The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-30
ACT NO. 40.
House Bill No. 2s6-By Mr.. Schell.

ACT NO. 40.
! House Riu No 2s6-By Mr.. SChell.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Arttcie so
| Louisiana as heretobefore amended
| relative to pensions for Confederate
| Veterans
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
! General Assembly of the state OF Louis
! lana. two thisds of all the members
/ elected to each House concurring, That
Article 303 of the Constitution Of the
State OF Louisiana as heretobeLore
amended he amended and re-enacteo so
/ as to read as follows:
Article 303. A pension not to exceed
! Thirty Dollars $4,000 per month shalI
| be allowed to each Confederate soldier
! or sailor veteran who possesses all or
/ the following qualifications:
I. 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
! military organization. regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy or the
! Confederate States and shall have re-
manned true to the Confederate States
/ until the Surrender.
| >. He shall not own property of
more than two thousand dollars val
/ uation.
g. lie shall not he salaried or other
| wise provided for by the State of Louis
lana. or by any other State or Govern
! ment. In case he enlisted i'm any or
I
! 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 last five
| years prior TO his application for pen
/ sion. In case he resided elsewhere
| than in this State, and enlisted in an
Louisiana. or in the Navy Of the Con-
/ federate States. he shall have resided
| in this State for at least fiSe years
| prior TO his application for such pen
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! 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 Organfza-
| 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
and If her deceased husband enlisted
/ elsewhere than in Louisiana, and
served in an organization not mustered
/ in from Louisiana, such widow shall
| in order to entitle her to a pension as
( herein provided. have resided in this
State for not less than five years prior
I to her apptica ton for such pension;
provided further that all widows who
married Confederate soldiers or sailors
| 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 ConfedeT-
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
I be the proceeds of an annual tax of
| three fourths of one mill on the dollar
which tax is hereby levied on all 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
| the collection of any other tax or in
! the making OF any appropriation for
/ pensions in excess of the amount of
4 the three fourths of one mill tax levied
and collected and TO be known as Con-
/ federate Veteran Pension Fund" is
! hereby prohibited and said fund il TO
| be used for no other purpose than that
! herein stipulated; and upon the adop-
/ ton of this Amendment same shall at
I once become self operative and the
! funds derived therefrom be immedi-
/ atelI used for said purpose, and pro-
vided further that the tax collectors
/ and assessors shall receive NO commits
sions for assessing and collecting said
/ three fourths OF one mill tax herein
provided.
Provided that nothing in this Article
shall be construed so as to prohib
| the General Assembly from providing
! artificial limbs to disabled Confederate
! Soldiers or Sailors.
| 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 Or the first Tuesday next
following the first 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
| alive to the pensions for Confederate
Veterans" and the words: Against the
proposed amendment to Article 900 of
| the Constitution of the State of Louis
| lana relative to pensions for confed-
| crate Veterans" and each elector shall
/ indicate, as provided in the general
not he votes for or against the amend
r. F. WALKER,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
| the Senate.
| Approved: July 7. 1890.
JNO. NJ. PARKER,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
/ JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 15S.
House Bill No. 37e-By Mr.. Claiborne.
Substitute for House Bill No. 1873.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
| Proposing an amendment to Article 230
of the Constitution OF the State of
| Louisiana relative to exempting GER
tain Industries located on the naviga-
ton Canal, New Orleans.
| Section l. Be il resolved by the Gem
| eral Assembly of the State of Louis
lana, two-thirds of all members elected
to each House concurring, That the fol-
| lowing amendments to the Constttu-
ton of the State of Louisiana be sub
| mitted to the electors of the State at
the next Congressional Election to be
held on the first Tuesday after the first
said Article read - follows:
! Article $50. The following shall be
exempt from taxation. and no other,
viz: All public property. places of re-
! ligiouB worship, or burial the rectories
and parsonages of churches and
| exclusively as residences for the min
! listers in charge of such churches. all
| charitable institutions, all buildings
and property used exclusively for pub
/ lie monuments or historical collections,
/ colleges and other school purposes, the
| real and personal estate of any public
library, and that of any other library
/ association used by or connected with
| such library, all books and philosophi-
cal apparatus. and all paintings and
! statuary of any company or associa-
| ton, kept In a public hail; provided,
the property so exempted be not leased
! for purposes of private or corporate
profit or income There shall also be
| exempt from taxation household prop
erty to the value of five hundred dol