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the tax collectors and assessors shall T
ceive no commissions for assessing a,
collecting said one mill tax herein pr
vided.
| Provided that nothing in this Artic
shall be construed so as to prohibit Il
General Assembly from providing art
ncial limbs to disabled Confedera
Soldiers or Sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc
That this proposed amendment be SUI
mitted to the qualified electors of Il
State of Louisiana, for adoption or It
lection at the Congressional election -,
be held on the first Tuesday next TO
lowing the first Monday in Novemb be
1916.
| That the official ballots to be used a
! SAID election shall have printed thereo
she words; "For the proposed amend
ment to Article 303 OF the Constitute
OF the State of Louisiana relative to tn
pensions for Confederate Veterans" an
the words Against the proposed amenu
ment to Article 303 of the Constitution
OF the State OF Louisiana relative TO pea
s'ons for Confederate Veterans" an
each elector shall indicate, as provide,
In the general election laws OF tn
State, whether OF not he votes for T.
against the amendment
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
speaker OF the House OF representatives.
FERNAND MOUION,
Lieut.. Gov. and President of the Senat.
approved: July 5, 1916.
r. 6. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 10.
Senate Bill No. y6. BY Leon X. Smith
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition OF the State of Louisiana, pro
vlding for the funding of certain DEBTS
OF the City of Shreveport, ana lug
ments against the said city, the lssu-
ance of serial bonds by sad city, pro-
viding the purpose tor ana the manner
in which same may be issued, anu
the duties OF the City Council of tn.
City OF Shreveport, with referen..
thereto; and the levying by the Gu,
Council of Shreveport OF certain txae.
to retire the bonds as issued herein
by said city. Anu p1ovlulng for IN.
submission of said amendment to tn.
electors of the State for their approya
OK rejection.
Be it enacted by the General Assem-
oily of the State Of Louisiana, two thirus
of all the members elected to eacI
branch thereof concur1ing, that subiec
TO the ratification and approval OF tn,
electors of this State, the Constitution
of the State be amended by incorpora,
ing therein, the following provisions, TO
wit:
Section l. The City of Shreveport b
a four-fifths vote of all the members o.
the City Council thereof, shall hav.
power and is hereby authorized to issu.
$oOo,OOV OF bonds, or SO much thereo
~ may be necessary, to be styled Cit,
Of Shreveport Serial Gold Bonds, an
to bear such rate of interest as the Cit,
Council may fix from time to time, a. |
zach installment of the said bonds is |
offered for sale, Is hereafter provided;
said rate of interest at no time to sx
iced per cent per annum payable semi
Section 2. The proceeds of SAT-
bonds shall be applied to the paymen
md retirement of all certificates of in
lebtedness issued by the City of Shreve
BORT prior to May l, 1916, and to tn.
payment of all judgments 1endere
'gainst said city prior to May l, 1916
Section 3. All bonds ISSUED under
his amendment shall be in such forms
erms and denominations, and payabl>
t such times and places, within a per
cd of not exceeding forty years from
he date thereof, ~ the City Council o.
shreveport shall determine. Said bond.
hall be issued in serial form and shall
'e payable In annual installments, com
aencing not more than one year fror
heir respective dates, and the install
tent payable in each year shall be SC
xed, that when the annual interest IS
dded thereto, the several annual total
mounts of principal and interest to be
aid shall be ~ nearly equal as prac-
cable.
Said bonds shall be signed by the
fayor and the Secretary Treasurer OF
be City Of Shreveport, and counter
igned by the Commissioners of Ac
ounts and Finances, and the coupon
'all have the fac-simile signatures of the
fayor and Secretary Treasurer. In
lse any such officer whose signature o:
who appears on such
bond or coupon, shall cease to be such
tficer before delivery of said bond o,
upon to the purchaser, such signature
; counter-signature shall nevertheless
; valid for all purposes.
Section 4. The principal and interes
all bonds authorized by this amend
emit shall be payable in gold coin o.
e United States of America or itsi 1
luivalent, Of the standard weight and 1
aeness at the time of the issuance
ereof, and shall be exempt from all
rms Of taxation.
Section s. The full faith and credit Z
the City Of Shreveport are pledged
= the payment Of principal and inter
Of all bonds issued under this amend .
int. The principal and interest of all (