louisiana +
Of alive to the pensions for Confeder:
on Veterans" and the words: Against
Ill proposed amendment to Article Sea
,id the Constitution of the state Of Lou
nit lana fsletiye to pensions Or eont'