The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-10-02

Louisiana, to the credit Of an account
or accounts TO be known as Redemption
Accounts. the amount OF all bonds ma
turing or becoming payable, and 1t
shall be the duty OF said Treasurer to
pay or provide for the payment of such
bonds. Such deposits shall be made
with the State Treasurer in timely sea-
son for the payment of such principal
and interest and not less than thirty
(30} days before the date when any
moneys become payable. 1t shall be
the duty OF said Treasurer to collect
such deposits as aforesaid, and in case
OF failure on the part of said Board to
make said deposits in an amount sur
dcient to provide for the payment or
interest due or to become due, and for
the redemption OF the bonds, the said
Treasurer is hereby empowered and di-
rected, and it is made his duty, to
collect the charges and revenues OF
the Port and to apply the same. after
providing for necessary operating ex-
penses and any prior charges, to the
payment of the principal and interest
of the said bonds, and for that pur-
pose and for such time as may be
necessary, the said Treasurer is hereby
authorized to exercise all the powers
and duties vested in the Board of Con&
missioners of the Port of New Orleans
The accounts of said Board as a De-
partment of State shall be subject to
audit and investigation by the State
Auditor or Supervisor of Public Ac-
counts, and the auditor shall counter
sign all bonds hereafter issued The
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
ordinance and mortgage heretofore
made and executed for canal purposes
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 incon-
sistent herewith.
Section 2. Be 1t 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 addi-
tiapal powers to the Board of Commits
8 t}eEl0Rprt Of New Orleans in
tht~ "a control of the prop
hfrty u9fde1G administration" and the
words. Against the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution giving aNdi-
tional powers to the Board Of Commits
the financing and control of the prop
erty under it's administration" and
each elector shall indicate his vote for
or against the proposed amendment as
provided in the general election laws
Of the State.
r. r. WALKER.
Speaker Of the House of Representa-
tives.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD.
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: July 7, 1920.
JNO. NJ. PARKER,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
JAMES j. BAILEY,
Secretary OF State.
ACT NO. 14O
House Bill No 2S6-By Mr. Schell.
JOINT RESOLUTION. -l
Proposing an amendment to Article 303
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana as heretobefore amended
relative to pensions for Confederate
Veterans.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State of Louis
lana, two-thirds of all the members
Article 3o3 of the Constitution Of the
State of Louisiana as heretobefore
amended be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows
Thirty Dollars (s30.00) per month shall
be allowed to each Confederate soldier
or sailor veteran who possesses all Of
the following qualifications:
I. He shall have served honorab1y
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 fhe amp or Na1y of e
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.
8. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State of Louis
lana. or by any other State or Govern
menf. n
ganization mustered into said service
as 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
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 be granted
to the widow who shall not have mar
ried again. in INDECENT circumstances,
Of such soldier or sailor whose mar
January, 1895; provided that if her de-
ceased husband served in an orga MIA
ton, mustered in from Louisiana, or if
he resided in Louisiana, at the date of
Hiiair be entitled to the pension
Fovided. she shall have re-
f4ttAGDzis State for at least five
years prior to her application therefor:
Ind if her deceased husband enlisted
Elsewhere than in Louisiana, and
served in an organization not mustered
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
20 her application fer such pension:
provided further that all widows who
married Confederate soldiers or sailors
second time shall not be debarreG
rom TIE benefits Of this Act but be
untitled to pension on the same terms
IS other widows of deceased Confeder-
'te soldiers or sailors; provided further.
Cnat pensions whether to veterans or
So widows shall be allowed only from
che date of application under this
Article, and the. total opriations
or all pensions in any one year shall
be the proceeds of an annual tax of
three-fc urths 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-
be held as an accumulatng fund for
the Confederate Veterans to be~appro-
priated by the General Assem- y for
their use and benefit as the Genera
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 to be known as Con |
federate Veteran Pension Fund is |
hereby prohibited and said fund Is tn
be used for no other purpose than that
herein stipulated; and upon the adop-
ton Of this Amendment same shall at |