The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-10-28

r. F. WALKER.
| Speaker Of the House Of Representa-
tives.
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
Approved: July 7, 1920.
tNO. NJ. PARKER,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
! A true copy:
JAMES j. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 40.
House Bill No. 2Ss-By l1r. echell.
jOtNT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 900
of the Constitution Of the State Of
i Louisiana as heretobefore amended
Veterans.
Section /. Be 1t resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State Of Louis
lana, two. thirds of all the members
| elected to each House concurring, That
Article 300 of the Constitution Of the
State Of Louisiana as heretobefore
amended be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:
Article 500. A pension not to exceed
Thirty Dollars ($3O.0O) 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
military organization, regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy Of tho
Confederate States and shall have re-
mained true to the Confederate States
until the Surrender.
q He shall not own property Of
more than two thousand dollars val
uation.
g. He shalt not be salatied 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 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
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 i've 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. 1895; provided that II her de-
ceased husband served In an organza-
ten nlustered in fem Louisiana or If
g IT q d IN Louisiana, at the date Of
-. sii..Et,rent, then In order that such
! widow shall be entitled to the. pension
sided In, this State for at least Ave
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 pension as
State for not less than Ave years prior
| to her application for such pension
provided further that all widows who
| married Confederate soldiers or sailors
| second time shall not be debasred
from the benefits Of this Act but be
entitled to pension on the same terms
ate soldiers or sailors; provided further
that pensions whether to veterans or
to widows shall be allowed only from
| the date OF application Under this
Article, and the total appropriations
Tor gu pensions In any one year siiail
be the. proceeds of an annual tax Of
thrse.fourths Of one mill on the dollar
which tax is hereby levied on ali tax
| able property in the state, provided
| said appropriations shall rlever be more
than an amount sufficient to pay ali
pensions for any ope year. ANY ac-
eruing surplus from said tai fund shall
| be held as an accumulating fund for
the Confederate Veterans to be appro-
priated by the General Assembly Tor
| Assembly may in future determine. and
| the collection Of any other tax or In
the making OF any appropriation for
pensions In excess Of the ambunt of
the three fourths Of one mill tax levied
ana collected and to be known as Con
fedefats Veteran Pension Fund" 10
hereby prohibited and said fund IL to
pc used fnr no other purpose than that
ton Of this Amendment same shall At
once become. self operative and the
funds derived therefrom be ir1,medi-
ately used for said purpose. and nro.
vtded further that the tax COLLECTORS
and assessors shall receive no commits.
sions for assessing and collecting said
three. fo.urths Of one mil! tax herein
provided.
Provided that nothing in this Art,c,.
shall be construed SO az ID prohibit
the General Assembly from providing
artificial limbs to disabled Confederate
Soldiers OF Sailora.
Section 2. Be 1t further resolved.
etc, That this proposed amendment be
submitted to the qualified electors of
the State OF Louisiana, for adoption or
rejection at the Congressional Election
to; be held on the frst Tuesday next
following the first Monday in Noyem-
ber 1890.
That the official ballots to be used
at said election shall have printed
thereon the words: For the proposed
amendmert to Article 900 OF the Con-
alive to the pensions for Confederate
Veterans" and the words: Against tho
proposed amendment to Article 900 Of
the Constitution Of the State Of Louis