The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1920-09-09
ACT NO. 40.

AL NO. lfU.
House Bill No. 2Ss--By Mr.. Schell.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
an amendment to Article 3O3
of the 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 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 303 A pension not to exceed
Thirty Dollars ($3000) 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
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.
8. 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 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
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 five 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 INDECENT circumstances,
Of such soldier or sailor whose mar
riage to her was contracted prior to
January, 1885, provided that II her de-
ceased husband served In an organiza-
ton, mustered in from Louisiana, or Ii
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
elsewhere than in Louisiana and
served in an organization not mustered
in from Louisiana, such widow shall
in order to entitle her to a pension as
bar ,,rouilaI raciHaH 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 debarred
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 OIL
to widows shall lie allowed only from
the date Of application under this
Article, and the total appropriation!
for all pensions in any one year shall
be the proceeds of an annual tax Of
ree-fourths of one mill on the dollar
which tax is hereby levied on all tax
able property in the State, provided
said appropriations shall never be more
than an amount sufficient to pay al
pensions for any one year. Any ac
cruing surplus from said tax fund shall
be- held as an accAmulating fund f0l
the Confederate Veterans to be appro
priated by the General Assembly fo
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 To-
pensions In excess of the amount o
the three fourths of one mill tax leviet
and collected and to be known as Con
federate Veteran Pension Fund"
hereby prohibited and said fund is t,
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 immedi
ately used for said purpose, and pro
| vided further that the tax collector
and assessors shall receive no commits
sions for assessing and collecting sal
! three fourths OF one mill tax herei
provided.
Provided that nothing In this Articl
shall be construed so as to prohibit
| the General Assembly from providin,
artificial limbs to disabled Confederat
Soldiers or Sailors.
Section 2. BE it fhrther resolved
etc, That this proposed amendment b
submitted to the qualified electors 0
the State Of Louisiana, for adoption o
rejection at the Congressional Electio
to be held on the first Tuesday mex
following the first Monday In Novem
Der, 1920.
That the official ballots to be use
at said election shall have printe
thereon the words. For the propose
amendment to Article 300 of the Con
stitution Of the State of Louisiana rel
alive to the pensions for Confederat
j Veterans" and the words. Against tn
proposed amendment to Article 900 O
the Constitution OF the st tate of Louis
lana relative to pension for confed
arate Veterans" and eaci elector sna