The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-10-09

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Louisiana, to the credit OF an account
! or accounts 70 be known as Redemption
Accounts. the amount Of all bonds ma
shall be the duty 81 said Treasnre r to
Or sUdS fer sas ss Of maSs
with the State Treasurer In timely sea-
son for the payment Of such principal
and interest and not less than thirty
(so) days before the date when any
| the duty of said Treasurer to collect
such deposits - aforesaid. and in case
OF failure on the part of said Board to
hcient to provide for the payment of
interest due or to become due. and for
the redemption OF the bonds. the said
rected, and 1t is made his duty. to
collect the charges and revenues of
the Port and to apply the same, after
providing for necessary operating ex-
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 a 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 aeavirs real and personal
Hen and may make or execute pur-
acquired. Netting Serein contained
Of any bonds Of the Port now oStstand stand
| Ing. or that may be issued under the
ordinance and mortgage heretofore
made and executed for canal purposes
to segregation Of such revenues as
| are applicable to his bonds nnder said
ordinances and mortgage or other COW
| enant of his bonds. This amendment
shall s not repeal any statutes hereto
Section !. Be II further resolved.
etc.. That on the official ballots to be
| ment to the Constitution giving addi-
tional powers to the Board of Commits
sioners Of the Port Of New Orleans in
erty under It's Reconsideration" and the
words, Against the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution giving addi-
tional powers to the Board of Commits
the financing and control of the prop
erty under It's administration" and
each elect0r shall indicate his vote for
| or against the proposed amendment as
r. F, WALKER,
Speaker OF the House Of Representa-
HEWITT BoUANcHAUD,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved 5Yiy :. is29 1rp
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary OF State.
ACT NO. 14o.
House JIM E,I To hs sssIBz "; sehsll.
Proposing "a amendment to Article 303
Of the Constitutions of the State of
Louisiana al heretCbefore amended
relative to pensions for Confederate
Section /, Be Il resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State Of Louis
lana, two thlrde Of all the members
Article Sss Of the Constitution Of the
amended be amended and re-enacted so
- to rssd - follows:
thirty Dollar. isoS per nG month sssi
be allowed % each Confederate soldier
or sailor veteran who possesses all of
the following auaiihcstions;
from the date Of his enlistment until
! the close OF the late Civil War, or until
he was discharged or paroled. In some
s.rss into xSs Eas1 Of rs.
Confederate States and shall have re-
manned true to the Confederate States
until the eurreader.
more than two thousand dollars val
uation.
3. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for By the State of Louis
ment. In case he enlisted in any or
Ganisatien mustered into said service
~ Louisiana organisation, or in case
1T the date of his enlistment he resided
in the State Of Louisiana. he shall have
resided In this State for at least Ave
years prior to his application for PEN
sion. Ia caAe he resided elsewhere
than Y 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 Ave Years
o III FL. mali Hr Be SUCH
to the widow who shall not have mar
ried again. In indigent circumstances.
of such soldier or sailor whose mar
January, 1895: provided that il her de-
ceased husband served in an organixa-
ton, mustered In from louisiana or II
he resided In Louisiana. at the date of
widow shall be entitled to the pension
~ herein provided, she shall have re-
sided In this State for at least Ave
yo0T8 pSlOf 10 ner appucatlOn LnereIOrs
and II her deceased husband enlisted
elsewhere than In Louisiana, and
served In m organization not mustered
In from Louisiana, such widow shall,
in order to entitie her to a pension as
herein provided, have resided in this
State for not less than Ave years prior
to her application 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
~ 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 pspsions in any one year shall
be the proesede Of an annual tax Of
three. fourthe Of one mill on the dollar
which tax " hereby levied on all tax.
| able property in the State, provided
said appropriations shall never be moro
than an amount sufficient to pay all
pensions fer any one year. Any acc
cruing Surplus from said tax fund shall
be held AZ An aocumulating fund for
priatsd By the GENERAL Assembly for