The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-10-07
ACT NO. 40.

JAMES ]. BAILEY,
Secretary Of State
ACT NO. 14o
House Bill No. 2S6-By Mr.. Schell.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 305
of the Constitution of the State OF
louisiana as heretobcfore amended
relative to pensions for Confederate
Veterans.
lana. two thirds of all the members
elected to each House concurring, That
Article 500 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana as heretobe1ore
amended be amended and re-cnacted 80
as to read as follows:
Article 303 A pension not to exceed
Thirty Dollars ($G0.0O) per month shall
be allowed to each Confederate soldier
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
Confederate States and shall have re.
manned true to the Confederate States
until the Surrender.
2. He shall! not own property OF
more than two thousand dollars VAL
uation.
3. He shall not be salarled 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 a 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 for at least five
years prior to his application for pen.
than In this State, and enlisted in an
| Louisiana, or In the Navy Of tho Con.
federate States, he shall have resided
in this State for at least Ave years
prior to his application for such pen.
sion. A like pension shall be granted
to the widow who shall not have mar
ried again. IN indigent circumstances
Of such soldier or sailor whose mar
riage to her was contracted prior to
January, 1895; provided that II her dc.
! ceased husband served In an organizR.
ton. mustered in from Louisiana, or II
re resided In Louisiana, at the date Of
his enlistment. then In order that such
widow shall be entitled to the pension
rs herein provided, she shall have re.
sided in this State for at least Ave
years prior to her application therefor
and If her deceased husband enlisted
elsewhere than In Louisiana. and
served In an organization not mustered
In from Louisiana, such widow shall
In order to entitle her to q pension IL
herein provided, have resided in thil
to her application for such pension
provided further that all widows who
married Confederate soldiers or sailors
second time shall not be debaersG
from the benefits Of this Act but b
entitled to q pension on tho same term!
a. other widows Of deceased Confeder'
ate soldiers or sailors; provided further
to widows shall be allowed only from
the date Of application under thil
Article, and the total appropriation
for all pensions in any one year shat
be the proceeds OF an annual tax o.
thres.fourths Of one mill on the dollal
which tax - hereby levied on ali tag
able PROPERTY IN the State, provided
than an amount sufficient to pay al
pensions for any one year. Any &C
cruing surplus from said tax fund shall
be held as an accumulaNng fund TO-
the Confederate Veterans to be appro
priated BY tho General Assembly To-
their use and benef1t as the Genera
Assembly may In future Determine, an,
en0 SoAioCIAVH u any Vuel thA VI ~
the making Of any appropriation TO
pensions in excess Of the amount .
the three fourths Of one milf tax levte,
and collected and to Do known az Con
federate Veteran Pension Fund" /
hereby prohibited and said fund 10 &
be used for no other purpose than tina
herein stipulated; and upon the adop
ton Of this Amendment same shall q
once become, self operative and tn
funds derived therefrom be immedi
vided further that tho tax collector
sions for assessing and collecting sal
provided.
Provided that nothing in this Articl
shall be construed 80 az to prohibi
the General Assembly from providinl
artificial linnbs to disabled Cunfederat
Soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be 1t further resolved
ETC., THAT this proposed amendment b
submitted to the qualified electors o
the State Of Louisiana, for adoption o
| rejection at the Congressional Election
to be held on the first Tuesday mex
following the frst Monday In Novsna
Der, 1890.
That the official ballots to be use
at said election shall have printe
thereon the words: For the propose
amendment to Article so3 Of the Con
stitution of the State Of Louisiana rel
alive to the pensions 70. Confederat
Veterans and the verbs: Against tn
proposed anendme!; to Article 800 o
the Constitution oi the State Of Louis
1 lana rain To napn,Ots fnr "a