New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-10-02
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ACT NO. 40
House Bill No. 2S6-By Mr.. Schell.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 500
! of the Constitution sof the State of
Louisiana as heretobefore amended
relative to pensions for Confederate
Veterans.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
lana, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each House concurring, That
Article 303 of the Constitution Of the
State of Louisiana as heretobefore
amended be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:
Article 30S. A pension not to exceed
Thirty Dollars 0So,o0) per month shall
or sailor veteran who possesses all of
the following qualifications:
1. He shall have served honorahly
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 own property of
more than two thousand dollars VAL
5. 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
Esnigs non mustered into said service
as Louisiana Organization. or in case
II SEC s. fSSss Il s & i SsSs
years prior to his application for PEN
than in this State. and snii6ted in an
organization not mustered in from
federate States, he shall have resided
in this State for at least five years
prior to his application for such pen
eion. A Ike pension shall be granted
to the widow who shall not have mar
ried again, in INDECENT circumstances,
OF such soldier or sailor whose mar
rage to her was contracted prior to
January, 1885, provided that II her de-
ceased husband served in an organiza-
ten, mustered In from Louisiana; orsif
he resided In Louisiana, at the date @of
his enlistment, then in order that such
widow shall be entitled to the pension
as herein provided, she shall have re-
sided in this State for at least five
years prior to her application therefor;
and If her deceased husband enlisted
served In an organization not mustered
In from Louisiana, such widow shall I
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
q second time shall not be debarred
from the benefits of this Act but be
entitled to a 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 be allowed only from
the date of application under this
Article, and the total appropriations
for all pensions in any one year shall
be the proceeds of an annual tax Of
three fourths Of one mill on the dollar
which tax is hereby levied on all tax
able property in the State, provided
"a olo
than an amount sufficient to pay ell
pensions for any one year. Any 40
cruing surplus from said tax fund shall
be. held as an accommodating fand for
the Confederate Veterans TO be appro-
priated by the General Assembly for
their use and benefit as the General
may in future determine, and
the collection Of any other tax or in
the making of any appropriation for
pensions in excess of the amount of
the three fourths of one mill tax levied
and collected and to be known as Con =
Tolerate Veteran Pension Fund" is
hereby prohibited and said fund is to
be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipulated: and upon the adop-
ion of this Amendment same shall at !
enoe become self operative and the
,unds derived therefrom- be iulmedi-
ltely used for said purpose, and pro-
videc further that the tax collectors
ind assessors shall receive no commits
lions for assessing and collecting said
of one mill tax herein
provided.
Provided that nothing in this Article
hall be construed so as to prohibit
he General Assembly from providing
limbs to disabled Confederate
Soldiers or Sailors.
Section 2. Be IL further resolved.
tic. That this proposed amendment be
unlimited to the qualified electors OF
ne State OF Louisiana. for adoption or
election at the Congressional Election !
o be held on the first Tuesday next
GLOWING the first Monday in Novem- !
Ter, 1920.
That the official ballots TO be used
Il said election shall have printed
hereon che words: "For the proposed .
mendment to Article S05 of the Com !
titution OF the State of Louisiana rel .
Feterans." and the words. Against the '
roposed amendment TO Article 303 OF
he Constitution OF the State Of Louis /.
ana relative to pensions for confed-
rate Veterans" and each elector shall /.