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turing or becoming p2yablc' All"
shall be the duty Of said Treasurer ~
bonds. Such deposits snail be hlaue
with the State Treasurer III ti'h'!t SCI
SON for the payment Of such Hrln'ipa!
and interest and not less tntn thlrts
(3O) days before the date when any
moneys become payable. 1t shali 70
thr duty of said Treasurer to colle..
such deposits as aforesaid, and in case
Of failure on the part Of said Board 70
make said deposits in an amount SUI
fcicnt to provide for the payment o.
interest due or to become due. ana icl
thr redemption Of the bonds, the Saio
Treasurer is hereby empowered ana "a
rected. and it is made his duty, -
collect the charges AID revenues OF
the Port and to apply the same. after
providing for necessary operating ~
ncrscS and any prior charges. 10 >th'
pavment of the principal and interest
Of the said bonds. and for that pur-
pose and for such time as may DC
necessary the-said Treasurer is hereby
authorized to exercise all the powers
and duties vested in the Board Of Com
missioncrs of the Port of New Orleans
The accounts of said Board AS De-
nartmcnt Of State shall be subject to
audit and investigation by the state
Auditor or Supervisor of Public Ac'
counts. and the auditor shall counter
Board may acquire real and personal
property subject to mortgage or other
lien and may make or execute pur-
chase money mortgages or property
acquired. Nothing herein contained
shall prejudice the right OF the holder
of any bonds Of the Port now outstand-
ing. or that may be issued under the
made and executed for canal purposes
to a segregation Of such revenues az
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
fore enacted. except insofar as lnccn-
sstent herewith.
Section 2. BE it further resolved
etc, That on the official ballots to be
used at said election shall be placed
the words. For the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution giving adj
tional powers to the Board Of Commits
sioners of the Port of New Orleans In
the financing and control Of the prop
erty under it's administration, and the
words, Against the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution giving addi'
sioners Of the Port Of New Orleans III
the financing and control Of the prop
, erty under it's administration ant
each elector shall indicate his vote FOL
or against the proposed amendment a:
provided in the general election law
of the State.
r. r. WALKER.
! Speaker of the House Of Representa-
tives. .
HEWITT BOrANCHAUD,
| Lieutenant Governor and President o
the Senate.
| Approved; July Z, 1920.
! tNO. NJ. PARKER,
Governor Of the State OF Louisiana
JAMES j. BAILEY,
Secretary Of State.
ACT NO. 140.
House Bill No. 2s6-By Mr.. Schell.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 81
Of tie Constitution of the State o
i Louisiana as heretobefore amende
! relative to pensions for Confederat
Veterans.
Section /. Be 1t resolved by tn
General Assembly of the State OF Louis
lana, two thirds Of all the member
elected to each House cOncurring, Tina
Article 300 of the Constitution of tn
State of Louisiana as herctobefor
amended be amended and re-cnacted
as to read as follows:
Thirty Dollars (S30,CO per month sha
be allowed to each Confederate soldie
or sailor veteran who possesses all Q
tho following qualifications:
1. He shall have served honorabl
from the date of his enlistment unit
the close Of the late Civil War. or unit
he was discharged or paroled. In som
military organization, regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy Of tn
| ~ fa6a IN nd
manned true to the Confederate State
until the Surrender.
2. He shall not own property {
} more than two thousand dollars va
uation.
3. He shall not be salared or other
, wise provided for by the State of Louis
, lana, or by any other State or GoVtrr
, ganiza.ion mustered into said servit
i. as Louisiana organization, or in CAT
at the date of his enlistment he reside
! in the State Of Louisiana, he shall ha,
resided in this State for at least Fl,
) years prior to his application for pei
sion. In case he resided elsewhel
r than In this State, and enlisted in q
! organization not mustered In fro
I Louisiana, or in the Navy OF the Coz
J In this State for at least five yea
, prior to his application for such pei
sion. a like pension shall be grantt
| to the widow who shall not have ma
: ried again, In INDECENT circumstance
= Of such soldier or sailor whose ma
. riagc to her was contracted prior
t January, 1895; provided that IL her d
4 ceased husband served in an grganiz
= tinh. MUSTERED In from Louisiana. or
;. - Ts Id In Louisiana. AZ the date
K -! enlistment: tilcu II order that az
y ~ dow shall he entitled to the tchsit
: ~ !it.rrin provided. she 1hall have /
= sGe:i In this State for at least fl
S years prior to her application thereto
e and If her deceased husband enlist'
r elsewhere than in Louisiana, a.
d served in an organization not muster
q In from Louisiana. such widow sha
t, in order to entitle her to a pension
r herein provided, have resided In til
G State for not less than five years pri
Il to her application for ouch pensio
# provided further that all widows WI
= married Confederate soldiers or sailo
d from the benefits Of this Act but
j. entitled to q pension on the same teri
j. as other widows Of deceased Confede
It ate soldiers or sailors; provided furth,
u that pensions whether to veterans
r. to widows shall be allowed only frc
;. the, date Of application under II
q Article, and the total appropriate
e for all pensions In any one year sh'
n be the proceeds Of an annual tax
e rthree-fourths of one mill on the doll
;. which tax is hereby levied on all ia
). able property IN the State, proviJ
II said appropriations shall never be r,c
y than ar amount sufficient TO pay
y pensions for any oAe year. ANY G
y cruing surplus from said tax fund sh
i'd be held as an accumulatlng fund 1
II the Confederate Veterans to be apr
III prieted BY the General Assembly