The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-10-16

or accounts to De known. as tteueinpuon
Accounts, the amount Of all bonds ma
turing or becoming payable. ana IL
shall be the duty of said Treasurer to
pay or provide for the payment OF such
bonds. Such deposits shall be made
with the State Treasurer in timely sea,
son for the payment OF such principai
and interest and not less than thirty
{30) days before the date when any
moneys become payable. 1t shall be
the duty of said Treasurer to collect
such deposits as aforesaid, and In case
of failure on the part of said Board TO
make said deposits In an amount SUI
interest due or to become due. and for
the redemption of the bonds the said
Treasurer is hereby empowered ana OIL
rected, and 1T is made his duty, TO
collect the charges and revenues OF
the Port and to apply the same, a1ter
providing for necessary operating ex-
penses and any prior charges. to the
payment of the principal and, interest
| of the said bonds. and for that pur-
pose and for such time as may be
| necessary, the said Treasurer Is hereby
| authorized to exercise all the powers
and duties vested in the Board Of Com
missionerS of the Port of New Orleans.
| The accounts of said Board as De-
partment of State shall be subject to
| audit and investigation by the state
/ Auditor or Supervisor of Public Ac-
counts, and the auditor shall counter
sign all bonds hereafter issued. The
Board may acquire real and personal
L -
! lien and may make or execute pur-
chase money mortgages or property
acquired. Nothing herein contained
shall prejudice the right of the holder
| ing, or that may be issued under the
ordinance and mortgage heretofore
/ made and executed for canal purposes
to a segregation of such revenues as
are applicable to his bonds under said
ordinance and mortgage or other COW
enant of his bonds. This amendment
shall not repeal any statutes hereto
! Section 3. Be 1t further resolved
ETC., That on the official ballots to be
the words, For the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution giving addi-
tional powers to the Board OF Commits
i sioners of the Port of New Orleans In
j erty under it's administration" and the
! words, Against the proposed amend.
ment to the Constitution giving add
tional powers to the Board Of Commits.
sioners of the Port OF New Orleans II
the financing and control OF the prop
erty under it's administration" and
| each elector shall indicate his vote FOL
or against the proposed amendment al
provided in the general election law
/ of the State.
Il r. F.. WALKER.
/ Speaker of the House of Represents
II HEWITT BOUANCHAUD.
Lieutenant Governor and President o
/ the Senate.
Il Approved; M SyiyM = p isR1i
81 Governor of the State Of Louisiana
| A true copy:
II JAMES j. BAILEY.
Secretary of State.
: ACT NO. 14o.
Z House Bill No. 2S6-By Mr.. Schell.
!. JOINT RESOLUTION,
Proposing an amendment to Article 30
of the Constitution of the State Q
; Louisiana as heretobefore amende
I relative to pensions for C0nfederat
. Section /. Be it resolved by tn
General Assembly of the State OF LIQUID
: elected to each House concurring. Ths
: 1 Article 303 of the Constitution OF tn
4 State of Louisiana as heretobeiol
. amended be amended and re-enacted
: Article 300. A pension not to excee
: Thirty Dollars $4,000 per month sha
!. be allowed to each Confederate so!di'
: or sailor veteran who possesses All
VI 1. He shall have served honorabl
( from the date of his enlistment unit
the close of the late Civil War, or unit
Is he was discharged or paroisds IN son son
i tered into the Army or Navy OF Il
- Confederate States and shall have :
If manned true to the COnfe0e1ote Stax
h until the Surrender.
II 2. He shall not own property
le more than two thousand dollars Va
= uation.
p He sas f 91t By Be s sss e
ia lana, or by any other State or Cover
Ia ment In case he enlisted tn. any 2
,e ganization mustered into said servi
= at at the e date Of his enlistment he resid
"A lin the State of louisiana, he shall ha
II resided in this State for at least d
IS years prior to his application for pc
err than in this State. and enlisted In
IN ! organization not mustered In I'm
Of Louisiana, or in the Navy OF tho &c
1t federate States he shall have resio SIC
to prior to his application for such pc
T. sfop. A like pension shall be grant
m to the widow who shall not have ms
c. ried again. in INDECENT circumstanc
r of such soldier or sailor whose ms
Al. rage to her was contracted prior
OF January, 1895; provided that II her
ed ceased husband served In an organi,
e. ton, mustered in from Louisiana. or
II he resided in Louisiana. at the date
az his enlistment. then in order that 81
eyy widow shall be entitled to the pensl
or as herein provided. she shall have
e. sided in this State for at least {
lis | years prior to her application theref
he and if her deceased husband enlist
ar elsewhere than in Louisiana, :
lid | served IN an Orgdn1ZdtfoH HOt MUSIC
an in from Louisiana, such widow sh
Mt lin order to entitle her to pension
or herein provided. have resided In
lie State for not less than five years pr
ali to her application for such pensi
Of provided further that all widows y
M married Confederate soldiers or sail
he o second time shall not be debar
I'd from the benefits of this Act but
le- entitled to a pension on the same te!
M as other widows of deceased COnfed
mt ate soldiers or sailors; provided furtl
,al that pensions whether to veterans
Ter to widows shall be allowed only II
.v- the date of application under
,de Article, and the total appropriate
he | for all pensions in any one year d
for be the proceedR of an annual tax
the three-fo urths OF one mill on the do
Ie- | which tax is hereby levied on all
va able property In the eStat6, provt
nal said appropriations shall never be m
re- | than an amount sufficient to pay
an pensions for any one year. Any
nts cruing surplus from said tar fnnd 81
md be held as an accommodating FUND
ali the Confederate Veterans to be apI
,ch priated by the General Assembly
rbe their use and benefit as the Gen
tho | Assembly may In future determine.