The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-08-26
ACT NO, l40.

JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 30;
of the Constitution Of the State O
Louisiana as heretobefore amended
relative to pensions for Confederat, t,
Veterans.
Section l. Be it resolved by tn,
General Assembly of the State Of Louis.
| lana. wo-thirds Of all the member.
elected to each House eoncurring. That
Article 3o3 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana as heretohc fore
amended be amended and re-enacted sc
| as to read as follows:
| Article 3o3. A pension not to exceed
| Thirty Dollars ($3O.00) per month shall
be allowed to each Confederate soldier
the following qualifications:
1. 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 the
Confederate States and shall have re-
manned true to the Confederate States
2. He shall not own property Of
more than tive thousand dollars VAL
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
eanization mustered into said service
at the date of his enlistment he resided
In the State Of louisiana. ne shall have
resided in this State for at least five
years prior to his application for pen
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
prior to his application for such pen
sion. A like pension shall be granted
to the widow who shall not have mar
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 organiza-
ne resided In Louisiana, at the date Of
his enlistment. then in order that such
widow shan be entitled to the pension
as herein provided she shall have re-
years prior to her applicat tion therefor:
and If her deceased husband enlisted
elsewhere than in Louisiana. and
served in an organization not. mustered
in ofdet to entitle her to a pension as
Herein provided. have resided in this
STATE for not less than ave years prior
70 her apphcaaon Tor such pension;
married Confederate soldiers or sailors
2 second time shall not be debarred
fFGT, the hebeAtg OF this Act hut be
as otSsr '~dows Of ae sa%s cenfsdea ei%.
ate soldiers or sailors; provided further.
that pensions whether to veterans or
to widows shall be allowed only from
the ,,.s dat. Ct application under this
for all pensions In any one year shall
be the proceeds Of an annual tax of
three. e.fourths OF one mill on the dollar
able property in the state. provided
said appropriations shall never be more
than an amount sufficient to pay all
pensions fer any one year. Any ac-
be held as an accommodating fund for |
the Confederate Veterans to be appro- |
priated by the General Assembly for !
their use and benent as the General |
the collection of any other tax or in |
the making Of any appropriation for |
pensions in excess of the amount Of |
the three fourths Of one mill tax levied
federats Veteran Pension Fund ie
hereby prohibited and said fund is to
be used for no ether purpose than that
herein stipulated: and upon the adop-
Eion Of this Amendment same shall at
,hce become. self operative and the
lfefy used fer said purpose. and pro-
Ind assessors shall receive no commits
lions for assessing and collecting said |
:hree, ,fourths Of one mill tax herein
Provided that nothing in this Article
hall be construed 90 As to prohibit
he General Assembly from providing
Irtificial limbs to disabled Confederate
soldiers or Sailors. +si con. r"t@
section 2. BE 1T further resolved,
tc.. That this proposed amendment be
To- the qualified electors Of
he state of Louisiana. fSr adoption 1t |
election at the Conkressionai Electisa
0 be held on the first Tuesday next
ollowing the hrst Monday in Npyem-
er. 1920.
That the official ballots to be used
t said election shall have printed
hereon the words: For the proposed
mendment to Article 3es Of the Con-
tttutiou of the State Of Louisiana rel
tive 70 the pensieas for Confederate
eterans." and the woEdS: aAgainst the
r0posed amendment to Article 500 or
le Constitution Of the State of Louis.
rate vetepanE." ana each slectaF shall