The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-10-30

louisiana, to the credit OF an accoun,
y accounts 10 be known as Redemption
t t1yJ9lnts, The amount of all bonds ma
euIuE or becoming payable and /,
shail be the duty of said Treasurer Re
pay or provide for the payment OF such
ponds. Such deposits shall be made
WI Win the State Treasurer in timely sea
a aou interest and not less than thirty
Nool days before the date when any
moneys become payable. 1t shall be
s, ,e o9ty OF said Treasurer to collect
s9cn deposits as aforesaid and In case
OF failure on the part of said Board To
s eiahe said deposits in an amount sur
iii ntet 10 provide for. the payment of
t ~ IS, que or to become due. and for
III, NJ redemption of the bonds, the said
treasurer is hereby empowered and di-
reGted, and it is made his duty. to
tba the charges and revenues Of
tne fort and to apply the same after
providing for necessary operaf,nr ex
pemses and any prior charges, to the
payment of the principal and interest
nose cue saiI bonds, and for that pur-
pose and for such time as NAV he
necessary, the said Treasurer is berahy
auS1oriIed to exercise all the powers
anu duties vested in the Board of Com
The e or the Port of New Orleans.
me accounts of said Board as a De
pa5st;thent of State shall be subject to
auait and investigation by the State
cn, or Supervisor of Public Ac-
SIGN 81, u the auuitor snail counter
bo:trd may acquire real and personal
pi,Iopefty subject to mortgage or other
c nen ana may make or execute pur-
acquired. Nothing herein eontsinegg
ssaiI prejudice the right of the holder
ol any bonds of the Port now outstand
n enS; , OF mat may be issued under the
mace and executed for canal PURPOSES
70 segregation of such revenues as
are applicable to his bonds under said
enan ian of AN and h mortgage or other COW
snaii not repeal any statutes hereto
l Iore enacted except insofar as incon- |
sistent herewith
etc Sec ,rSl. 2: Be it further resolved.
USED at said election shall be placed
the words. For the proposed amend
,nent TO the Constitution giving addi-
sionersp o|ers TO the Board of Commits
$40 a OF the Port of New Orleans in
ane financing and control of the prop
erty under its administration" and The
moras, against the proposed amend
-ional powers to the Boa I'd OF Con,m;s-
'loners of the Port Of New Orleans in
ne financing and control of the prom
'rg under it's administration" and
Zach elector shall indicate his vote ~
" against the proposed Amendment ~
y in the general election laws
r. F. WALKER,
'peaker of the House of Renreaant.
tives.
,... HEWITT BoUANcHAUp. n
tba G Governor and President of !
Approved: July z, 1920. II
JNO. NJ. PARKER.
! true copy: I
JAMES J. BAILEY, II
Secretary of State. II
/
ACT NO. 140. :
House Bill No. 286-By Mr., Schell. 4
JOINT RESOLUTION. q
roposing an amendment to Article a0a | a
9I the Constitution of the State of | v
Louisiana as heretobefore amended O
relative to pensions for Confederate r
Veterans. Z,
section 1. Be 1t resolved by the a
eneral Assembly of the State Of Louis !.
ma, two thirds of all the members | r.
ected to each House concurring. That o
rticle so3 of the Constitution Of the v
,a.e OF Louisiana as heretobefore g
it IN re 9e AMENDED and re-enaoted SO d
=. Artlcie so3. A pension not to exceed T
1irty Dollars (s30.00) per month shall q
a allowed to each Confederate soldier N
e following qualifications: m
1. He shall have served honorable a,
ON the date of his enlistment unti1 In
e close :, of the late Civil War. or until "
1
lhtary organization, regularly mus 10
red Into the Army or Navy of the to
n1ederate States and shall have re- Sc
t IN a. true to the Confederate States re-
:. he shall not own property of W
IRE than two thousand dollars val 10
8. He shall not be salaried or other "a
Sc provided for by the State of Iouis- eli
Ia. or by any other State or Govern ce
mt IN case he enlisted in any or co
nization mustered into said service
a n3 5a Isl organization. or in case es
. tne state OF louisiana. he shall have TO
lded In this State for at least five mt
m, n prior pr ITO to his application for pen pr
IN in this State, and enlisted in an ce
sanization not mustered in from no
lisianas or in the Navy Of the Con IN
t fhis State states; he shall have resided pa
or to his application for such pen sh
?; A like pension shall be granted tw
the widow who shall not have mar tn,
7. sag aga,n, IN INDECENT circumstances. pr,
ge to her was contracted prior to no
uary, 1895; provided that il her de- fu,
sea husband served In an Organise att
!. mustered In from Louisiana, or II 70,
resided in Louisiana, at the date Of VIII
enlistment. then In order that such col
oW shall be entitled to the pension an
herein ld f pr. provided. she shall have re- be.
- liilo STATE IOr at least five / mi
RS prior to her application therefor. no.
II her deceased husband enlisted Sec
where than TN Louisiana. and nae
,ed In an organization not mustered
from Louisiana, such widow shall | to
,rder to entitle her to a pension AZ lido
elm provided. have resided in this | Ali
e for not less than FIVE years prior | n a
her application for such pension: am
Vided further that all widows who | aha
rled Confederate soldiers or sailors Ger
econd time shall not be debarred Of
n the benefits Of this Act but be g
lied to pension on the same terms her
ther widows of deceased Confeder- the
soldiers or sailors; provided further. ert,
pensions whether to veterans or he
Widows shall be allowed only from Sta
date of application under this rsn
Gle, and the total appropriations age
an pensions in any one year shall YEA
ne proceeds Of an annual tax Of Sec,
e-fourths of one mill on the dollar mt
IN tax is hereby levied on ali tax in
property in the State, provided N
appropriations shall never be more hav
. an amount sufficient to pay All pro,
|, !, Ut any one year. Any ac- cont
ng surplus from said tax fund shall n
leld as an accommodating fund for bee,
confederate Veterans to be appro- anti
ted by the General Assembly for befc
nd han L -