The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-10-13

electors of the State for their approval
or rejection, at the Congressional cleo
ton to be held on the first Tuesday next
following the first Monday in November,
1904. amending Article as of the Con-
stitution SO as to read as follows:
Article as. The General Assembly
shall have no power to contract, or to
authorize the contracting of, any debt
or liability, ON behalf OF the State; or
to issue bonds or other evidence of in
debtedness thereof, except for the pur-
pose of repelling invasion, or for the
suppression of insurrection; provided,
that for the, purpose of acquiring school
sites, and the purchase or erection Of
school houses and buildings and their
equipment, in aid of the States system
of public education, the General Assem-
bly,, elected in April, 1904, is given
authority to issue and direct the dispo-
sition OF one million dollars of bonds of
the State, running for a period not ex-
ceeding twenty-five years from the date
or their issue, bearing rate of interest
not exceeding 3 per cent per annum,
payable semi annually, which bonds
shall be exempt from all taxation, and
in order to render this exemption the
more effectual, the par value of any such
bonds shall be deducted for all purposes
OF taxation from the aggregate value of
the capital or shares of any bank or
other financial institution, or corpora
ton holding said bonds for a period Of
over six months, prior to the tst day OF
January, in the year for which the tax
assessment is made.
Cnf Do pki
That the official ballots to be used at
said election shall have printed thereon
the words: "For the proposed amend
ment to Article 46 of the Constitution,
relative to bonds in aid of the States
system of public education,o and the
words: against the proposed amend
ment to Article 46 Of the Constitution,
relative to bonds in aid of the States
system OF public education;" and each
elector shall indicate, as provided in the
general election laws of the State,
whether he votes for or against the
proposed amendment.
E. II. SNYDER,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
J. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved June %, 1904.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN I. MICHEL,
Secretary OF State.
Act No. it2.
p NJ M,aso, Senate Resolution
-'-' -''>'l No. A.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 3O3
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, relative to pensions for
Confederate Veterans.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
two-thirds OF all the members elected to
each house eoncurring, That Article 3O3
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, as amended by Act No. 73 of
the General Assembly of 1900, be SO
amended as to read as follows:
Article 303. A pension not to exceed
eight dollars (S8) per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier or
sailor veteran, who possesses all the fol-
lowing qualifications:
/. 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 mil
ltary organization regularly mustered
into the army or navy of the Confederate
States, and shall have remained true to
the Confederate States until the sur
render.
2. He shall he in INDECENT circum-
stances, and unable to earn livelihood
by his own labor or skill.
3. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Louis
| lana, or by any other State Government.
In case he enlisted in any organization
| mustered into said service as a Louis-
lana 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 five years prior to
his application for a pension. In case
he resided elsewhere than in this State.
and enlisted in an organization not
mustered in from Louisiana, or in the
navy OF tee Confederate States, he shal,
have resided in this State for at leas;
fifteen years prior to his application fol
such persien. a like pension shall be
| granted to the widow who shall not have
| married again, in INDECENT cireum-
| stances, OF such soldier or sailor
whose marriage to her was contracted
prior to January I, 1875; provided, thai
il her deceased husband served in ar
organization mustered in from Louis
lana, or if he resided in Louisiana at tht
date of his enlistment, and has SO re.
sided for one year prior thereto, then il
order that such widow shall be entitled
to the pension as herein provided, sht
shall have resided in this State for a
least five years prior to her application
therefor; and ii her deceased HUSBAND
enlisted elsewhere tnan in Louisiana
and served in an organization not mus
tered in from Louisiana, such widow
/ shall, in order TO entitle her to pension
as herein provided, have resided in thi
State for not less than fifteen year
prior to her application for such pen
sion; provided further, that pension
whether to veterans or to widows, shal
be allowed only from the date of appli
cation under this article, and the tota
appropriations for all pensions shall no
be less than Seventy-five thouSan,