New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-10-23
ACT NO. 40.

All NJ. 14D.
House Bill No. 2se-By Mr.. ScheI
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 300
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana as heretobefore amended
relative to pensions for Confederate
Veterans.
Section 1. Be il resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State of Louis
lana, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each House coneurring. That
Article 3o3 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana as heretobefere
amended be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:
Article 3e3. A pension not to exceed
Thirty Dollars (S30.e0) per month shall
be allowed to each Confederate soldier
or sailor veteran who possesses all of
the following qualifications:
1. He shall have served hoRorably
from the date of his enlistment untI1
the close of the late Civil War. or until
he was discharged or paroled. in come
military organization, regularly mus
tered iRto the Army or Navy Of the
Confederate States and shall have re-
maiaed true to the Confederate States
until the Surrender.
z. He shah not own property Of
more than two thousand dollars VAL
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
ganisation mustered into said service
az 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 i've
years prior to his application for pen
sion. In case he resided elsewhere
than in this State. and enhgted 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 Ave years
prior to his application for such pen
sion. A like pension shall be grantsd
TO the widow who shall not have mar
rtsd again, In INDECENT circumstances.
Of such soldier or sailor whose mar
rage TO her was contracted prior to
January. 1926; provided that IL her de-
ceased husband served in an organize
ton. mustered In from Louisiana. or IL
be resided In Louisiana. at the dsshe of
his enns&snezt then in order that s9eh
widow shall be entitled TO the psns4oc
AZ herein provided. she shall havs re-
stdsd in this State for at least eve
years prior 70 h or applioa ton therefor;
and IL her DECEASED husband ezaists1
elsewhere thaH In louisiana. aad
served in an organisation net Hsasse~eA
In fYon Louisiana, guch widow sAa11.
In sPdsr to entitle her to pension a.
herssa provided. have EesfAsd in tbIs
ts her a9pa1eAtiea fer such psassaa;
prewsae& farther that an widows vA5
mari "a Cenfs4erRte sold sss 81 satssrs
q second tkAs shall not - dskeers1
entftlsA to .. pension on the same eeexas
N efksr wtasws OF deceased CemAeAer-
ate ssidlssx ~ salisrs; provided fsrshsr,
that Pensions whethAr to veterans or
the date of application under tAis
Aresela. and the total appropFsa ki@ns
for al pensions in any one year sAall
be the proceeds Of an annual TAI OF
which tax Is ksrsSy Isv1sS on ali tar
able property in the statA. provided
said appropriations shall never be EseFs
thAn an asnouRt suffieieat to pay ali
cxuing surplus from said TAI suRA sAaA
be hald As an aoouMGlattnE f1ad Scr
the Confederate ysterzas TO % apHpe-
priatsd by The General Asssnbly fer
tksir use and benefit as tAe Genspal
Assembly may in future deteTsaine. anA
the COLLECTION of any other tar or IN
the making of any appropriations eer
pensions IN excess OF the amount OF
and collected and to be known as Con
federats Veteran Pension Fundr in
hereby prohibited and said fund IL TO
ss used for no ct ether PURPOSE tesn Tat
ton of this Amendment same shall ct
once become self operative and the
funds derived thorefrom be tmmedf-
1 1dst fuTths Gr t ia s fss aaH
and ASSESSORS shall receive no commits
xfons for assessing and collecting gaId
three-fourthe OF one mill tar herein
provided
Provided that nothing in this Article
shall be construed SO as to prohibit
the General Assembly from providing
artificial lInbs to disabled Confederate
Soldiers or Sailors.
Section 2. Be II further resolved.
etc. That this proposed amendment be
submitted to ehe qualified electors of
the State Of Louisiana. for adoption or
rejection at the Congressional Election
10 be held on the first Tuesday next
following the nrst Monday in Novern-
Der, 1920.
That the official ballots to be used
at said election shall have printed
thereon the words. For the proposed
Gmsndment to Article 3e3 of the Con-
atitution of the State of Louisiana rel
attvs to the pensions for Confederate
Veterans" and the words: Against the
proposed amendment to Article 3o3 Of
shs Constitution OF the State Of Louis
fanA relative 70 pensions for confs4-
@A&s VstsxAns." and szoh slaesar sAa2a