RS 514 - Qualifications for admission
Applicants for admission shall establish that they were in the armed forces of the Confederate States of America and enlisted from one of those states, that they have resided in Louisiana for five years prior to applying for admission, and that they are not provided for by the state.
They shall prove by proper vouchers that they served in the armed forces of the Confederate States of America until honorably discharged and were disabled in service or have become infirm by reason of sickness or old age. Whenever an applicant applies for admission without these vouchers, the superintendent shall receive him temporarily and until his application for permanent admission can be passed upon.