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r ed thereon the words: "For the pro
posed amendment to Article 223 of
the Constitution providing for the
recall of certain officers elected by
the people." And the words "Against
the proposed amendment to Article
223 of the Constitution providing for
the recall of certain officers elected
by the people."
Section 4. ie it further resolved,
etc., That " adopted at the said
election in November, 1912, this
amenmim:ent shall go into effect and
be operative on and after the first
day of January, 1913.
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the Hous*- of Rcirrs SIIO
tatives.
THOMAS C. BARIRET,
Lieutenant Governor 0 ndl 'r.sid int
of the Senate.
Approved July 9th, 1912.
L. E. HALL.
Governor of the State of LoTsiara.
A true copy:
ALVIN E. HIEBERT,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 139.
Senate ill No. 174. By Mr. Voegtle.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the people of the State
of Louisiana at the (Ionigression
-al election held in November,
1912, an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State as amended
by Act No. 279 of the Acts of
1910 ratified by the people at
the November election of 1910,
so as to extend the time for the
organization of the steamship
companies therein provided for
until January 3, 1916.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each branch thereof
concurring, That at the Congression
al election to be held in this State
on the first Tuesday next following
the first Monday in November, 1912,
the following amendment to the
amendz ent submitted .by Act No.
279 of Acts of 1910, ratified by the
people at the November election of
1910, shall be submitted to the elec
tons of the State, to-wit:
'The time granted for the organi
ýation/of the steamship companies un
der this amendment tb the Constitu
tion shall be extended from January
1, 1913, to January 1, 1916."
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., That the official ballot to be
used at said election shall have
printed thereon the words:
"For the proposed amendment to
the Constitution extending the time
for the organization of steamship
companies under the Constitutional
amendment proposed by Act 279 o1
1910 from January 1, 1913, to Janu
aty 1, 3916."
FAnd the words:
"AgaInst the proposed amendment
to' the Constitution extending the
time for the dBganization of steam
: hp companies under the Conatitu
t -ai iazamendmnent proposed by Act
No.: 279s of 1910 from January 1, 1913,
M=oJauay 1, 1916."
Aii each elector shall indicate on
ballot as provided In the gen
Seictioa law whether he votes
1 against the proposed amend
L. .. THOMAb,
of the House of Represen- I
~ji ¾htt~v veu
THOMAS C. BARRET,
ALG (overnor and President
lj~...,'Of'thO Senate.
AjzvdJuly 10th, 1912.
L. K. HALL,
of the State of LouIsiana.
.±:< A ,tte copy:
'- AViNw E. HUIBERT,
4 8 Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 147.
diae Sil l No. 157.
By Senate Judiciary Commit
tee, Section "B." Substitute
for Senate BIl No. 36.
AN ACT
~L i*Opnan amendment to Article
16 theOanstitution of Lou
a relative to District Courts.
~ lt~;ou 1. Be it resolved by the
Assembly of the State of
two4hlrds of all the mem
dlected to each House concur
a the following amendment.
~ sC c~stl~tu~tlon of Louisiana shall
to the electors of the
to 'tihe oCongressiona1 election
O ~~ao)oen oi:the first Tuesday af
jeflzt Monday in Novembei,
aaA it, approved and ratified
tity of said electors, vot
ii Maid elect91o, the same to be
Darst of the Constiturtion, to
Article 109. of the Constitn
~(&j41 louisrfana be amended so as
4;rst.. 4 lwe
' ARTICIL 109.
eDIstrict Courts, except In the
of Orleran, Shall have orlgi
'~uurdlctmi in all civil matters
the amount in dipute shall
fifty dollars ($50.00), exclu
lntuest and in all cases
i itle to real state is in- I
btto officeor other public
ix civil or politlcal rights,
other oases whee no spe
Meat is in contest, except 4
e~ttb~sel~,oroviaepord e S this
on.
bsall have ualltited ta ex- 1
~iulaI tturlsdlction in arll
ctsu except suoh as may 4
Ja other courts authorised
Chnasttitton; and in all pro- I
islgesson mPatters, and I
Ion Ii a party defend- I
esageswheire the State, I
of other po- 1
a I. a partydefend.
tllEUQU6;t in diD- I
~tOjnedIataf2 the 1
ork .lfI
~Curiauuizi 1
tt hait'v.authoi't
' orders as may be necessary or prop
e er for the purposes of the jurladic
Stion herein conferred upon them.
r There shall be one District Judge in
t each Judicial District, except in the
s First, Twenty-first and Fifteenth Ju
r dicial Districts, where until other
I wise provided by law there shall be
two (2) District .Judges, but Judges
of the Twenty-first Judicial District
I shall nriot be residents of the same
s, parish. And the .ludges ýsf the Fif
I teenthi (15th, Judicial I)istrict shall
t'nact be residents of the same parish
:alttcr the expiration of th terms of
the fiirst Judges (c lcct(d under this
- Constitution.
District Judges shll, be kec t d by
a plurality of the qualified voters of
t their respective districtsL, in which
they shall have been actual residents
for two years next preceding their
election. They shall l:e learnrid in
Sthe law, and shall h:ave lpracticed law
in this State five years previous to
their election.
The first District Judges under this
Constitution shall be elected at the
general State election in 1900, and
shall hold office until their success
ors are elected on the Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, 1904,
c which time and every four years
thereafter DIistrict Judges shall be
elected for terms of four years. Va
-cancies occasioned by death, resigna
tion, or otherwise, where the unex
pired portion of the term is less
Sthan one year, shall be filled for the
i remainder of the term by appointment
I by the Governor, with the advice
and consent of the Senate. In all
cases where the unexpired portion of
the term is one year or more, the
vacancy shall be filled by special
election, to be called by the Govern
or, and held within sixty days ,of the
occurrence of the vacancy, under the
general election laws of the State.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., That the foregoing amendment
to the Article of the Constitution of
this State, if adopted, shall become
operative on the first day of Decem
ber, A. D. 1912, and the Governor
of the State shall, within ten days
thereafter, order an election to be
held within the Fifteenth Judicial
District of Louisiana, and conformity
with existing election laws, for the
purpose of electing the additional
Judge herein provided for, for the
Fifteenth Judicial District, who shall
hold office until the next regular
election for Judges under this Con
stitution and until his successor is
elected and qualified.
Section 3. Be it further resolved,
etc., That upon the official ballots to
he used at said Congressional elec
tion shall be printed the words
"For the proposed amendment to Ar
ticle 109 of the Constitution of Lou
isiana, relative to District Courts,"
and the words "Against the proposed
amendment to Article 109 of the Con
stitution of Louisiana, relative to
District Courts," and each elector
shall indicate, as provided in the gen
eral election laws of the State,
which of the propositions, "For" or
"Against," he votes for.
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Represon
tatives.
THOMAS C. BARRET,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved July 10th, 1912.
L. E. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 156.
House Bill No. 298. By Mr. Butler.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposiug an amendment to Article
303 of the Conatltution of the
State of Louislana, relative to
pensions for Confederate Veter
ans as amended by Act No. 73 of
the General Assembly of 1900,
and Act No, 112 ot the General
Assembly of 1904, and Act 269 of
the GIeneral Assembly of 1908,
and for the purpose of providing
a sufficient revenue for the car
ryins out of this Article of the
Constitution.
Section 1: Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Lcuisana, two-third. of all members
elected to each House concurring,
That Article 303 of the Constitution
of the State of LouLisiana, as amend
ed by Act No. 73 of the General As
sembly of 1900, and Act No. 112 of
the General Assembly of 1904, and
Act No. 269 of the General Assembly
of 1908, be so amended as to read
as follows:
Article 303. A pension not to ex
ceed eight dollars ($8) per month
shall be allowed to each Confederate
soldier or sailor veteran who pos
sesses all the following qualifications:
1. He shall have served honorably
from the date of his enlistment un
til the close of the late C l'1 War,
or until he was discharged or1paroled
in some military organization retu
larly mustered loto the Army or Na
vy 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 one thousand dollars val
unation and he shall not be physical
ly able to earn a livelihood by his
own labor.
3. He shall not be salaried or oth
erwise provided for by the State of
Louisiana or by any other State or
Government. In case he enlisted in
any organisatlon mastered into said
service as a Loutsiana organisatlon,
or in case at the date of his enlist:
ment he resided in the State of Lou
isiana, he shall have resided in this
State for at least five ydrs prior
to his application for pension. In
case he resided elsewhere than in
this State, and enlisted in an organ
izatton not mustered in from Loutsi
ana, or In the Navy of the Confeder,
ate States, he shall have resided in
this State for at lesst fifteen years
prior tohis bpplication for such pen
*lOn. A like pension shall be grant
Aed tq thqewidov vh1 ihI ro h .e
rieg again, in indigent circum
stances, of such soldier or sailor
whose marriage to her was contract
ed prior to January 1, 1885; provided
that if her deceased husband served
in an organization, mustered in from1
Louisiana, or it' he resided in Louis
iana, at the date of his enlistment,
then in order that such wildow shall
bt entitled to the pension as herein
provided, she shall lhave rsidtd in
this State for at least five years
prior to her application therefor; nid
if her deceased huihband enlist ed
elsewhEre than in L ui>iana, anu :e:v
ed in an organization no' musty red
in from Louisiana, so ii widow sh-iil,
in order to entitle h r !(a* pen s.o
as herein provided. :haie resided in
this State for not. less than fifte en
years prior to her application for
such pension; provided further, that
pensions whether to veterans or to
widows, shall be allowed only fromu
the date of application under this ar
ticle, and the total approlpriations for
all pensions, in any one year, shall
be the proceeds of the annual one
mill tax, provided said appropriations
shall never be more than five hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars for
any one year which is hereby levied
Son all taxable properly in the State.
Any accruing surplus from said tax
fund shall be turned over to the
common school fund and prohibiting
the collection of any other tax or
making any appropriation in excess
of the amount of the one miill tax
levied and'collected and to be known
as "Confederate Veteran Pension
Fund" and to be used for no other
purpose, and upon the adoption of
this amendment same shall at once
become self-operative and the funds
derived therefrom immediately used
for said purpose, and provided fur
ther that the Tax Collectors and As
sessors shall receive no commissions
for assessing and collecting said one I
mill tax herein provided. Provided
that nothing in this Article shall be
construed so as to prohibit the Gen
eral Assembly from providing arti
f!cieal limbs to disabled Confederate
soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., That this proposed amendment
be submitted to the qualified voters
of the State of Louisiana for adop
tion or rejection at the Congression
al election to be held on the first
Tuesday next following the first Mon
day in November, 1912.
That the official ballots to be us
ed at said election shall have print
ed thereon the words: "For the pro
posed amendment to Article 303 of
the Constitution of the State of Lou
isiana, relative to pensions for Con
federate Veterans," and the words:
"Against the proposed amendment. to
Article 303 of the Constitution of theI
State of Louisiana, relative to pen
sions fob Confederate Veterans,"
and each elector shall indicate, as
provided in the general election laws
of the State, whether he votes for
or against the amendment.
L. E. THOMAS.
Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives.
THOMAS C. BARRET,
Lieuteiant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved July 10th, 1912.
L. E. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true Copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 162.
House Bill No. 207. By Mr. Manion.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article
210 of the State of Louieiana, so
as to permit women to hold any
office connected with the educa
tional system of the State, or of
any political subdivision thereof,
and with institutions of charity
and correction.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bere elected to each House concur
ring, That Article 210 of the Con
stitution be amended so as to read
us follows:
Article 210: No person shall be
eligible to any office, State, judic
ial, parochial. municipal or ward, who
is not a citizen of this State.and a
duly qualified elector of the State,
judicial district, parish, municipality
or, ward, wherein the functions of
said office are to be performed; pro
vided, that resident women over the
age of twenty-five years shall be
eligible to hold any office connected
with the public educational system'
of the State, or of any ward, parish,
or municipality in the State, and to
hold any office in the State connect
ed with institutions of charity or cor
rection. And whenever any officer,
State, judicial, parochial, municipal
or ward, may change his residence.
from this State, or from the district,
parish, municipality or ward in which
he holds such office, the same shall
thereby be vacated, any declaration
of retention of domicile to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Section 2. Be it- turther resolved,
etc., That this proposed amqndment
be submitted to the electors of the
State of Louisiana for their approv
al or rejection, as required by Arti
dle 321 of the Constitution of the
State of Lousliana and the general
election laws of the State, at' the
next Congressional election to be
held in this State in November, 1912.
* Section, 3. Be it further resolved,
etc., That on the official ballots to
be used at said election shall be
placed the words "For the proposed
amendment to Article 210 of the Con
stitution, relative to women." and
the words "Against the proposed
amendment to Article 210 of the Con
saitution, relative to women," and
sach elect*r shall Indicate, as pro
the State, whether he votes for or
against said amendment.
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives.
THOMAS C. BARRET,
Lieutenant Governor .and President
of the Senate.
Approved July 11th, 1912.
L. E. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN E. IIEBERT.
Secretory of State.
ACT NO. 180.
JOINT IESOLU'TIION
Proposing an amendment to -Aric-lI
157 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, relative to
the filling of vacancies in offices
in the Parish of Orleans.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all members
elected to each house concurring,
That Article 157 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana be amend
ed so as to read as follows:
Article 157. Vacancies concurring
'from any cause in any of the judic
ian offices of the Parish of Orleans
or the City of New Orleans or in
Sany elective office in the Parish of
Orleans, where the unexpired tern?
is for a longer period than one year,
shall be filled by a special election
to be called by the proper legal au
thoiity and held within sixty (60)
days of the occurrence of the vacan
cy under the general election laws
of this State. Where the unexpir
ed portion of the term is less than
one year the vacancy shall be filled
for the remainder of the term by the
Governor with the advice and con
sent of the Senate.
Section 2. Be it further r solved,
etc., That the foregoing amendments
to the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana be submitted to the elecc
tors of the State at the next elec
tion for Representatives in Congress
to be holden on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in Novembor,
1912, and on the official ballots io
be used at said election shall be
placed the words "For the proposed
Amendment to Article 157i of the Con
stitution of the State of Louisiana,"
and the words "Against the proposed
amendment to Article 157 of the Con
Sstitution of the State of Louisiana";
I and each elector shall indicate, as
provided in ghe general election-laws
of the State, which of the proposi
tions, "for" or "against", he votes.
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives.
THOMAS C. BARRET,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved July 11th, 1912.
L. E. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 203.
House Bill No. 433 By Mr. Fontenot
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Louisi
ana, amending Article 46 of the
Constitution of 1898, as amended
by Act No. 303 of the Acts of
1910, ratified by the people rt
the November election of 1910, so
as to authorize the Board.of Li
quidation of the State Debt to
issue new bonds to retire or re
fiund the State Bonded Indebted
ness due January let, 1914, to
provide for a tax for the paygnent
of the interest on said bonds
and a sinking fund to retire the
same; to provide for the payment
out of the said sinking fund of
an indebtedness due by the State
to the United States, and of cer
tala other claims against the
State.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each house concur
ring, That an amendment to Arti
cle 46 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana of 1898, as amend
ed by Ac. No. 303 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, at its session held in the
year 1910, ratified by the people at
the November election of 1910, be
submitted to the qualified electors
of the State for their approval or re
jection at the Congressional election
to be held oh the First Tuesday
next' following the first Monday in
November of 1912, said proposed
amendment to read as follows:
"Article 46. The General Assem
bly shall have no power to contract
or to authorize the contracting of any
debt or liability, on behalf of the
State, or to issue bonds or other ev
idences of indebtedness thereof, ex
capt for the purpose of repelling in
vasion or for the suppression of In
surrection. Provided, that for the
purpose of retiring, liquidating or re
funding the present State Bonded
Indebtedneds of Eleven Million, One
Hundred and Eight Thousand, Three
Hundred Dollars, maturing January 1,
1914, and bearing four per centum
per annum interest, the Board of Li
quidation of the State Debt of Louis
iana is given authority to issue $!ev
en Thousand, One Hundred and
Eight new coupon bonds of theState
ofLoulsana of One Thousand Dollars
each, to be numbered 'No. 1' to'No.
11,108,' bearing a rate of interest not.
exceeding four per centum per an
anm, payable semi-annually and to be
due and paid in fifty years from Jan- i
ualrr 1. 1914. The form of s aid bonds
Liquidation of the State Debt and
they shall be signed by the Govern- '
or, the Auditor and the Treasurer of
the State. Said bonds shall be sold'
to the highest bidder at not less than
par after three months of advertise
ment by the Board of Liquidation of
the State Debt in New Orleans, t'hi
cago and Nee- York; and in 'ase
said bonds cannot b nlt they miay
bc. exchanged at ra- by lbt1l0; ri of
Liquidation of tie St at l ((Ut for the
bonds due January 1st. II 1. Tb
cess of Three IHuntirTId Io1lrs ~: the
bonds due Jaania y 1st, 1t14. o, ;1;
bonds authori.:ed I llh s ar1 iClir sh l
be paid in c(ash .; o ti; -r at
interest fmuds ~ ' 1ý1 at ,
oU engraving nni :ti ertia i
bonds shall a1bc n
said fund.
"In all other t hl - at
spe cified. the Bo11 d o.' I a liui:n in of
the State Debt iS ll '!y aii full
iiowyt and aumtl'oria to came
provisions ' 'his a meuwatl .
'Beginning with i'u'nary'a 1 .aI4,
there shall be and tite(' iS h aehy
levied on all property on which ;i
eral state taxes are 1. \ed an auuital
tax of one and two-tenths mills, tl
net proceeds of which shall be devo'
ed to the payment of the interest
due on said bonds, to t he pan ont
of the interest due on t he inldcbtetd
ness of the State to the lre(- Saool
Fund, to Seminary Fund and the A
ricultural and Mechanical ('ollete
Fund, to the payment of iii, prop)
expenses of the Board of Luilutida
tion of the State Debt, and the res
idue to the constitution of a sinking
fund to be applied annually except
as hereinafter provided, to the 1)i1
chase of said bonds by said lfoarl at
a price not to exceed One liunIr d
and Three and accrued inf resý. if
bonds cannot be purchased as afor'
said, the sinking fund shall be in
vested by the Board of l~iquidation
of the State Debt in sound- inttr:s±
bearing securities, producing not less
than four per centum per a.nnua in
terest on the amount so invested, or
deposited in solvent banks furnishing
adequate security to the State, to be
approved by the said Bogrd, at a
rate of interest not less than four per
centum per annum, Said tax shall
be levied until all of said bonds shall
have been retired, but after the as
sessments of the State reach the sum
of Six Hundred and Fifty Million Dol
lars, said tax shall be reduced to
one mill and shall thereafter b re
duced two-tenths of one mill for
each One Hundred Million Dollar min
crease in assessments until th1 sad
tax shall re. reduced to six-tenths of
one mill. The said tax shall consti
tute a part of the six mills of taxa
tion permitted to be 1 vied by thm
Constitution.
In case the present system of tax
ation shall be changed before the
said bonds shall have been paid,
there shall be levied annually a tax
sufficient to produce a gross sum of
not less than Six Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars to take the place of
said tax of one and two-tenths mills
and its reductions.
"The Board of Liquidation of the
State Debta shall have power to set
tit under the conditions and limita
tions hereinafter provided, the fol
lowing claims of indebtedness made
by various persons against the State,
to-wit:
(1) The outstanding bonds known
as Babr Bonds excluding all Baby
Bonds fraudulently issued by any of
ficial of the State."
(2) AudiWr's Warrants issued for
school, certificates of indebtedness
under Act 126 of 1880.
(3) Certificates I6sued under Act
*3 of 1880 for costs and fees due
Ito the officers of the State,
(4) Warrants drawn prior to 1880
and fuadable but not funded into
Baby Bonds,
(5) Warrants drawn after January
of 1880 agalnst 1878 and previous
years.
Provided, however, that the own
ers or the duly authorized trustees
of the owners of said claims may
prior to January 1st, 1915, but not
thereafter, proceed against the Board
of Jiquidatlon of the State Debt by
rule, solely and exclusively in the dis
trict court of the Parish of East
Baton Rouge, to have the said claims
examined and their validity and the
1(ndebtedness due thereon determined,
which court is hereby given Jurisdic
tion for that purpose.
This jurisdiction shall extend not
only to the determination of the mere
legal liability of the State on any of
said claims; but also to the determi
nation of any equitable liability of
the State thereon and the extent of
such equitable liability. Appeal shall
lie in all cases, irrespective of the
amounts Involved, on the original
record, to the Supreme Court of the
State of Louisiana. The definite de
crees of said courts shall not have
the effect of judgments against the
State or the Board of Liquidlation of
the State Debt. The Board of Li
quidation of the State Debt shall
have the exclusive power to settle
the claims, thus approved by the
courts of the State, out of the sink
ing fund above provided for as funds
are available, but they shall not be
paid otherwise or out of any other
fund.
Nothing in this amendment shall
be construed as a recognition by the
State of any liability, whether legal
Ior equitable, to the owners or the
holders of any of the said above des
ignated bonds, warrants or claims,
and the burden of proof shall rest
throughout on each of such claim
ants to show such liability.
Out of the first surplus accruing in
the sinking fund, there shall be paid
in full the amount of principal and
interest due on the bonds of the
State, the face values of which ag
I regate Thirty-Seven Thousand Dol
lars, and which are held by the Unit
ed States as trustee for certain Indian
funds.
"This article, as amended, shaU be
deemed to be self-acting and direct
l1y to confer the power and authori
ty herein granted without an enab
ling act of the General Assembly."
Section 2. Be It further resolved,
by the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana, two-thirds of all
the members elected to each house
concurring, That the official ballot to
be used at said election shall have
printed thereon the words:
"For the proposed amendment to
Artii'lp 4A3 o th-' Co'itl-u+on of the
refunding and settlement of the in
debtedness of the State."
And the words:
"Against the Iprolposed amendment
to Article 46 of the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana, relative to
the refunding alnd settlement of the
indebtedness of t;,. State."
And each el''ter shall indicate on
said ballot, as i :','v dý'dj in the Gen
ti'l 1;t't on Ia u i S'ite, iheth
cr th vole;, lot or :r_ ,;t the pro
:posed ;ilmudo'wL1
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tý ' .hor of the . tath to I' '- 'ilna.
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i n tary of Statc.
ACT NO. 230.
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JOINT lE lSOLUlTION
l'roissil 1 'nd an i ný1, ne t to lii ('on
stitiilon oft 0. t State (of Louis'
a na, prov\id iný for the s'X mption
htll taxaot il tot' a p['r od of ten
'li \('art front li (11ate of its
(o l bit on, of all ir oaitods or
Party of railroadoi - t ; siraotc~d
sut'stquent' to .lu!in 1, 11''.
S'ijtion 1. 1L it cina t d( by the
General Asseniliv of tle :;tat, of
Iouisiana, tWoi thIi rd. of all Iii'b enl
l,'rS olectd to eack 11uns0 t onctur
'in therein, That the following
nmnndwlnt to the Constintti n of
the ,,ate of Louisiana be subinmitted
to the clcctors of the State at the
nTxI election for ltepresentativis in
Ctonriess, to be holden on the first
Tuesday after the first .Mandt;y in No
v"emlber, 1912, to-wit fliere :;}all be
exelmpt from taxatioi 1o1 ar ptlriod
of ten years from the dat" of its
cmlllldletion, any railroad or part of
railroad that shall have Ihon con
stiructed and completet d suo seqCjuently
to June 1, 1912, and prisr to January
S1917. This cxI.'Itlitiont shall in
cilude and apply to all rights of way,
roadbed, sidings, rails and other sup
erstructures upon such rights of way,
roadbed or sidings; and to all depots,
station houses, buildings, erections.
and structures appurtenant to such
railroads and the operation of the
same; but shall not include the de
pots, warehouses, station houses and
other structures and appurtenances
nor the land upon which they are
erected at terminal 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 as
signed to any corporation or corpora
tions, person or persons whomsoetrer,
and provided further that this ex
emption shall not apply to double
tracks, sidings, switches, depots or
other improvements or betterments
which may be constructed by rail
roads now in operation within the
State, other than extensions or new
lines constructed by such railroads.
Provided, further that when aid has
heretofore been or which m}y here
after be voted by any pariah ward
or municipality to any railroad, such
railroad shall not be entitled to ex
emption from taxation herein estab
lished.
Section 2. Be it further enacted,
etc., That the official ballots at said
election shall have printed thereon
the words: "For the proposedamend
ment to the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana relative to exemption
from taxation for ten yeauu from the
date of its completion, of all ra~i
roads or parts of railroads, construct
ed subsequently to January 1, 1913"
and the words "Against the propos
ed amendment to the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana relative to
exemption from taxation for a period
of ten years from date of its comple
tion of all railroads or parts of rail
roads constructed subsequeatly to
January 1, 1913," and each elector
shall indicate as provided is the gen
eral election laws of the State wheth
ler he votes for or against the amend
ment.
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives.
THOMAS C. BARRET,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved: July 11th, 1912.
L. E. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 236.
Senate Bill No. 161. By Mr. Mouton.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article
291 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana relative to
taxes for the construction and
maintenance of public roads.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all members
elected to each House concurring,
That Article 291 of the Conditution
of the State of Louisiana be amend
ed so as to read as follows:
Article 291. The Police Juries of
this State may form their fvspective
parishes into road districts; and in
order to raise funds for the purpose
of constructIng, maintaining, and re
pairing the public roads and bridges
of their parishes, they are authoriz
ed to set aside at least one mil1 per
annum of the tax's levied by them,
and to Impose a per capita tax not
more than one dollar per annum upon
each able bodied male iuhabitant ot
the parish between the ages of
eighteen and fifty-five yearS. and to
levy an annual license of not less
than twenty-file (25c) nolr more
than one dollar per awnnum upon each
vehicle, including bicycles. kept with
in <aid parishe8 s o wIt hin a muniel-
