The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1920-08-26
ACT NO. 140.

ACT NO. 14O.
House Bill No. 2Ss-By Mr.. Schell.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 5o5
of the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana as heretObef0re 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, That |
Article 303 Of the Constitution OF the
State of Louisiana as heretoDelore
amended be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:
Article 3O3. A pension not to exceed
Thirty Dollars ($3O.O0) 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-
NAMED true to the Confederate States
until the Surrender.
Q. He shall not own property OF
more than two thousand dollars val
uatiOn.
g. 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 OF sailor whose mar
rage to her was contracted prior to
January, 1895; provided that If 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
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
, / second time shall not be debarret
| from tie benefits of this Act but bt
entitled to pension on the same term!
as other widows Of deceased Confeder
t ate soldiers or sailors; provided further
| that pensions whether to veterans o.
r TO widows shall be allowed only from
the date Of application under th
3 Article. and the total appropriation
e for all pensions in any one year shall
| be the proceeds of an annual tax o
e three feurths of one mill on the dolla
= which tax is hereby levied on all tax
: able property in the State, provide
| said appropriations shall never be NOR
/. than an amount sufficient to pay al
: pensions for any one year. Any &C
8 cruing surplus from said tax fund sha
d be held as an accommodating fund 10
\ the Confederate Veterans to be appro
h priated by the General Assembly TO
@ their use and benefit as the Genera
e Assembly may in future determine. an
O the collection of any other tax or i
n the making of any appropriation 10
II pensions In excess of tAe amount {
= the three fourths Of one mill tax levle
d and collected and to be known as Cor
/ federate Veteran Pension Fund"
IS hereby prohibited and said fund is
n be used for no other purpose than thu
!. herein stipulated; and upon the adol
/ ton of this Amendment same Shall
r once become self operative and II
T. funds derived therefrom be immed
a ately used fef~sad purpose, and prt
q vided further that the tax collector
id and assessors shall receive no commits
n sions for assessing and collecting sa
l. three fourths of one mill tax here
y provided.
al provided that nothing In this Attic
e. shall be construed so as to prohib
II the General Assembly from providir
Id artificial limbs to disabled Confedera
ne Soldiers or Sailors.
I'd Section, 2. Be 1t further resolve
or etc, That this proposed amendment
ne submitted to the qualified electors
O. the State of Louisiana, for adoption
re- rejection at the Congressional Eclectic
ia to be held on the first Tuesday ne
in following the first Monday in Mover
he Der, 1920.
an That the official ballots to be US
ali at said election shall have print
ID thereon the words: For the propos
ed amendment to Article 303 of the Co
ty stitution of the State of Louisiana r,
of alive to the pensions for Confeders
on Veterans and the words: against t
Ii. proposed amendment to Article 800
id the Constitution o. the Stat Of Lob
sit lana relative to pensions for eofe
of ssate Veterans and EACH eledt0r sii