The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-10-30

] Louisiana, to the credit of an sccoun
! or accounts To be known as Redemptic o.
Accounts. the amount Of all bonds ma
sss.157E ss, :. or r., escemtnE payabIe and
pay or provide for the payment OF sucl
honda. Such deposits shall be mad
| with the State Treasurer in timely sea
son Tor the payment Of such principa
and interest ana not less than thirt.
| (So) days before the date when an!
ne@asys become payable II shall b.
the duty OF said Treasurer to coIlec
| s9en deposits as Aforesaid and in cas-
! OF failure on the part of said Board t.
make SAID deposits IN an amount sui
aaisnt 70 provide for the payment o
latSfese due or to become due. and TO
Sne redemption Of the bonds, the sait
Treasurer is hereby empowered and di
rseted' and 1t is made his duty, tt
collect the charges and revenues 0
! the Fort and to apply the same, afte
providing tor necessary opera ting ex
psnses and any prior charges, to tht
payment OF the principal and iHteres
OF the sair bonds. and for thar pur
pose aud ior such time as may b,
necessary: the said Treasurer is hereb,
authorized to exercise all the powers
and duties vested in the Board uf Com
mlAsioners of the Port Of New Orica MS
The accounts OF said board as a De.
audit and inrestisa ton by tho Stats
Auditor or Supervisor OF Public Ac.
ceunts. and the auditor shall couuter-
1!En all bonds hereafter issueA. The
board may acquire real and persona.
property subject to mortgage or other
hen ana may make or execute pur-
chese money mortgages or property
acquired Nothing herein con,a aimed
or any bonds Of the Port now outstand-
ing. or that may he issued under the
ordinance and mortgage etofore
made and executed for canal purposes
are applicable to his bonds under said
enant Of his bonds. This smendment m
shali not repeal any statutes hereto
Iore enacted, except insofar as incon-
sistent herewith.
ssetlon :. Be it further resolved
etc. That on the official ballots to be
used at said election shall be placed
ment, to the Constitution giving addi-
ti0nai powers to the Board of Commits
a!oners Of the Port of New Orleans in
the financing and control of the prop
words. Against the proposed amend
msnt to the Constitution giving addi
ttonal powers to the Board OF Commits =
aionera OF the Port OF New Orleans in
erty under its administration" and
ZACH elector shall indicate his vote for
or against the proposed amendment as
PROVIDED In the genera! election laws
OF the State.
r. F. WALKER
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
tiyes.
HEWITT BOCANCHAUD
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
approved: July :, 1920.
JNO. Nj. PARKER.
Governor Of the State Of louisiana,
A true copy:
JAMES j. BAILEY,
Secretary Of State.
ACT no. l40.
House Bill No. 2sB---By Mfr. Schsla,
JOINT KESOLUTiOE.
Proposing an amendment to Article 313
Of the Constitution OF the state or
Louisiana az heretohefore amended
relative to pensions for Confederate
Veterans.
General Assembly of the State Of Louis
lana, two thirds Of all the members
elected to each House sroncnrring. That
Article 303 OF tie Constitution Of the
state OF Louisiana as heretobefore
amended hs amended and re--nacted SO
as to read az follows:
Article 500 4 pension not to exceed
Thirty Dollars t$3o,0o) per month shall
De allowed to each Confederate soldier
or sailor veteran who possesses all Of
the following qualifications:
J.. He shall have served lionorably
from the date OF his enlistment unit!
the close OF the late Civil War, or until
he was discharged or paroled. in some
military organisa 1ion regularly mus
tered into the Army or Navy OF the
Confederate States and shah have re-
matned trne to the Confederate States
until the Surrender.
2. He shall not own property Of
more than two thousand doilars val
uation.
TA sha n MOI IN ,el.r;.a 5r .,h.r
wise provided for by the State Of Louis
lana. OR by any other State Or Govern
Ment. In case he enlisted in any or
sanization mustered into said service
as Louisiana organiza ton. or in case
at the date of his enlistment he resided
in the State of Louisiana. he shall have
rAsided in this State for at least fvs
years prior to his application for PEN
sion. In case he resided elsewhere
than in this State, and enlisted in an
organization not mustered in from
Louisiana. or in the Navy Of the Con-
federate States, he shall have resided
In this state for at least five years
prior to his application for such PEN
sion. A like pension shall he granted
to the widow who shall not have mar
ried again, in INDECENT circumstances
OF such soldier or sailor whose mar
riaEe to her was contracted prior to
January, 1895; provided that il her de-
cea sed husband served in an orgAniza-
ton, mustered in from Louisiana or if
he resided In Louisiana. at the date Of
bis 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 ;ipplica ton therefor;
and il 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. hav" resided ia this
State for not less than FIVE years prior
to her application for such p-nsiou:
provided further that all widows who
a second time snail not be d-barret
from the benefits OF this Act but be
entitled to pension on the same terms
as other widows Of deceased Confedcr-
that pensions Wht tIier to veterans or
to wido VS. shall be allowed only from
the date Of application under this
Article. and the. total appropriations
be the proceeds OF annual ian OF
three -fcarths OF one mill on the dollar
which tax is hereby levied on all tax
able property in the State. provided
than All amount sufficient to pay All
pensions for any one year. Any &c
cruing surplus from said tax fund shall
be held as an accuuula ting fund. for
the Confederate Veterans to be appfo-
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 OF any appropriation for
pensions In excess OF The amount OF
the three fourths Of one mill tax levied
and collected and 10 be known as Con
fedarate Veteran Pension Fund is
h erehy prohibited and said fund is 10
be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipulated: and upon the sdop-
ton OF this Amendment same shall at
once become self operative and the
funds derived therefrom be intue.li-
ately used for said purpose. and pro
yided further thai the tax collectors
and assessors shall receive no commits
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