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CONSITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AOT NO. 2. senate Bill No. 1. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana for the assess ment, levy and collection of a tax in the Parish of Orleans and the State of Loun isana, in aid of leating and building an exposition in the siy of New Orleans to iebrate the completion of the Panama Canal said tax to be expended un4er the direction of the World's Panama Exposi tion Company. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of L6uisiana, two. thirds of all members elected to each house soncurring, That an amendment to the Con stitution of the State of Louisiana be sub. mitted to the qualified electors of the State for their approval or rejection as requireg py Artiele 321 of the ConstitutiOn of the Jstate of Louisiana at the Congressional eletion to be held on the first Tuesday next following the first Monday of November, 1910, as follows: The World's Panama Exposition Company having been organized as a corporation by act before Percy Sommer Benedict, Notary Public, on the 8th day of the month of April, 1910, for the purpose of promoting an exposition at or near the city of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, to be held in celebration of the completion of the Panama Canal: Now, for the purpose of aiding said World's Panama Exposition Company to lo cate and build at or near the city of New Orleans an exposition in celebration of the completion of the Panama Canal, an annual tax of three-eighths (%) of one mill on the dollar in all parishes of the State of Louis iana outside of the Parish of Orleans and a tax of six-eighths (6-8) of one mill on the dollar in the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, be and the same is hereby levied on all property subject to State taxation in the State of Louisiana and Parish of Or leans, beginning with the year 1911 and oallected annually in the year in which It is lvied until Four Million ($4,000,000) Dol lars shall have been collected and paid into the Treasury of the State of Louisiana. The tax thus levied shall be assessed and allected without costs or commissions in the various parishes throughout the State snd paid to the State Treasures in the same manner as other State taxes are assessed, collected and paid in. The tax herein levied is additional to all other taxes now authorised by the Con tiltution. The money realized from the collection g taxes herein provided for shall remain in e State Treasury as other State funds un ii It is finally decided by the Sixty-first T Sixty-second Congress of the United States that an exposition for the purpores h~erin set forth will be held at or near the City of New Orleans. When this fact is thus definitely determined, then the money from the collection of this tax shall be paid out by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of the World's Panama Exposition Com pany, approved by the Governor, Treasurer and Auditor of the State, or any two of them for the purpose of securing a site and for tite construction, equipment and mala taiing of the eXposition. The site of the exposition and all im provements situated thereon, and all moneys or other assets of said World's Panama Ex poSition Company shll be exempt from all State, Parish, municipal and special taxes while being used for said exposition pur poses. The tax -herein voted for the purposes herein stated shall constitute a bind* eon tract between the State of Lo isiana and the World's Panama Exposition Company of Louisiana. and shall continue in forc until the amount herein stated shall have been collected. The World's Panama Exposition Company shall, on demand, render account to the Governor, Treasurer and Auditor of the State for all money received by it from the State Treasurer. If upon the collection of the last year's tares more than Four Million ($4,000,000) Dollars shall have been raised, or if after collecting a portion of the taxes herein pro vided for it shall have been determined that no exposition will be held at or near the City of New Orleans in celebration of theatpening of the Panama Canal, then what evr money is collected, in excess of the Four Million ($4,000,000) Dollars as above provided, or whatever money is collected and paid into the Treasury before it is definitely determined that no exposition shall be held, thereupon all of said money shall be returned to the various parishes, and the Parish of Orleans, in proportion to the amount contributed by each. The funds thus received by the vari ous parishes of the State, meluding all funds accruing to said parishes under the pro visions of the charter of the World's Pan ama Exposition Company, shall be used ex clusively by said parishes for the building of good roads. TI-is amendment to the Constitution shall prevail over all other provisions of the Con stitution of the State of Louisiana, which may, directly or indirectly, conflict here with, and shall be deemed to be self-execut ing and to confer directly the authority herein granted, without an enabling act of the Legislature. Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc., That the official ballot to be used at the said election shall have printed thereon the words: "For the proposed amendment to the Cpn titution of the State of Louisiana, levying a tax in aid of the exposition celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal," and the words: "Against the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, levying a tax in aid of the exposition celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal," and each elector shall indicate, as provid ed in the General Election Laws of the State, whether he votes for or against the proposed amendment, P. H. LA.M[BREMONT, LIeutenant Governor and President of the Senat H. G. DUPRE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved: May 24th, 1910. J. Y. SANDERS, Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy: JOHN T. :MTCIHEL, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 14. House Bill No. 34. JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana so as to levy and authorize the collection of one-fourth of one mill on the assessed value of all the property in the State of Louisiana. for the creating of a road fund to construct and maintain public roadq of the State. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two thirds of all the members elected to each House concurring, That an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, adopt ed in the year 1898, be submitted to the qualified electors of the State for their ap proval or rejection as required by Article 321 of the Constitution, at the Congressional elec tion to be held on the first Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 1910, as follows: A special tax of one-fourth of one mill on the dollar on the assessed value of all the property assessed for State taxation in the State of Louisiana is hereby assessed and levied, to be collected in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions that otlhr State taxes are assessed and collected for the purpose of creating a Road Fund with which to construct and kIeep in repair the State highways or public roads through out the State with the necessary cuiverts. bridges and drains and all other appurte nances incident and accessory thereto. This tax shall be considered a part of the present six-mill tax authorized to be levied by this Constitution. This Article amending the Constitution chall be self-executing without the necessity of an enabling act of the Legislature, and shall have effect from the date of its adop tion. Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc., That the offitcial ballot to be used at said election shall have printed thereon the words: "For the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana ecre ating a Road Fund by levying one-fourtah of one mill tax," arnd the words: "'Against the proposed- amendment~io the Constitution of the State of Louislaael ereatlag a Road Pand by levyingaP one-fourth of one mill tax." And each eiector erFll indicate, as pro vided in the General Electig laws of the State, whether he votes for or against the proposed elden-.D Rat. H. 0. DUPRE, Speaker of the House of Reuresentatives. P. M. LAMBREMONT, Lieutenant GoveMnor r un President of the Senate. Approved: dune i, I0ANES GO6vernor of the State of Louisiana A true "eo. : L JOHN l: MICKEL, Secretary of Stak Notice. Parties owning land located on the i Opelouseas, Gulf & Northeastern Bail-, way, who *ish. to dispose of their ! land, will please send me a list giving description, price and terms. I will, endeavor to pat those who wish to sell land in touch with prospective purchasers. J. W. JORDAN, General Freight and Passenger Agent. ju 16 t-f i ACT NO. 75. House Bill No. 274. JOINT RESOLUTION Poung end nt to Article 18 of telf the State of Loui siana. 8eeon 1 Be it r¶5olved by the General SA t Stte of Louisiana, two trd oT all the members elected to each House eonflrring. thatan anmendment to the o1)situltion of the State of Louisiana No sbmitted to the qualified electors of the gate fdr their approval or rejection, as re. qu.red by Article 821 of the Constitution, the Coa.rressional election to be held on the first Tuesd next following the first Monday in NovT r 1910, amending Arti cle is of the Coft¶tivllon of Loueaisna so as to read a follows aole 18. Reprasentation in the House of epresentativs shall be e.nl and uni orm, and sll be bauad upoe populatio. .ý paris and e tsh e nrd ýf the city of New ri sane shall havs at least one repre. sentative. At rt fires remulab session after shea tlnited oastep.ensu i 1910 and at tn Sist ae~ila lession aft each United rStats eensas rtnafter, the iGenoal Aslen bly shall ·ad !!t hereby dreested to re apportion the representation aieheg the sev era. parishes and epresentatie districts on a basis of the total population shown by such census. A representative number shall be fixed, and each parish and representative district shall have as many representatives a m uch representative number is contained the total number of the inhabitants of hn pb ieth or representative district, as own by the last recediny United States e tnsur, and one addition representative for every fraction exceeding one-half the representative number. The number of reD resentative, shall not be mere than one hun dred and twenty (120) nor less than ninety ;eht (98)r provided that when a new par, Sor parishs is or are created, ah author= ized by this Constitution, and the maximum number of representatives have been preV~ ously apportioned to other parishes, then that such new parish or parishes shall be the maximum one hundred and twenty fied herein, and to that extent the maximum shall be increased until the next apportion mbent of representatives is made by the QGn oral Assembly at which time the maximum of one hundred and twenty shall be restored. 't if there is more than one represents el in a parish from which the larger por tion of the territory is taken for the pur pose of creating a new parish, one of such representatives may be apportioned to the new paishd in the same act which creates the parish. That any act passed by the Gen eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana at its session In 1910, creating a new parish or parishes and assigning a repreentativl to each, is hereby ratified and confirmed. Section 2. Be it further resolved, et.. that the official ballot to be used at said election shall have printed thereon the words; "For the proposed amendment to Ar ticle 18 of the onstintution of the State od Louisiana, authorizing the Increasing of the number of representatives under certain con dition;" "Against the proposed amendment to Article 18 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana authorizing the increasing of the number of representatives under certain ondltions.' and each elector shall Indicate as provided in ithe. general election laws of the State whether he votes for or against the proposed amsnendment. H. G. DUPRE. Speaker of the House of R-nresentatives. P. M. LAMBREMONT. Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. Approved June 29, 1910. J. Y. SANDERS, Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true co0y: bOHE T. MICHEL, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 133. House Bill No. 43. JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, giving the power to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans to erect and operate public warehouses. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two thirds of all members elected to each House concusrring, that the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans is hereby author ized to erect and operate warehouses and other structures necessary to the commerce ft the Port of New Orleans, and to that end ihall have the right to expropriate any prop. erty necessary for said purposes, and to pay for the same by issuing mortgage or mort gages, bond or bonds against the real estate and buildings erected thereon; said mortgage or mortgages, bond or bonds are to be paid out of the net reeeipts after the payment of operating expenses; that the said Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans are empowered to fix charges for storage on all goods or merchandise. The said Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans are empowered to issue receipts, negotiable or otherwise, for the property or merchandise in its charge or possession: provided, however, that they shall not be liable for a greater amount than the value of the buildings and land upon whioh the warehouse or warehouses are erected,. for any transaction arising from the stor age of merchandise thereon or otherwise. Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc., That at the Congressional eleetion to be hld in this State on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, 1910, the foregoing amendment to the Constitution of this State shall be submitted to the electors of the State; that on the official ballots to be used at said election shall be placed the words, "'or the Board of Commissioners Warehouse Amendment," and. the words,~ 'Against the Board of Commissioners Ware-. house Amendment," and every elector shall indicate his vote on the proposed amendment. as provided by the general election laws of this State. H. G. DUPRE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. H. LAMBREMONT, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. Approved July 5, 1910. J. Y. SANDERS, Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy: JOHN T. MICHEL, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 135. House Bill No. 86. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana by amending Act No. 245, approved July 8, 1908, and approyed by a majority of the electors of the State at the general Congressional election held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November, 1908. as a part of the Constitution of this State, the same being "A Joint Resolution propos ing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana relative to ratify ing and carrying into effect an act of the Legislature regulating the care of neglect ed and delinquent children and for the trial of adults in certain cases, establishing a Juvenile Court in the Parish of Or leans, and providing for separate sessions, as Juvenile Courts of the District Courts. outside of said parish, and making other provisions cognate thereto, so as to sius pend the same in so far as it affects ail parishes outside of the Parish of Or leans. except parishes which contain an in corporated town of more than seven thou sand inhabitants. and providing formalities by which the effect and operation of Act N'o. 83 of 1908 may be extended-to other parishes and more fully declaring and de fining, the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Fgurts in regard to children and other persons who may be charged before said courts, and providing that said amendment. if adopted, shall go into effect on and after January 1, 1911. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members elected to each House concurring, That Act No. 245,. approved July 9, 1908, adopted as part of the Constitution of the state of Louisiana, at the general Congres sional election held the Tuesday following the first Monday in November, 1908, being "A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisi ana relative to ratifying and carrying into effect an act of the Legislature regulating the care of neglected and delinquent chil dren and for the trial of adults in certain , establishing a Juvenile Court in the of Orleans, and providing for sep arate sessions, as Juvenile Courts of the ~4|lent Courts outside of said palrish and maldg- other provisions co nate theUsto, be so amended as to read an tollows: Act No. 83, adopted June 80, 1900 a ampaded by the act adopted by the Legsla ttau at the regular session begun and beld on May 9, 1910, regulating the care, treae meat and control of neglected and delin. ' uet children, seventeen years of age-and under, and for the trial of adults cae with any violation of the laws . g the physical, moral and mental well being f hldreo. or with desertion or failure to ,Opp wt ewife or children; organlzing the Jpeunle Court in the Parish of Orleans, providing a judge and ofears therefor; pro. -',g for aperate sessions, as Juvenile urts.ot the District Courts outside of l parish: dednoin the juilsdlction of sai ers, and providihg them with probetion To those who have horses, mules, or other animals, needing medical at t·tiown, Dr.: J. Oi Richardson, D, V. S,. offers his services. Ofce and residence on Landry street, near Mercantile Co. 'Phone 258. Prompt attention. Skilled service. DR. J. 0. RICHARDSON. escers of either sex for indeterminate sen te.aie by said courts and for appeals there. from, and makint other proviisons cognate theret aal. suspendfsg the Ieame in so far as iti affets all par ebh oikde of the Par Ish Of an, e On padehe. which eon li an aee oated tow of more than seten thmeoan i "has.atts and providing there formalities by which the effect and operation of e Act t No. 88 of 1908, as amend. by tref Act of the Legislature of 110, he....n referred to, may be extended to otser parishes, and more fully declaring and defining the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Courts in regard to ohildren and other per. sons who may be charged before said courts. providing said amendlent, if adopted, shall ao into effect on and after January 1, 1911, hereby ratified and approved; and, fur ther provided, that all provisions of the pres ent Constitution in conflict with the pro visions of said act, as amended, and this amendment are to that extent and for that purpose only repealed. Section 2. Be it further resolved, Thpt said proposed apnendment he submitted to the electors of this State for their approval or rejection, as required by the Cons;itution of Louisiana, at the next general Congres sional eiattaon to be held in this State on the Tuesday following theb first Monday in No vember, 1910. This proposed amendment, if approved as a part of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, conformably to the requirements thereof, shall go into effect and operation on and after January 1, 1911. Section .. Be it further resolved, etc., That on the official ballots to be used at said election shall be placed the words, "For the Juvenile Court Amendment," and the words, "Against the Juvenile Court Amendment;" and each elector shall indi cate, as provided in the general election law- of the State, whether he votes for or against said amendment. H. G. DUPRE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. M. LAMBREMONT, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. Approved: July .io910. . Y. SANDERS, Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy: JOHN T. MICHEL, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 136. House Bill No. 132. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, creating and establirhing the office of Assistant Attor ney General of Louisiana; providing for the appointment ?f Assistant Attorneys General; prescribing their qualifications, poweri and duties, and fixing their sala ries. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two thirds of the members elected to each Hous concurring therein, That -the following amend ment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana be submitted to the electors of the State, in aecordancee with the reqrirements of the Constitution and the laws of this State, at the next election for Representr. tives In Congress, to be holden in Novem ber, 1910, to-wit: There shall be two Assist ait Attorneys General for the State, who shall be ap-ointed by the Attorney General, and be removable at his will. They shall have the same qualifications as the Attorney General. They shall take charge of apd attend to all such legal matters as the State may be interested in, or be a party to, and shall prosecute and defend all shits wherein the Staste may be a party or may have an inter eat, when thereto assigned by the Attorney General, and shill generally do, perform and discharge all such other duties as may be assigned to them by the Attorney General; and they shall represent him and act for him and in his stead whenever he may be absent from the State, or be temporarily dis abled, from any cause from acting hmself in any matter- and they shall discharge such othlr duties as may be imposed, and exercise such other powers as may be eon uerred by law on the Attorney General. They shall receive the following salaries, payable monthly on their own warrants, to wit: One of them shall receive and be paid the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000), and the other shall receive the sum of Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500). Section 2. Be it further resolved, That if adopted at said election in November, 1910, this amendment shall go into effect sad be operative on and after the first day of January, 1911. Section 3. Be it further resolved, That this preposed amendment shall be submit ted to the electors of this State, for their approval or rejection, as required by the Constitution of the State of louisiana and the general election laws of the State, at the election for Representative in Congress to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1910. Section & Ej it further resolved, That, on the official Fallots to be used at said eleetion, there shall be placed the words, "For the proposed amendment to the Con stitution of the State of Louisiana, creating sad establishing the office of Assistant Attor ney General," etc., and "Against the pro poed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana creating and establishing the office of Assistant Attorney General,' etc., and each elector shall indicate as pro vided in the general election laws of the State which of the propositions, "For" or "Against."'he votes for. H. G. DUPRE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. M. LAMBRIMONT, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. Approved: July 5, 1910. J. Y. SANDERS, Governor of the State of Lonisians. A true copy: JOHN T. MICHEL, Secretary of State. ACT NO0. 154. House Bill No. 209. JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to Article 229 of the Constitution of the State of Louisi ana. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two thirds of all the members elected to each House concurring, That an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana be submitted to the qualified electors of the State for their approval or rejection, as required, by Article 321 of the Constitution, at the Congressional election to be held on the first Tuesday next follownig the first Monday in November, 1910, amending and re-enacting Article 229 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, so as to read as follows: Article 229. The General Assembly may levy a license atx, and in such case shall gaduate the amount of such tax to be col lected from the person pursuing the several trades, professions, vocations and callings. All persons, associations of persons and cor porations pursuing any trade, profession, bus iness or calling may be rendered liable to such tax, except clerks, laborers, clergymen, school teachers, those engaged in mechanical, agricultural and horticultural pursuits, and manufacturers other than those of distilled alooholic or malt liquors, tobacco, cigars and cotton seed oil. Those engaged in the business of severing natural resources, as timber and minerals, from the soil or weter, whether they there after convert them by manufacturing or not, may also be rendered liable to a license tax but in this case the amount to be collected may either be graduated or fixed according to the quantity or value of the product at the place where it is severed. No political corporation shall impose a greater license tax than is imposed by the General Assembly for the State purposes. This restriction shall not apply to dealers in distilled, alcoholic or malt liquors. The General Assembly shall have authority to pro vide that municipalities levying license taxes equal in aniount to those levied by police juries for parochial purposes shall be ex gmpted from the payment of such parochial licenses. H. G. DUPRE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. M. LAMBREMONT, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. Approved: July 8, 1910. J. Y. SANDERS, Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy: JOHN T. MICHEL, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 197. House Bill No. 826. JOINT RESOLUTION Propoaong an amendment to Articlo Two Iundred and Eighty-One (281) of the Constitution of the Stite of Louisiana, rel ative to the isueance of bonds for work of public improtementn by municipal eorpo rations, parishe and aschools, drainage and abwerage distriots, the OCity of New Orleans excepted, and the assessment of special taxes to pay for same. Seation 1. Be it resolved by the Gen eral Assembly of the State of Loulsiana two-thirds (t-$) of all the members elected to each Hou e concurring, That Artcle Two Hunnýed and Es hty-one (281) of the (onatitutlot of the State of Louisiana be so amended as to read as follows: N OTICE OF AiMINTSTRPATION. EST TE OF A L.JEE FORET, deceased. go. -. ProbatE Docket 16th Judicial Dis trict Court, Parish of St. Landry La. Whereas. Fabtus Foret, of Saint Landry parish. has applied by his petition tobeappointed administrator of theabove numbered and entitled estate, Now, therefore, notice is hereby given to all parties interested to show canse. if any they can or have, within ten days from the Arst publication hereof, why the prayer of thesaid petitioner should not be granted. iy order of said Court. Opelousas. La.. Sept. -, 110. Tseplt 2t llerk of Court. Article 2$1. Municipal eorpoastins. par" lshes or school, drainage, aabdfalnab road nrvigation, "or sewerage distri U, h City of New Orleans excepted, her tiften refe. red to as subdivisions," when authorized to 1e so, by a vote of a majority in number and amount of the property taxpayers qual ified to vote under the Conefitation and laws of this State, who vote at an election held for that purpose, after due notice of said election has been published for thirty (80) days in the official journal of the mu nicipal corporation or parishes, and, where there is no official journal, in a newspaper published therein, may, "through their re gpective governing authorities," incur debt and issue negotiable bonds therefor. and each year, while any bonds issued to evi dence said indetbedness are outstanding, the governing authorities of such subdivision shall levy and collect annually, in excess of all other taxes, a tax sufficient to pay the Interest, annually or semi-annually, and the principal falling due each year, or such amount as may be required for any sinking fund provided for the payment of said bonds at maturity; provided, that such special taxes for all purposes shall not in any vear exceed ten (10) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the property in such subdi visions. No bonds shall be issued for any other purpose than that stated in the submission of the proposition to the taxpayer, and pub lished for thirty (30) das as aforesaid; or for a greater amount thaittherein mentioned; nor shall such bonds be issued for any other purpose than for constructing, improving and maintaining public roads and highways, paving and improving streets. roads and al leys, purchasing or constructing systems of I water works, sewerage, drainage, navigation, lights, public parks and buildings, together with all necessary equipments and furnish ing, bridges and other works of public im provement, the title to which shall rest in the subdivision creating the debt, as the case may be; nor shall such bonds run for a longer period than forty (40) years from their date or bear a greater rate of interest than five (5) per cent per annum, or be sold for less than par. The total issue of bonds by any subdivision for all purposes shall never exceed ten (10) per centum of the assessed valuation of the property in such subdivisions. Municipal councils shall have authority to create within their respective limits one or more sewerage districts, and nothing here in contained shall prevent drainage districts from being established under the laws of this State, shall, in addition to the powers hereinabove granted, have the further power' and authority to levy and assess annual con tributions er acreage taxes on all lands sit nated in suach districts, for the purpose of providing and maintaining drainage systems, not exceeding ffty (50) cents per acre for a period not exceeding forty (40) years, when authorized to do so by a majority in num ber and amount of the property taxpayers of said district, qualified to vote under the Constitution and laws of this State, who vote at an election held for that purpose and in the manner provided in the first part of this Article, and said drainage districts, through the Boards of Commissioners there of, when authorized as hereinabove provided, "may Incur debt and issue negotiable bonds therefor, payable in principal and interest out of and not to exceed in principal and interest the aggregate amount to be raised by said annual contributions or acreage taxes durig the period for which the same are levied, No such drainage bonds shall be isstued for any other purpose than that for which said contributions or acreage taxes were voted or rua for a longer period than forty (40) years from their date, or bear a greater rate of interest than five (5) aper cent per annum, or be sold for less than par. When the character of any land is such that it must be levied and pumped in order to be drained and reclaimed, the Board of Drainage Commissioners of the district in which the land is situated shall, upon the petition of not less than a majority m acre age of the property taxpayers, resident and non-resident, in the area to be affected, as certain the cost of drainage and reclaiming said land and incur debt against said land for an amount sufficient to drain and reclaim it, and issue for said debt negotiable bonds running not longer than forty (40) years ,rpm their date and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five (5) per centum per annum, payable annually or semi-annually, which bonds shall not be sold for less than par; and said Board of Drainage Commis sinners shall levy annually upon said land forced contributions or acreage taxes in an amount sufficient to maintain the drainage of said land and to pay the interest, annu ally or semi-annually, and the principal fall ing due each year, or such amount as may be required for any sinking fund provided for the payment of said bonds at maturity; provided, that such forced contribution or acreage taxes, for all purposes shall never exceed Three Dollars and Fifty (ents ($3.50) per acre per annum. The police juries of the various parishes throughout the State, for the purpose of constructln highways and public buildings for the parish, and the governing authorities o! municipal corporations, for the purpose of paving or improving streets or alleys, or for other municipal improvements, after mak ing provision for the payments of all statu tory and ordinary charges, may fund into bonds running for a period not exceeding ten (10) years, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five (5) per centum per an num, which bonds shall not be sold for less than par, the avails of the residue of the ten (10) mill tax authorized by Article 282 of the Constitution of Louisiana. Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc.F That this proposed amendment shall be sub mitted to the qualified voters of this State for adoption or rejection at the Congres sional election to be held in November, 1910: and if adopted, the same shall take effect immediately thereafter. Section 3. Be it further resolved, etc., That on the official ballots to be issued at said election there shall be placed the words; "For the Proposed Amendment to Article TPwo Hundred and Eighty-one of the Con stitution of Louisiana," and the words, "Against the Proposed Amendment to Ar ticle Two Hundred and Eighty-one of the Constitution of Louisiana," and each elector shall indicate, as provided in the general election laws of the State, which of the propositions, "For" or "Arainst," he votes. H. G. DUPRE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. M. LAMBREMONT, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Approved: July 6, 1910. J. Y. SANDERS. Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy: JOHN T. MICHEL. Secretary of State. ACT NO. 199. House Bill No. 301. JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, for the purpose 9f raising sufficient revenue for the carry ing out of Article 303 of the Constitution. by imposing one-fifth of a mill upon the total State assessment for the use of the Confederate veterans under the provis ions of Article 303 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, and provided that said one-fifth of a mill shall be taken from not more than a 6-mill State tax for all purposes under the rate of taxation of the State. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of LouisIan, two-thirds of the members elected to each House concurring, That an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louislema be submitted to the qualified electors of the State for their ap proval or resection, as provided by Article 321 of the Constitution of the State of Lou ii na, at the Congressional election to be held on the first Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 1910, providLng for the levying of one-fifth of a mill of the State tax for the purpose of supplementin the appropriation already for the pensioning, of Confederate soldiers and their widows ,nder the provisions of Article 303 of the Constltution, and providing that one-fifth of a mill hsll not be construed as ineresiing the total rate of State taxation over six mills for all purposes, and provided that upon the adoption of this amendment same eshall at once become self-operative and the funds derived therefrom immedIately used for said purposes; and provided, further, that the tax collectors shall receive no eommis sions for collecting said one-fifth of a mill herein provided. H. G. DUPRE. Speaker of the House of Representatives. SP. M. LAIMBREMONT* Lieutenant Governor and President of the Sedate. Approved: July 6. 1910. G . T. SANDERS Governor of the State of Louisiana. A type copy: Secretary of tate. ACT NO. 25T7. House Bill No. 1 10. JOINT RZSOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the C0onstitution o the State of Louisiana, relative to the levying of a tax of not lesa than three mills on the dollar by parishes, cities or towns, for the support of the public schools of the State. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General .arembly of the State of Louisiana, two FOR SALE Edison moving picture machine, reostat, cost new $175 dollars, will sell for $50 cash, has been in use two weeks. Apply to T. E. Price, Opelousas, La. of all the asp~ab elected to oaeah concurring, That t p lile juries of r tvet'al parishe and boarlds of trustcee munhicpl councis of ln@rormted citiee 5n.titiss (the Parish of .reas exeepted), r. oilleo andtcrn over to the par, - e 1ob boads8 of their respective par I es, for the sutport of the public schoolc f their recoeeti- parishes, cities or towns, ihe proceedt of at least three mills of thq r 1 ual tax which they are empowered to levr on eaoh doller of the assessed valuation !f the psoperty thereof; provided, that cities I and towns that are not exempted by the terms of their charters from the payment of SParshl taxes and which are subjected to the 1' lmielr burdens of taxation as are the par - he, shall not pay this tax, as same is in eluded in the taxes imposed by the parish in which the town is situated, "unless the f parish boards of school directors of that 1 parish certify that the needs of the schools, can be met by a smaller levy of such taxes." Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc., That at the Congressional election to be held in this State on the first Tuesday following' the first Monday in November, 1910, the, foregoing amendment to the Constitution of. I the State shall be submitted to the electors - of the State: that on the official ballot to be used at said election shall be placed the words, "For the three mills school tax " and the words, "Against the three mills -school tax," and every elector shall indi cate his vote on the proposed amendment, as provided by the general laws of this, State. H. G. DUPRE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. M. LAMBREMONT, I Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. Approved: July 7, 1910. J. Y. SANDERS, Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy: JOHN T. MICHEL, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 277. Senate Bill No. 98. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to Article No. 86 of the Constitution of the State of Louis iana relative to qualifications of Justices of the Supreme Court, and to the fixing of their terms of ofice. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louiisas, two thirds of the members elected to each House eoeaurring, That Article 88 of the Consti to on of the State of Louisiana be amended so as to read as follows: Article 86. The Supreme Court s11a be composed of one Chief Justice and four As soiante Justices, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum. The Chief Justice and Associate Justices shall each receive a salary of not less than Five Thousand Dollars per annum, payable monthly on their own war rants. They shall each be elected for a term of twelve years. In case of death, resination, or removal from offee of any i Juice, the vacancy shall be filled by the selection by the aurt of a Judge of one Sf the Courts of Appeal from a Supreme Court . District other than that in which such va Cancy shall occur, until the next ensuing I eongresional election, when it shall be filled i b7 election for a full term of twelve years. SThey shall be citizens of the United States and of this State, over thirty-five years of age, learned in the law, and shall have prac tined law in this State for ten years pro oeding their election, or appointment. The Chief Justie or any of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court may retire on fall pay when he shall have reached sav arty-five years of age, provided said Justice has served eonatiully, not less than fifteen years prior to his retirement; provided further that any Js.tice affected by this para graph shall serve, until his successor shall be elected and qualified. The Le.islature shall ppovide by proper pepration for the salaries of retired es in the same manner as it provides for othqr judicial expensen. Section 9. Be it further resolved, That the above amendment be submitted to the eleolorate of this State for approval or re jcation at the general election for congress zen to be held in November, 1910, and that the Secretary of State be directed to insert Upon the ballot to be used in said election, and in the proper column, the following "For the proposed amendment to Article 88 of the Constitution relative to the Justices of the Supreme Court"; and the words: "Against the proposed amendment to Ar. tiele 86 of the Constitution relative to Jus tices of the Supreme Court," and each eleo tor shall indicate his vote on the proposed amendment as provided by the general elec tion laws of this State. P. M, LAMBREMONT, Sieutenant Governor afl President of the Senate. H. G. DUPRE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. .Approved: July 7, 1910. J. Y. SANDERS, Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy: JOHN T. MICHEL, Secretary of State. ACT No. 279. henate Bill No. 137. AN ACT Submitting to the people of the State of Lou isiana, at the congressional election to be held ii Novcbmer, 1910, an amendment to the constitution exempting from taxation for fifteen years frm the date of full cash payment of their capital stock domestic steamship conpanies engaged in foreign commerce, and .xing the conditions of such exemption. Whereas, the City of New Orleans is the natural gateday of the Mississippi Valley through which should pass the commerce of that reateat apd most virile section of this republic; sad Whereys, the completion of the Panama nl will gve an enormous Stimulus to trade and e ropgesle between the Missis sippi Valley and Orient and the west coast SSouth America and of our own country; and ereas the people of the Mississippi Valley ad of the who South must be prepuared to take immolate advantage of this new channel of tne, lest the vast field .hich it opens be taken possesion of by the maritime rials of this country; Whereasr, great steamship companies domiciled in New Orleans are the only and the absolitely necessary means whereby~ trade aend commerce between the Mississippi Valey and the countries bor daring on the Pactsio Ocean may be pro moted and conserved for our own country; and Whereas, the State proposes to tax her self to promote a great world's exposition at New Orleans to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, and it is the tate's duty to encourage and promote the organ. ization of such great steamship companies in aid and in furtherance of this roject. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General iAss6mbly of the State of Louisiana, two Itdrds of all the mqmbers elected to each branch thereof concurring, that at the eong reessonal election to be held in this State on . T.aday, November 8, 1910, the following amendment to the Conitetion shall be sub imittd to the electors of the State, to-wit: "Steamship oompanies organized as here I inafter set forth, together with their capital -took and all their property, corporeal and lncorporeal, shall be exempt from all taxes Snd licenses, State, Parish, Leves and Muni cipal, both general as.d special, exclusive of wharfage, shed or levee dues, for fifteen yars from the date of filing with the Secre tTy of State proof that their authorized -pitat stook has been paid in full in cash. No such steamship company shall have the ibenefit of this constittlto al provision except upon the following oonitons: First--That su company shall h been ergnized and the whole of its adtiorized capital stock paid in cash within two years from January 1, 1911. Second-That sash compep shall be donmi oiled in the City of New Osians, or in some other port of this state. Third-That sueh ooma•n ajajll have a capital stock of at least tbremillio dolars, a able only in cash, Pourth--That it sllI be provided in the charter of the ompan' that no baoratio. , or 1=, or indv ehall own or eontrol either dtreetly or indreetry, more than one *twtntieth of the capi.l htock of thu oom' phtag trusts between th s h to taqtrol the cosporatlon shall be absolutely alu and void and no stook held in any Sch pool or voting trupt shall evgr be voted at any corporate election or meeting, Fifth--That the capital steok of poah eom Iony shall be open to public sueseiptaon by publec advertisement in New Orlesas newspapers for at least three months beforea the books are elosed, and if ever-eabe.ribed shall be apportioned among the subsdribe.. i 81xth--Tlht al vessels operated by sa pany ·he. .'be. common carriers on oeqy i 'ybge unless the5 whole capacity of the hip h be chartered for a particular voyage, for a partionlar purpose, It shall be lawfnl for eompanies so orga-i red in addition to the powers now provided 1 by the laws of the State to incorporate into their charters all or any of the following I powers: orat-To build, charter or pDnrhae veH eels, Becond-To insure goods, wares and mas I V. S.. Land Oltmceat NewOrleannotu. Aug. 1. 1910 Notice is hereby given that Theogene Gull lory of St. Landry, La., who, on July 24, 1905, made Homestead entry Number s269t, erial No. 01490. for fractional lot No. S. section 48, township 8 south, range 1 east, Louiela na Meridian, has fled notice of intention to make Final Five Year Proof. to establish claim to the lasnd.abovet esrthefl. before Clerk of Court at Opelousas, 1*., on the twenty-ninth day of September. 1910. Claimant names as witnesses: Jos. O. Ardoin, of Plne Prairie, La., Regile Veillon. of Pine Prairie, La.. Dondlego Fontenot, of Plae'Pr*tlre, La, Deaean mArdom, of PTe Prairie, La. WALTIR L. COHEN, ugnl7t Register. .beadits carried in their own bottoms aeglag' Ire and perils of the sea. Third-To build, own, rent and operate mhipyards, docks, piers, wharves and ware houses for the transaction of their business. Foerth-To trade with foreign countries, cluding the foreign possessfons of the ed States, by exporting cargo carried thereto in their own vessels, and to import from foreign countries, including the foreign poesessions of the United States, in their own vessels cargo for sale or exchange in the United States, but no ship of such a company shall be laden with the company's own cargo to the exclusion of cargo offered for such voyage by the general public, and such cargo offered by the general public shall have preference' on all voyages for which it is offered. Piftth-To authorize corporations, foreign and domestic, to subscribe to and own shares of their capital stock, not however in excess of the limitation above provided. No leased property or chartered ship shall be within the exemption herein granted, nor shall vessels of such corporations operated in the coasting trade of the United States or operated between ports of the United States, other than Louisiana ports, and foreign ountries, not including the foreign Possessions of the United States, be within the exemption herein iranted. One such voyage in any year shall subject the vessel ma ing the voyage to taxation for that year. The proof above required to be filed with the Secretary of State that the authorized capital stock has been paid in cash shall be the joint affidavit of the president and see-. retary of the company to that effect, accom panied by a verified trial balance of the company's books. Each of said corporations shall possess the power of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring land on which to erect a plant to build and repair vessels. Section 2. Be it further enacted, etc. That on the official ballot to be used at said electien shall be placed the words: "For the amendment exempting domestic ateamship companies from all taxation for iifteen Years under certain conditions," end the words: "Against the amendment exempting do mestic steamship companies from all taxa tion for Fifteen Years under certain condi tions.'' And each elector shall indicate his vote ca the proposed amendment as provided in the general election laws of this State. P. M. LAMBREMONT, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. H. G. DUPRE, Speaker of the louse of Representatives. Approved: July 7, 1910. J. Y. SANDERS, Governor of the State of Louisiana, AJOHN T. MICHEL, Secretary of State. ACT No. 30SS. House Bill No. 368. JOINT RESOLUTION. A Joist Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the state of Louis ana, amending Article 46 of the Consti tution of 1898, so as to authorise the Board of Liquidation to issue new bonds to retire or refund the Stse bonded indebtedness due January 1, 1914. Seetion 1. Be it resolved by toe General embly of the State of Louisiana, two ds of all the members elected to each house concurring, That an smendm t to th Stitution of the State of Loei i of - be submitted to the qualifid e eotora of State for their approval or re tion t the congressional election to be held os the first Tuesday next following the first soaday in November 1910. amending Ar. Troe 46 of the onstltution of 18S98 so as to read as follows: Article 46. The General Assembly shall have no power to contract or to authorize the contraction of any debt or liability on behalf of the State. or to issue bonds of other evidences of indebtedness thereof, ex cept for the purposes of repelling invasion or for the suppresmon of insurrection, provided, that fr the purpose of retiring, liquidating or_ re ding the present State bonded in debte$fl of Eleven Million, One Hundred and ]ight Thousand, Three Hundred Dollars, maturng January 1, 1914, and bearing four per c.n per annum interest. The Board of Liquidation of the State of Louisiana is given authority to issue Eleven Million One Hundred and Eight Thousand, Three Hundred Dellars of new bonds of the State of Louis euna, bearing a rate of interest not exceeding -our per cent er annum, payable semi anntally and to be due and payable in fifty eaars to be sold and the proceeds realized therberom used in extinguishing the bonded indebtedness of the State due January 1, 1914; provided that said bonds shall not be sold or exchanged for less than par. The State Board of Liquidation is given tail power and authority to carry out the provisions of this amendment. There shall be levied an anuual tax suifi fnt for the full payment of the interest of said debt during the life of the bonds herein authorised, and the full faith and credit of the State is hereby pledged to the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds. Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc. That the official ballot shall have printed thereon: "For the proposed amendment to Article 46 of the Constitution of the State of Louis Jana, relative to the State bonded indebted ness,"' Ande th words: "Aig~ the proposed amendment to Ar ticle e6 of the Constitultion of the State of Louisiana, relative to the State bonded in debtedness.'"' And each elector shall here indicate, as provided in the general election law of this State, whether he votes for or against the proposed amendment. H. G. DUPRE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. M. LAMBREMONT, Lieutenant Governor and Presidbnt of the Senate. Approved: July 7 1910. J Y. SAN1DERS8 Governor of the State of ouisiana, A to :MI coIy:, Secretary o state. ACT No. 311. enate BDll No. 188. 3OINT RESOLUTION. Propoain an amendment to Articl 107 of toe Cohn ittion of the State of Louiaian. Section 1. Be it resolved M th General Assesbly of the .tate of Louisiaa, two. thirds o all embosb eleoted to eah house con..o.mn T at an tmendmozat to the OC At o . t of the B ate Lo.dslana be sub, tt to he usled eleten of the State fo o thi a atlor js ,. s reguire4 bo oýel 821h i t of thesub. co l to be oade a p thp .o ýesi6nal salc amended bf> act N.. 210 1 the General Aa. se.bbly of 1908, aprsove November B, 19068 to as to read as follons l Article 107.,'he te s all be divided Ins not less twet qr mor than Orlmeans excepted. until tere.provided by law there shs s A)4trlcte. Arti•le 108. T r of (Jddo shall compose the first District. The Parishes of Bossier and Webster shall copoe the second Detri . The Parishes of Clastabor and Bienvillo shall compose the third District, The Parishes of Union and Lincoln shall compose the fourth district. The Parishes of Jackson and Winn shall compose the fifth district. The Parishes of Onachita and Morehosoe shall compose the sixth district. The Parishes of West Carroll and Rich. land shall compose the seventh district. The Parishes of Franklin and Catahoula shall coml ose the eighth district. The Parishes of Madison and East Carroll shall compose the ninth district;. The Parishes of Concordia and Tensar shall compose the tenth district. The Parishes of Natchitoches and Red River shall compose the eleventh district. The Parishes of DeSota, Sabine and Vernoh shall compose the twelfth district. The Parishes of Rapides and Grant shall compose the thirteenth district. The Pariash of Avoyelles shall compose the' fourteenth district. The Parishes of Calcasieu and Cameron shall compose the fifteenth district. The Parishes of St. Landry and Evangeline shall compose the sixteenth district. The Parish of Vermillion shall compose the seventeeinth district. The Parishes of Acadia and Lafayette shall C *po"e the eighteenth district. The Parishes of Iberia and St. Martli shall compose the nineteenth district. Tle Parishes of Terrebonne and Lafourche shan compose the twentieth district. The Pa·shd s of Iberville, West Baton PRoge, sad Points Coupeo shall compose the wrenty-irst district. . The Parish of East Baton Rouge shall ose the twentyseeond district. The Parish of St. Mary shall compose the tweanty-third district. The Parishes of East Feliciana and West Pelieiana shall compose the twenty-fourtb district. The Parishes of St. Helena, Livingston, and Tsngipahoa shall compose the twU . Ut diestret.wn FOR SALE Creole Onion Seeds, raised on my place about two miles from Opelo~nsas, ,eir Jack Tbompseon place. Prioes,'$5 per ound or6cb, per ounce. Apply at P. T. Bl.ackeshere or rt my pIce, T. Leraugue. eptlO 1 mo FOR SALE. A 28e plantation about two miles south of Minfion town, one hundred acres an fenced in. three houses, onesotton Sai- rice mill. Apply to B. L. LAFLEUR, ocI 1Mamsoa, La. Pariahs of Washington and t, A shall compose the twenty-sixth SParishes of Ascension, St. Jameg stA ption shall compose the twenty-ys'ent mhe Parishes of St. John the Baptist, 8O, Charles and Jeffdrson shall compose flf wenty-eighth district. The Pirishes of St. Bernard and Plaque. mines shall compose the twenty-ninth dia The Parishes of Caldwell and La Salle shall compose the thirtieth district. The Judges of the several districts as herein provided for, shall each receive the palsry of Three Thousand Dollars, payable' monthly on his own warrant, provided the Gen eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana may in their discretion, redistrict the judicial dis tricts provided for in this Article. Provided that in no case shall the Dis trict Judge receive a salary of more than Three Thousand Dollars. Provided further that this Act shall take effect from and after January 1, 1912. P. M. LAMBREMONT, Lieutenant Governor and President of the SSenate. H. G. DUPRE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved: July 7, 1910. J. Y. SANDERS, Governor of the State of Louisiana, A true co y: JOHN :. MICHEL, Secretary of State. ACT No. 9 Senate Bill No. 1. JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, authorizing thj World's Panama Exposition Company to) issue bonds and pledge the tax which is proposed by joint resolution embodied In:' Act No. Two (2) of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1910, as well as a further tax in the City of Now Orieas to be levied and collected only after tohe taxi levied under the above resolution has lapsed. Section. 1. Be it resolved by the Genesal Assembly of the State of Louisian n ext.. ordinary session convened, two-thrd of eal the members elected to each house eoncurng that an amendment to the O o fn f the State of Louisiana be submitted to the ualfed electors of the State for their r or rejection, as required by Article of the Constitution of the State of Louis at the congressional electioo to be held @ Pags next follo]wninb* st Mon of November, 1910, as follow: order that the tax authorized to be Sby the Constitutional amendment pro ns Act No. T'wo (2 of the Acts of session of the G .ral Assembly SState of Louisiana for the year 1910. when rtifled by the e d electors t"e State be made i.me ately available the purpose of contrue an expo to ammemorate the op th Compan be and it reby auth when andnot un the Conress of ted states shall esignate the (Ofty Orleans as the location fo a ex commemorating the openin of the al to isseo bonds not to exce Six Million ive Hundred Thou 5 500.000) Dollars, o bear a rate ofe t nt excee for f eou ta m (4n. slad payable In not longer than fifty years, payable at the Treasury of th of Louoisama; and in order to secure to f aid bonds, the t proposed resolution embodied in Act No. o (f of the Acts of the regular session o the General Assembly of Louisiana for the year 1910, as well as a further tax here inaýet levied exclusively in the City of New Orleans, be and the same are hereby pled.e for the payment of said bonds in principal and interest, the said pledge of said tax shall be deemed a valid and binding pledge and contract. The bonds herein authorized to be issued by the World's Panamn Exposition Company shall be registered with the Auditor of the State of Louisiana, and there shall be written or printed the following across the face of said bonds: "This bond in principal and interest is secured by the levy of a special tax auth orized by amendments to the Constitution o( the State of Louisiana adopted in 1910," which shall have affixed thereto the signature of the Auditor in his official capacity and bear the impress of the seal of his office. The Auditor of the State shall deliver such bonds when thug certified to the World'? Panama Exposition Company, which company is authorized to sell the same for not less than par as above provided, and the pur chaser thereof shall be required to pay the price directly to the Treasurer of the t·*+. of Louisiana, which funds _: .: the Treasury of the State shall only be paid out for the purpose of securing a site ant for the construction, equipment and me.n tenance of the exposition and shall be dis bursed upon the warrant of the World d Panama Exposition Company, approved by the Governor, Treasurer and Auditor of the State of Louisiana, or any two of them. All expenses, commitsion or brokerage cident to the sale of said bonds shall bE paid by the World's Panama Expositio Company out of other funds belonging t said company, and no part of the Six Millio Five Hundred Thousand ($6,500,000) Doll shall be used for such purpose, but the fu] face of such bonds must be received at. paid into the Treasurypf the State of Louis lana as above providef, If the amendment to the Constitution sub mitted by Act No. Two (2) of the Aptt of the regular session of the General Assembh of Louisiana for the year 1910 be ratie. by the pople, then the entire amount of sa. tax collected after the issuing of bonds herein, provided for, shall be used exclusively for tht purpose of pLying the interest and prinoilpJ of said bonus and for no other purpose. When the tax thus authorized shall hvh been lapsed by the terms of said proposed amendment, then each year thereafter as lonk as any of the bonds herein authorized to bd issued are outstanding, there shall be aslesee. and collected a tax, which Is hereby levai,, exclusively in the City of New Orleans upP all property subject to State taxation, suU-i cient to pay the interest upon said bonds and a fraction of the principal. or a fractlbn of the lDri~cieal collected for the creation _of s sin..n fund with which to eventuilly retire sai bonds; provided that no tax ex ceeding one and one-hall (1 ) mills hhall be assessed and collected during any one year; and provided further, that if said *a of one and one-half (1l) mills should bd insufficient to pay the interest and the prin-, cipal of said bonds at the maturity thereof then this tax shall continue and be assessed and collected until the entire amount due on said bonds in principal and interest is paid. From and after the time the tax herein levied becomes operative, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer immediately after the annaul listing and vamluation of the property in the ity of New Orleans, to fix the rate of ttxe tion to be imposed upon said property for -hat year sufticient to pay the interest n said bonded debt and the fraction of tle rincipal due that year or the fraction of .o pneipal to constitute a sinking fund for the retiring of said bonds. Upon ascer taining said amount, he shall direct the as sessor or Board of Assessors dr such other authority charged with like duty of City of New Orleans, or Parish of Orleans, to extend ,non the assessment rolls bsuch rate of tsarx I as will yield an amount suffcient to pay 9.uid interest and fraction of prin cpal as aforesaid; provided that said tax shallnot exceed one and one-half (1b ) mllf s r al one year. This tax shall be asesd collected, without costs or commission, in the same manner as State taxes are col lcted and shall he paid by the collectors directly to the Treasurer of the State of ouisiana, who is hereby anuthorized to dis burse the same to the holders of the bonds erein provided for, in payment of the in trest and principal due on said bonds, upon the preasentation to him of the bonds or the Interest coupons at the case may be. All funds arising hereunder which go into the State Treasury whether same have been realied from the sale oif said bonds or from the levy and collection of any tax or taxes ban refaoried to srhall by the Treasurer, erepointef er the sase epository, in the same manner, at the same rate of interest and upon the same terms and conditions s re other State funds and all interest a cruing upon said deposits shall be credited to the particular fund from which the in terest was derived, and shall be used for the ssne )Prpose for which the principal of -.h. .si z s mended. The bonds herein authorized and the tax levied and collected and pledged for the 'a._Aqpnt of said bond shall constitute a thletaed b indin. contret, aind the faith of sl ane oI .omsla Ib pledged to the con ineous collection of. said ta; authorized y d onstitutional amendments, until th Sa .eCont ot utoaall of iaid hon in prin sipal and interest. Said bon4s ahall be exeenpt from all taxation, State Parish, an M.-.lpal and the tutors of minors and cura .-ors o interdicts are authorized to Invest he funud in their hands In said bonds. Any time after liye years shall have lapsed from the date of the issuanee of the bonds herein authorized, the Treasurer of the State -f Lo.isina shall at any interest paying Ktiedbe authorized to apply the sinking ndto the retirement of anyotistanding [Contlnued on page 7) lOS. L ELEMENTS, F. S. iLEMEN TS t U)g ,itti. - LiUE , U. CLEMENTS'BROS. RICE BUYERS Highest cash p