The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-23

the Senate,
Approved July Z, 1920.
JNO. NJ. PARKER,
Governor OF the State Of LOUISIANA.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 14o.
House Bill No. zs6-By Mr.. ScheH'
JOINT RESOLUTION. an,
Proposing an amendment to Article 0SS
of the Constitution of the state OF
Louisiana as heretobefore amenueu
relative to pensions for Confederate
section l. Be It resolved by the
General Assembly of the State OF LOUIS
lana. twO-thirds of all the members
elected to each House concurrlhs. ~
Article 800 OF the Constitution OF the
State of Louisiana as heretopeSa0 &c
amended be amended and re-enacteO 30
as to read as follows: 5000
Article 3e3. A pension not to exceed
Thirty Dollars (S3e.00) per month snalI
be allowed to each Confederate soidler
or sailor veteran who possesses All OA
the following qualifications;
1. He shall have served hohorapty1
from the date of his enlistment until
the close of the late Civil War or untii
he was discharged or paroled, IN Some
military organization, regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy OF tne
Confederate States and shall haS Stotes
manned true to the Confederate States
until the Surrender.
2. He shall not own property OF
more than two thousand dollars val
3 He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State or LOUIS
lana. or by any other State or Govern
ment In case he enlisted in any or
ganization mustered into salu service
as a Louisiana organization, or IN case
at the date of his enlistment he reslded
| in the State of Louisiana, he SHAH nave
resided in this State for at least nVe
years prior to his application for PEN
] sion. In case ne resided elsewhere
| than in this State, and enlisted in an
organization not mustered IN from from
| federate States. he shall have resided
| in this State for at least hVe years
prior to his application for such pen,
! sion. a like pension shall be granted
| to the widow who shall not have mar
| risd again, in INDECENT circumstances
! of such soldier or sailor whose mar
| rage to her was contracted prior 10
| January, 1895; provided that IL her de-
| ceased husband served in an organiza-
| ton, mustered in from Louisiana, or IL
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 hVe
years prior to her application theretor; ,
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 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
| al other widows of deceased Confeder-
. ate soldiers or sailors; provided further,
! that pensions whether to veterans or
to widows shall be allowed only IRON rom
, Article, and the total appropriations
for all pensions in any one year shall
be the proceeds Of an annual tax OF
which tax is hereby levied on all tax
able property in the State, provided
E said appropriations shall never be more
r than an amount sufficient to pay al
q eruing surplus from said tax fund shall
. be held as an accumulatlng f6nd 1ol
r the Confederate Veterans to be appro
e priated by the General Assembly fol
I their use and benefit as the Genera
Assembly may In future determine, ant
= the collection of any other tax or II
4 nensions in excess of the amount o
= the three fourths of one mill tax leyie'
: and collected and to be known as Ion
{ federate Veteran Pension Fund, Fund !.
+ be used for no other purpose than tina
= herein stipulated; and upon the adop
e ton of this Amendment same shall a
e once become self operative and tn
II funds derived therefrom be immedi
e ately used for said purpose, and pro
: yided further that the tax collector
= and assessors shall receive no commits
Il sions for assessing and collecting sal
= three-fourths of one mill tax herei
Is Provided that nothing in this Articl
ID shall be construed so as to prohibi
IL the General Assembly from providin
n artificial limbs to disabled Confederat
lie Soldiers or Sailors:
lie Section 2. Be it further resolves
he etc. That this proposed amendment b
In submitted to the qualified electors {
st the State of Louisiana. for adoption {
c. rejection at the Congressional Electio
id to be held on the first Tuesday ne1
l. following the frst Monday in Noven
IN O That the. official ballots to be use
Il thereon the words: For the propose
er amendment to Article 800 of the Col
n stitution OF the State of Louisiana re
I'd ative to the pensions Ior . Sonteoera ?,
id proposed amendment to Article 303
CHI the Constitution of the State Of Lpui
d. lana relative to pensions for coAfe
" crate Veterans" and each elector shs
al Indicate, as provided in the gener
e. election laws of the State, whether
all not he votes for or against the amen
id ment
nd Speaker Of the House of Represent
he HEWITT BoUANcHAUD
/
tie the Senate.
rs 1pproyed: July 7, 1929
in JNO. N. PARKER,
ne Governor of the State of LouisiaI
an A true copy:
all JAMES ]. BAILEY,
ed Secretary of State.
ty. ACT NO. 15s.
OF House Bill No. 376-By MT. ClaiSorl
,on Substitute for House Bill No. 1873.
dI- JOINT RESOLUTION.
AID Processing an amendment to Article
sit of the Constitution OF the state
of Louisiana relative to exempting G.
mt tain Industries located on the naVis
lon ton Canal, New Orleans.
ma Section l. Be IL resolved By the Gt
IL eral Assembly of the State OF Lou
to lana, two thirds of all members cleo
1ch to each House concurrinG. That the I
AIDE lowing amendments TO the Consu
ca ton OF the State of Louisiana De 81
nal mitted to the electors of the State
rty the next Congressional Election TO
any held on the first Tuesday after the n
be Monday in November. 1870, maxi
ect said Article read a. follows
ase Article $50. The following snail
to exempt from taxation, and no or
uf- viz: All public property, places or
OF ligiOus worship. or burial; the rector
for and parsonages OF churcnss
ala grounds thereunto appurtenant, u
Al exciuaively as residences for the m
to listers in charge of such churches,
OF charitable Institutions, all DulIoil
fteP and property used exclusively Tor p
ex- lie monuments or historical collecCe
the colleges and other school purposes,
rest real and personal estate or any pu
mr. library, ana that OF any other nor
be association used by or co1nectfeu