St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-09-18
A true copy.
JAMES j. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 14O.

House Bill No. 2S6. By MIR. Schell
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Propos ng an amendment to Article
State of Louisiana as heretobe-
fore amended relative to pensions
for Confederate Veterans.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State #
Louisiana, tWo-thirds of all the men,
bers elected to each House con-
curing, That Article 300 of the
Const tuition of the State of LOUIS
ana as heretobefore amended be
amended and re-enacted so as to rea
as follows:
Article 800. 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 Qualiii-
cations:
1. 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-
cation, or in case at the date of MS
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
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cums.ances, of such soldier or SAIL
or W1ose marriage to her was con-
tracted prior to January, 1895; pro-
yided that IL her deceased husband
served In an organization, mustered
in from Louisiana, or II he resided
in Lou .siana, 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 Eve years prior to her applica-
ton therefor; and il her deceased
husband enlisted elsewhere than n
Louis ana, and served in an organi-
cation not mustered in from Louisi-
ana, such widow shall, in order to
entitle her to a pension as herein
provided, have resided in this State
TOR not less than five years prior to
her application for such pension:
provided further that all widows
who married Confederate soldiers Or
sailors second time shall not be
debarred from the benefits of this
the same terms as other widows Of
deceased Confederate soldiers Or
sailors; provided further, that PEN
sions whether to veterans or to wild
ows .!hall be allowed only from the
date oil application under this Article
and The total appropriations for all
pensions In any one year shall De
the proceeds of an annual tax Jf
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-
Client to pay all pensions for any one
year. Any accruing surplus from
said lax fund shall be held as an &C
cumnlating 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-tourths of one mill tax levis1
and collected and to be known as
Confederate Veteran Pension Fund
is hereby prohibited and said fund is
to be used for no other purpose than
that herein stipulated; and upon the
Adoption of this Amendment same
shall at once become self operative
and The funds derived therefrom be
Immediately used for said purpose,
and provided further that the tax
collectors and assessors shall receive
no commissions for assessing and