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SUPPLEMENT S.ru D emocra t. V I. XXI St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish La., Saturday, September 21.1912. No. 34 AMEi i7 NTS. ACT NO. 24. IIeUse Bill No. 61. y 1 ;_ r. dI:t;waW. JOINT R1:SUI,'TION Providing an amendmitnt to SectionI 3 of Article 197 of the Consti tution of the State of Louisiana; relative to registration of voters. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two-thirds (2-3) of the members elected to each House con curring, that Section 5 of Article 197 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana be so amended as to read as follows: Section 5. No male person who was on January 1st, 1867, or at any date prior thereto, entitled to vote under the Constitution or Statutes of any State of the United States, whore in be then residled, and no son or grandson of any such person, not 1',ss than 21 (Iyears of age on the 1st r!Py of May 1912, and no nl''" ¾,' ,"'on1 of fr(.'gn hirth, who v .' , u 'l ii,'a prior to the .-t ( of : .1i ',: ', -hall be d(n1 1 d h ri- ' , and vet. n ' 1 :11` . ,' ;,n- t h!9 .failu:re to , , t by t sl't; ' t'0'(,l ', ' ialI I c 1, > i ,1' : i ll -i .'I', five V,-,C'S.- (.':'. 'ri i- '',',d t. I]:' d I ' at eh! b t" he . ' fitly f,,r r. .- : " tion and .-hall 1: ia rt -.- - e :-( in a cor.lal'r ;:'h ti:~ ,.'- . , ihn.; A r I ole prior to Septmlber 1st. lI' , iand fno I2"(0 lh:nl l-e oenti;tlId lo r.. t'r inu !:' this S- lill aft,' sa:id d 't . E]very i ersoni clainin, ii, beni ef t of this SeCotilon shall make appli'ation to the ,rop,'r rgistration ((ffic (r or hi. depulty fir registration, and he shall makl:e (oath before such regis tration officer or hi; d p tIlly in the form following: I am citizen of thl' 'nitId Stat, s and (of this State, over thie age of twenty-one years; I have resided in this State for five years next prec'ed ing this date. I was on the - day of - entitled to vote utinder the Constitution or Sta tutes of the State of wherein I then resided, (or I am the son or grandson of who was, on the - day of entitled to vote under the Constitution or Statutes of the State of wherein he then resided) and I desire to avail myself of the privileges confer red by Section 5 of Article 197 of the Constitution of this State. Certificates of registration shall be given to persons rgistering, on dura ble paper, and eonsi(e..tively marked on the iperl'lalnent reisti. A. spa late reyistration 1 tif voters aIplying un0d(1r this Section shall b i made by tin rgi-liiation officer of every Par 1ih, for this lirposi thn i',istration offtier (if every I'arish shall keep 1l9 office open daily, Sundays and 1I .al holidays excepted, until August ::Ist, 191 ., inclusive, from S o'clock A M. unlil I o'clock P. M . and from 2 l' 1 Ik P. M. until 6 o'clock P. M. 1 he renistration of voters under 1his Section shall (lose on the 31st dalv of AugaKt. 1913, and immediately ther'aflr tin' rolstrtation officer of vetry l'a ri'ii siall inake a sworn (opy in (Iuplian,- ('f th'- list of per so5ls r-egist 1rIed u in ' .. is Section, .howing, in d a;.) , V h,'th e" 'hlt' all 'iiOCtnt r-tgist*,re'd '< a vt(:i i' f 1 S7, Hr prior thereto, or -a t ln obf such V(,teor or as the grl'anldsi,' (if -ilih ' ot ,. and deposit one of said duipl:<are in tle office of tie 8, ',r. tar i of St:ate, to be by him reco"dld it 'd ipr'e served, as a part of th, i ,.:'ian,.i'nt S('eord of his office, and the ',the, ('f said duplicates shall be by hiw fli i' the office of the Clerk of ti" is I 'Bct Court of the Parish, and. in Th P'arish of Orleans in the office of tIh' iRecorder of Mortgages there to, re ,in a permanenlt record; provid.-! ' .t, uplon the per-la~n (ent registor , " : persons registered under this Se - .. the registration officer sl'th .n the top of column tlii aae icolor of the appli{'anlt, and und I-p ,h'ad of remarks all 4listinlini-h p lhysical characteristics of the li - ant, such as height, size, <o!oe" -f lor and eyes, etc. e n:tIs wh ,OS 1 n l ls uea 'ir ' ' ", stration, li:-t shall 1), a ,,,, edi. att la~li of; le-"'[ rtY qudiif! ;a;,l,'.. pre-ci'bed by ti is Consttt oil , li l -ss ether,{s - d is lalif (ed, nil i,, :.:ous v:Lo d0o io0 ly'A' ii'-y : P l 1lP S'ring! und(.: an;id cla ulin p the b n.'1, - fs of this S c('tion ihall 1he (nt.e'red in a we ll-bo;und book, to be provid,:d by each Parish for that purl)ose, andl shall be known as the permanent reg i:tr. Ihnlediat(ly on closing the reg itration under this Section. on Au gust 21, 1913, it shall be the duty of tl,( registration officer or his depu ty in the different Parishes through out the State, to make a sworn state ment, in writing, of the numbellr of voters, both white and colored, with the number of each, who have regis tered, and whose names appear on said permanent register herein pro ided for, and such swofrn statement shall be published in the official jour nal or other newspaper published in the Parish in the next issue appear !il, after said date, the cost of the 5:,:me to be pail by the P;11.sh. Any rt 'istration officer violating the p:ro v--ision of this Section ) falliin: to (: )p:u ip!y with th'. p:o,!sions hr,,lof, or 111 -.t nl~.. 11t?ý' :1 l if nii s (1 f ii e Ii~ i` (t" ; ih , iltb, i ) I' ir , at' : ,',1 , l ns. t -i l o 'ti c, !er re ,s 1 a un i-r thp Sf tin I !1i0 r-iii Sf l ie-i Is at hard ilnIo: folr ' T . I:; ) (n . , .,. il ( "- : o u a1'. , r-(,I.. ;.1",! ) .: - n r' onl .3! . .r, : str: ti: i P . hsl: t (r.after !'e;.s 1r mnay b, iffr.nt fr'mn that r luirl' , (f persons r('a.ster'(,(d ,nder other t, tI s f this ' Arttic(l(e, amn! shall i," ';\ n(iCW pi ovI\idC, or !( r,-after Ipro ,d bl 11aw; and the remedy and ,rf. ,dnill-a w,;'i' rc)y. subsequently to0 i( ,!.o -e of sail 'aistorat.iOn. on All a-t ilist. 191i, the inames of any per .-n.s \v.ho may have obtained reais tration under this Section by false s':atemnlt of facts or other fraud shall by stricken from said roll, shall lh'as now provided or hereafter pro v:,ded by law. Section 2. Be it further resolved, (e, ., that this proposed amendment shall be submitted to the qualified voters of this State for adoption or rejection at the Congressional elec tion to be held in November, 1912. Section 3. Be it further resolved, etc., that on the official ballots to be used at said election there shall be printed the words: "For the propos ed amendment of Section 5 of Article 197 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, relative to registration of voters" and the words: 'Against the proposed amendment to Section 5 of Article 197 of the ('on stitution of the State oif Louisiana, relative to registration of voters," and I-a.h l.,1ctor shall indicate, as provided by thl' general election laws of tils State, -,Ahether he votes for 1 aga-in:1i the pro)poed a ealdInetl't. I. I-:. IITHOMAS. -;,;:ak,'lr (I" th,' ]orise of lt'-prls Il-i tativw... TiItOMAS t. IIAIlt{ET, Lii, ttii::[ (;overnonll- aill Presidbnt of the Senatt. Aplprov,'d: .tune 2.dth, 1912. L. E. IIAILL. (lovelrnolr ,f th- State of lIoulisianla. A true copy: ALVIN E. lF-BERT, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 132. Senate Bill No. 1 t. I l.v M-. i-al'. JOINT RESOLUTION 'lroposing an amendment to Article 281). two eighty-one of th, Con stitution of the State of ,nllouisiana relative to the incu:'ring of debt and issuing bonds for work (if public iniprovemIent, and to the validation, andl refunding of bonds :ssued for such improvemeints. 1by municipal corporations, parishes and school. drainage. seweraae and other districts (the City of New Orleans excepiteld), and the assessment of special taxes and forced contrjbutions to pay for Sanle. Ste tion 1. Ie it resolved by the (;ineral Assembly of the State of L.cui ana, two-thirds (2-81 of all the ::In,,·brs elected to each HIot.s-, con cri-rng, That Article two hundrt d aa.d ri ht-one 2S ") 't the Coisitiuton cf '1:.' Str of Iouisiana be -o aImcnd! :,s ,,t rad as follows - ARTICI.E 281 r" , , subroad.r naviga New Orleans exc,,pted, herleinafter Tr ferredl to as subdivisions of the Stat'', 'hon iuthorized by a vote of a lla jority, in number and amount of tihe I:ri(p[.rty talxpaye.rs, qualified to vote aun:(lr the C('olslitution and laws of thi. State, who vote at an election held for that purpose, after due no tice of said election has been pub lished for thirty days in the official journal of the municipal corporation or parish or whelre there is no offi cial journal, in a newspaper publish ed therein, may, through their respec-' tive governing authorities incur debt and issue negotiable bonds therefor, and each year while any bonds thus issued are outstanding, the governing authorities of such subdivisions shall impose and collect annually, in ex cess of all other taxes, a tax suffi cient to pay the interest, annually or semi-annually, and the principal fall ing due each year, or such amount as may be required for any sinking fund necessary to retire said bonds a maturity; provided that such special taxes, for all nurposes as above set forth shall no: in any- year exceed t, n miils on th' dollar of asessed ;:,llation of the plropertiy in s igh sbhdivision.s. No h s sall bI). .-u d for any (tler purpo LI than that site'l in :he A.' . ] t`::':50 1 s th- ro1i()'p.::.o to the if: t i j': . 1, ', `afi. (U,," ! Ii, ; great-t t'1' 0' to ll 1s c !:: 1't tleft' i ,, i I 01.Oiý'_' nor 1h1l ."u1it l 1,((1 ,s he i.- ,u , ( for any other Ipurpos'es than the (ccnstruct in;:, nirovinc ald nmaintainint ' pub i roads and hi::,hways, paving and iluprovinllg streets, roads and alley:, prlrchasing and const:ructing s'stt1ems (of waterworks, sewerage, drainage, navigation, lights, public parks and ,ildinrgs. together with all n eceas:i :y eoqu ipmen! s and furnishing, bridges ,an other works of public imI)rove nient, 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 per ceutum (5) per annum, or be sold for less than par. The total issue of bonds by any subdivision for all purposes shall never exceed ten per centum (10) of the assessed val uation of the property in such subdi visions. Municipal councils are grant ed the authority to create within their limits one or more sewerage districts. Paragraph 2. Police juries in any parish or parishes may in accordance w:th law create drainage districts, which, in addition to the powers hereinabove granted, shall have fur ther- power and authority to provide and maintain drainage systems and the governing authorities of such dis. tricls, when authorized by a majori ty in number and amount of the prop frty taxpayers of said district quali i-,"l to vote under the Constitution ;and iaws, who vote at an election h1,l for that tu:'pose, niay impiose :tn:l .col lect for a period not (xI c('el ing ,r,. years forced contributions (r :a'( re-ige taxes not exceeding fif l1. c(ritf. per acre per year on every aire rc land in the subdivision where .such an election is held. The go: irning authority of such subdivisionil when authorized as set forth, may in (:cur debt and issue negotiable bonds to represent same. secured by tei taxes above described provided that ths total amnount of debts thus incur red or bonds issued, shall never ex ceed in principal and interest the rg gregate amount to be raised by said annial contributions or acreage taxes during the period for which the same are i1,posed and that no such bonds halli! be issued for any other purpose iian tihat for which said contributions (or acrreiLge taxes were votted, run for a longer period than fort"y years, bear a greater rate of interest than five per centuim per annum or be sold for less than par. All bond issues here tofore authoriz.ed by taxpayers in any subdivision at any election not ,on tested on any ground of fraud, are hereby recognized and validated. Paragraph 3. When the character of any land is such that it must be IC veed and pumped in order to be drained and reclaimed, the Board of Drainage Commnissioners of the Dis trict in which the land it situated, shall, upon the petition of not less 'ith:an a majority in acreage of the i:olperty taxpayen-rs, resident and non r,. esident, an t!e area to ic affected, is rtain tihe co.st of d(rainar , and cc'aim1c a1i hl aindnd d incdur debt a::i:st said land for an amraint sun ,.-.et" fo" ',cih debt nlegt Jable bonds irunnia- not longer than forty (4I) /vyars fre- :-: hir date and b.-ar-ine interest at a rate not excee-ding five per centuin pecr annumii payable an nually or semi-annually, which bonds shall not be sold for less than par; and said Board of Drainage Commniis e:oners shall levy annually upon said land forced contributions or acreage taxes in an amount sufficient to maintain the drainage of said land, to pay the interest, annually or semi-annually, and the principal fall ing due each year, or such amount as may be required for any sinking fund provided for payment of said bends at maturity, provided, that such forced contributions or acreage taxes, for all purposes shall never exceed Three Dollars and Fifty Cents ($3.50) per acre per annum. Paragraph 4. The police juries of the various parishes throughout the State, for the purpose of construct ing highways and public buildings for the parish, and the governing au thorities of municipal corporations, for the purpose of paving or improv ing streets or alleys, and for all mu nicipal improvements, after making provision for the paymint of all stat utory and ordinary charges, may fund into bonds running for a period not 'c,",ding ten (10) years, and bear i:,, int, rest at a rate not exceeding fic it lper '-cntunt per annum, V, h.i biondl:: shall not he sold for le.s t'::1 piir, the avails of lih,- ri-sidue . tt teln (I Ii ill tax author:zed I,y Article 232 of the Constitution of Louisiana. I'aragraphi . Should any of the :. b livisions of the State n.aleet or fail for any reason to impose or cal let the taxes pro\vded for in the forl going sections, any person in in trrest may by sumnmary proceedings in lie district court having jurisdic tion. enforce the imposition or col lection of such taxes, or both, and tsuch proceedings shall be filed and triable free to any cost to the litigant. Paragraph 6. Municipal corpora tions, parishes and school, drainage, subdrainage, road, subroad, naviga tion and sewerage districts (the City of New Orleans excepted,) herein after referred to as subdivisions, when authorized to do so in the man ner herein provided, may, for the purpose of readjusting, refunding, ex tending or unifying their bonded In debtedness, issue new bonds, cover ing any particular issue or issues of bonds or the whole outstanding bond ing indebtedness incurred by such subdivision for the purposes specified in Paragraph 1 of this article or any issue of refund issue bonds or renew al or refunding bonds issued by such subdivision in novation or renewal and any bonds, heretofore or here after issued for the purposes speci fied in said Paragraph 1 of this Ar ticle. No bonds issued under this Iaragraph shall run for more than forty (40) years from their date, nor shall bear a greater rate of interest than five per centum per annum, payable semi-annually or annually and shall not )be sold by such subdivision issuing the same for less than par. Any bonds issued under this Article, may be, either in whole or in part, exchanged value for value for bonds issued, under Article 281, or to be is sued under said Paragraph 1 of this Article, or sold and the proceeds thereof used for the purpose of pur chasing outstanding bonds. Before any bonds shall be issued under this paragraph the issuance thereof shall be authorized by a vote of a majori ty in number and amount of the prop erty taxpayers qualified to vote un der the Constitution and laws of this State who vote on the proposition at an election held for that purpose, af ter due notice of said election has been published, for thirty days in the official journal of the parish or par ishes in which said subdivisions are located, or where there is no offi cial journal, in any newspaper pub lished in such parish or parishes. iprovided, however, that the govern ing body of any such subdivision may in their discretion and without a vcte of the property taxpayers, is sue refunding or renewal bonds un der this paragraph, if the bonds to be refunded or renewed thereby have been or shall be issued for any of the purposes specified in said Par :agraph 1 of this Article, or in nova i tion or renewal of any bonds issued or to be issued for the said Durposes specified in Paragrapkh 1 of this Ar ticle, and such issue or issues so re fuinded or rencwed have bleen or al:,:il be authorized by a vote of a iajority in nunmbKr and anroiunt o! ,'.e. property t*nxl,::ers (j1 if:(,d 1,:. haws of this State who voted or shall vote on the protposition at an electior ihe-ld for that. urpose. \\'hen ihi bonds of any outstanding issue shall have been obtained either by pur chase or exchange, the tax levy to pay for such bonds shall at once cease and such bonds be canceled. Each year while any refunding bondsi issued under this paragraph are out-, standing, the governing authorities of such subdivision shall levy and col-i lect annually, in excess of all other taxes, a tax sufficient to pay the in terest, annually or semi-annually, and the principal falling due or such amount as may be required for a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds at maturity, provided that such special ad valorem tax for all pur poses shall not in any year exceed ten mills on the dollar of the assess ed valuation of the property in such subdivision. The governing body of any such subdivision shall have full power to adopt and pass all ordinances and resolutions necessary to carry the pro visions of this paragraph into effect. An election may be held under the provisions of this paragraph at the same times and places and by the same election officers as an election on the question of incurring debt and issuing bonds under the provis ions of said Paragraph 1 of this Ar ticle. \Vhere bond: of any .subdivision stave bet h licertofore i <otud for any o0 the purpos, :: specified in l'ara raolh 1 of this Aric'le, anti such is sue has been authorize by the vote of a majority in number and amount of the property taxpayers qualified to vote under the Constituti n and law, of this State who voted upon the proposition to issue such bonds at an election held for that purpose and where such bonds have been is s:.ed and sold by such subdivision for not less than par value thereof, f:.r said bonds or any refund issue bonds or renewal or refunding bonds is sued in novation or renewal of bonds issued for said purposes specified in Paragraph 1 of Article two hundred and eighty-one (281) are hereby vali dated, ratified and confirmed; provid ed that such bonds did not at the time of their issue exceed ten per centum of the assessed valuation of the property in such subdivision, and such bonds hereby ratified, approved and confirmed shall be deemed to be the valid and incontestible obligations of such subdivision and a tax for the payment of the principal and inter est thereof and to create a sinking fund for the redemption shall be le vied and collected in the manner and within the limits prescribed by said Paragraph 1 of this Article. This entire Article is to be considered a full grant of power to the subdivis ions of the State, as set forth there in. Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc., That this proposed amendment shall be submitted to the qualified I voters of this State for adoption or rejection at the Congressional elec t:on to be held in November, 1912, and, if adopted, the same shall take effect immediately thereafter. Section 3. He 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 Two Hundred and Eighty-one of the Constitution of Louisiana," and the words "Again~st the proposed amendment to Article 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 "Against," he votes. L. E. THOMAS, Speaker of the House of Represen tatives. THOMAS C. BARRET, Iieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. Approved July 9th, 1912. L. E. HALL, Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy: ALVIN E. HEBERT, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 133. Senate Bill No. 1. By Mr. Gee. Wesley Smith. JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to Article 223 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State (.f l.ouisiana, two-thirds of all members eir:lted to each iHo:se conc:urring, t:on of the State of Louisiana be submitted to the qualified electors of the State fer their approval or rejec tion, as requ r ed by Artkilj( 212i of the Constitution, at the Congress:onal election to be hIdl on the first Tues day next following they first Monday in November, 1912, amending anrd re enacting Article 223 of the t'onstitu tion of the State of Louitiana so as to read as follows' ARTICLE 223. Section 1. Upon the recommnenda tion of the Auditor of the P'olico Ju ry of any parish, the Governor may suspend any officer charged with -the collection or custody of public funds when in arrears. Section 2. Any officer of this State, or of any district, judicial or other wise, and any officer of any parish or ward thereof, and any officer of any municipality or ward thereof (ex cept the judges of all of the courts of record of this State, the judges of the various city courts throughout the State, and the justices of the peace) holding office by virtue of having been elected thereto by the legally qualified voters of this State, or of any district, judicial or other wise, or of any parish or ward there. of, or of any municipality or ward thereof, shall be subject to recall from such office by the qualified vot ers of this Stat?, or of any district, judicial or otherwise, or of any par ish or ward thereof, or of any niu nicipality or ward thereof, at any election thro:,Jhout the State, dis trict, judic:al or otherwis. , o.' of any barish or ward thereof, er rf any municipality or ware thereof, by a majority of thc' legally qua:lifi0el vot ers larticipating in su(h election Such recall election shall be held when petitioned for by such a num ber of the legally qualified voters of the State, district, judicial or oth erwise, or of any parish or ward thereof, or of any municipality or ward thereof, as will equal thirty per cent of the total number of register ed voters qualified to vote at the last preceding general election for the of fice the incumbent of which is sought to be recalled. Notice of intention to circulate such petition together with a statement of the reasons why the recall of such officers is sought shall be given to such officers in such manner as may be provided by law. The General Assembly shall by appropriate legislation, prescribe the form of petition, the manner of verification and ascertainment that the requisite number of legally qual ified voters has signed same, and also the manner and method of call ing such election and the promulga tions of the returns thereof. Such ballot shall contain the specific ques tion, "Shall (naming the officer and giving his official title) be recalled," and opposite the question shall be two squares, in one of which shall be printed "Yes" and in the other shall be printed "No," and no ballot shall be considered at such election unless the voter shall have voted either "yes" or "no" upon such question. No officer shall be subject to recall until after he has been in office one 3'ear, and should his recall be defeat ed by the electors, then he shall not again, during that term of office, be subject to recall. At least three months, but not more than five months, shall elapse from the time that the necessary number of peti tioners has asked for the recall elec tion before same shall be held. A successor, for the remainqer of the term, to the officer sought to be re called shall be elected at the same time the recall election is held, and should the majority of the voters participating in such election be in favor of the recall of such officer, then immediately after the promulga tion of the returns of such election, the successor so elected shall quali fy. The General Assembly shall pro vide by law how candidates to suc ceed the officer sought to be recall ed may have their names placed on the recall ballot of the State, district Judicial or otherwise, parish or ward thereof, or of any municipality, or ward thereof, by petition signed by qualified voters to the number of not less than thirty per cent of the total number of registered voters qualified to vote at the last preced ing general election for the office the incumbent of which is sought to te recalled. All voters may express a first choice and a second choice, and the candidate who is the first choice of the greatest number of voters shall be declared to be elect ed, if the election has resulted in the recall of the officer sought to he rI.calle(l. The (ffic(-r sought ton it r'.canll('d .dc'l] 'pi l e'o :, ':inldi- l't ,. -:t SSection 3. Be it further r.solved, etc., That the official hballot to be used at said election shall hav' prinia