St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-09-04
A true copy.
JAMES j. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. l40,

ACT NO. 14O.
House Bill No. 286. By Mr.. Sch eli
JOINT RESOLUTION.
PropoS ng an amendment to Article
3O3 OF the Constitution of the
State Of Louisiana as heretoDe-
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 men,
bers elected to each House con-
curing, That Article 3O3 of tho
Constitution of the State Of Louis
ana as heretobefore amended be
amended and re-enacted so as to real
as follows:
Article 3O3. A pension not to ex-
coed thirty Dollars $500 per month
shall be allowed to each Confed-
crate Soldier or Sailor veteran wno
possesses all Of the following qualAi-
cations:
l. 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 or
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 va
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 said service as a Louisiana organi-
zation, or in case at the date OF nis
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 pension.
In case he resided elsewhere than in
this State, and enlisted in an organi-
cation not mustered in from Louisi-
ana, or in the Navy of the Confel-
crate States, he shall have resided
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 indigent Cir
cumslances, of such soldier Or sail
or whose marriage to her was con-
tracted prior to January, 1895; pro-
vided that If her deceased husband
served in an organization, mustered
in from Louisiana, or if he resided
in louisiana, at the date of his Gu
listment, then in order that sucn
widow shall be entitled to the pen
sion as herein provided, she shall
have resided in this State for at
least five years prior to her applica-
ton therefor; and if her deceased
husband enlisted elsewhere than n
Louis ana, and served in an organ1-
cation not mustered in from Louist-
ana, such widow shall, in order to
entitle her to 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 a second time shall not be
debarred from the benefits of this
Act but be entitled to a pension on
the same terms as other widows OF
deceased Confederate soldiers II
sailors; provided further, that pen
sions whether to veterans or to wild
oWs .hall be allowed only from the
date OF application under this Article
and ihe total appropriations for all
pensions in any one year shall De
the proceeds Of an annual tax u
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 sufft-
cient to pay all pensions for any one
year. Any accruing surplus from
said tax fund shall be held as an &C
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 =
ton Of any other tax or in the max
ing Of any appropriation for pen
sions In excess Of the amount of the
| three-'ourths of one mill tax levie
and collected and to be known as
"Confederate Veteran Pension Fund
is hereby prohibited and said fund i!
to be used for no other purpose thar
that herein stipulated; and upon the
adop.icn of this Amendment sal1e
shall at once become self operative
and The funds derived therefrom bi
Immediately used for said purpose
and provided further that the tai
collectors and assessors shall receive
no commissions for assessing anG
collecting said tnree-fourths OF ont
mill tax herein provided.
| Provided that nothing in Thu
Article shall be construed so as Il
prohibit the General Assembly from
providing artificial limbs to disabled
Confederate soldiers and sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved
etc., That this proposed amendmen
be submitted to the qualified ele
tors hf the State of Louisiana, 70
adoption or rejection at the Congress
sional Election to be held on tn
first Tuesday next following the frs
Monday in November, 1920.
That the Official ballots to be use
at said election shall have printe
there)n the words: 'For the pr.
posed amendment to Article 800 G
the Constitution Of the State of Lou
isiana relative to the pensions 70