The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-10-23

H.
Speaker of the Hoese Of Representa-
Gves.
! HEWITT BOUANCHAUD.
Lieutenant Governor and President o.
/ the Senate.
approved July Z, 1920.
( JNO. Nj. PARKER
Governor OF the State Of Louisiana
A true copy:
/ JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary OF State.
ACT NO. 100
/ House Bill NO. 2s6-Ry Mr Schell
! JOINT RESOLUTION.
! Proposing an amendment 70 Article 30;
the TTtt Ion OF he State Of
Louisiana DIS heretobefore amend ID
relative to pensions Tor Confederate
Veterans.
Section l. Be IL resolved by the
General ASS r7biy II the State of Louis
LIMA two-thirds OF all the members
elected to each House coHcurring, Tha,
+ Article 800 90 tSy Constitution Of the
/ state ot Louisiana as h"retob":orr
amended be Amended and re-eEactcd Sc
as = read as follows.
Article sos. \ pension not 10 exceed
/ Thirty Dollars tS30.'9) per month shall
I he allowed TO each Confederate soldier
or sailor veteran who Possesses ali OF
/ the following Qualifications:
!. re shall have served honorably
from tse date OF his enlistment until
| the close of tire late Civil War, or until
he was discharged or paroled. in some
military organization. regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy OF the
Conf -rate States and shall have re-
manned true 10 the Confederate States
until the Surrender.
>. lie shall not own property OF
| more than two thousand dollars val
uatioD.
s. lie SHAH not Re salar.ed or other
wise provided for by the State of Louis
iane- or by any other state or Govern
nent Ia case ne enlisted in any or
eauizatiOn mustered into said service
as Io uisianR organization. or in case
at the date CT his enlistment he resided
In tho State Of Louisiana. he shall have
resided "a this State for at least Eve
years priJr 10 his appli alton for PEN
sion. IN CAGE he resided elsewhere
than In this State. and enlisted In an
orsaaiZa ton not mustered in from
louisiana. or in tse Nay of the Con-
Tolerate StateS, be Shall have resided
In this State fer at least FIVE years
prior 20 ills application for such pen
sion. u like pension shall be granted
TO he widow who shall not have mar
RED aEa!ii. IN iTd.gJnt circumstances.
OF s1ra s. !d!er O. sailor whose mar
rage &c her wEs contra tied prior 70
January. 1895; Provided ina: II her de-
ceased husband served In an CrEan!za-
ton. mustered IN from Louisiana. or IL
he resided in Louisiana. at the date Of
his enlistment. then IL Crd = that such
widow shall be entitled to the pension
as herein provided. she shall have re-
sided in THIS State for az least Gya
years prior TO her application therefor.
anc II her deceased husband enlisted
elsewhere than ia Louisiana. and
served in an organization not mustered
IN from louisiana. such widow shall
- order to eDiit!e her to d pension as
5eseln pToviIec have rested in th:s
State for net les than five years pric-
20 her application for sucn pension:
prov.dad further that Eli widows who
married Coofederats. soldiers or sailors
from the BENEFITS of this set but be
entitled to pension on the same terms
az other widoTs OF deceased Confeder-
ate soldiers or sai!ors; provided further.
20 widows shall be allowed only from
the date or application under this
article. and the total approximations
Tor all pensions ia any one year shali
threc-fourths OF one mill or the dollar
which tax "a hereby levied on all tax
able property in the State. provided
"a ID appropriations Shall never be more
sh3n an amount sufficient to pay all
pensions for any one year. Any a.
ru;nE surplus from said tax fund shall
ne held IS an ~"un ulatius fund FOR
:he Confederate Veterans to b. appro-
priAted by the Genera! Assembly for
their use ard benefit rs the Genera!
Assembly may il future determine. ard
ne CONNECTION &; AIRY other tax or =.
me n.aEirg or a-v aDorcpT.-.t- on fo-
the three fcuT;hs Of cHe Mil tax leyieo
ard collected ard TO % kaown IS Con.
te1cratc EetrIaC Pension Eard" IL
- reSy prohibited and sad fuad IS :.
herein stipulated, ard a2cn G;e sdop-
ton of tt!s AaDrd Omen: same stan l.
once become sell operative enc T..
funds derived therefrom be in.modi
vided further that the tax collector.
and assessors shall receive no commits
Sic':s for assessing aid collecting sal
three fourths of o.. iaill tax herein
Provided thet nothing n this Art,ci.
shall be construed so as TO prohibif
the General Assembly from providing
srtihcial limbs 10 disabled Confederate
Section 2. BE it further resolved
etc. That this proposed amendment ).
submitted 70 the qualified electors 0.
;Ee State Of Louisiana. for adoption, q, |
20 be held on the hrst Tuesday mex
tollowlns the Ct Monday in Novem |
Der 1920.
That the Official ballots 10 be usea
at said election she'll have printe. |
thereon the words: For the prppos.: |
To- Article S93 OF the Con |
'titLtion % the State OF louisiana rel
alive to the pensions for Confcderat,
and the words: "ACainst The
proposed amendment to Article 500 o. /
The Constitution of the state Of Louie
ana relative TO pensions for confed- |
srate Veterans" and each elector shall
Indicate, ae presided in the ,sue...
election laws of the state. whether Q
lot he votes for or against the amend
nent.
r +. WALKER
speaker III the House of Representa-
lives
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD.
the Senate
Approved: July 7, 1920
JNO. NJ. PARKER,
Governor OF the State Of Louisiana
true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY.
Secretary OF State
ACT No. $50.