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GA raphic Account of New York Reception. A BIC REBEL YELL Band Provoked Yell by Strik ing up "Dixie" During Applause. The most graphic and enter taining description of the Bryan reception at - Madison Square Garden in New York on the return of the Great C .oo?'ioter from a tour of the east, is given by a Louisiana man who partici pated in the reception. The description follows: Through the kindness of Gov ernor Blanchard, of whom I had reqdested a ticket, it was my good fortune. to be presented to Mr. Bryan and participate in the reception tendered him at the Victoria Hotel Thursday after noon, in the guise of a member of the reception committee, hav iag my badge pinned on by no less ai celebrity than Sergeant-at arms Martin of the Democratic National Committee. Mr. Bryan was greeted by hunadreds of thousands along the u`'-way of march in a joyful, re Spoetful manner, without gush Sad without too much noise. A. the Victoria Hotel, where the de,_ gatons from each State were I. wajting, such a loving greeting a (ivea him that he bad to auaare his jaw to keep from hekwingjhis emotion. B .at-the climax was reached rlea he rose to speek in Madison gqare Garden. Imagine a 'ailioagenclosing a flat door Sias large as the court house iam and with galleries almost tWo lundred feet high, with ~~1i le beat or standing ui -held by men and women rb show their love of the mai. Every person on en was furnished with a little aen flag. aeight of Mr. Bryan stand the eodge of the speaker's electrifled the vast eon and by a cmommon m the aass rose to Its feet achr .osriug! It was a tht swelled in volume at and though deafening, ,ont displeasing to the ear. hibt rminutes it tasted. that time the band struck and it provoked the big yell tha has been ut many a day. Toward the . Bryan was motioning )the assemtbly caught ~f Auad Lang Syne. ly 0,O0 vowes took it t wass then that tears the great leader's eyes, his head as if in was ot delivered of .ppisaea but ..eownership rliftd troof .tib wead to a.=tk THIS WAY LIES SUCCESS S,..t ,, 1 . runsYYYI nl s wa The msnu who lets people e t rknov wn at he is doing is usu- t' t!ly the u(et sf~til man. No Sman ever got into the swim by indolence or sil nce. Business + runs In eu,"reents as well asa wa teor or electricity, and the men who succeed ace tLose who el tLor get into the current or turn the current their way. It will not do to simply pait Igoodms of superior workha-t ship on the market, eon- - lineed that the peonple will discover them and parehaso them. Such Mgoods must bes advertised. The people mst bhe told what they are, how sad by whom they are made 4. oad whore they som be oh tarined. What is true of the individual manufacturer and merchant me also true of trade organizations and even of dties and corm monwealths. Many rosperous American municipalities have been largely built up In this way y. advertising the advntnages they offer as places o resdence or as locaris te pofitabse In Many utate. have prosperous settlements which resulted from business etry and advertsng. dvertlti sg payst the me hrant elto or state whish depends tp . ie t o the movemeut of merdae.s. Money spent in advertl ising never wasted If a good medium Is secured. - Norwich (Coos.) union. This papsr ti the aomewi edged good medium of this oommunity. Other advertlo rs get satisfactory resultsm from ou comma. Why would not yeu? WINNFIELD HICGH SCHOOL Most Promising Session Opens September 17. The Winnfield High School will open September 17 for a .session of niue months. Prin cipial G. A. Dutton has issued the following notice of the opening: The next session of Winnfield High School will open Septem ber 17. We are glad to announce that the conditions under which the school will open this year are the best and most flattering ever entertained in the history of the school. Our School -Board has spared neither time nor patience in trying to, select the most pro icient teachers for every depart went of the work. To this end, it is the open expression of the pats that " they have been highly successful. Now, that we have everything in readiness it is the earnest desire of the faculty that all persons interested in the welfare of the ehildren of this school fall in line snd stand ,by us as stead lastly ths yeir as they did last. Mostratenuluy your, Principal. f.i i .; * t raolp over the a.t bsoost the r sq Il C afdly gave _ ° i4t *;~~F·:'" Wils PROPO8SED AMENDMENTS, To the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, to be Voted on in an Election to be Hlell Tuesday, November, 6. 19c,6. AT NO. 2. By Mr. Tiupre. house li.t N.. 35. AN .\C' To a t.r: an... a d require t1. ('it" ,t _ew Orb i-l. throuh tiie Bar., o; L ;.:; : "u : l. t'o'v [ b)t., to ss' _ and . b :. I, . whi,":. shit l I exe lnpt fs.zi t5 .. : t. : I tl par-: nt of (ie debt d". for.' u - of 1 4:+ 1 o tsh i;. : to I re i fstit,: he ..+i ,i"." . ±a" lriuT "inl atn'! intert t of salid bo,'-: :c. "I to ubmit t, t, he pei. le an aut nd:...- : ;, thec ('orstitestina a,;thorizing the i- sa c. of said be., ;, an.d ratifying the i .t :. ns of ttai- .Apt. Where. , tl.e c'ty ( tf N w Orleans has for maniy years, been indebtedl to ter school teachers s.nl l.ortre .-es, a amerite ions body of her itrtiz . . , It-o"A st: :c,'e. . S dtt,.l undl r cdt.wt e a t %.."! tae bla" I .f [Dirrctors of hcr.puh:c ses olh: :.:1.2 Whera'. the l..-ple ,f thia st:tte, by .he pro visitu n ,f Ar;tlef ' ,t* . 3 . tand i.r o. tse Cosatitution of 10t, reqcited thi,. City of New 0. dil s t",o extlline i::to .. I assUilte the paytaisnt of th t-"" tidtb'. anl, provided therein for their Iiasttlll in :t anner then believed to be ufllft tent and elteca ciolts; anti Wherea.-, undor -aid ce.sstituti ial directions. the city dia examine and a.i-ult-, this debt. but the provision made in the Constitution for the payment ithreof was sutilcient only to liquidaite the assumed isd..ltedness for the 3ears itt"'. -lJ atnd 1L"4, l:at i::g unpaid t'ie as-umed i:,debt in. .a. for the years IHi,. Itri and ,h.: anid Whereas. the City i: N. w orlea:': did. by Ordinance No '2ti4. N.Sw Coutncil Series. apturtvedt October It:. :tIti. a.--.ne the intdebttdn,'ss reported by it, Finance Comi mittee as ildue by the Seholol Board of said city to teachers for s.dlries of school teachers and lortlr.tr. for the years r151-, ,iti1 and lsl. antd did issu' certificates of indebtedness th-refi.r. ~i;:onnting in the aggregate to one hundred and -.-venty-four thou-and. six hundred and s'xty-two ($174 f162(it) dollars; and Wht irres due notice of this Act has been pub lished in the City of New Orleans for more than thirty days prior to its introduction into the General Asisemb,v and due evidence thereof bas been exhibited in the General Assembly: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisi+na, two thirds of all the members eotct, ,1 to each huse con curring: That .ulbje "t to the rat iticaion of the people of the St.r; of Louic:ana. by the ado ition of an amendment to the Constitution of the Stale h e-i::afttr submitted to them the City of New OIs I:mns shall have power to issue, and it shall be its iduty to issue bonds, not to exceed two bundred thlu.sand dollars (S2),t000) in amount. dated January lsa, 1,S. bearing 4 per cent. per annum interest I yable semi annually, the principal of which shall be payable at the option if the city. at any time between Janury lis, 1Q17, and Jantuiary tt. 197. Said bonds shall lie styled "S.cbool teach ers salary bonds of the City of New Orleans." They shall be of the denomination of one thousand dollars each, payable in lawful money of the United States. with semi -annal interest coupons annexed payable July Ist and January 1st. They shall be signed by the Mayor and Comptroller of the City of New Orleans, and cuntersig d by the President or Vice Presideft anid Secretary of the Board of Liqildation of the City Debt. They may be registered and released from registry under the rules and regulations prs.cbed bysa Board of Liquidation, and no registered bond shall be negotiable. Like other city bonds. they shall be exempt from all taxation. S.ate. parish and munidcipal, and the tutors of minors and curators of interdicts shall be authorized to invest the funds in their hands in sech bonds. lection 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That as soon as contitutional authority for the issuance of said bonds shall have been obtained, it shall be the duty of the w"ahrd of iquida tion of the City Debt, at the expense of the one-half of the one per cent debt tt.x, devotedl tor school purposes, and apprpritted by sei Board, to cause said bonds to be engraved and executed, and to sell the same at not less then : Nar ad accrued interest, by sealed propo-als to the highest bidder, after thirty days adver tisementin two papers published in the City of New Orleans. Section . Be it further enacted, etc., That the Board ot Liquidation shtll, with the pro eeds of said bonds take up and pay the ccstfl cates issued by the City 01 New Orleans fee the saliries of school teachers and portress s of the public schools for the yen.rs 18th. I&.; s'td 18S8, under the provisionis c- Ordinance No.: 2044 New Council Series, approved Octobe" 1st, 190, with four per cent. per annum on the principal of said eertitlc:tes from said October 1st. 19113, provided taat for the ;.nr-,. poses of this Act no interest on said ce. ttl.ate shall be allowed after January 1st, 1917. such p~ayment must be made only to the persons named in such certiflcates, or to their heirs ors legatees, or to their duly authorited cotnsel; upon surrender of the original certincatas of Indebtedness-, --,r ..- t Section Be it further enacnt, etc., That i be paid by prelerence out that une-hal of the surplus of the one per cent. debt x I-ci.r"d by the City of New Orleans by o rL-. of Article 314 of the Constitution of Louis.ana, which is dedicated for public achool purj.,ses; and in cuilng in each year apportiou.nn-t of the surplus of said tax, tie Board of Liqd'du tion shall from the one-half apportioned to the public schools of New Orleans, withhold, by preference, a sum sfclent to pay the.mi annual interest on aid bonds, and the sanking fund hereinafter provided for. Section 5 Be it further enacted, etc, That after January 1st, 1917. the said Board of Ilq-idetin shall, out of the 8sid one-hal surplus of raid a t apporttioned to school purposes, set aside a sinkin fund sufmcient in amount to retire the whole of said ssuae of bonds, on or before January let, 1117, and shall, from time to time. and at least once every three months, is said fund acuomuates, select by lot the numbers of the bonds to be retired a ar d and accrued interest, and shall advertise for ten days in newspper published ine esch of the cities of New York and New Orleans, the numbers of aid bonds and the date they willm be paid (whic date shll e not more than thirty days from the date of aid advertisement,) and at the expirstin p mid date said bonds shall cease to beer interest. SectionS. Be it further enacted,tet., That all the saubstantial provisions or Ihis Act shll consttute a contrsct between the holders of bonds issued hereunder, the State of ,Loisieae sad the Oiy of New Orleans. Section 7. Be it further nacted, and re olved, tae., That at the ogresunal elction to be held this Stam on the frst.Tueay ollowzin tihe Sl Mo of Novemr, 1,r. the following amendment to the Coun.tntion of the Stae of Louisiana, shall be suLamittd to the electors of the State. to-wit: The City of New Orleans shall have power and it shalbe hits duty to tissue two hundred tboeand dollsof bonds, known as "School trchers ry boands, for the purposes and ender the I Ihtte nd conditions setrp I ht tLe e. at of the eglat rdotedto that eaLd for that purpose, t the regulaU session of 01, w hich id act is hereby raeca itt i ii s id eletion hdalt be pioadof the peent "MuXi~ty of Nwthe State i conIctwththe p boisonsof sad at, an d th ts eamend meat se,,t"tt enterlnt, and tht purpo "P e the ity of New Oie nac techers issahes s810y bonl amedistu" and eah skae·r _ iirete his Vaoe - tie ueogcesd - " " mlSate oJ.o . •YAMS l susuatGeov and s o the sm es . -Aa Geerer o n the S wats at $serelary of State. Sý. ·, estali:--h. ,I . "'l !t.,:''t d ." Ngt, l: r,, cl" - ;c In. 1,s r:, r.. -ti',v a" .a " , l - ( , 'I : - na i it;c u..'* ;: ,treby cta.n' ,i th i_ isian: ln ; .: J In-t ut. e.-... aln {ter. t,, u ' l.. 11 :t Si, ut r i re! no% etl. t d in tihe ' i ,. . . l for t. f pt oun.r of , .t a, by r. ,,x ! : .t*,ener:n .\ A fit. . t e . n: , " . " '' c t ar. I. n::..c i .. I An i, .tl r" imu r.ov : , .' i :-ie ass~tar otn :;. :((. t thut tl: . tpriat:.t o, :L.c ra.,.i. t-ante an(! supp t. the Southern I+t:, y ' ':all no" esce., : thousand doil rI .per :,'I'nar. ie(r' 011 2. e .t turtht. .cest i.c etc.. .t Isai. p;opose.s .trat. nt!ment , -utit'id ," t: , eleo,: A of to 5rta.t of I.otAu ia a tor ,h.: ap rota! or r, :ectin. as rcqu. ed y A.rti,'+ e l t or e" ontittiot + t0h. .state 0f laci -iai ain t ' g(.gint. "f .' , I. ('. o | hi-' th. ' rei.inOl chI ":;'.n to be hel .;i tl. bt ... : NO alhe. '.. J. W. HYAMS.. +wpeake: of the .foe of Ilr·ei:; ve. J. Y. SANDE-Sit., Lieutetnant t.ovcrnor al!, Pres,. of the Sena'. Approved J.tn 11. 1906. NEWTON C. BLANCH.'") Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy: JOHN T'. MICHEL, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 8. ty Mr. Henriques. House Bill No 5w. JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to Article 309 of the I Consttttut.o of tte State of Louisiant..cl atii c to .ax col'ectors and as-essors in the city of Ncw Orle:.ns. Section 1. Be it resolvred by the General Asscmbly of the State of Louisiana, two-thirds of all the members elected to each House con curring. 'hat Artic le 309 of the Constitution td the sa d State of Louisiana be amended so as to read a.s follows: Article 309. There shall be seven assessors in the City of New Orleans, who together shall compose the Board of Assessors for the Parish of Orleans. One shall be elected from each municipa! district of the City of New Orleans and they shall be residents of said district from which they are elected. There shall be seven State tax collectors for the City of New Orleans. One shall be elected from each municipal district of the City of New Orleans. They shall be residents of the said districts from which they are elected and they shall maintain offices in the respective dis tricts from which they have been elected. The said awsessors and State tax collectors shall be elected for a term of four years and the first election shall take place at the general State election to be held in April, 1908. Section 2. Be it further resolved etc., That the foregoing amendment to the (onstitution of the State of Louisiana be submitted to the electors of the State at the next election for representatives in Congress, to be holden on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in No vember, 1906, and on the official ballots to be used at such election shall be placed the words: "For the proposed amendment to Article 309 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana" and the words "Against the proposed amend ment to Artc le 809 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana" and each elector shall in dicate, as provided in the general election laws of the State. which of the provisions "for" or "against," he votes for. J. W. HYAMS. Speaker of the House of Represettatives. J. Y. SANDERS. Lieutenant Governor and Pres. of the Senate. Approved June 21d 1906. NE*TON C. BLANCHARD, Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy: JOHN P. YICH]KLL, Secretary of State. ACT NO. 12. By "tr. Barret. Senate Bill No. 5. AN ACT. Ji:lt rsulun,ion proposing amendments to . ;cle lt;. of the Constitution of the State tf +.ouii :ns of 1auS. relative to distric.t cI : ts, a id providing for an additional jo .-:" in t First Judicial District. S1.; on 1. Be it resolved by the General A:. r:hly of Louistir:, two-thirds of all the. ma·h -rrs of each Htouse concurring, That Ar tcl, 190 o the Constitution of the State of L-.:rn a cf 1858, be so amended as to read as foliow : Art ,le Ie0. The district courts, except in the 1' risu -it Orh .nsi, shall hae ori.-inal ju : *-l on :i all civil matter where the .an :.r in dispute shall exceed fifty dollars ($S, • clusire of iuterest, and in all cas'~. wi. . the tit:l to re;.l e.tat, is involved, or to ofi.-- or otter public po itions, or civil or po.lical righi., and all other cases wh.:e no spr iP7 amount is It contest, except as other wrte providend in this C.nustitutioun. The;- aa I have unlimited and original Jurisdiction in all criminal cases except as may be vest-ed iQ oLier courts authorized by this C-antlttuhion, and in all probate anit sno ce- stun mat:ers, and where a succession is a S,:y defenuant; and in all cases where the ltate, parish any muticipality or ,ther political c -noration is a party defendant, regardles. of tti :u nount in dispute: and for all prnercdinr.s f: r ::e appointments -oi receivers or liquids to - 'o corpo:ratlon or partnership; and sail courts shall have authority to issue all such "ri . prOncer and orders as may be necesary or i',.prer. for the purposes of the jurisdiction •hr-. ist confe:red upon them. Th.re shall be one (1i district judge in each juis..tal district, except the First and Twnt"r that )s.dicitl districts, where, until otherwise provided by law, there shall be two (2) district ttdges, but the lodges of the Twenty-first Judicial district shall not oe residents of the same parish. Ditrict Judges shall be elected by a plurality of the qualified voters of their respective districts in which they shall have been actual residents for two (2) years next preceding their election. They shall be learned is the law and shall have practiced law in the State five (6) years previous to their election. The first district Judges nunder this Constitu tion shall be elected at the general State elect'on in 195 and shall hold offiee until their successors are elected at the election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in Novem ber, 11M, at which time, and every four years thereafter, district jadies shall be elected for terms of four years.Vacancles occasione by death, resignation or otherwise. where "he unexpired portion of the term is less than one year, shall be'illed for the remainder of the term by appointment by the overnor, wtLh the advice and consent of the Senate. In all ears were the unexpired portion of the term Is one year or more, the vacancy shall be filled by special election, to be called by the Governor and held witin sixty (0) days of the occurrence of the vacancy, under the election laws of the State. Section . Be it further resolved etc., That the foregoing amendment to the article of the Ooastitution of the State, if ado d, shall become operative on the first day of emer, a and the addiltional udge provided for, for the First P udiIt l distric shall be chosen or elected by the qualiied electors of the sareid First Judicial district at a election to be held a the thid (ad) Tuesday in January, T., who shall hold his ea until the conression al ad judicial election in November I, at which time the id alice shall be hued by eeIctlo, y the qalified electors of tbe First JudctiaL diset L ddo parih. Losiana, for atem of four (4) ears or until the hnet ju dicial election when both udges of said district will he elected. fieea .L Be it further resolved, etc. That said preosed amendment be submitted to the el ectors of thi the pro aspproval or re aat..r ne vot f ittion of the issu e~ t generarl election lewa of this sate, at the oesIonal elcaton to bebell he the st TesJ after the rst aeeu t hee e hB sea p the ordm aUvel Mth wordy uine the proposed -oArtion e B: of.the rsltutdon ofthe taMete oes P d in the enerl elecion las o the Stats, which of the ptopdsons "for" or "theinwrd he votes for. ItArlsute 6 ofernor and Pm. of the Sate. aspe hdi the genes of lre atsioves J.WTON C. SLANCDANS. A Lu t of State. "Q? N O- A amol nt of o .igh n-ill.|.n doillrs f-,r t' a ,i lr pace of temple;ng its wie tiri. wattr and dTain- . y -ln4: to proli oe for t e I aym nt , the ilitnciFal an, inter si , 5:..i ., r 0 t rotx id for tI-, .+- .,i t:- "nt.0 t|t the h i- of t:..10. .. , .t-;.. d to ic!u i I..i .i t r thl ed n l :.lds l, it.. rron f lid bon so -t-t!,*.t to 1 rut idl. fo: ti al i". i -It: of -.t., l :'nsr .i I tl..r excmttl't , oino taxes :tionrt:. ;lli t., plmllo id' for tht -nd - o ini to ttf. . ,l+l ,f the nmen :.h ant h,,riting the l,-.ue of rid "tin,` u:nII rn l g th,: prlt i" ,on ,.of thI: rW heii , i coft!,i- kt 1 ,1 .r;n ub li.ah I !. -t 11,1 f 1. tt ro :,, , r.l ;, " thtn ri ,-t l io , t , t .. i nt t', den,, t t. ." a-: I t, n I t .x1h t tt<,i :n th-.+ 4'.i ti : ant i I' t I i ..., , ,% 1 l th i. ! p i .4 i,, l t1 oi . i .rt1 I ftci l, " . i tir ir t .1-',4- "."i : ;. 1 ' .i,, 1t N ia-rit . .t i . - .t ii. o pi-l 1, 't ti't' t1it o a . - i- .-i',- hi t . -t . r, t sem l- , f th .tt4. Iof L.. '"t . !- °t.-f.:1 '.d-. oi? of I p . , nt ,i ear Li -: 1rn):, wil t h t m t ih be t iit it i i" o t - . In t ,e .Zt" t, - r ti on. thnt i b4 tt o tlt--e mI . hia !" lln doel i rc of le t:t of i u,,nd i.,o. Ir 't t 1 "I :,li f tW ere, . it i. , t t11 ofi ..tIl to, nii ;. r -tlt Io the C11 y of New .t. . r 1:.1 ". 't:. -l, ,.i . -i t ,i l , ,, 1 t . I .:i ten, u+i .. i., i L, ti " hoib t, eIII l t :t .e t pi-:, ! 04 ti-. io thlrle . 10.. 1 e f -. r t. ' " ' ..t :1` .Il . .1i.1! a tnd the - .i r nt",ti.i. l ,, .tt. o I .4 o ,( tt- ..l tilroligh I la n...s il to In, it : o :tit 01n..1 ,:. n d l .uolit -.ctin t ov (,: l' r- . -, • ', i .t ' , plut i . it ( t t?(. u , ya , L . -itr ere aniorn1. ,k ite ti. 1e t2 4t- t - t"n" f,.A - semtil of the S:g-icel of Lr:u a.n:1!. l -ti ord of a hl l th m mber i elett' tie t o at st .Hot te tll;olc. ring, i :lat u~ si t to the ra.tir ati oii , of the people ofl the ~ tatr of Lu:,ia l. b"e thrt aitp tion of ai aim rt liei t i to .th . :. ittution -f the S .tale. ihe, lattcr .t il.t, bonL. tl lr , th City of Ntw . :kil I a, t p Dw-r ltto lit::' and itshal, and itty to :-.. e. l.nol-t anl uri ting eig t Ln ,;rdic;i dh oi!a n, liath e d tJ... st 1 1the7, bearing tler hra ent. pi r..' 1on: tet. , payahl_ .e i- prn-.a!!y, tL," i -: : ; t: o v t -:h sheall be in l.. t tithe' - n :- ..-:v tt. (.. That any time etwt.e 4. uit, ..t utoi( . It. oni Jo thary i 12Sua. l.d b:nd. sh-hl.. ll ,, st, !ltd -t.w ibtn ed i provem . :;t L.4in l f of , t - Bor of LN w Or lecinl." Itte' 1 ai . their -.t c . i:. to !,:::in one mousan1 n.t, 1 - . . e .Y:,:,t Me ; lawful mor., v of the U nited eta: "±, with ml:emiatranalti intelL.Lt to.d .. It n llt.tcae anh. axecut .y I and January 1. T h- ha!! , ,_ -.,.". t t;y is a Sldayor and l'cluptroieir ,) l', : ( . ' - ".. t , Orlan atod counter; sbjenu to th e Precu toi and tice Pres:dent and :etr .t ,Board of Lt or Liquni daom time to time . Dt. Thdi ey lay toit l r:Knr tered and reitt. ed it'OiL ritg,,.," l.ndt r tit.e rules and eater ultits pd. ci ,ied by saidf Board liin ahal aell atid bonatds, i tnt, amrolin a4nat io mayJ be requeatc.d s rto do. i, t .c u-d h1,40c al municial, and the tbiddtorer for no and cura tors cf interdict' shall tbe atuther+.ed to Invest the funds in their hands in such bon-,I. Section. 2. Be it furthe: eac:* _d, etc.. That as soon accr e cominuer.tal :f::t ority for the ceuancet c :t .o nsh aall hatc uctn obtpan ed, it shd in . c ty of t .e Board of Liqui datioa of ie t - Debt. at the expense of the special ti f.:nd ,it their tos.-'sson, to cause sair Lo 'ds to be etgrarvett and executed, and to hold same subject to the requtoition of the sewerage and 11rater Board of Nt- O-leans. From time to time, as directed by said Sewer age and Water Bri:,d, said Board of I0.qntia tion shall sell said bonds, in such amtrnn, as it may be requested so to do. by s.t,;.d pr01o Sals, to the h:ghest bidder, for not less t*nli par and accrued interest, after thirty day - advertisement of such sales in one newspaper published in each of the cities of N,.w York, Chicago and tde O.:Oleans. Section 3. Be it further cnarted. etc.. That the prcu:,-tt :r all .uch -a!les L. hieOi by tile Boi rd of L..,:idatlon and paid over on teei wainran ofi.': r ewerage and Wa:er Board in the manner ...,t under the condit.ons protvidled id said Ac: N.. 6 of the extra se..ion of I1er9, and the amrt" imernts the reel. Section I. i;e it further enacted. etc.. That the procced- .f said Lond.; shhll heatyi d exch., sively fir th.. completion o the existI~g sener age, wa:er aI. I drainage syst:em of he City of New OcriChr a tth thee crx:ett:cc. o.;): o (a) That if the said systems do not require the said e:.; tlditt:re for tht'r coripletiun of the whole o. said proceeds, the isLi:. ee thsrt.ef shall oe het , by thne Board of L.qu:da:ion to the crtdit oi he City of New Orleans. to be expended by .: for paving purposes, onl : (.,,i Thai it .en tle water and sewerage ass' - tems are c;.ibieled and ther operation is be gun, the exCsj ani of the opera:ion of ;said sys tecms for no: rtore than the first twenty-four months tbhe;.'f. may be cuppiicd, in whole or in part, out oi said tuitnds alher applying to said not inore tnan twenty-four nmonths operation any suri.lu:" hat may exist of the tax.es indi cated to per the interest on said bonrd, which surplus nmay and must be t.ed befoie any draft is nmr.ce for such putpose. on the princi pal of said i::ntd. Section 5. tie it further enacted. etc.. That the proceed. -.f said bonids ht-ill be applt'-l t.i spelt a pror .::;on as n~y be reqiuiit toi the compiet.e.. t,i .aid sewerage, water tani tlirt.n age systems. the preference brimg g;vcn to the seweirae aui nwat-r systerms. ii necessary. Section 6. Be it further cracted, crc., That there shall be dedicated to the payment of the principal and interest of the ho:.:s, herein au thorized all surplus, arising alter January 1st, 1907, f:ro. the cue-half of uoe per cent debt tax letied by the city of New Orleans by virtue of Article 314 of the Const;tu:ion of Louisiana. and from the special tax of two mills voted by the property taxpayers of the City of New Or leans on the sixth day of June. 1509. said sur plus being here defined to be all residue in each year, until January 1st. 1942, remaining after paying the interest on the twelve mllions of Pubhtc Improvement Bonds of the City of New Orleans heretofore is.-ued under the pro vision of said Act No. 6 of the extra session of 1898, and the half-year's interest reserve fund therein provided for, which said two mill tax shall be levied and collected only until Janua ary 1st, 1942, as provided for in Act No. 6 of the extra session of 1899. If, after paying the annual interest on the bonds provtic'd for in this Act, and, after Jan nary 1st, 19.8 paying their siikng fund here Inafter provi jed for, there shall be in any year any further surplus of said tax. said surplus shall he used for extending the said public systems of sewerage, water and drainage, to respond to the growth and extension of the city of New Orleans, and if such further sur plus shall be more than sufficient for such pur pose the same shall be held by the Board of Liquidation to the credit of the City of New Orleans to be expended only in permanent public improvements, such as par:ng. public buldings, bridges, etc. Section 7. Be it further enacted, etc. That after January lst. 1928, the Board of Liquida tion of the City Debt, shall, out of the surplus of said taxes herein dedicated to the payment of the ptincipal and interest of said bonds, set aside a sinking fund stflicient in amount to retire the whole of said eight millions of bonds on or before January 1, 1942. and shall from time to time, and at least once every three months, as said fund accumulates, select by lot, the numbers of the bonds to be retired at per and accrued interest, and shall a.verti.e for ten days in a newspaper published in each of the cities of New York, Chicago and New Orleans, the anmbe.- of said bonds and the date they will be paid (whtch date shall be not more than thirty days from the date of said advertisement) and at the expiration of said date, said bonds shall cease to bear interest. Section 8. Be it further enacte.. etc., That theBoardof Liquidation of the City Debt is hereby directed not to sell any of said eight millons of New Public Improvement Bonds in excess of the revenues hereby dedicated to the paymentof the ani.l interest thereon, and defer spch sales, it necessary, until the as sessed values of the City of New Orleans will .redly provide the funds to meet the interest charges thereon. Section 9. Be it further enacted, etc., That by any michance, the growth and progress o the City of New Orleans should be arrested. so that her assesesd values should not be suicient to provide a sinking tend to retire said bonds by January 1st, 1942, all of said bonds so remaining unpaid stall be ipso facto, extended, at the same rate of interest and with the 'right of call, as herein provided, until January l-t. 1904, and the said one per cent debt tax shall be levied and collected until that date or entil the principal and interest of said bonds are fully and finally paid, and the roceeds thereof, after July 1st, 190, shall be hled by preference to the payment of the pedpal and interest of said bonds, except in so far as any portion of the proceeds of said o say hare to be applied, after that date, to thepayment of t pricipad inter. of momt mb" da W i ed t M to persbekethega nmea of ti't ' · c1re i 44':,i tr' of -'ti 1 ii i',ºti t Iii ~t.ini " f \. 1 h: fIil.r".lim, fit 1Bnnds,', io .t i itti fm 'a t 't % mllionst ai orb': ti.Jit 4'r:_~ Rums. .-e1,rr .a r . .. 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That Article ninety-seven i7 ot the Constitution of the State of Louis iana be s. atrieni. d i a to read as follows: Article ninety-seven t97): There shall .e an Attorney for the state, who shall be elected by the qu-lifled e.lectors of the State at large every four years. He shall be learnerm in the law, and shall have actually resided and p:actice'i law, as a licensed attorney in the Slate, for five years preceding his election. He shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly on his own warrant. Section 2. Be it further resolved. etc., That this proposed amendment shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the State for adoption or rejecti on at the Congressional election to be held in November, nineteen hundred and six, and that if adopted, the same shall take effect on the first day of January. 19u7. Section :3. Be it further resolved, etc., That on the official ballot. to be used at said election, there shall be placed the words: "For the proposed antmendmnent to Article ninety seven (S: of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana;" and the words: "Against the pro posed ame-dr.ent to Article ninety-seven (97) of the Constitution of the State of Louisianar" and each elector shall indicate, as provided in the general electiun laws of the Sta:t, which of the propositions, "for" or "against." he totes for. J. Y. SANDERS. Lieutenant Governor and Pr's. of the Senate. J. W. HYIAMS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved June 22d, 1906. Ni.V TON C. BLANCHARD, Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy: JOHN T. MICHEL, S ecrettary of State. ACT NO. 44. By 31r. Doyle. House Bill No. 194. JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing amendments to Article 140 of the Constitution of the State of l.onisi.ota relative to the city criminal courts of New Orleans. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen, ral Assembly of the State of linisia:t. two-thirds of all the members electe-d ,to e:ch House c.na curring, That Article 140 of the C.,nstitu:i st of the State he so amended a; to read as follows: Article 140. Th,-e shall be in th.e city of New Orleans two- interior c:itn::ij: cc urts, to be known respecitveiy as theL 1 irst Ct'y C:im inal Court of the City of N5i. t:r!"i tru. and :he decond City Criminal C. ,-t ofi te Cit.y ot New Orleans, each of which -;all be p;.r-,i.hd over by one judge and whi-n . tail have jurisdiction within the territory hereinlter pre..crildl, for the trial without jury and the punishment of all offenses against the State where the penalty .loes not exceed six months' imprison ment in the parish jail or a fineof $110, or both; in all other cases the judges of said courts shall have jurisdiction as committing magistrates, with authority to commit, bail or disciarge. The territorial jurisdiction of the First City Criminal Court shall extend over the First, Fourth. Sixth and Seventh municipal districts of Now Orlea.ns: and the Second City Criminal C au rt over the Second, Third and Filth munlcipal districts of said city. In case of vacancy in the office, recusation, disability or absence with or without leave, of either of said judges, it shall be the duty of the other judge to issue warrants of arrest for the apprehension of parties accused within the jurisdiction of the judge he replaces, and to make any order of commitment or admitting to bail that may be necessary and proper and might in due course, have been made by the judge within whose jurisdiction the offense was committed. And in case of such vacancy, recusation, absence or disability of one of said judges, on motion or the prosecuting offier, or of the accused . r hi, counsel, the other judge, acting within his discretion. may proceed to try and discharge or convi-t and sentence parties accused of offenses charged to have been committed within the jursediction of the court wherein the vacancy exists, or whereof the judge is recused, absent or disabled. In like manner, acting also within his diacretiun, upon formal application made he may as commit.ing magistrate .examine and discharge, bail or commit parties accused of offenses charged to have been committed within the territorial jurisdiction under the provisions of this par agraph to issue warrants of arrest, .make pre iffinary orders and have the accused brougut before him, although sitting in his own court; or he may, in his dtscretion, occupy the bench of the judge he replaces Said judge shall be elected by the voters of the City of New Orleans. at large, for the term of four years; the first election therefor shall be held at the congressional election in November, 1806, and the judges then elected shall serve until May 1 1900, and their successors shall be elected at the parochial and municipal election in the year 1990. They shall be eamrned in the law, and shall have resided and practiced as at torneys in the City of New Orleans for not less than three years before their election or ap pointment. The judges of said courts shall each receive a yearly compensation of $3,0O0 payable monthly on his own warrant. Each judge shall appoint a clerk and such deputies as may be authorized by law, at salaries not exceeding $1,200 per an.am, except one deputy, who shall be a stenographer, and who may receise a salary not exceeding fli500 per an num, to be pail in monthly anstallmenta by the City of New Orleans. Bection 52 Be it further resolved, etc., That said proposed amenaments be submittet to the electors for their approval or rejection as required by article 821 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and the general election laws of this State at the congressional election to be held in this State in November. 1906. J. W. HYAMS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. Y. SANDERS, Ilenteiant Governor and Pres. of the Senate. Approved June 29. 190. NKWTON C. BLANCIHARD, Governor of the State of Loutsiana, A trne coy: JOH~I / MICHEL, Secretary of State. (Continued on page six.\ Comic postal cards of all kinds sa etlea G ristma Dri Co.