The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-09-09
ACT NO. 40.


ACT NO. 40.
House Fill No 2S6-Ry Mr.. Schell.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 500
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana as heretobefore amended
relative to pensions for Confederate
Veterans.
Section l. BE it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of Louis
lana. two-thirds of all the members
elected to each House concurrinE, That
Article 1903 Of the Constitution of the
state Of Louisiana as heretobefore
amended be amended and ro-enacted so
us to read rs follows:
Article 303. pension not to exceed
Thirty Dollars ($3o.oo) per month shall
or sailor veteran who possesses all OF
the following qualifications:
!. 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
tered into the Army or Navy of the
ma ined true to the Confederate States
until the Surrender.
2. He shall not own property Of
more than two thousand dollars val
Z. He shall not be saiaricd or other
wise provided for by the State Of Louis
lana. or by any other State or Govern
en nization mustered into said service
as q Louisiana organization. or lip case
At the date Of his enlistment he resided
In the state Of louisiana. ne shall have ave
years prior 10 bis application for PEN
Sion. In case ne resided elsewhere
than in this State. and enlisted in an
J.ouisiana. or in the Navy of the Con-
fed.rate States, he shall have resided
10 this state for at least five. years
prior to his application for such pen,
si, ,, A like pension shall be granted
70 the widow who shall not have mar
ried again. in INDECENT circumstances.
or such soldier or sailor whose mar
ytae to her was fGnfra6ssd aSss pb,1r de 20
ceased husband served In an organiza-
dion. mustered in from Louisiana, or IL
ne resided IN Louisiana, at the date OF
widow shah be eatitied to the pension
a. herein provided. ss.e ahall have re-
sided in this State for ~ least nve
y.ars prior to her application therefor;
ani II her deceased husband enlisted
eisewhera than in Louisiana. and
n from Louisiana. such widow shall.
.rsS n sSer p4svsa g n has s e yaed efHioH IN THIS
State for not less than Ave Xeass prior
TO her application for such pension;
provided further that ,,. AL widows ,Ya.o wh9
from the psCrfits Of this Act but be
entitled to e pension on the e. same rasfads terms
q: ether wid@ws ss,fars: q proxtae iurther
mat pensions whether to veterans Or
70 widows shall be allowed only from
the date Of application under TINS
Article. and the tota. appr0p,,asiIUiI n vsar sI,aiI
be the proceeds of an annual tax OF
three. fourths Of one mill on the dollar
which tax II hereby levied on all tax:
"a IA appropriations shall never be more
than an amount sufficient to pay all
pensions for any one year: ANY aG
cruing surplus from said tax fund snail
III. Confederate Veterans to be appro-
nris ted by the General Assembly for
their use and benef1t AZ the Generai
Assembly ay IN future ,bsT qeterm,ne tan e. ahn n
the making Of any appropriation for
nensions in excess OF the amount OF
fhr three fourths of one mill tax levied
and collected and to .rsion os snOwG Fnnd az !.
hereby prohibited AND said fSnd IS 70
be iised for no other purpose than that
Eercip stipulated; and rpon ths , adop,
nsHe become self operatiye and ths
lIaYss lllsYt used ssdfSfs f5t said purpose: asa pfo
sided further that the tax collectors
a.,d assessors shall receive no commits
s-ons for assessing and collecting said
three -fourths Of ono mill tax herein
provided. .,.,.
sh[ll be construed - ~ 70 prQhipit
TIE Gsrerai Assembly frRn pEoyt9!hg
srfiGcisi limbS to disabled Confederate
Hsction De il further resolved,
SIC. That this proposed amendment bs
admitted to the qualified electors o.
he state Of Louisiana, for adoption ov
lrcicctiOn At the Congressional Election
10 bc held on the frst Tuesday next
following the FIRST Monday in NoveM-
ber. 1890.
~ aaid slection shall hare printed
ih.reo" ~ con the words: .'FeE the pfopSssa
amendment to Article 20! Of the Con:
stitution OF the State Of Louisiana Fet:
veterans: W M and thp words. "Against the
proposed amendment te Article Sqs ee
the Constitution Of the state OF Lo}H2:
49,. vrfsrans" and each electot shall