The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-09-18

u ACCOUNTS 10 De known as Redempfio
Accounts. the amount of all bonds ma
turing or becoming payable, and
snail be the duty of said Treasurer I
pay or provide for the payment of sue
Donos. such deposits shall be mad
with the State Treasurer in timely sea
son for the payment of such princfpa
an1 interest and not less than thirt
lSo1 days before the date when an
mo moneys e become payable. 1t shall b
such deposits as aforesaid, and in cas-
OF failure on the part of said Board +,
make said deposits In an amount suf
inciena 10 provide for the payment o
| the redemption of the bonds, the sail
treasurer is hereby empowered and di
rected, and II is made his duty. I,
coIlecf the charges and revenues o,
.ne fort and to apply the same, aftel
providing for necessary operating ex.
penses and any prior charges, to the
payment of the principal and interes,
NJ nose shs sn sag a. bonds. and for that pur-
pose ana Tor such time as NAV he
necessary. the said Treasurer is herehy
au.horized to exercise all the powers
ana duties vested In the Board OF Com
TIES 1n,ssi snaa' ct the Port Of New Orleans.
me accounts of said Board as a De-
partment of State shall be- subject n
auoit and Investigation by the State
Auoitior or Supervisor of Public Ac-
counts and the auditor shall counter
STiGn all bonds hereafter issued. The
board may acquire real and personal
properly subject to mortgage or Other
nen ana may make or execute pur-
sca as money mortgages or property
shall prejudice the right Of the holder
OF any bonds OF the Port now outstand-
ing, or that may be issued under the
u ,nsdn ana mortgage heretofore
to a segregation of such revenues as
are applicable to his bonds under said
oIuinance ana mortgage or ether COW
shaI OF OF his bonds. This amendment
fore enacted. except Insofar "a incon-
sistent herewith.
Section Q. Be IL further resolved
e ,.sa Tnat on the official ballots to be
the words, For the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution giving addi-
tionai powers to the Board of Commits
s shone e OF the Port of New Orleans in
erty under Its administration" and the
words; Against the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution giving adii-
.ionai powers to the Board of Commits
sioners of the Port Of New Orleans in
the financing and control of the nronn
srty under it's administration" and
each e!ector shall indicate his vote for
pr against the proposed amendment az
'fo .h IN the general election laws
R. F. WALKER,
speaker OF the House of Representa-
tives.
HEWITT BOUANCHAuD /
Lieutenant Governor and President or
the Senate.
Approved: Ugly Z. 1920.
JNO. NJ. PARKER,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
JAMES j. BAILEY.
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 40.
House Bin No. 2ss--By Mr.. Schell.
JOINT RESOLUTION
OF the Constitution of the State Of
louisiana as heretobefore amended
rWeiative to pensions for Confederate
eneral Assembly of the State of i,ouiso
ina, two-thirds Of all the members
ected 70 each House concurring. That
,at ses OF the Constitution Of the
.aeo 9I Louisiana as heretobefore
to read as follows:
article 800. A pension not to exceed
nirfy Doilars ($30.o0) per month shall |
/. s aattIwe1 70 each Confederate soldier
saiior veteran who possesses all Of .
e fouoWing Qualifications
!. he shall have served honorably J
ON the date Of his enlistment until i
. u close q the late Cfyil War, or until ,
iHtary Organization, regularly mus i
red into the Army or NAVY of the
,nIederate States and shall have re- :
lti1 q, true 70 the Confederate States Z
2. he shall not own property of =
pre- than two thousand dollars val i
.. He shall not be saIartea ar ot, !
Sc provided for by the State Of Iouis- =
IA: or BY any other State or Govern =
snt. In case he enlisted in any or =
ni.a.ion mustered into said service
the date of his enlistment he resided g g
ine state Of Louisiana, he shall have n
SIDED In this State for at least Ave -
ass prior to his application for PEN o
In In this State. and enlisted in an q
sankation not mustered In from y,
uisiana, or In the Navy Of the Con. -
's shis state states; he shall have resided D,
or to his application for such pen q,
2 A like pension shall be granted =,
the widow who shall not have mar ~
q again. IN INDECENT circumstances, D,
ge to her was contracted prior to NJ NJ
luary. 1895; provided that IL her de- ~ =,
SEQ husband served in an Organize ~
>, mustered In from Louisiana, or il 70
enlistment. then in order that such W.
low Shall be entitled to the pension ~
herein provided. she shall have re- hn
go In this State for at least Ave ~,
~ HcA dppiIcdtlOn tnerefOr. | M
II her deceased husband enlisted ~
swhere than in Louisiana. and -
we'd In an organization not mustered iH'
from Louisiana, such widow shall
1rder to entttle her to a pension as ~ ~
elm provided, have resided i'm this w ~,
te Tor not less than five years prior -,
her application for such pension: III
vided further that all widows who 81
'ried Confederate soldiers or sailors G Sn'
econd time shall not be debarred ~ ue
n the benefits Of this Act but he
tied to pension on the same terms -,
,ther widows of deceased C0nfeder- me- nc,
soldiers or sailors: provided further. sns
pensions whether to veterans or ~ ~
Widows shall be allowed only from S 81
date Of application under this 81
Gle, and the total appropriatfons Sc,
all pensions in any one year shall - IS
the proceeds of an annual tax ~ ~
e-fourths of one mill on the dollar cse
ch tax IL hereby levied on ali tax- =.
property In the State, provided
appropriations shall never be more =
an amount sufficient to paw All n Ia
lions Tor any one year ANY ar - :
ng surplus from said tax fund shall oon
leld as an accommodating fund for hae
Confederate Veterans to be appro- vs
ted by the General Assemble for %us