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SHE IS ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
Mrs. Annette Abbott
Adams. formerly United
States Attorney for the
Northern District of Call
tornia, has been appointed
Assistant Attorney General
at the Department of Jus
tice. This is the highest
position yet to be held by t
a woman
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PROPOSED AMEND
MENTS TO CONSTITU
TION OF LOUISIANA
Aljopted at the Regular Session of
the 1egi-lature of 1921)0.
To be ot(ed ol il t the Congre.'ssi, :s)l:
Election Hehld Nrovemlnber 2, 19);2f.
A( T NO. 51.
Hou'a Bill No. 9 . By Mr. Sylv.3st
JOINT RI:lSOLUTION
Proposing al amcendment to this
Con titution of the State of Loa
is,ania requiring the po.ice jury or
each parish of the State and the
Oi'tsans larish School Board, Te
spectively, to levy and co.lect au
nually a tax for school purpo.se.
th.;e.n; regulatiag school districts
in certain respects: limiting tle
rate o: special taxation for schoa.l
maintenan;ce'; e:lpowering the O'
le'ma l'arish School Board to i:issIe
notes, bonds, or other evidences
of debt for the purpose of par
chasing ground., constructing, or
reoa ring buildings for school pur
,poses in the City of New Oriteas,
and for the payment of principal
and interest thereof to levy an3
dedicate for the period of ye ire
,portions of the authorized tax,
and repealing the amendment to
the Con<titution proposed by Act
218 of Iltls of the General As
sembly of the State of Louisiaun.
and adopted.
Sect on 1. lie it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to eaach House. coa
S ourring, That the following amend
ment to the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be and the same
is hereby proposed and subhitted t)
the qualified electors of the State
of Louisiana for adoption or rejec
tion, to-wit:
Amendment.
1. (a) Irrespectively of the limi
tations of parochial and municipal
taxation under existing const tution
S-l provisions and in addition to the
tax for school purposes provided by
the amendment proposed by Act 191
of 1918 of the Genreral Assembly of
the State of Louisiana, the polils
jury of each parish (Parish of Or
leans excepted) is hereby requ red
and directed to levy and collect for
the y.ar 1921 and each calendar year
thereafter for school purposes there
, a tax of one and one-half milus
the dol:ar of assessed valuation
of all property within said pari=.7
and pay, as collected, the proceeds
thereof to the school board of the
parish, unless the school board of
the parish certify that a smaller tax
will meet the needs of the schools.
In wh ch event the police juri shall
levy and collect the tlax recommiend
ed by the school board.
(b) The provisions thereof shall
apply, without dietinction, to prop
"erty within each municipality in a
parish except a mun cittlity exempt
under existing la:ws from parochial
taxation, which is, undel legislative
authority, actually conducting, main
tainig and support ng public sclioo.s
SOf Its own, open and free to the
Youth of the parish in -which the
munilcipalitv i, situated and whica
l leying and co let tug and expen 1
ing annually for the conduct, mainte
- lance anti supt: rt of its schools thi
Proceeds of ;:u :lnnu.tl tax of at least
one and one-half rmills on the assess
ad va'nation onl i111 property withi'
Usch municipality.
2. .There shall le no school dl t
trict embrac n. the whole or an,
Part of territor> lying in another
3rhool di'trict,. nor shall there be a
Chool suti-,listrtct except that a par
8ah as a w\hol e maiy b(e c.reated .l
Dchooi district ,herein there exl.t
s- I aller schliiil ,listirict: - or stnalier
Schoo' distriict may 1le created enm
bracin 'parts tf a paristh (onslitut
iag a school district.
3. (a) F,. s oi.:ol purposes in
'the City of N.,, rl, ans. and Itn lilt
of the tax ,ri 'I',l for by Sectin
17 of the aninlementi to the Consti
t.ition prollon,, by AIct 4 of 1916 t,f
the Getera! . s,,:,!l v - of the State at
.auilana,t the ()I':ilns Parish School
. Board, or its .w,.-.or in law. shall
levy annualll v 1\ not to txcee i
'even mills ni thi, dlollar of valus
Ston of all ir,:ort v w thin the Cit:
of Nea- Or!.:ls i :-" :sss ed for the
DPrposes of (.iv ta.ltion, which a'
lon shall h1 , 1ri'il d liv 'd ai oar.l
to the (Colmin i-in Couincil of th,
(lty of Now cl !,:, s. or other fu
t.re governin:r . !ty of said C'ty n
- eg hereby ri.,aiir d to cause tiu
ta lVlevied hiv : I Ionrd to be .n
'ted accord:ni , l:aw on the t't
rtll Of said e'iv i.,l e,,lected in .hie
- m4 e mlnno, ,' :' .!dr the cond;
Uiq9 anSd \ii . n erelt'lst and pet
Ltie ,enryhi'.. v 'n'aw in cae of
Clty taxes, anl tih mnottr thus ca'
" ited to be pail :t! said Board dai;7y
(b it h received.
" (b) The Orheans Par'sh School
Board may incur indebtedness and
i sue negotiable promissory note:,
bonds, or other evidences of deti,
the !.rincipal and interest thereof
payaibl as said board may determine.
for the purpose of purchasatg
grounds, construct'ng buiidings, or
repairing buildings for public School
uses, and where such- indebtedness
is incurred or such notes, 'bonds, ior
other evidences of debt are issued,
there shall be levied and collected
for the years during which any of
said obligations may 'be outstanding
a tax, included within the limitation
of seven mills, sufficient each yeAr
to pay the principal and interest
therect; provided that the aggre
gate amount of the taxes for such
purposes shall not Axceed one mill
on the dollar in any one year, and
provided further that the indebted
ness, notes, bonds, or other evi
dences of debt shall not bear a great
er rate of interest than five per ecnt
per annum or run for a. longer period
than forty years.
(c) The notes, bonds, or other
evidences of debt herein authorizedl
shall be exempt from State, parish,
and municipal or other local taxa
t'on and a legal investment for
tutors of minors, curators of inter
dicts, or others acting in a fiduciary
capacity, and also they shall be re
ceivad as security for all public de
posits of the State of Louisiana or
of any of its sub-div:sions or Iboards.
(d) The provisions thereof shall
constitute- a contract between the
holders of the notes, bonds, or other
evidences of debt issued hereunder
and the Orleans Parish School
Board
4. Nothing in this amendment
shall be construed as affecting in any
way provision of 'the Const tution In
relation, to special taxes, provided
that no special tax to pay operating
expenses of ,public schools, author
zed by Article 232 of the Constitu
tion, shall exceed eight mills on the
dollar of assessed valuation.
5. The amendment of the Coast'
tution proposed by Act 218 of 1918
of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana is hereby super
seded and repealed; providedl the
taxes already levied thereunder and
the authority and power under ex
isting laws to collect t~he same shall
not be affected in any way 'by such
repeal
Section 2. Be' it further resolv
ed, etc., That this proposed amend
ment shall be gpbmitted to the duly
qualified electors of the State, in ac
cordance with law, to be voted up .n
at the General Congressional Elec
tion to be held on November 2, 1920,
the official ballots to have printed
thereon the words: - "For the pro
posed amendment requiring police
juries ond the Orleans Parish Sche,.l
Board to levy annually a tax for
school purposes," and the words"
"Against the proposed amendme it
requiring police jur.es and the Or
leans Parish Schobl Board to leS
annually a tax for school purposes.'
so that each elector may indicate, as
provided by the general electio 1
laws of the State, whether he votes
for or against the 'proposed amend
ment.
R. F. WALKER,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Lieutenant Governor and Presi
dent of the Senate.
Approved: July 5, 1920.
JNO. M. PARKER,
Governor of the State of Louisi
ana.
A true copy.
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 55.
House Bill No. 127. By Mr. Hamley
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Propos-ng an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Louisjanl
levying a special State tax of one
mill on the dollar in aid of public
education.
Section 1. Be it resolved by thr
General Assem'bhly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers 'lected to each House concur
ring, That the following amendment
to the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana be and the same is here
by proposed and submitted to tnm
qualified electors of the State af
Louisiana, to-wit:
S Amendment.
In addit:on to all taxes now au
thor!zed by the Constitution or by
law, there is hereby levied for the
year "920 and each calendar year
thereafter, in aid of public educa
tion, a tax of one mill on the dol:ar
of assessed valuation of all taxable
property within the State of Louis -
ana, it being hereby required that
said tax shall 'be extended on th'
tax rolls and collected as all othr
State taxes.
Section 2. Be it further-reso!v
ed, etc., That this proposed astend
ment shall be submitted to the duly
quaified elect.oran of the State, fi
accordance with law, to be voted up
on at the general congressional elec
t on to be held sn the 2nd day ol
November, 1920, the official ballts
to have printed thereon the words:
• 'For the proposed amendment levy
ing an annual tax f one mill in aid
of public education," and the words
"Against the proposed amendment
levying an annual tax of one mill v
In aid of public education," so that
..ca elector may indicate,'as provid- S
cd ,y the general election laws of
:ate State, whether he votes for or -
ga, ns'. the proposed amendment. L
R. F. WALKER,
beaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
IHEWITT BOUANCHAUD, F
Lieutenant Governor and Presi
dent of the Senate.
Apnoved: July 5, 1920.
JNO. M. PARKER,
irvernor of the State of Louisia
ana.
A true copy.
JAMi~ J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State. F
ACT NO. 69.
lou ' 1n1! No. 197.
By Mr. Weinmann.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
'rc )osing an amendment to the con- G
stitution of the State of Loulsi- I
ana rclat:ve to the organization e
an.t powers of the Board of Com- '
missoners of the port of New Or- t
locas, and the departments of sail i
port. o
Section 1. Be it resolved by the a
Jeneral Assembly of the State of D
Lou siana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each House concur- t
ring, that the fllow'ing amendments c
to the Constitution of the State ,t a
Louisiana be submited to the electors e
)f the State at the next Congression
al election to bgheld on the first c
ruesday after the first Monday In 8
:November, 1920, to-wit: That the a
lovernor of the State shall appoint i
the respective members of the Board 9
of Commissioners of the Port of New I
Orleans, possessing the qualifications j
prescribed by law, one for a term t
of two years, one for a term of fiveo
years, and one for a term of ahx
years, and may designate and pre- t
scribe the term of office of the pres- I
ant Booard in accordance therewith. t
At the expiration of their respect:vo i
terms, their successors shall Ibe Ap- t
pointed by the Governor for a period I
of six years each. The Governor I
shall have the power to fill the un- [
expired term of any vacancy occurr-I_
ing through death, resignation or I
otherwise. Said 'Commiss:oners so .
appoir.ted can only be removed by I
the Governor, for cause or causes to I
be preferred against them, or either a
of them, in writing and after uublic i
hearing and proof of the sufficiency c
,f said charges to justify their re a.
moval, provided that in all cases an I
appeal may be had to Supreme Court a
from the decisioni of the Governor. i
Section 2. Be it further resolved, I
tc., That the Board of Commission- t
ars of the Port of New Orleans shall I
have power to organize or reorgau- e
ize the legal, executive, engineer:ng, I
-lerical and other departments and It
forces of said Board, and to fix tha I
luties, powers and compensation of (
all officers, agents and employees in t
ouch departments, excepting, how- f
aver, such civil service requirements f
as may be established by 'State laws. I
Sect'on 3. Be it further resolved, e
ate., That on the official ballot to b.a I
used eat said election shall be plac a1 t
the words: "For the proposal t
amendment relative to the organiza- c
ion. of the Board ,of Commissioners I
of the Port of New Orleans," and the I
words "Against the proposed amend-I i
rent relative to the organization o: e
the Board of Commissioners of the I
Port of New Orleans," and each ele.- I
tor shall indicate his vote on he- a
proposed amendment as provided in a
the general election laws of the 1
State. It
R. F. WALKER, I
Speaker of the House of Repre- t
sentatlves. i
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD, I
Lieutenant Governor and Presi- I
dent of the Senate.
Approved: July 6, 1920. t
JNO. M. PARKER, 3
Governor of the State of Loulsi- t
ana. e
A true copy.
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State. 1
ACT NO. 78.
House Bill No. 2. By Mr. Byrne
JOIN' RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of the 6tate of Louts.
ann. directing the City of New Or
leans to levy annually a special
tax not exceeding two mills on the
dollar for the inaugliratlon and
maintenance of double and trlp!e
platoon systems, and an increase
in pay of the men and offielal, in
th3 fire and police departments of
the City, respectively.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisianra, two-thirds of all mem
bers elected to each House concurr
ing, That an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Louisiana
be proposed and submitted to the
qigaml:fed electors of the State, for
ritIicAt:oa or rejection, as follows:
to.wit: .'1a addition to such other
taxeg as the City of New Orleansl
is now, or may be hereafter, author
iued to levy, sa' city shall levy as
taltly a special: tax, not exceeding
two mills on the dollar, on all tax
able property in said City as asse-s-,.
ed and valued for city taxation pur- 1
poses. The avails of said special:
tax are hereby dedicated to the 1in
auguration and maintenance of a
double platoon system in the fire de
partment and a triple platoon system
in the police department of sa'd city.
and an increasa in pay of the men
and officials employed in said de
partments, and shall be used and
employed by said city exclusively for
said purposes respectively according
to such apportionment of said funis
as said city may make from time to
time."
Sactlon 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., That this amendment shall b-a
submitted to the duly qualified elec
tors of the State of Louisiana, il
accordance with the prov:sions of the
Constitution, to be voted upon at the
Genera: Congressional Election to be
held in November, 1920, and there
shall be printed upon the ballots:
"For the amendment to the Consti
tutio, directing the City of New Or
leans to levy a special tax not ex
ceeding two m'lls for its fire andi
cpolico departments," and "Against.
the amendment to the Constitution
directing the City of New Orleans to
levy a special tax not exceeding two
mills for its fire and police depart
mentUs," and each elector shall indl
cate, as provided in the general elec
tion laws of the State, whether he
votes for or against said amendment.
R. F. WALKER,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentstives.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Lieuteuant Governor and Prdsi
dent of the. Senate.
Approved: July 6, 1920.
JNO. M. PARKER,
Governor of the State of Louisi
ana.
A true copy.
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 103.
louse Bill No. 206. By Mr. Peroz
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Coua
stitution of the State of Louis -
ana relative to the. Board of Coa:
missioners of the Port of New
Orleans.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
2eneral Assembly of the State o
Louisiana, two-thirds of all membe-.'
elected to each house concurring.
That the following Amendment ti
the Consattution of the State of Lou
Isiana be submitted to the electors
)f the State at the next Congression
al election to be held on the firs.
Tuesday after the first Monday -n
Jovember, 1920, to-wit:
The Board of Commissioners of
the Port of New Orleans shall, ec
:ept as otherwise herein changed and
amended, have and exercise all 'pow- 2
are now conferred upon them by
Constitut:onal Amendment. Addi
tional power and jurisdiction may be 1
conferred by Act of the Legisaltur.
Said board shall have full power and t
authority to construct, extend and a
improve works for Port purposes I
within the limits of the Port, includ- I
ing wharves, docks, ~warehouses. r
gra n elevators, locks, slipsi laterals, I
basins and other structures and Im- c
provo.nents, and may dredge ship
ways, channels, slips, bkufns and I
turning-basins in the Miss'ssippi l
River. Said .board may without fur- t
ther leg'slative enactment borrow e
money,, and issue notes and bonds I
under the following conditions an ij
not otherwise: It may, with the ap-i
proval of the Governor and the 1
Auditor of the State, for its public [
purposes, borrow on notes for tem- t
porary loans, payable within on ae
year, an amount not exceeding Five a
Hundred Thousand ($500,000) D)l- a
lars at any one time outstanding, I
and may in addition, borrow money a
in anticipation of the collection of [
charges for wharfage, tollage, stoc-i
age service and other charges which I
have been actually earned but have I
not ye: been received. With the ap-[
proval of the Governor of the State, I
It may for public purposes other thai i
the payment of current expenses :,f c
[he funding of indebtedness incurr- I
ad or to 'be incurred for current e. - I
pen-es borrow money and issue e
bonds to the amount of Six Millic~,a
Five Hundred Thousand .Dollar-s
($6,500,000). Said board may, witr, a
the approval of the Governor an.I
for like purposes, borrow other ant t
furt'her sums and issue bonds in the a
manner following: When the Board I
shall have ascertained and certified t
in writing to the State Auditor or I
the Supervisor of Public Accounts .
the amount of revenue and income e
of the Port for the two fiscal yearl t
immediately preceding, after deduct- I
ing therefrom the amount of operat- t
ing and maintenance charged and I
expenses, and all sums payable dur- s
ing said year upon maturing print'-!
pal and interest of its bonded debt, 1
and the State Auditor or the Super- (
visor of Public Accounts shall have I
verified and approved said certificate, I
the Poard may borrow money and i
issue bonds to an amount the an-·
nual .nterest upon which is not I ei
excess of the average net revenues 1
for the two fiscal years immediately i
preceding as shown by said certlfl- t
cate. The Board may add to such t
net revenues of the preceding fiscal I
years as certified to the State,Audi- I
tor or the Supervisor of Public Ac- i
counts, the net income and revenues I
for such years of any revenue pro- I
ciucin; wharf, dock, warehouse, ele- a
vator or other structure to be ac- 5
quired by said Board by purchas3 a
or expropriation from the Iproceeds
of such bond issue. The net reve-t
nues and income of such revenue-<
producing utility shall be determin
ed and certified by the Bdard an.i a
approved by the State Auditor or th~
Supervisor of Public Accounts. Said i
Board may also with the approval of i
the Governor borrow money and I
'sue 'bonds to refund bonded In
debtednea heretofore incurred or I
hereafter to be incurred and matur-i
ing and becoming payable within one 1
year of the date of sdch refunding. I
All bonds issued under the forego- 1
ing provisions, except as otherwise I
expressly provided, shall run not
more than fitfy years from date, sha 1 I
be issued 'n ser&aliorm, payable in a
annual installments, commencing not.
more than, t ("( 0) years from date,
the amount payable each year for
principal and interest to be as near
ly equal as practicable, but annual [
installments of principal may be fix
ed at Five Thousand ($5000) Dol- a
lars or the nearest multiple thereo'.
Retunding bonds issued hereunder
shall be payable in annual Install
ments commencing not more than
one year from date. All of the spic
bonds shall have the same exemp
tion from taxation, and the same
privilege of registration and reletase
from registration, and the 'same eli-
gibility for depoa!t with the State or
its officers or any of the political
subdivisions or municipalities, a, was
granted by Article 321 of the Con
st'tution to the bonds there'in a,
thorized. Tutors of minors and .u
rators of interdicts shall be authoriz
ed to invest the funds in their hands
in any such bonds. Nothing her.
in contained shall affect the p.,wr
of said board to issue 'bonds for the
construction of the navgation canal
under the ordinance and secured oi
the mortgage heretofore made and ex
ecuted, and said Board is authorize.'
to carry into full effect said ordi
nanco and mortgage and to isue and
sell for canal purposes the remainder
of bonds thereby authorized. aid
said ordinance and mortgage and the
contracts made with the Board of
Levee Commissioners of the Orleans
Levee District under date of June
29th, 1918, February 26th, 1919.
November 14th, 1919, and the con
tract made with the City of New
Orleans under date of August 16t..
1918, through the Belt Railroad
Commission to carry into effect Act
No. 3 of 1918 in relation to said
Navigation Canal are hereby ratiflel
and confirmed. Said oBard shidl
DRY NOMINEE'S CAMPAIGN FROM WASHTUB ON BACK PORCH
f ý/
Aaron 8. Watkins, of Germantown, O.. Prohibition candidate for president, goes Senator Hard
Ing one better, in conducting his dry campaign. He is running for office from over the waghtub on his
back porch. Watkins, professor in a military college, has long done the family wash every Monday
morn-end he is staying on the Job despite his no mipation to lead the dry ticket, as these new pieo
tures show. He is a Methodist Episcopal minister; twice vice presidential candidate and oeme eandi
date for the governorship of Ohio.
have the power to lease for mans- I
fecturing, commercial and busineii
purposes, lands acquired for said a
canal. Such leases may run for a
term not exceeding twenty years ,t
a fixed rental without -any provision
for renewal, readjustment or reap
praisement, but may run for a term
not exceeding ninety-nine (99) years
provided they shall contain a clause
or clauses for reappraisal of the ,
premises and a readjustment of the
rental at intervals not exceeding tan
(10) years after the expiration of
the frst twenty year period. In the ]
event that the said Board and th.e
lessee cannot agree upon the real
justment and reappraisement, they
each shall appoint an arbitrat r
who shall have the powers of ami
cable compounders to whom the mat
ter shall be referred for decision, anl
.n case of disagreement they shal.
appoint an empire and decision of
any two shall be binding upon the
parties. Said Board may also coa
struct warehouses, elevators, and
other buildings and im'provemen:.s
upon the said canal, but the revenues
from the navigation canal shall be
kept separate from the other reve
nues of the Port. Such canal reve.
nues shall be deemed to 'include
rentals of all lands leased upon the
canal, lock charges, and charges for
passages, through the canal. If the
Board shall construct warehouses,
elevators and other buildings or im
provements for public purposes ,m
canal lands, the rental value of ths
site thereof shall be fixed by the ap
praisers appointed Ebf said Board and
the receipts from such warehouses,
elevators and other buildings or im
provements shall be charged with
the payment of such rental value
into the canal fund. The canal fundl
shall be applied first in the operating
expenses of the canal and the main
tenance thereof, and thereafter in
payment of the principal and ln
terest of the canal bonds, and in th?
reduction in the manner 'provided in
said ordinance of the payment and
contributions by the City of New Or
leans through the Belt Railroa l
Commission and by the Board of
Levee Commissioners of the Orleans
Leves District. If warehouses, ele
vators and other 'buildings or im
prover.lnts be constrtfcted or acquir
ed-by said Board upon canal lands
by the use' of moneys other than the
proceeds of the said canal mortgage,
the receipts from such warehouses,
elevators and other buildings or Im
provemenits after the payment of the
rental value to the canal fund, shall
be deemed general revenues of the
Port. The interest on all bonds
issuel hereunder shall be paid semi
annually by the Treasurer of the
State of Louisiana at his office, an 1
at any other place or places with's
or without the State designated by f
the bonds. S id Board shall (place
on deposit with the Treasurer of the
State to the credit of an awcount or
accounts to be known as Interest
Accounts, in such manner as may be
provided in :he proceedings to issue
the bonds, an amount equal to the
interest on all bonds that may have 4
been delivered. Said Treasurer is
hereby empowered and directed, an!
it is made his duty, to pay or pro
vide for the payment of all interest
that may become due upon sa;d
bonds. Said Board shall in addi
tion in each year when any of said
bonds become due and payable, de
posit with the Treasurer of the State
of Louisiana, to the credit of an ac
count or accounts to be known as
Redemption Accounts, the amount
of all bonds maturing or becoming
payable, and it shall be the duty ,of
said Treasurer to pay or provide fir
the payment of such bonds. Such
deposits shall be made with the State
Treasurer in t'mely season for the
payment of such principal and in
terest and not less than thirty (3'))
days before the date when any mon
eys become payable. It 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 sufficient to prov:de for the
payment of interest due or to be
come due, and for the redemption "f
the bonds, the said Treasurer is
hereby empowered and directed, and
it is made his duty, to collect the
charges and revenues of the Port
and to apply the same, after provil
ing for necessary operating expens2s
and any prior charges, to the pay
ment of the principal and ;nterest
of the said bonds, and for that pur
pose and for such time as may be
necessary, the said Tr'easurer is here
by authorized to exercise all the
powers and duties vested in the
Board of Commissioners of the Port
of New Orlseins. The accounts o
said Booard as a Department of State
shall be subject to audit and invest'
gation by the State Auditor or Sup
ervisor of Public Accounts, and the
Auditor shall countersign a'l bon ls
hereafter issued. The Board miy
acquire real and personal property
subject to mortgage or other lien
and make or execute purchase mon:ey
mortgages or property acquired.
Nothing herein contained shall pre
J.ud:ce the right of the holder of any
bonds of the Port now outstanding,
I or that may be issued under the ord'
nance and mortgage heretofore made i
and executed for canal purposes to
a segregation of such revenues-as are
applicable to his bonds under said (
ordinance and mortgage or oth-. 1
covenant of his bonds. This amend
ment shall not repeal any statutes
heretofore enacted, except insofar as
inconsistent herewith.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., -.hat on the official ballots to b.
used at said election shall be placed
the N. ords, "For the proposedl
amendment to the Constitution giv
ing additional powers to the Board
of Commissioners of the Port of= New
Orleans in the financing and control
of the property under its adminis
tration," and the words, "Against
the proposed amendment to the Con
stitution giving additional powers to
the Board of Commissioners of the
Port of New Orleans in the financ
;ng and control of the property un
der its admin'stration," and each
elector shall indicate his vote for or
against. the proposed amendment as
provided in the general election laws
of the State.
R. F. WALKER,
Speaker of the' House of Repre
sentatives.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Lieutenant -Governor and Presi
dent of the Senate.
Approved: July 6, '1920.
JNO. M. PARKER,
Governor of the State of Louisi
ana.
.A true copy.
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 140.
House Bill No. 286. By Mr. Schell
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Propos'ng an amendment to Article
303 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana as heretobe
fore amended relative to pensions
for Confederate Veterans.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State v'f
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each House con
curring, That Article 303 of tlp
Const:tution of the State of Louis:
ana as heretobefore amended be
amended and re-enacted so as to rea 1
as fo;lows:
Article 303. A p5ension not to ex
ceed thirty Dollars ($30) per montit
shall :be allowed to each Confe:l
erate Soldier or Sailor veteran who
possesses all of the following qualil
cations:
1. He shall have served honor
ably from the date of his enlistment
until the close of the late Civil War.
or until he was discharged or pa
roled, in some military organizatio~,
regularly mustered into the Army or
Navy of the Confederate States and
shall have remained true to the Con
federate States until the surrender.
2. He shall not own property of
more than two thousand dollars va.
uation.
3. He shall not be salaried or
otherwise provided for ,by the State
of Louisiana, or by any other State
or Government. In case he enlist
ed in any oiganization mustered lu
to sa'd service as a Louisiana organi
zation, or in case at the date of nis
enlistment he resided in the Stat.e
of Louisiana, he shall have resided
in this State for at least five year.
prior to his appli'cation for pension.
In case he resided elsewhere than in
this State, and enlisted in an organi
zation not mustered in from Louisi
ana, or in the Navy of-the Confe.l
erate States, he shall have res!ded
in this State for at least five years
prior to his application for such
pensijn. A like pension shall be
granted to the widow who shall not
have marr'ed again, in indigent cir
cumstances, of such soldier or sail
or whose marriage to her was con
tracted prior to January, 1895; pro
vided that if her deceased husband
served in an organization, mustered
in from Louisiana, or if he resid~'d
in Lou siana, at the date of his en
listment, then in order that such
widow shall be entitled to the pen
,'ion as herein provided, she shall
have resided in this State for at
least five years prior to her applica
tion therefor; and if her deceas..l
husband enlisted elsewhere- than 'n
Louis ana, and served in ap organi
zation not mustered in from Louisi
ana, 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 t"
her application for such pension;
provided further that all widows
who married Confederate soldiers 'r
sailors a second time shall not be
debarrced from the benefits of this
Act tut be entitled to a pension on
the 4ame terms as other w'dows of
deceased Confederate soldiers ir
sailors; provided further, that pen
sions whether to veterans or to wid
ows Ahall be allowed only from the
date of application under this Article
and .he total appropriations for all
pensions in any one year shall be
the proceeds of an annual tax af
three-fourths of one mill on the do'
lar wh'ch tax is hereby levied on
all taxable property in the State,
provided such appropriations shall
never be more than an amount suffi
cient to pay all pensions for any ono
year. Any accruing surplus from
said tax fund shall be held as an ac
cumulating fund for the Confederate
Veterans to be appropriated by the
General Assembly for their use and
benefit as the General Assemlbly may
in future determine, and the colle:
tion of any other tax or in the mak
ing rt any appropriation for pea
alions in excess of the amount of the
three-fourths of one mill tax leviet
and collected and to tbe known as
"Conufderate Veteran Pension Fund"
is hereby prohibited and said fund is
to be used for no. other purpose than
that herein stipulated; and upon the
adop;iA.n of this Amendment same
shall at once become self operative
and d.e funds derived therefrom be
immediately used for said purpose,
and provided further that the tax
collectors and assessors shall receive
no commissions for assessing and
collecting said three-fourths of one
mill tax herein provided.
Pro'ided that nothing in this
Artic.e shall be construed so as to
prohit:t the General Assembly from
providing artificial limbs to disabled
Confederate soldiers and sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., That this proposed amendment
be submitted to the qualified ele.
tors I,f the State of Louisiana, foe
adoption or rejection at the Congres
sional Election to 'be held on the
first Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November, 1920.
That the official ballots to be used
at said election shall have printed
therenm the words: "For the prJ
posel amendment to Article 303 of
the Constitution of the State of Lou
isiana relative to the pensions for
Confederate Veterans," and the
words, "Against the proposed amend
ment to Article 303 of the Consti
tution of the State of Louisiana rerx
tive to pensions for Confederate Vet
erans,' and each elector shall indi
cate, as provided in the general elec
tion laws of the State, whether or
not he votes for or against the
amendment.
R. F. WALKER,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Lieutenant Governor and Presi
dent of the Senate.
Approved: July 7- 1920.
JNO. M. PARKER,
Gove.nor of the State of Louisle
ana.
A true copy.
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 153.
House Bill No. 376.
By Mr. Clalborn6
Substitute for House Bill No. 199.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article
230 of the Constitution of the
Stale of Louisiana relative to ex
empting certain industries locat
ed <n the Navigation Canal, New
Orleans.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Gene:-al Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all membe.s
elected to each House concurring,
That the following amendments to
the Constitution of the State of Lou
isiana be submitted to the electors
of the State at the next Congression
al Election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, 1920, making said Article
read as follows:
Article 230. The following shall
be ex mpt from taxation, and no
other, viz: All public propertr,
places cf religious worship, or burl
al, the rectories and parsonages 4,!
churches and grounds thereunto ap
purteraant, ,used exclusively as res!
dences for the ministers in charge,
of such churches, all charitable In
stitutions, all buildings and proper
ty used exclusively for public mona
ments or historical collections, cal
leges and other school purposes, the
real ;.,d personal estate of any pub
lic library, and that of any other
library association used by or con
nected with such library, all ,bootrs
and philosophical apparatus, and all
paintings and statuary of any cormn
pany or association, kept in a pub
lic hball; provided, the property s,
exemrted be not leased for rpurpos's
of private or corporate profit or !n
come. There shall also be exempt
from taxation household property to
the value of five hundred dollars.
There shall be exempt from taxation
for a period of ten years from the
date ,l its completion, any railroad
or part of railroad that shall be co.a
structed and completed subsequent
ly to January 1, 1905, and prior to
January 1, 1909. This exemption
shall nclude and apply to all rights
of way, roadbeds, sidings, rails, and
other superstructures upon such
rights of way, roadbeds or sidings;
and to all depots, station-houses,
buildings, erections and structures
appurtenant to such railroads and
the operation of the same; but shall
not include the depots, warehouses,
station-houses and other structures
and appurtenances nor the land up
on wh!ch they are erected at termi
nal points, and for which franchises
have been granted and obtained;
whether same remain the property
of the present owner or owners, or
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