The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-09

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Approved: July Z. 1890.
JNO M PARKER,
| Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
JAMES ]. BAILEY,
| Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 40.
! House Bill No. 286-By Mr.. SchelL
| JOINT RESOLUTION
| of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana as heretobefore amended
relative to pensions for Confederate
Section /. Be Il resolved by the
| General Assembly of the State of Louis
| elected to each House concurring, That
! Article 303 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana as heretobefOre
! amended be amended and re-enacted 80
| as to read as follows:
| Article 303 A pension not to exceed
| Thirty Dollars ($30,OO) per month shall
| be allowed to each Confederate soldier
or sailor veteran who possesses all Of
/ the following qualifications:
1. He shall have served honorabfy
| from the date OF his enlistment until
| the close of the late Civil War, or until
he was discharged or paroled, in some
| tered into the Army or Navy of the
! Confederate States and shall have re-
manned true to the Confederate States
| until the Surrender.
2. He shall not own property of
more than two thousand dollars val
| uation.
5. He shall not he salaried or other
| wise provided for by the State of Louis
| lana, or by any other State or Govern
I ment. In case he enlisted in any or
ganlzation 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
/ In M w1nTl Al
/ than in this State. and enlisted in an
organization not mustered in from
Louisiana, or in the Navy of the Con-
Tolerate States. he shall have resided
| in this State for at least five years
prior to his application for such pen
! sion. like pension shall be granted
] to the widow who shall not have mar
rled again, in INDECENT circumstances,
! of such soldier or sailor whose mar
| rage 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 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
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 a 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
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 accumulating 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 e OF any appropriation pro for
the three fourths of one mill tax levied
and collected and to be known as Con
federate Veteran Pension Fund" 10
hereby prohibited and said fund Is to
be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipula ted; and upon the adop-
ton of this Amendment same shall at
once become self operative and the
ately used for said purpose. and pro-
Vided further that the tax collectors
and assessors shall receive no commits
three-fourths of one mill 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
Soldiers or Sailors.
Section 2. Be IL 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 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 3O3 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
election laws of the State. whether or
not he votes for or against the amend
ment
r. F. WALKER,
Speaker Of the House of Representa-
tives.
HEWITT BoUANCHAUD,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved: July Z. 1920.
JNO. M. PARKER,
Governor of the State OF Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES j. BAILEY.
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 1ss.
House Bill No. 316--By Mr. Claiborne.
Substitute for House Bill No. 1s9.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article $50
of the Constitution Of the State Of
Louisiana relative to exempting GER
tain Industries located on the Saviga-
ton Canal, New Orleans
eral Assembly of the State Of Louise
lana, two-thirds of all members elected
70 each House concurrfng. That the fol-
lowing amendments to the Constitu.
ton of the State OF Louisiana be sub
mftted to the electors OF the State at
the next Congressional Election to be
held on the hrst Tuesday after the first
Monday in November. 1920, making
said Article read a. follows:
Article 230. The following shall be
exempt from taxation, and no other,
viz: All public property, places of re-
ligioug Worship, or burial, the rectories
and parsonages OF churches and
grounds thereunto appuFtenant used
exclusively as residences for the min
listers in charge of such churches, all
charitable Institutions, all buildings
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