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EXPLORER RETURNS Raold Amundsen. the famous Norwegian expldrer, who had been unheard of for over two years and reported lost, has arrived at Nome, Alaska, with a few of his party He has completed the first circumnavigation of the world be tween the northern coasts of Eu rope Asia and America with many harrowing experiences. PROPOSED AMEND MENTS TO CONSTITU TION OF LOUISIANA Adopted at the IRegular Session of the l.egislature of 1920. To be Voted on at the Congression,;a Eleetion Held November 2, 192'0. ACT NO. 51. Hous B1ill No. 99 By Mr. Sylvest JOINT RESOLUTIOŽ? Proposing an amendment to the Conrttution of the State of Loa isiana requiring the police jury of each parish of the State and the Orleans Parish School Board, re spectively, to levy and colAect an nually a tax for school purposes thv;emn; regulating school districts in certain respects; limiting tne rate of special taxation for schntol maintenance; empowering the Or le.ln., Parish School Board to issJa notes, bonds, or other evidences of debt for the purpose of pur chasing grounds, constructing, or renalring buildings for school pur poses in the City of New Orleaus, and for the payment of principal and interest thereof to levy ani dedicate for the period of yeirs -portions of the authorized tax, and repealing the amendment to the Con titution proposed by Act 218 of 1918 of the General As sembly of the State of Louisians-v and adopted. _ Sect on 1. Be it resolved by tha General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two-thirds of all the menm b.rS elected to eaach House con ourrlng, That the following amend $' ' ent to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana be and the same is hereby proposed and submitted t the qualified electors of the Stat' of Louisiana for adoption or rejec tion, to-wit: Amendment. 1. (a) Irrespectively of the limi tations of parochial and municipal taxation under existing constitution al provisions and in addition to the tax for school purposes provided by : the amendment proposed by Act 191 of 1918 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, the police .fry of each parish (Parish of Or i. ci·n excepted) is, hereby required and directed to levy and collect for S the yJar 1921 and each calendar year thereafter for school purposes there 'in, a tax of one and one-half mihl Son the dol:ar of assessed valuation of .all property within said pari.n S and pay, as collected, the proceeds thereof to the school board of the pariah, unless the school board of Sthe parish certify that a smaller tax will meet the needs of the schools. Sin wh ch event the police jury shall levy and collect the tax recommend ed by the school board. (b) The pirovis.ions thereof shalb S"apply, without distinction, to prop u rty within each municipality in a parish except a mun'cipalty exempt under existing laws from parochial - taxation, which is, under legislative .authority, actually conducting, main Stainling and support'ng public schoo.s Sof Its own, open and free to the :youth of the parish in which th. numflclIpaity is situated and whica islevying andi collect:ng and expent "tg annually for the gnduct, maintr ,lance and support ofits schools tha Weceeds of an annual tax of at lea.' 4.1e and one-half mills on the assess . ia va:uation on all property within uich municipality. 4. 2. There shall be no school di trict embrac'ng the whole or anY part of territory lying in another '.CEhool dittrict, nor shall there be a aehod1 sub district exlcept that a par ish as a whole may be created Jt elh.ooi d:strict wherein there exi.st Imailer school districts or smal:er UCi b ho" districts :nay be created em : bracing parts of a parish constitut 18 t school di:trict. 3. (a) For school purposes In the City of New Orleans, and in lisi~ of the lax provided for by Sectitn 17 of the anunm-inent to the Consti i tuton propos'led by Act 4 of 1916 r,f the Genecra: A som!iv of the State zt 4lolisiana. tihe (crlea;ns Parish Scho"l Board, or its succr.-sor in law, shall levy annual y :t :x not to exceel BSven mills on th1 dollar of valua tion of all property within the Cit? At Nea Orleans as assessed for the purposes of city taxation, which ac tion rhall be ertilied byv saI'd Board the Commission Council of t'he 'City of New Orleans, or other fu tire governing ho-ly of said C.ty ae I. hereby requlred to. cause the xlevied by s. 1d Board to be cn accordfng to law on the tax sl sail e'tr :cnld co'lected in ihi' ii "ll ntor apd under the condL o. 1'(r wi~lh i 'bh, nterest and pen ite ~" TesPhi:,,.i by law in case of y tlxes, ani he money thu's caC 3. to be paid *o said Board da;ly it h receivedl T) The Orleans Par sh School NEW ASST SECRETARY OF U. S. NAVY Gordon Woodbury, of New lampshire, has been appointedi assistant secretary of the navy to succeed Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic vice presidential candidate. B'oard may incur indebtedness and i:;sue negotiable promissory note: bonds, or other evidences of dern, the - ,rinc;pal and interest thereuf payable as said board may determine. for the purpose of purchasing grounds, constructing buildings, or repairing buildings for public school uses, and where such indebtedness is incurred or such notes, bonds, or 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 ta::, included within the limitation of seven mills, sufficient each year to pay the princ:pal and interest thereci; provided 'that the aggre gate amount of the taxes for such purposes shall not exceed one mill on the dollar in any one year, and. provided further that the indebted ness, notes, bonds, or other evi dencer 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 authorize-I shall be exempt from State, parlsh, 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 ceived as security for all public de posits of the State of Louisiana or of any of its sub-div'sions or 'boards. (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 Parich School Board 4. Nothing in this amendment shall be construed as affecting in any way provision of the Const.tution in relatiohl to special taxes, provided that no special tax to pay operating expenses of public schools, author ized by Article 232 of the Constitu tion, shall exceed eight mills on the dollar of assessed valuation. 5. The amendment of the Const' tution proposed by Act 218 of 1918 of the General Assembly of th-s State of Louisiana is hereby super seded and repealed; provided the taxes already levied thereunder and the authority and power under ex isting laws to collect the name shall not oe affected in any way 'by such repeal Section 2. Be it further resoly ed, etc., That this proposed amend ment shall be submitted to the duly qualified electors of the State, 'n ac cordance with law, to be voted up.n at the General Congressional Elec tion to be held on November 2, 1920, the oilcial ballots to have printed thereon the words: "For the pio posed amendment 1'equiring police juries ond the Orleans Parish Scho.l Board to levy annually a tax for scho3l -purposes," and the words' "Against the proposed amendme it requiring police juries and the Or leano Parish School Board to lel) annually a tax for school purposes.' so that each elector may indicate, as provided by the general electi ,I laws ot the State, whether he voteo for or against the proposed amend ment. R. F. WALKER, Speaker of the House - of Repre sentatives. HEW'ITT BOUANCHAUD, Lieutenant Governor and Prest dent of the Senate. Approved: July 5, 1920. JNO. M. PARKER, Governor of the State of Louisi ana. A true copy. JAMES J. BAILEY, Becretary of State. ACT NO.. 55. House Bill No. 127. By Mr. Hamley JQINT RESOLUTION. Propos'ng-an amendment to the Con stitution of the State of Louisiana levying a special State tax of one mil on the dollar in aid of puiblic education. Section 1. Be it resolved by ,h' General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two-th'rds of all the mem bers elected to each House concur ring, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana be and the same is khere by proposed and submitted to tne qualifled electors of the State 3f Louisiana, to-wit: Amendment. In a.ddit on to all taxes now au thor!zed by the Constitution or by law, there is hereby levied for tihe 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 Loui - ana, it being hereby required that said tax shall 'be extended on thi tax rolls and collected as all othr State taxes. Section 2. Be it further reso:v ed, etc., That this proposed amend ment shall be sitbmitted to the duly qua:ifled electorm of the State, mI accordance with lw, to be voted up on at the gonesticongressional elec t'on to be held on the 2nd day ol November, 191" the official ballots to have printe hereon the word': "For'the propsxed amendment levy ing-an annual t of one mill in aid of public edud,' and the words ,Against the nosed amendment levying an annual tax of one mill in aid of public education," so that each elector may indicate, as prgvid ed ay the general election laws of the State, whether he votes for or aganst. the proposed amendment. R. F. WALKER, Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives. I:EWITT BOUANCHAUD, Lieutenant Governor and Presi dant of the Senate. Ap pnoved: July 5, 1920. JNO. M. PARKER, Governor of the State of Loulsia ana A true copy. JAMES J. BAILEY, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 69. Hous~e B'11 No. 197. By Mr. Weinmann. JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment. to the con stitution of the State of Louisi ana relative to the organization and powers of the Board of Com miss!oners of the port of New Or lesns, and the depaitments of sati port. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Lou'siana, two-thirds of all the mem bers Elected to each House concur ring, that the following amendments to the Constitution of the State at Louisiana be submited to the electors of te State at the next Congression al election to be held on the firJt Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1920, to-wit: That the Governor of the State shall appoint the respective members of the Board pt Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, possessing the qualifications prescribed by law, one for a term of two-years, one for a term of five years, and one for a term of slx years, and may designate and pre scribe the term of office of the pres ent Booard in accordance therewith At the expiration of their respect.vo terms, their successors shall 'be ap pointed by the Governor for a period of six years each. The Governor shall have the power to fill the un expired term of any vacancy occurr ing. through death, resignation or otherwise. Said Commisasoners so appointed can only be removed by the Governor, for cause or causes to be preferred against them, or either of them, in -writing and after public hearing and proof of the sufficiency of said charges to justify their re moval, provided that in all cases an appeal may be had to Supreme Court from the decision of the Governor. Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc., That the Board of Commission ers c.f the Port of New Orleans shall have power to organize or reorgan ize the legal, executive, engineer:ng, clerical and other departments and forces of said Board, and to fix th-3 duties, powers and compensation of all officers, agents and employees in such departments, excepting, how ever, such civil service requirements as may be established by 'State laws. Section 3. Be it further resolved, etc., That on the official ballot to ba used at said election shall be 'plac d the words: "For the proposal amendment relative to the organiza tion of the Board of Commiasioner: of the Port of New Orleans," and the words "Against the proposed amend ment relative to the organization of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans," and each elec tor shall indicate his vote on iha proposed amendment as provided in the general election laws of th 3 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. 78. House Bill No. 2. By Mr. Byrne JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposilng an amendment to the Con stitution of the 6tate of Louis: ana. directing the City of New On leans to levy annually a special tax not exceeding two mi:ls on the dollar for the inauguration and. maintenance of double and triple platoon systems, and an increase in pay of the men and officlala, in the fire and police departments of the City, respectively. Section 1. Be it resolved by th' General Assembly of the State of Louietana, two-thirds of all mem bers elected to eacb House concurr ing, That an amendment to the Con stitution of the State of Louisiana be proposed and submitted to the qual'fled electors of the State, for ratificaton or rejection, as follows' to-vwit: "In addition to such other taxes as the City of New Orleans is now, or may be hereafter, author ized to levy, said city shall levy an nually a special .tax, not exceeding two milla on the dollar, on all tax able property in said City as asseas ed and valued for city taxation pur poses. The avails of said speceal tax are hereby dedicated to the I- auguration and -maintenance of a double platoon system in the fire ie partment and a triple platoon system in the police department of sa'd city, and an increase in pay of the men and officials emp:oyed in said do partments, and shall be used and employed by said city exclusively for said purposes respectively accordiing to such apportionment of sa'd futan.s aP said city may make from t!me to time." Sctlon 2. Be it further resolved, etc., l That this amendment shall b.i submitted to the duly qualified elec tors of the State of Lonisiana, in accordance with the provisions of th, 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 Const! tutio, directing the City of New Or leans to levy a special tax not cx ceeding two mlls for its fire and polic3 lepartments," and ''Against the amendment to the Constituti'n directing the City of New Orleans to levy a special tax not exceeding two mills for its fire and police depart ment'," and each electos shall Indl cate, as provided in the general.ele tion laws of the State, whether hb. votes for or against said amendment. 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. 103. House Bill No. 206. By Mr. Perez JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Coi - stitution of the State of Louis' ana relative to the Board of Com missioners of the Port of New Orleans. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State o. Louisiana, two-thirds of all members elected to each house concurring, That the following Amendment t, the Const.tution of the State of Lou isiean be submitted to the electors of the State at the next Congressiua al election to be held on tue tiisL Tuesday after the first Monday :n November, 1920, to-wit: The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans shall, ex cept as otherwise herein changed-and amended, have and exercise all pow ers now conferred upon them by Constitutional Amendment. Addi tional power and jurisdiction may be conferred by Act of the Legisalture. Said board shall have full power and authority to construct, extend and improve works for Port purposes within the limits of the Port, includ ing wharves, docks, warehousaa. grain elevators, locks, slips, laterals, Dasins and other structures ana im provonents, and may dredge ship ways, channels,- as;ps, basins anu turning-basins in the Miss.ssippi River. Said board may without fur ther leg siative enactment borrow money and issue notes and bonds under tae following conditions an-I not otherwise: It may, with the ap proval of the Governor and the Auditor of the State, for its public purpbees, borrow on notes for 'tem porary loans,, payable within on year, an amount not exceeding Five Hundred Thousand ($500,000) Do, lars at any one time outstanding, and may in addition, borrow money; in anticipation of the collection ot charges for wharfage, tollage, stor age service and other charges which have been actually earned but have not ye. .been received. With the ap proval of the Governor of the State. it may for public purposes other than the payment of current expenses :,j the funding of indebtedness incurr ed or to 'be incurred for current ec. penaes borrow money and issue bonds to the amount of Six Millien Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,500,000). Said board may, wirt the approval of the Governor and for like purposes, borrow other ant further sums and issue bonds in the manner following: When the Board shall have ascertained and certified in writing to the State Auditor or the supervisor of Public Accounts the amount of revenue and income of the Port for the two fiscal yeas immediately preceding, after deduct intg therefrom the amount of operat ing and maintenance charged and expenses, and all sums payable dur Ing said year upon maturing print pal and interest of its bonded debt, and the State Auditor or the Super visor of Public Accounts shall have verified and approved said certificate, the Poard may borrow money and issue bonds to an amount the an nual .nterest upon which is not in excess of the average net revenues for the two fiscal years immediately preceding as shown by said certifi cate. The Board may add' to such net revenues of the preceding fiscal years as certified to the State Audi tor ,,r the Supervisor of Public Ac counts, the net income and revenues for such years of any revenue pro ducinu wharf, dock, warehouse, ele vator or other structure to be ac quired by said Board by purchads or expropriation from the proceecis of such bond issue. The net reve nues and income of such revenue producing utility shall be determirn ed and certified by the Board an-l approved by the State Auditor or th Supervisor of Public Accounts. Said Board may also with the approval ol the Governor borrow money and ssue bonds to refund bonded in debtednes heretofore incurred or hereafter to be incurred and matur ing and becoming payable within one year of the date of such refunding. All bonds issued under the forego ing provisions, except as otherwii expressly provided, shall run not more than fitfy years from date, sha 1 be issued !n serial form, payable in annpal installments, commencing no' more than ten ('. 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 lars or the nearest multiple thereof. Refunding bonds Isasued hereunder shall be payable in annual install ments commencing not more than one year from date. All of the said bonds shall have the same exemp tion from taxation, and the same privilege of registration and reie.ac from registrat'on, and the same eli gibility for deposa't with the State or its officers or any of the political subdivisions or munlciplities. a. was granted by Article 321 of the Con st'tuaon to the bonds there'a au thoriqed. Tutors of minors and .- - rators of interdicts shall be authorisz ed to invest the funds In their hands in any such bonds. Nothing here in contained shall affect the p.w~r of said board to issue 'bonds for Ile construction of the nav':ation cana' under the ordinance and secured o'r the mortgage heretofore made and ex ecuted, and said Roard is authorize 1 to carry into full effect said nrdi nanco and mortgage and to issue and sell for canal purposes the rermainJer of bonds thereby authorised and said ordinance and mortgage and thn contracts made with the Board or Levee Commiss.oners 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 16tn. 1918, through the Belt Railroad Commission to carry into effect Act No. 3 of 1918 in relation to said i Navigation Canal are hereby ratife:l -.and c.afrmead. Said oBard sha;l have the power to lease -for manu facturing, commercial apd busine i purposes, lands acquired for said 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 tercu not exceeding ninety-nine (99) years provided they shall contain a clause or c.auses for reappraisal of the premises and a readjustment of ch-I rental at intervals not exceeding tan (10) years after the expiration o_ the frst twenty year period. In th.ý event that the said Board and th. lessee cannot agree upon the rea i justment and reappraisement, the each sha.l appoint an arbitrat r who shall have the powers of ami cable compounders to whom the mat ter shall be referred for decision, an I n case of disagreement they sh-1lL appoint an umpire and decision ,of any two shall be binding upon the parties. Said Board may also co.i struct warehouses, elevators, and other buildings and limprovements 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 a.l lands leasbd upon tli3 canal, lock charges, and charges for passages, through the canal. If the Boar'I shall construct warehouses, elevators and other buildings or im provements for public purposes on canal lands, the rental value of the site thereof shall be -fixed by the ap praisers appointed 'by 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 fund shall be applied first in the operatin, expenses of the canal and the main tenance thereof, and thereafter in payment of the principal and ic terest of the canal bonds, and in the reduction in the manner provided in said ordinance of the payment and cont.itutions by the City of New Or leans through the Belt Railros I Commiss:on and by the Board .f Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Leve. District. If warehouses, ele vators and other buildings or im provements be constructed 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 warehouse', elevators and other 'buildings or im provements after the payment of the rental value to the canal fund, shall be *bemed 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, au l at any other' place or places with ' or without the State designated by the bonds. Said Board shall place on deposit with the Treasurer of the S'tate to the credit of an account or accounts to Ibe 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 been delivered. Said Treasurer is hereby empowered and directed, ant it is made his duty, to pay or pro vide for the payment of all interest that may become due upon said 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 f)>r 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 is case of failure on the part of said Board to make said deposits in an amount sufficient to provIde for the payment of interest due or to es come due, and for the redemption 't 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 provid ing for necessary operating expens'es and any prior charges, to the pay ment of the principal and interest of the said bonds, and for that pur pose and for such time as may De necessary, the said Treasurer is here by authorized to exercise all the powess and duties vested in the Boar-I of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. The accounts ol 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 all bon la hereafter issued. The Board miy acquire real and personal property subject to mortgage or other lien and make or execute purchase mon:av mortgages or property acquirel. Nothing herein contained shall ,pre j'ud'ce the right of the holder of any bonds of the Port now outstanding, or that may be issued tinder the ordl nance and mortgage heretofore made and executed for canal purposes to a segregation of such revenues as are applicable to his bonds under said ordinance and mortgage or oth.: covenant of his bonds. This amend ment shall not repeal any statutes heretofore enacted, except insofar 19 inconsistent herewith. Section 2. Be it further re'olved, etc., '. hat on the offcilal ballots to b. used at said election shall be placed the ~ ords, "For the propose.l 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 adm'nis tration," and the words, "Againsi the proposed amendment to the Cou stitution giving additional powers t.: the Board of Commissioners of th. Port of New Orleans in the finane: 'ng and control of the property un der itr admin:stration," and earc elector shall indicate his vote for oi against the proposed amendment a: provided in the general election lawi of the State. R.F. WALKER, Speaker of the House of Jiepre sentatives. HEWITT BOUANCHAUD, Lieutenant Governor and Presi dent of the Senate. Approved: July 6, 1920. JNO. M. PARKER, Governor of the State of Louisi uaL. TWO U. &A. BOYS LEAD EM TO THE TAPE Charles W Paddock, the "Caltfornla Ptier," is shown wtnatng the 100-meter dash at the Olymple games- at Antwerp. Belgium; with Morris Kirkiey a close second (at right). 'Kirksey s also trom Call. foraita Paddock la shown throwing himself at the tape. 3 Aemert oean eharacterstlUe in the dashes A true copy. JAMES J. B&ILEY, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 140. House Bill No. 286. By Mr. Schell JOINT RESOLUTION. 'ropos.ng an amendment to Artlcia 3u3 of the Constitution of tlh State -of Louisiana as heretobu fore amended relative to pensions for Confederate Veterans. Section 1. Be it resolved by tai leneial Assemoly or tne State ..t Loutsiana, two-thirds of all the mem bers elected to each House con curring, That Artic.e S~8 of t.i Uonst.Lutton of the State of LouIs. ana 'as heectobetore amended .e amended and re-enacted so as to re: I as fo-lows: Art.:le 303. A pension not to en ceed thirty Dollars ($30) per month shall !be allowed to each ConTe:l erate Soldier or Sailor veteran w at possesses all of the following qualid 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 ps roled, in some Mnilitary organization, 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 organization mustered 1u to sa'd service as a Louisiana organi zation, or in case at the date of nis enlistment he resided in the Stat.. of Louisiana, he shall have resided in this Stqte for at least five yeard prior to his application 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 Confed erate States, he shall have res:ded in this State for at least five years prior "to his application . for suen pensain. A like pension shall be granted to the widow who shall not have married again, in indigent cir cumsances, 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 fram Louisiana, or if he resided in Louesiana, at the date of his en listment, then in order that sucn widow shall be entitled .to the pen sion as herein provided, she shall have resided in this State for at least five years prior to her applica tion therefor; and if her deceased husband enlisted elsewhere than :a Louisana, and served in an organi zation not mustered in from Louist ana, such widow shall, in order to entitle her to a pension as herein provided, have resided in this State for not lose than five years prior to her application for such pension; provided further that all widows who married Confederate soldiers 3r sailors a second time shall not oe debarred from the benefits of this Act tbut be entitled to a pension on the same terms as other widows of deceased Confederate soldiers ir sailors; provided further, that pen sions whether to-veterans or to wid ows s.hall be allowed only from the date of application under this Artlee and ..he total appropriations for all pensions in any one year shall be the proceeds of an annual tax of 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 one year. Any accruing surplus from said lax fund shall be held as an ac cumeulating fund for the Confederate Veterans to be appropriated by th. General Assembly for their use and benefit as the General Assembly may in future determine, and the colle: tion of any other tax or in the mak ing of any appropriation for pes sialons In excess of the amount of the three-fourths of one mill tax levis I and collected and to be known as "Confederate Veteran Pension Fund" is hereby prohibited and said fund i: to be used for no othler purpose than that hlere:n stipulated; and upon the adop:,n of this Amendment same shall at once become self operative and dibe funds derived therefrom bc immediately used for said purpose and provided further that the Las colleetors and assessors shall receive no commissions for assessing and collecting said three-fourths of oar mill tax herein provided. Pro'ided that nothing in thiF Articl:e shall be construed so as th prohit:t the General Assembly froin providing artificial limbs to disabler Confederate soldiers and sa!lors. Section 2. Be it further resolved etc., That this proposed amendme, be submitted to the quafled ele: tors g,f the State of Louisiana, to adoption or rejection at the -Congr3a silonal 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 there n the words: "For the pro pose0 amendment to Article 303 of the Constitution of the State of Loa 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 bof Louisiana rera 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 deut of the Senate. Approved: July 7, 1920. JNO. M. PARKER, Gove nor of the State of Louisi ana. A true copy. JAMES J. BAILEY, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 153. Hous3 Bill No. 376. By Mr. Clalborne Substitute for House Bill No. 199. JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to Article 230 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana relative to x. einpting certain industries locat ed <n the Navigation Canal, Ngw Orleans. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two-thirds of all members elected to each House concurring, That the following amendments to the Canstitution of the State of Lou isiana be submitted to the electors of the State at the next Congressioa al Election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in Novemntber, 1920, making said Artlclp read as follows: Article 230. The following shall be ex mpat from taxation, and no other, viz: All public propertr, places cf religious worship, or buri al, the rectories and parsonages of churches and grounds thereunto ap purtena.nt, used exclusively as resi dences for, the ministers in charge of such churches, all charitable in stitutions, a,11 buildings and proper ty used exclusively for public monu ments or historical collections, e~l leges and other school purposes, the real aid personal estate of any pub lic library, and that of any other library association used ,by or con nected with such library, all boore and philosophical apparatus, and all paintings and statuary of any com pany or association, kept in a pub lic hill; provided, the property so exeml ted be not leased for purposes of private or corporate profit or in 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 of its completion, any railroad or part of railroad that shall be coa structed and completed subsequeat ly to January 1, 1905, and prior to January 1, 11909. 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 be transferred or assigned to any corpor ation or corporations, person or persons whomsoever, and, pro vided further, that this exemption shall rot apply to double tracks, sid ings, Lwltches, depots or other Im provemnents or betterments, whicn may be constructed by railroads now in operation within the State, other than extenslons or new lines coa structed by such railroads. There shall be exempt from taxation the legal reserve of life insurance com pan!es organized under the laws or this Slate. The property or real ea tate telonging to any military or ganization of the State of Louisiana which is used by the State National Guard or Militia for military pur poses, such as arsenals or armories, while so used, shall be exempt from taxation. There shall also be ex empt, from taxation, loans made tu on security of mortgages granted au. on real estate situated in this State, as well as the mortgages granted co secure said loans, and the notes bonds, or other written instruments evidencing the aid loans, whether in the hands of the mortgagee, or his (Continued on page 8)