St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-10-23
ACT NO. 40.

All M. 1fU.
House Bill No. 2S6. By Mr.. Schell
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article
303 of the Constitution of the
State OF Louisiana as heretobe
fore amended relative to pensions
for Confederate Veterans.
Section |. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State IF
Louisiana, two-thirds Of all the mem
oers elected to each House con
curing, That Article 303 Of tha
Const tuition of the State Of LOUIS
ana as herotohefore amended pc
as follows:
Article 303. A pension not to ex
amended and re-enacted SO as to real
coed thirty Dollars $500 per month
shall be allowed to each Confed-
crate Soldier or Sailor veteran wno
possesses all Of the following qualili-
cations:
/. He shall have served honor
ably from the date Of his enlistment
until the close of the late Civil War,
or until he was discharged or pa
rolled, in some military organization,
regularly mustered into the Army CT
Navy of the Confederate States and
shall have remained true to the Con-
federate States until the surrender.
2. He shall not own property Of
more than two thousand dollars vas
uation.
3. He shall not be salaried OR
otherwise provided for by the State
Of Louisiana, or by any other State
or Government. In case he enlist
ed In any organization mustered in
to sad service as Louisiana organi-
cation, or in case at the date OF MS
enlistment he resided in the Stats
of Louisiana, he shall have resided
in this State for at least five years
prior to his application for pension.
In case he resided elsewhere than in
thia State, and enlisted in an organi-
Zation not mustered in from Louisi-
ana, or In the Navy Of the ConfeI-
crate States, he shall have res!dad
In this State for at least five years
prior to his application for such
pension. A like pension shall be
granted to the widow who shall not
have married again, in INDECENT cir
cumS.ances, OF such soldier or SAIL
or whose marriage to her was con-
tracted prior to January, 1895; pro-
ytded that II her deceased husband
served in an organization, mustered
in from Louisiana, or If he resid I'd
in Lou .siana, at the date of his Gu
listment, then in order that sucn
widow shall be entitled to the pen
sion SIS herein provided, she shall
have resided in this State for at
least eve years prior to her applica-
ton therefor; and II her deceased
husband enlisted elsewhere than n
Louis ana, and served in an organi-
cation not mustered In from Louisi-
ana, such widow shall, in order to
entitle her to a pension as herein
provided, have resided in this State
Tor not lesa than five years prior t.
her application for such pension;
provided further that all widows
who married Confederate soldiers or
sailors second time shall not be
debarred from the benefits of this
Act but be entitled to a pension on
deceased Confederate soldiers u
sailors; provided further, that pen
sions whether to veterans or to wild
oWs .han be allowed only from the
date OF application under this Article
and The total appropriations for all
pensions in any one year shall De
the proceeds OF an annual tax d;
three -fourths of one mill on the do'-
lar which TAX is hereby levied on
all taxable property in the State,
provided such appropriations shall
never be more than an amount suffi-
cient to pay all pensions for any one
year. Any accruing surplus from
said tax fund shall be held as an ac-
cumulating fund for the Confederate
Veterans to be appropriated by the
General Assembly for their use and |
benefit as the General Assembly may
in future determine, and the cole :
ion Ok any other tax or n the max
ng Ct any appropriation for pen
sions In excess of the amount OF the |
three-'ourths Of one mill tax levia |
and collected and to be known as
"Conrsderata Veteran Pension Fund" |
is hereby prohibited and said fund i |
to be used for no other purpose than |
that herein stipulated; and upon the |
adop:ion of this Amendment SAGE |
shall at once become self operative
and The funds derived therefrom be
used for said purpose,
and provided further that the tax
collectors and assessors shall receive