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PROPOSED AMEND
MENTS TO CONSTITU
TION OF LOUISIANA
Adlopted at the Regular Sessdon of
the Iegi-lature of 1920.
To be Voted on at the Congressiona;
Election Ilhld November 2, 192'I.
ACT NO. 51.
4ious hBill No. 991 By Mr. Sylvest
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Lou
isiana requiring the police jury of
each parish of the State and the
Orleans Parish School Board, re
spectively, to levy and collect an
nually a tax for school purpose4
the;e n; regulating school districts
in certain respects; limiting tne
rate of special taxation for school
maintenance; empowering the Or
leutib Parish School Board to issue
notes, bonds, or other evidences
of debt for the purpose of par
chasing grounds, constructing, or
reDa ring buildings for school pur
poses in the City of New Orleans,
and for the payment of principal
and interest thereof to levy ani
dedicate for the period of ye rra
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 Louisiaun.
and adopted.
Sect on 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to eaach House con
curring, That the following amend
ment to the Constitution of taa
State of Louisiana be and the same
is hereby proposed and submitted t J
the qualitied 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 tutioa
al provisions and in addition to the
tax for school purposes provided by
the amendment proposed by Act 191
of 1918 of the Geu'eral Assembly of
the State of Louisiana, the police
jury of each parish (Parish of Or
leans excepted) is hereby requ'red
ind directed to levy and collect for
the y~ar 1921 and each calendar year
-thereafter for school purposes there
in, a tax of one and one-half milts
on the dol:ar of assessed valuatio,)
of all property within said pari-.n
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 jury shall
levy and co!llct the tax recommend
• ed by the school board.
(b) The provisions thereof shale
apply, without distinction, to prop
lrty within each municipality in a
parish excelpt a mun'cipahlty exemot
under existing laws from parochlal
i taxation, which is, under legislative
authority, actually conducting, main
t:aininhg and support'ng public schoo.s
of its own, open and free to the
SYouth of the parish in which th.e
Smunici'pality is situated and wh.ca
: slevying and collect'ng and expenl
S tmg annually for the conduct, maint!
bsance and support of its schools tha
proceeds of ;~n annual tax of at least
Q.le and on e-half mills on the assess
ýtd va:uation on all property within
-Inch municilpality.
2. There shall be no school dli
, trict embrac ing the whole or any
..'art of territory lying in another
school di:trict, nor shall there be a
clhool sub distr!ct except that a par
lh a~s a 'wh1ile may be created Jt
lehooi d stri ct \.wherein there exi.t
-IRaller schotl districts or smaller
Schoo' districts may be created em
*bracing parts ,f a parish constitut
aIng school ditrlct.
3. (a) For school purposes in
-ie City ,f New Orleans, and in liH.
oif the talx provided for by Secttfl
17 of the inindment to the Consti
t:"ition pro!,mo:l, by Act 4 of 1916 of
bhe Gencra; l A-<s-molv of the State a3
t sj4r lakna. 1.), Orleans Parish Scho.l
oarl, or i , ouremosor In law, shall
Siery annuul ia tai not to exceel
ven mills ;n the dollar of valua
.oion of all pro1' ,rtv w thin the City
'O Ne ()rhl un as asses ed for the
F-rpos~es of cirv taxation, which a'
`i. shall be c(rtified ,by said Board
to the Cornmiition Council of ihe
City of No or!blns, or other fu
*Rre governing body of said C!ity o0
lag hereby r,,inired to cause the
. ax levied by saId Board to be en
tered accorr.c to, law on the tax
Sl11h o0' saii1 '' and collected in the
l-ame Ininner ind under the condi
. olon- 1dl wi'h the nterest and peu
A.LtIes preschietd byv law in case ot
ty taxes, anuI the money thus c&
Ste to be paid to said Board dally
as it is received.
(b) The Orieans Par'sh School
Board may incur indebtedness and
issue negotiable promissory note-,
bonds, or other evidences of debt,
the l;rinc;pal and interest thereol
payabt. as said board may determine,
for the purpose of pltrchasin2
I groands, construct:ng buildings, or
repairing buildings for public school
uses, and where such indebtedno-s
is incurred or such notes, bonds, or
other evidences of debt are issucd,
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 ye-ar
to pay the princ'pal and interest
therect; 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
proviaed 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, 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
ceiv3d as security for all public de
posits of the State of Louisiana or
of any of its sub-div'sions or lboards.
(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 thie Const.tution In
relation 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 the
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 same shagl
not oe affected in any way by such
repeal
Section 2. Be it further resolv
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 rn
at the General Congressional Elec
tion t4 be held on November 2, 1920,
the olicial ballots to have printed
thereon the words: "For the pxo
posed amendment requiring police
juries ond the Orleans Parish Sch:.l
Board to levy annually a tax for
schozl purposes," and the words"
"Against the proposed amendme it
requiring police jur'es and the Or
leans Parish School Board to levy
annually a tax for school purposes.'
so that each elector may indicate, as
provided by the general electia
laws ot 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 Louisiana
levying a special State tax of ono
mtil on the dollar in aid of public
education.
Section 1. Be it resolved by ,th"
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 here
by proposed and submitted to tLe
qualified electors of the State 3f
Louisiana, to-wit:
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 dollar
of assessed valuation of all taxabla
property within the State of Louis -
ana, it -being hereby required thai
said tax shall 'be extended on th?
tax rolls and collected as all oth'~r
State taxes.
Section 2. Be it further reso:v
ed, etc., That this prosed amend
ment shall be submitted to the duly
qualiQed electora o&je State, in
accordance with la~d be voted up
on at the general congressional elec
t'on to be held on e 2nd day ot
November, 1920, thfficial ballots
to have printed tern the words:
"For the proposed'amendment levy
ing an annual tax ae fmill in aid
of public educatio. d the words
'Agaiust the *memendment
levying an annual tax of one mil
in aid of public education," so tha
each elector may indicate, as provid
ed by .the general election laws o
the State, whether he votes for or
against the proposed amendment.
R. F. WALKER,
Speaker of the House of Reproe
sentatives.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Lieutenant Governor and Presi
dent of the Senate.
Apl oved: July 5, 1920.
JNO. M. PARKER,
Governor of the State of Louisia
ana
A true copy.
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 69.
House B:ll No. 197.
By Mr. Weinmana
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the cor.
stitution of the State of Louisi
ana relative to the organization
and powers of the Board of Comrn
missioners of the port of New Or.
leans, and the departments of sail
port.
Section 1. Be it resolved by tiW
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thiids of all the mem
bers elected to each House concur
ring, that the following amendments
to the Constitution of the State :f
Louisiana be submited to the electors
of the State at the next Congresslon
al election to be held on the firut
Tuesday after the first Monday inl
November, 1920, to-wit: That th
Governor of the State shall appoia.
the respective members of the Boaro
of Commiss:oners of the Port of New
Orleans, possessing the qualifications
prescribed by law, one for a term
of two years, one for a term of live
yeare, and one for a term of sln
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.vc
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 Commiss'oners 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 ;.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.
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.
Sect'on 3. Be it further resolved,
etc., That on the official ballot to b.
used at said election shall be plae sJ
the words: "For the proposal
amendment relative to the organiza
tion of .he Board of Commissioners
of the Port of New Orleans," ani the
words "Against the proposed amend
ment relative to the organization o:
the Board of Commissioners of the
Port of New Orleans," and each elec
tor shall indicate his vote on ihe
proposed amendment as provided in
the general election laws of ths
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.
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Loulns
ana. directing the City of New Or
leans to levy annually a special
tax not exceeding two mills on the
dollar for the inauguration and
maintenance of double and triple
platoon systems, and an increasa,
in pay of the men and offictala, in
the fire and police departments of
the City, respectively.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louiitana, 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
qunl'fled electors of the State, for
ratificat'on or rejection, as follows
to-wit: "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 mills on the dollar, on all tax
able property in said City as assess
ed and valued for city taxation pur
poses. The avails of said special
tax are hereby dedicated to the ii
auguration and maintenance of a
double platoon system in the fire 4e
partment and a triple platoon system
in the police department of sa'd city.
and an increase in pay of the men
and officials employed in said do
partments, and shall be used and
employed by said city exclusively fo;
said purposes respectively according
to such apportionment of sa'd fun.s
as said city may make from time to
time."
Section 2. Be it further resolved,.
etc., That this amendment shall ba
submitted to the duly qualified elec
tors of the State oC Louisiana, i.
accordance with the prov'sions of thi
Constitution, to be voted upon at the
General Congressional Election to be
held in November, 1920, and there
shall be printed upon the ballots:
"For the amendment to the Consad
tutio, directing the City of New Or
leans to levy a special tax not ex
ceeding two m'lls for its fire and
polics 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
ments," and each elector shall tadl
sate, as proivded in the general elec
tion laws of the State, whether he
votes for or against said amendme-n
R. F. WALKER,
SSpeaker 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. Perri
JOINT £RESOL UTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Louis-"
ana relative to the Board of Com-
missioners of the Port of Neo
Orleans.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State o"
Louisiana, two-thirds pf all member;
elected to each house concurring,
That the following Amendment ti,
the Conat tution 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 firs,
Tuesday after the first Monday mn
November, 1920, to-wit:
The Board of Commipsioners of
the Port of New Orleans shall, et
cept as otherwise herein changed and
amended, have and exercise all pow
ers now conferred upon them by
Constitat:onal Amendment. Addi
tional power and jurisdiction may be
conferred' by Act of the Legisaltur3.
said .oard 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, warehousea.
gra n elevators, locks, slips, laterals,
basins and other structures and im
provonents, and may dredge ship
ways, channels, slips, basins and
turnmug-basins in the Miss:ssippi
River. Said board may without fur
ther legslative enactment borrow
money and issue notes and bonds
under the following conditions an i
not otherwise: It may, with the ap
proval of the Governor and the
Auditor of the State, for its public
purposes, borrow on notes for tem
porary loans, payable within on
year, an amount not exceeding Five
Hundre4 Thousand ($500,000) Dol
lars at any one time outstanding,
and may in addition, borrow money
in anticipation of the collection of
charges for wharfage, tollage, sto'
age service and other charges which
have been actually earned but have
not yet ,been received. With the ap
proval of the Governor of the State,
it may for public purposes other thae
the payment of current expenses :,i
the funding of indebtedness incurr
ed or to Tbe incurred for current e.
penaes -borrow money and issue
bonds to the amount of 'Six Million
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($6,500,000). Said board may, witr
the approval of the Governor ana
for like purposes, borrow other an-i
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 years
immediately preceding after deduct
ing therefrom the amount of operat
ing .and maintenance charged and
expenses, and all sums payable dur
ing said year upon maturing princ'
pal andJ interest of its bonded debt.
and the State Auditor or the Super
visor of Public Accounts shall have
verified and approved said certi4fcate,
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 certfli
cate. The Board may add to such
net revenues of the preceding fiscal
years as certified to the State Audi
tor or the Supervisor of Public Ac
countu, the net income and revenues
for such years of any revenue prb
daucln whart, dock, warehouse, ele
vator or other structure to be ac
quired by said Board by purchase
or expropriation from the proceeds
otf such bond issue. The net reve
nues and income of such revenue
producing htility shall be determirn
ed and certified by the Board an-I
approved by the State Auditor or th
Supervisor of Public Accounts. Said
Board may also with the approval co
the Governor borrow money and
saune bonds to refund bonded in
debtednesa 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 irovisions, except as otherwise
expressly provided, shall run not
more Ehan fitfy years from date, sha 1
be issued in serial form, payable in
annual installments, commencing not
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.
Rtetunding bonds Inaed hereunder
shall be ipa~able 'm anasal tnstall
ments commencing not more than
one year from date. All of the sali
bonds shall have the same exemp
tion -i oar tantton, and the same
privilege of registration and reteasce
from registrat'on, and the same ell
gibility fr depos't with the tate or
its oficers ar any of the pohilica'
seabdvIdaes or m.aunicipsltles. a w.a~s
granted by Artice 321 o0 the Cun
stitution to the bonds there'n s.
thorised. Tttors of minors and :'d
rators of fntderdictsshali be autbhor!z
ed to inest the funds in their raintr
in any eanch bonds. Nothing here
In contained shall affect the p.wer
of said board to issue 'bonds for ths
construction of tMe navrgation eana'
under the ordinance and secured o0
the mortgage heretofore made and ex
ecuted, and said Board is authorize.
to carry into full effect said nrdi
nanco and mortglage and to islue and
sell tfor canal pusposes the remaln'der
of bonds thereby authorised, and
said ordinance and mortgage and the
contracts made with the Board of
Levee Commiss.oners of the Orleans
Levee Distrlct under date of June
t9th, 1918, February 26th, 1919,
November 14th, 19r9, and the con
tract made with the City of New
Orleans under date of August 16th.
1918, through the Belt Rallros,
Commission to carry into effect A~t
No. 3 of 1918 In relation to said
Navigtion Canal are hereby ratiflel
and coanrmed. 8aid oBard sh-'l
have the power to lease for manui
facturing, commercial and busine ii
purposes," lands acquired for said
canal. Such leases may run for a
term not exceeding twenty years ,t
a fixed rental without any provisi.n
for renewal, readjustment or reap
praisement, but may run for a terl
not exceeding ninety-nine (99) years
provided they shall contain a clause
or clauses for reappraisal of tWe
premises and a readjustment of th-i
rental at intervals not exceeding t~n
(10) years after the expiration ,
the frs* twenty year period. - In th.:
event that the said Board and th.
lessee cannot agree upon the rea i
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, aa 1
n case of disagreement they shill
appoint an umpire and decision of,
any two shall be binding upon the
parties. Said Board may also co.
struct warehouses, elevators, and
other buildings and imprdvemen: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 rev~
hues shall be deemed to include
rentals of all lands leased upon thl
canal, lock charges, and charges for
passages, through the canal. If thn
Board shall construct warehouses,
elevators and other 'buldings or im
provements for public purposes in
canal lands, the rental va:ue of the
site thereof shall be fixed by the ap
praisers appointed 'by said Board ant:
the receipts from such warehouse.s,
elevators and other buildings or lm
provements shall be charged with
the payment of such rental value
into the canal fund. The canal funl
shall be applied first in the operating
expenses of the canal and the main
tenance thereof, and thereafter :n
payment of the principal and li
terest of the canal bonds, and in th,.
reductiop in the manner provided m
said ordinance of the payment and
contributions by the City of New Or
leans through the Belt Railroa I
Commiss.on and 'by the Board of
Levee Commissioners of the Orleaus
Leve. District. If warehouses, ele
vators and other buildings or im
proveuLents 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 warehouses,
elevators and other lbuildings or im
provements after the payment of they
rental value to the canal fund, shall
be deemed genera! revenues of the
Port. The interest .on all bonds
issue hereunder shall be paid semi
annually by the Treasurer of the
State of Louisiana at his office, an I
at any other place or places with n
or without the State designated by
the bonds. Said Board shall place
on deposit with the Treasurer of the
State to the credit of an account 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
been delivered. Said Treasurer is
hereby empowered and directed, and
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 ,If
said Treasurer to pay or provide f )r
the payment of such bonds. Such
deposits shall 'be made with the State
Treasurer in timely season for the
payment of such principal and in
tere.t 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 provide for the
payment of interest due or to bs
come due, and for the redemption sf
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 provd-l
ing for necessary operating expen9% I
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
poweis and duties vested in the
Boar'l of Commissioners of the Port..
of New Orleans. The accounts o_
said Booard as a Department of State
shall be subject to audit and invest'- 1
gation by the State Auditor or Sup-"
ervisor of Public Accounts, and the
Auditor shall countersign all bon ls :
hereafter issued. The Board may
acquire real and personal property-,
aubject- to mortgage or other lien I
and make or execute purchase money
mortgages or property acquired.
Nothing herein contained shall 'pre
jud'~e the right of the holder of any
bonds of the Port now outstanding,
or that may be issued under the ordi-.
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 othe.-.
covenant of his bonds, This amend- I
ment shall not repeal any statutes,
heretofore enacted, except insofar as
inconsistent herewith.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., . hat on the offlicial ballots to b.,
used at said election shall be placed
the w ords, "For the propose.l
amendment to the Constitution giv
ing additional powers to the Boarl
of Commissioners of the Port of New
Orleans in the financing and control
of the property under its adm'nis
tration," and the words, "Against
the proposed amendment to the Cou
stitution giving additional powers to
the Board of Commissioners of the
Port of New Orleans in the financ
ing and control of the property un
der itr admin'stration," and each
elector shall indicate his vote for or
agaiust the proposed amendment a'
provided in the general election laws
of the State.
R. P. WALKER,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Lieutenant Governor end Presi
dent of the Senate.
Approved: July 6, 1920.
JNO. M. PARKER,
Governor of the State of Louisi
ana.
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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
foee amended relative to pensions
for Confederate Veterans.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State tf
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each House con
curring, That Article 303 of the
ConsttLution of the State of Louis.
ana as heretobefore amended be
amended and re-enacted so as to rea.l
as fo.lows:
Art.:le 303. A pension not to ea
ceed thirty Dollars ($30) per montu
shall be allowed to each Confedl
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 organizatiol,
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:
cation.
3. He shall not be salaried or
otherwise provided for Iby the State
of Louisiana, or by any other State
or Government. In case he enlist
ed in any organization mustered lu
to said service as a Louisiana organi
zation, or in case at the date of o's
enlistment he resided tn the Statr
of Louisiana, he shall have resided
in this State for at least five years
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 resided
in this State for at least five years
prior to his application for such
pension. A like pension shall be
granted to the widow who shall not
have married again, in indigent cir
cuma ances, 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 resided
in Louisiana, at the date of his en
listment, then in order that such
widow shall be entitled to the pen
sion as herein provided, she shall
have resided in this State for at
least lve years prior to her applica
tion therefor; and if her deceased
husband enlisted elsewhere than !n
Louis ana, 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 less than five years prior to
her application for such pension;
provided further that all widows
who married Confederate soldiers :r
sailors a second time shall not be
debarred from the 'benefits of this
Act but be entitled to a pension on
the 'ame terms as other widows of
deceascd Confederate -soldiers ,r
sailors; provided further, that pen
sions whether to veterans or to wid
ows :hall be allowed only from the
date ot application under this Article
and .he total appropriations for all
pensions in any one year shall be
the proceeds of an annual tax If
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 suftl
cient to pay all pensions for any one
year. Any accruing surplus from
said lax fund shall be held as an hc
cumulating fund for the Confederate
Veterans*to be appropriated by the
General Assembly for their use and
benefit as the General Assembly may
in future determine, and the collec
tion of any other tax or in the mak
ing of any appropriation for pen
alons In excess of the amount of the
three-.'ourths of one mill tax levrts
and collected and to be known as
"Conf.4derate Veteran Pension Fund"
is hereby prohibited and said fund is
to be used for no other purpose than
that here'n stipulated; and upon the
adopis.n of this Amendment same
shall at once become self operative
and Lhe funds derived therefrom be
immediately used for said purpose,
and provided further that the tax
collectora and assessors shall receive
no cnmmisslons for assessing asad
collecting said three-fourths of one
mill tax herein provided.
Provided 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 elej
tors sef the State of Louisiana, tor
adoption or rejection at the Congres
sional Election to be held on the
first Tuesday next following the first
Monway in November, 1920.
That the official ballots to be used
at said election shall have printed
theretn the words: "For the pro
posed amendment to Article 303 of
the Constitution of the State of Lou
isiana relative to the pensions for
Confe lerate Veterans," and the
words, "Against the proposed amend
ment to Article 303 of the Consti
tution of the State of Louisiana reit
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 Louisi
ana.
A true copy.
JAMES J. BAILIEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 153.
House Bill No. 876.
By Mr. Claiborne
Substitute for House Bill No. 199.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article
230 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana relative to ex
empting certain industries locat
ed cn the Navigation Canal, New
Orleans.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Lotisiana, two-thirds of all members
elected to each House oonourring,
That the .following amendments to
the Cn.stitution of the Stats of Lou
isians be submitted to the electors
of the State at the next Congreusloa
al Election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, 1920, making said Article
read a.; follows:
Article 230. The following shall
be excmpt from taxation, and no
other, viz: . All public property,
places ctf religious worship, or buri
al, the rectories and parsonages of
churches and grounds thereunto ap
purtenant, 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 mon :
ments or historical collections, cal
leges and other school purposes, the
real uad personal estate of any pub
lic library, and that of any other
library association used by or con
nected with such library, all boo6n
and philosophical apparatus, and all
paintings and statuary of any com
pany or association, kept in a pub
lic hall; provided, the property so
exemited 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 o[ its completion, any railroad
or part of railroad that shall be coa
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 cperation of the same; but shall
not include the depots, warehouses,
station-hlouses and other structures
and appurtenances nor the land ap
on which 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
corporation or corporations, person
or persons whomsoever, and, pro
vided further, that this exemption
shall r ot apply to double tracsks, mid
tings, Lwitches, depots or other um
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