The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-09-11

Governor Oh the State OF Louisiana.
A true copy: r
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of state.
ACT NO 40.
House Bill No. a86-By Mr. Schell.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article SO3 /
of the Constitution of the State of /
Louisiana as heretobefore amended |
relative to pensions for Confederate |
Section 1. Be II resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of Louis
lana, two-thirds of all the members /
elected to each House concurring, That |
Article 303 of the Constitution of the |
State of Louisiana as heretobefore |
amended be amended and re-enacted so |
as to read as follows:
Article 300. a pension not to exceed |
Thirty Dollars ($3O.OO) per month shall !
be allowed to each Confederate soldier
or sailor veteran who possesses all of
the following qualifications:
l. He shall have served honorably !
from the date of his enlis sment until |
the close of the late Civil War or until
he was discharged or paroled, in some
military organization, regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy of the
Confederate States and shall have re-
manned true to the Confederate States
until the Surrender.
g He shall not own property of
more than two thousand dollars val
uation
8. 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
ganiZation mustered into said service
as a Louisiana 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 pen
sion. In case ne resided elsewhere
than in this State, and enlisted in an
organization not mustered in from
I Sci or In nf
federate States, he shall have resided
in this State for at least five years
prior to his application for such PEN
sion. A like pension shall be granted
to the widow who shall not have mar
ried again, in INDECENT circumstances.
of such soldier or sailor whose mar
riage to her was contracted prior to
January, 1895; provided that If her de-
ceased husband served in an organiZa-
ton, mustered in from Louisiana, or if
he resided in Louisiana, at the date of
his enlistment, then in order that such
widow shall be entitled to the pension
as herein provided, she shall have re-
sided in this State for at least five
years prior to her application therefor;
| and if her deceased husband enlisted
| elsewhere than in Louisiana, and
served m an organization not mustered
] in from Louisiana, such widow shall.
| in order to entitle her to pension as
/ herein provided. have resided in this
| State for not less than five years prior
| to her application for such pension;
| provided further that all widows who
married Confederate soldiers or sailors
| a second time shall not be debarred
| from the benefits of this Act but be
| entitled to pension on the same terms
as other widows of deceased Confeder-
| ate soldiers or sailors; provided further,
| that pensions whether to veterans or
/ to widows shall be allowed only from
| the date of application under this
/ Article, and the total appropriations
/ for all pensions in any one year shall
/ be the proceeds Of an annual tax of
three-fourths of one mill on the dollar
which tax is hereby levied on air tax
| able property in the State, provided
said appropriations shall never be more
than an amount sufficient to pay all
pensions for any one year. Any ac-
| cruing surplus from said tax fund shall
be held as an accommodating fund for
/ the Confederate Veterans to be appro-
priated by the General Assembly for
their use and benefit as the General
| Assembly may in future determine, and
4 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
and collected and to be known as Con
4 federate Veteran Pension Fund" is
hereby prohibited and said fund is to
be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipulated; and upon the adop-
ton of this Amendment same shall at
once become self operative and the
funds derived therefvOIu De imnedi
ately used for said purpose, and pro-
and assessors shall receive no commits
sions for assessing and collecting said
three fourths of one min tax herein
Provided that nothing in this Article
shall be construed so as to prohibit
the General Assembly from providing
artificial limbs to disabled Confederate
Section 2. Be it further resolved
etc, That this proposed amendment be
submitted to the qualified electors OF
the State of Louisiana, for adoption or
rejection at the Congressional Election
to be held on the first Tuesday next
following the hrst Monday in Novem-
That the official ballots to be used
at said election shall have printed
thereon the words: For the proposed
amendment to Article 303 of the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana rel
Veterans and the words: Against the
| proposed amendment to Article 3OS oil
the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana relative to pensions for confed-
crate Veterans" and each elector shall
indicate, as provided in the genera
election laws of the State. whether o.
not he votes for or against the amend
ment
Speaker of the House of Representa-.
HEWITT BoUANCHAUD
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved: July Z, 1920.
JNO NJ. PARKER,
, Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
Il JAMES j. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
, ACT NO. 153
{ House Bill No. 376-By Mr. Claiborne
Substitute for House Bill No. 1873.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 23'
of the Constitution of the state o.
Louisiana relative to exempting GER
ton Canal, New Orleans.
/ eral Assembly of the State of Louis
, lana, two-thirds of all Aembers elected
to each House concurring. That the fol
. lowing amendments to the Constttu
ton of the State of Louisiana be sub
l mitted to the electors Of the State a
Z the next Congressional Election to b
Z held on the first Tuesday after the hrs
. Monday in November, 1870, making
t said Article read as follows:
2 Article 230. The following shall b.
} exempt from taxation, and no other
i viz: All public property, places of re
III ligious worship, or burial, the rectoriel
r and parsonages of churches ant
grounds thereunto appurtenant, uset
: exclusively as residences for the min
D listers in charge of such churches, al
Z charitable institutions, all building
r and property used exclusively for PUB
: lie monuments or historical collections
E colleges and other school purposes, tn
I real and personal estate of any publ
: library, and that of any other Hbrar.
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