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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.
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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
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