The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-09-29

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 IS of the Con-
stitution SO as to read as follows:
Article 46. The General Assembly
shall have no power to contract, or to
authorize the contracting of, any debt
or liability, on behalf of the State; OF
to issue bonds or other evidence Of In
debtedness thereof, except for the pur-
pose of repelling invasion, or for the
suppression of instruction; 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, 1864, is given
authority to issue and direct the dispo-
sition of one million dollars of bonds of
the State, running for period not ex-
ceeding twenty five years from the date
or their issue, bearing rate of interest
not exceeding 8 per cent per annun,
payable semi annually, which bonds
shall be exempt from all taxation, and
in order to render this exemption the
more efectual, 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 fst day of
January, in the year for which the tax
assessment is made.
Sec. z. Be it further resolved, etc.,
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," and the
words: "Against the proposed amend
nent to Article as 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. H. SNYDER,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives
]. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
Approved June Is, lSC4.
NEWTON G. Blanchard,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary Of State.
Act No. liz,
Ds ~ N1sueI No. a.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 3Os
| of the Constitution of the State Of
Louisiana, relative to pensions fol
Confederate Veterans.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State Of Louisiana
tWo-thirds of all the members elected tc
each house concurring, That Article 30s
| of the Constitution OF the State o1
Louisiana, as amended by Act No. Is q
the General Assembly OF 1900, be sc
amended as to read as follows:
Article 3O3. A pension not to exceed
| eight dollars (SS) per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier Of
sailor veteran, who possesses all the fol-
lowing qualifications:
l. Ee shall have served honorably
from the date of his enlistment until the
close OF the late Civil War, or until ht
was discharged or paroled, in some mil.
itary organization regularly mustered
| into the army or navy of the Confederate
/ States, and shall have remained true tt
| 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.
/ g. He shall not be sainried 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 Louis
lana organization, or in case at the dat
of his enlistment he resided in the Stat,
of Louisiana, he shall have resided il
this State for at least five years prior t.
| his application for a pension. In cas-
he resided elsewhere than in this State
and enlisted in an organization no
mustered in from Louisiana, or in tn
navy of the Confederate States, he shal
have resided in this State for at leas
fifteen years prior to his application TO
such pension. A like pension shall
granted to the widow who shall not hav
married again, in INDECENT circum
stances, of such soldier or sailo
whose marriage to her was contracte
prior to January 1, 1875; provided, tina
ii her deceased husband served in a
organization mustered in from Louis
lana, or if he resided in Louisiana at tn
date of his enlistment, and has so re
sided for one year prior thereto, then i
order that such widow shall be entitle
to the pension as herein provided, sh
shall have resided in this State for q
least five years prior to her applicatio
therefor; and If her deceased husban
enlisted elsewhere than in Louisian;
and served in an organization not mus
tered in from Louisiana, such wido
. shall, in order to entitle her to pensio
as herein provided, have resided in tn
State for not less than fifteen veal
prior to her application for such per
sion; provided further, that pension
whether to veterans OF to widows, sha
! be allowed only from the date of appl
cation under this article, and the tot;
appropriations for all pensions shall nj