New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1920-09-04
ACT NO 1AA


House Bill No. 286-By mr. SchelL
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 900
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana as heretobcfore amended
relative to pensions for Confederate
Veterans
Section 1. Be- it 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 303. A pension not to exceed
Thirty Dollars $4,000 per month shall
be allowed to each Confederate soldier
or sailor veteran who possesses all of
the following qualifications:
l. He shall have served honorably
from the date of his enlistment until
the close OF the late Civil War. or until
he was discharged or paroled. in some
military organization, regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy Of the
Confederate States and shall have re-
malned true to the Confederate States
until the Surrender.
2. He shall not own property of
more than two thousand dollars val
uation.
3. 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
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 Eve
years prior to his applica ton for pen
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
tederate States, he shall have resided
in this State for at least Ave years
prior to his application for suoh pen
sion. like pension shall be granted
to the widow who shall not have mar
rted again, in INDECENT circumstances
OF such soldier or sailor whose mar
riage to her was contracted prior to
January, 1895; provided that If her de-
ceased husband served in an orEaniza-
ton, mustered in from Louisiana, or IL
he resided in Louisiana, at the date of
his enlistment, then In order that such
widow shall be entitled to the pension
as herein provided, she shall have re-
sided in this State for at least FIVE
years prior to her application therefor;
and IL 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 a pension az
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 Confeder- |
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
for all pensions in any one year shall
be the proceeds of an annual tax of |
three-fourths of one mill on the dollar |
which tax is hereby levied on all tax
able property in the State, provided |
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than an amount sufficient to pay all |
pensions for any one year. Any ao- |
cruing surplus from said tax fund shall |
be held as an accommodating fund for
prtated by the General Assembly for |
tn cir use and benefit as the General |
Assembly may in future determine and |
the collection of any other tax or In |
pensions in excess of the amount Of |
the three fourths of one mill tax levied
and collected and to be known as Con
federate Veteran Pension Fund" is
hereby prohibited and said fund is to
be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipulated; and upon the adop-
ton of this Amendment same shall at
onoe become self operative and the
ately used for said psrpose, and pro-
vided further that the tax collectors
and assessors shall receive no commits
sions for assessing and collecting said
!
provided.
Provided that nothing in this Article
shall be construed so as to prohibit
the General Assembly from providing
artificial limbs TO disabled Confederate |
Soldiers or Sailors.
Section 2. Be 1t further resolved
etc, That this proposed amendment be
submitted to the qualified electors of
he State of Louisiana, for adoption OF
rejection at the Congressional Election
70 be held on the first Tuesday next
'ollowinK the first Monday in Noyem-
Der. 1920.
That the official ballots to be used
1t said election shall have printed
hereon the words: For the proposed
TO Article 303 of the Con-
Ititution of the State OF Louisiana rel
tive to the pensions for Confederate
Veterans" and the words Against the
proposed amendment to Article 303 Of
he Constitution of the State of Louis
ana relative to pensions for confed-
Irats Veterans and each eIector shall