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'* ..------o.n---1------. - *Ue4Ubb OI iWrr l Ta ora d amuuieveres orL0sow s LU1 a on Sof Iho e UIl su te he w m f e s0w o the IwteeV d . c ote amend M eetlem newt .e** and U one m ACT NO. 81. that e PasUe BIl No. 9--B Mr. Sylvest. ded JOINT RESOLUTION. the Si & mas amendment to the Cen- againi dchool rf the state of LaUa5I5 d collct tanoualy a t fo Lfuthe at, rposee therein; regulating th IO' districts In certain respects; App Oaltting the rate of special tat Govi i eoseOl minternnos; e mnowrerlE 00 m Orteas pariah Schbool board to A true Setes, bondes, or other evdenc JA m eot for the purpose of puohla E Sr coastructlng. or repairln for school purposes in the ew w Orlecn. and for the par- Hemst ee of principal and interest there oC evy ad dedicate for a period p at prt por5lotons fo r the sautoris ee ; sat reope an the nmendentt rto M drtitotl*n prop eod by Act Pl i P" Pa i bonds. lros eoercevid es na t of eft of the (loerl Assem1bly of ter oa luletasa and adopted. and - - ,L Be it resolved by the theh- Sec dasrbly of the State of louis- ai t--third[ of all the members rseah Hvomet oncur'erfe That electu m a udaedm tot to Con- the o- the tate of Louisiana be itut se is hereby propos ed and s ubml to the qualified electol of at t of rnislu or adeptio or be he to-wit: first 1 Amendment. That S (a) ]W repetivelYl of the litta- appol a in addtso to the tax for tions provided for by the of tu tpropoed Act of 1918 ears s of the State one the police jury of each for a (parish of Orleans excepted) is nato eqred sa directed to lev of t ecilet for the year 12 and each herei eartheraftooorfor school respe a ore" tax ofone and one- be a mb en the dollar of assessed -peri of all property within sad shall I ad as collected the pro- expir the-t to the school board of the thro ieisn the school board of t w- e Otify that stnaller ax a seeds of the schools, I-; for e police Jury sallul nad agait Ie taxr recomsenod by the writ, proof ' preollons hereof sIh&ll to Ju *With t disinction, to property in sl spb munLcPtlltY In a parlsn Supr munipality exempt under Gove laws from parochial taxaton. , wander legislstive authority. That 1 sdlotlnin, maintaining, and Port public schools of its own to a to the youth of the parish execI the municpality is situated other is levyrt and colleting and oa s eIt for ithe ,onduct. and aJd support of itsschools and of an annual tab of at cpti s be ehalf mills on the as- ul slsatioon all property wilthin s shaltbe so school district etc the whole or any prt of used gi smother cho1 d- the Sthere be a school sub- menl mo tpt that parish a a wholethe I •toO5O l' whtore Port asst imale school batrt s "Ag af smalle reheol dittreto Or ativi shl Udiieo may be reated of C o f aparish aoas Orlat QIstId cain p 9 seheo1 sad in the men) Ostesat~ of te tl aSstie 1? of the ., - a Stt of Louillas. the mos Dard. or.Its so- Lieu ofallt mer tv WIU a J aI b 4 I nkes " A l * ae i lofth ftaes ta e ýehs eel ilea 91 s s9ý j;T~l d u " l diUr1 ithe irsnaa £sgvesio nmal Ele d M M fofd l on the 2nd day of November. 1t, the asoe official ballets to have printed there- the ft on the words: "or the prposdPubli amendment leovyin an annul tax of one mill in aid of public educatUon." two Si and the words. "Against the proposed after thenual tae of amendment levying an annual tax of of op. one mill in aid of public education," so and Ithat each elector may indicate, as pro- during vided by the General election laws of cipal the State. whether he votes for or and t against the proooseLE Po . .WAT Kt. and an Speaker of the House of Represents- may Utean HEWITT BOUANCHAUD. which Lieutenant Governor and president o net r the Senate i ed Approved: July 5B 12l0. ma s JNO. U. PARKER, to suc Governor of the State of Louisiana. fiscal A true copy: Accoui JAMES J. BAILEY. Secretary of State. ducona ACT NO. . or House Bill No. 197-By Mr. Weinsmann. priau JOINT RESOLUTION. bond Proposing an amendment to tho Con- come stitution of the State of Louisiana Shla relative to the organisation and the B powers of the Board of Coemmis- Audit sioners of the port of New Orleans. AccOu and the departments of the said porL ite ai Section 1. Bes it resolved by the Gen- monee eral Assembly of the Stato of Louis- bond tans. two-thirds of all the members red or elected to each House concurring that turn the following amendments to the Con- one ? stitution of the State of Louisiana be Alle submitted to the electors of the State provis at the net Congressional election to pres be held on the first Tuesday after the than first Monday in November, 1920, to-wit: issued That the Governor of the state shall instal Sappoint the respective member of the than SBoard of Commissioners of the Port of amou " New Orleans. possessing the qualifica- cip Stions prescribed by law, one for a term asp Sof two years, one for a teorm of three of pri " years. one for a term of four years. sand Sone for a term of five years. and one mur ti h for a term of mix years and may desig- sued s nate and prescribe the term of office nual i f of the present Board in accordance than Sherewith. At the expiration of their said 1 respective terms, their successors shall tiond Sbe apponted by the Governor for a liege d period of sx years each. The Governor regisu shall have the power to fill the un- for d Sexpired term o any vacancy oocurriing ficers Sthrough death, resignation or other- vsio wise. Said Commissioners so appointed grant .An only be removed by the Governor, tion for cause or causes to be preferred Tutor t against them, or either of them, in terdi Swriting and after publioc hearing and the fi proof of the sufficiency of said charges bond to Justify their removal, provided that affect SThat the Board of Commissioners of the authc SPort of New Orleans shall have power ordin s to organize or reorganise the Bogrl, and h executive, engineering, clerical and main, Sother departments and forces of said and d Board, and to fix the duties powers the c t. and compenation of all officers, agents eve s and employees in such departments. ex- Levei it eepting, however. such civil service re- 1911. Squirments as may be established by 14th, State laws. the C Section 8. Be it further resolved. etc.. That en the official ballot to be galls f used at said election shall be placed effec - the words: "For the proposed amenda- maid mont relative to the organisation of fled 1 the Board of Commissioner of the have *Port of New Orleans, and the words: turn I5 "Against the proposed amendment rel- c Saive to the organisation of the Board Such of Commissioners of the Port of New exce SOrleans. and each elector shall mndi- rent cate his vote on the proposed amend- news me t as provided in the general leo- but Stion slaws of the Stte.o ninel 0o R. F. WALKEIR. shall 5 Speas-i ot the House of Representa- prap rseeate C tof elean to v.e SLieuteonant Governor and President of rexpl es the Senate.r " ste tr e Apprtovied: July 6,. e112. er Bo he 1 e, K. PARKER, Te s Governor of the State of Ltoeisa . they ed ote :er r4teJAoM or r ear, coe W foSereawr of State. be r ACT NO. 1$. pire R oe Bill No. 2-By Mr. Byrnoe. bind JOINT RESOLUTION. may derethi the City of Ntw Orleans to the S ensy aually a special tax not ex- ehat Soedn two mtills on the dolla r for revs se inasuguration sand maintenace of eau doble and tripleo platoon systems. re and an inrease I p ay Qf te men can Sand officials, in the e and pollth e e departments o said city respectively. Boa Setio 1. atBe it retolved by rthe - vat. eal Assembly eof the State of Louios- me lana twe-third of all members olted a -agh House_ concurringr. Trt an of sseldmeat to the Ceonsttutito of tie o me State pt Iw aista a be proposed and firer I8 tubemttedIt tthe qualified electors of oth , te State. te ratificatieon or rejetion, ben as follows to-wit: "In addition tore such other taxes as the City of New can ai Orleans is now, or my be hereafter, op. Sauthorised to ivy said city shalil levy mat sa awnnaul a s a tax, not exceeding pay mtl en the dollav. en all taxable of -rnpety In mfAd City as assesed and tic vaud foree cit taxatiUon purposes. The ord seMW avals of said special tax are hereby but Sedleatd m to the inauguration and thr t alntAaee of a double platoon sys- and e I the Ire depa.rtment and a triple slo -meat of said City, and am ioease in be me and Bm officials employe st to t c ud shall be ue p ' ud be° l subm u eloo lr ectoe futh t~oin to ma fJLfl asrrp U powW o -B.r f~ P~=:~o~~t~a tJth· tteoi Ibal~r~ rci f-I Clt~ i Ne Orirar o in wigU tto itL fr~dr I t or day I W dhtest Oe how asoertatid and acerlted Ilrt to e the State Audito or th duperlier tO Publlo Accounts the eamounts of rev- Speak enwo and Income of the Port for the tiveo two fiscal years immodiately preceding. after deducting therefrom the amount Udeute of operatlng and maintenance charted the and expenses, and all sums payable Appi during said year upon maturlng iprn cipa1 and Interest of its bonded debt. ot and the State Auditor or the Supervisor A true of Public Accounts shall have verified JAM and approved said certificate, the Board Be may borrow money and issue bonds to an amount the annual interest upon which is not in excess of the average tou net revenues for the two fiscal years immediately preceding as shown by Propon maid certificate. The Board may add of . to such net revenues of the preceding Loul fiscal years as certified to the State relao Auditor or the Supervisor of Public Vet, Accounts, the net Income and revenues Sect for such years of any revenue pro- Gener ducing wharf, dock, warehouse, ele- Tana. vator or other structure to be acquired electee by said Board by purchase or expro- Artici priation from the proceeds of such State bond Issue. The net revenues and in- amend comne of such revenue-producing utility as to Sshaft be determined and certified by Artl the Board and approved by the State Thirto Auditor or the Supervisor of Public be all Accounts . did Beard may also with or sa the approval of the Governor borrow the f money and issue bonds to refund 1. bonded indebtedness heretofore Incur- from t red or hereafter to be incurred and ma- the cd t turing and becoming payable within he we one year of the date of such refunding. milits All bonds issued under the foregoing tered B provisions, except as otherwise ex- Confe pressly provided, shall run not more maine Sthan fifty years from date, shall be until issued in serial form, payable in annual 2. I installments, commencing not more more e than ten (10) years from date, the uatiol a mount payable each year for prin- 3. cipal and interest to be as nearly equal wise n as practicable, but annual installments Tana. e of principal may be fixed at Five Thou- ment. s sand Dollars ($5,000) or the nearest ganis e multiple thereof. Refunding bonds is- as a sued hereunder shall be payable in an- at the 'e nual installments commencing not more in the e than one year from date. All of the reside r said bonds shall have the same exemp- years II tion from taxation, and the same priv- sion. a ilege of registration and release from than ir registration, and the same eligibility orgar - for deposit with the State or Its of- Louis g ficers or ant of its political subdi- feder r- visions or municipalities, as was in ti d granted by Article 321 of the Constitu- prior r, tion to the bonds therein authorized. sion. d Tutors of minors and curators of in- to th In terdicts shall be authorized to invest ried id the funds in their hands in any of such of ht s bonds. Nothing herein contai hed shall rage t affect the power of said Board to issue Janut to bonds for the construction of the nav- cease te igation canal under the ordinance a rd ion. secured by the mortgage heretofoe he re ". made and executed, and said Board is his e e authorized to carry Into full effect said wid sr ordinance and mortgage and to issue as hi . and sefl for canal purposes the re- sided ed mainder of bonds thereby authorized. year! id and maid ordinance and mortgage and and 15 the contracts made with the Board of elseh s Levee Commissioners of the Orleans serve - Levee District under date of June 29th. in ,f e 1918, February 26th, 1919, November in or a 14th, 1919. and the contract made with herel the City of New Orleans under date of State SAugust 16th, 1911, through the Belt to h Raillroad Commission to carry into prov d effect Act No. 3 of 1918 in relation to mart said Navigation Canal are hereby rati- a se of ed and confirmed Said Board shall from he have the power to lease for manufac- entit Io: turing, commercial and business pur- as e Sposes, lands acquired for said canal. ates Such leases may run for a term not that 1i exceeding twenty years at a fixed to w s- rental without any provision for re- the d- newal, rseadjustment or reappraisement, Artio 0- but may run for a term not exceeding for ninety-nine (99) ears, provided they be t shall contain a clause or clauses for thee to reappraisal of the premisee and a re- whtl adjustment of the rental at intervals able not exceeding ten (10) yeaus after the ua expiration of the first twenty-year than period. In the event that the said pens Board and the lessee cannot agree upon crul the readjustment and reapprselaent. be I - they each shall appoint an arbitrtor the who shall have the powers of amicable pria compoundse to whom the matter shalo the be referred for decisiton. and in case oAsse disagrment they shall appoint an um- the ire and decision of m to shall be the binding upon the parties. Sald Board pen! may construct warehoses, el- the , vaters, and other buildings and Im- and a. prvement upon the said canal, but fd to the revenues trom the navigation canl he ex- shall be kept separate from the other obeh for revenues of the Port. Such canal rev- here of esues shall be deemed to include tion a rentals of all lands leased upon the once men canal, lock charges, and charges for fun a i es, through the canal. If the atel shall construct warehouses, ele- vide en- vators and other buildings or improve- and is- ments for public purposes on canal sloe ted lands, the rental value of the site there- thr a of shall be fixed by appraisers ap- pro the pointed b said Board and the receipts P ad from such warehouses, elevators and sha of other buildings or mprovements shall the Ion, be charged with the payment of such arti to rental value into the canal fund. The Sole Tew canal fund shall be applied first in the S tsr, operating expenses of the canal and the etc. y maintenance thereof, and thereafter in rub Sag payment of the principal and interest the ble of the can bonds, and in the reduc- r=e and tion tn thr manner provided in said to The ordinance of the payments and contra- fol by butons by the City of New Orleans ber and through the Bolt Railroad Commission I sys- and by the Board of Levee Commis- at ple stoners of the Orleans Levee District. the rt- If warehouses elevators and other am in buildinja or Impivveiests he eon- stl eupon cana kad by theo u of moneys Vel 0er th e n the pree el the sad p nses-oovktoete ether buld- ia miito d the remtal value to the aal md h .I shl be -eede ge. l ve- e. of the Port The' ito on all noe t he m heeadter pbmbTUe Paid h * with vssi h the Treosour of the tem at ran th er t place opla ih or I wi et ar F8 mdeygonated in the to lbmre the oninre of the kate Boon f as Uoo t or eos"aerte a-to b oe knwn 0 IterSot eOnesnts in te amount equal to the inteirst oa al ecal bods that ey haro been dovered, See ,Bid eam oWis hereby em -ored cath a he dIrost sad It mades h duty SIa io py or provid f the payment si He it m all i enm tha ma1 bues ame due uds enOU If pt esall it m - f asi a an ofr sad ota- wth the Teurer oe or ia Leal saalr ton eed te t of each puiollm Sims th date when be mm t hemd t |a~fl be y suted~i aeshte s It i os m ard du to t nl oq to aply t mm a fd e nnoeoisary orperatn Oex- I ·Iu d tres It S* ! inte gosoarl *isUes laws rew AR . P WALER. wbch Speaker et the House of Representa' Guard tlves. such a HEWITT BOUANCHAUD, used. Lieutenant Governor and President of There the Senate. ation. Approved: July 7. 1920. mortgi JNO. M. PARKER. ituate Governor of the State of Louisiana. mortgi A true copy: and tl JAMES J. BAILEY. Instru Secretary of State. or hic ACT NO. 140. loans 1 House Bill No. 28--By Mr. Schell. to the JOINT RESOLUTION. securi Proposing an amendment to Article 303s rower of the Constitution of the State of loans, louisiana as heretobefore amended writte relative to pensions for Confederate loans; Veterans. loans Section 1. Be it resolved by the as al General Assembly of the State of Louis- charge lana. two-thirds of all the members seed I elected to each House concurring, That count. Article 303 of the Constittion of the The State of Louaisiana as heretobefore estate amended be amended and re-enacted so after as to read as follows: for Article 303. A pension not to exceed mone3 Thirty Dollars ($30.00) per month shall propel be allowed to each Confederate soldier rate c or sailor veteran who possesses all of cent the following qualifications: power 1. He shall have served honorably and a from the date of his enlistment until parist the close of the late Civil War, or until nicipa he was discharged or paroled. In some shall military organization, regularly mus- twent tered into the Army or Navy of the the . Confederate States and shall have re- provie malned true to the Confederate States have until the Surrender. not 1, 2. He shall not own property of furthi more than two thousand dollars val- ation uatilon. rower 3. He shall not be salaried or other- whetl wise provided for by the State of Louls- count iana. or by any other State or Govern- entire ment. In case he enlisted in any or- be su ganization mustered into said service make as a loulisans organization, or in case porat at the date of his enlistment.he resided secur in the State of Louisiana, he shall have mentl resided in this State for at least five No years prior to his application for pen- to re, sion. In case ne resided elsewhere do a than in this State, and enlisted in an all s organization not mustered in from the c Louisiana. or in t1e Navy of the Con- amlin federate States. he shall have resided shall in this State for at least five years Genel prior to his application for such pen- of th sion. A like pension shall be granted Ste to the widow who shall not have mar- herei ried again, in indigent circumstances, their of such soldier or sailor whose mar- erty. rlage to her was contracted prior to be et January. 1895; provided that if her de- State ceased husband served in an organisa- gene; tion. mustered in from Louisiana., or if age. he resided in Louisiana. at the date of years his enlistment. then in order that such Secre widow shall be entitled to the pension authi as herein provided, she shall have re- in fu sided in this State for at least five No years prior to her application therefor; have and if her deceased husband enlisted prov: elsewhere than in Louisiana, and cond served in an organisation not mustered Fil in from Louisiana, such widow shall, been in order to entitle her to a pension as auth. herein provided, have resided in this befoi State for not less than five years prior Se to her application for such pension; dolm provided further that all widows who or it married Confederate soldiers or sailors Th a second time shall not be debarred a ca I from the benefits of this Act but be lion entitled to a pension on the same terms Fe - as other widows of deceased Confeder- the ate soldiers or sallors; provided further. corp t that pensions whether to veterans or own I to widows shall be allowed only from dire - the date of application under this the Article, and the total appropriations that i for all pensions in any one year shall true r be the proceeds of an annual tax of cont r three-fourths of one mill on the dollar lutel - which tax is hereby levied on all tax- in a 5 able property in the State, provided ever e said appropriations shall never be more or n r than an amount sufficient to pay all FI I pensions for any one year. Arty ao- com n cruing surplus from said tax fund shall scril . be held as an accumulating fhnd for the r the Confederate Veterans to be appro- les 0 priated by the General Assembly for are their use and benefit as the General be Assembly may In future determine, and 81 the collection of any other tax or in said e the making of any appropriation for on d pensions In excess of the amount of pacl the three fourths of one mill tax levied for - and collected and to be known as "Con- a it federate Veteran Pension Fund" is al hereby prohibited and said fund is to org; I be used for no other purpose than that non - herein stipulated; and upon the adop- to I Le tion et this Amendment same shall at any 0e once become self operative and the F ir funds derived therefrom be immedi- ves s ately used for said purpose, and pro- b t- vided further that the tax collectors mel - and assessors shall receive no commis- tom ºl sions for assessing and collecting said T @- three-fourths of one mill tax herein ope p- provided. whi is Provided that nothing in this Article acti id shall be construed so as to prohibit F .11 the General Assembly from providing tri :h artificial limbs to disabled Confederate of te Soldiers or Sailors, car te Section 2. Be it further resolved, sell te etc.. That this proposed amendment be trie in wubmitted to the qualified electors of of at the State of Louisena. for adoption or soll c- rejection at the Congressional Election Un id to be held on the first Tuesday next coE 1- following the first Monday in Novem- pat itsber. 1920. car t That the. official ballots to be Used Ire a- at said election shall have printed by t. thereon the words: "For the proposed l er er amendment to Article 303 of the Con- off n- stitution e the State of ouisiuana rel- I rd ative to the pensions for Confederate oxr Is Veterans," and the wed: "Against the p ad d proposed amendment to Article 203 of aol oh the Constitutioa of the Stae ot Iuis- abi I- lana relative to pensions for coAted- i - erate Veterans," and each elector shall sh, l lndiaeste, as provided in the generanl nt e- eleetioh laws of the State whether or pot all not he votes for or against the amend- tr ild meat be he IL 1. WALK , ot, d 8peaer of the House of Represemts- ci or tve o le Lieutonaat Governor sad Presmident of Os ite the Senatae e st Approved: July t . to the Governor of the State of Loulsa. wi a true copy: a" all JAMES J. BAILEY, in ed. Secretary of Stat th red ty ACT 1N0. 152 i House Bill No. 276--y Mr. Clabora - on Substitute for House Bill No. 19,. d JOINT RBESOLUTION. - an amendment to Articie i2u tb oit f the Consutittion on the tate a o et Loaisias relative to 6zoempttnlg ~ar- 4 ant * tal Lbustries loeatod on the dvrs iti on Canal, New Orleans. * t- eetn 1. e$ t It resed b th -ea Soral Asme ly ob f the lttO LofLouist to laa two-thirds of allt nmet elected a so tech Doa concurring Thlat the fol- | lowinr eomeudmnte to the Cousltt- 51 pal witeod Is the eltars of_ the Stab at 15 ell"dos tha Iet Teday fss th ~tirnrt Pu Artis A -. Th fe.wng s* bft/o fro0 taxati and e. - t her. /i -. ri-- d o hureh c an~d b di- eaxlut e aseseaes for the , i- pi ret relsat er a eb :_r- library 'nd that of any t otlin U bew asdoo4 us0eadl by or nnecpt e wth term teSPPOdjr an sed all paintings ton It Do- the ppry O s t not 1 o tater pe o Ie . Thr shallyt also e i 1-e the wine of Le hued n duel i at for at j rio ftea yr r-r t of woflread that ate Io ; eO att belongiug O ant mlitUry vymboi oraisation of th mtAte of LutIasa the C( which is used b the State Ntional lows: Guard or millltla to mllitary purposes. Ar such as arsenals or armories, while so any p used. shall be exempt from taxation. tiono There shall also be exempt from tax- the pu atlon, loans made upon the security of date ft mortgages granted upon real estate 0n is situated in this State. as well as 'he with a mortgages granted to secure said loans. may and the notes. bonds ortother wr!ttou which instruments evidencing the said loans, to b whether in the hands of the mortgagee. conver or his or their transferees; and all ment loans made by life insurance companies basis to their policyholders, upon the sole Sect security of policies held by the bor- etc.. T rower In the company making the printe loans, as well as all notes or other amend written instruments. evidencing such stituti loans; provided, that in the case of Live loans upon policies of life insurance. voters as aforesaid, the rate of interest politic charged upon such loans does not ex- pose oeed five per cent (f%) per annum dis- for p count. "Aga The capital. surplus and personal Artici estate of every corporation organized Stats after November 23rd. 1912, In this State tielal for the sole purpose of lending marie money on mortgages on country sembl property situated in Leulsiana at a inatli rate of interest not to exceed six per dee." cent (e%) net to the borrower, with power to negotiate and handle bonds and securities issued by the various the parishes and local districts and mu nicipalities of the State of Louisiana Speak shall be exempt from taxation for tive twenty (20) years from the date of App the organization of said companies; provided. that said companies shall Go ave a full-paid cash capital stock of A tru not less than $250.000; and, provided JAI further, that in case any such corpor- 5 ation shall on any loan charge the hor rower more than six per cent interest. whether by way of commission, dis- CoN count or otherwise, it shall forfeit the entire exemption herein granted, and be subject to taxation from the time it ACcor makes such loan; and any such cor poration handling or negotiating any securities other than those hereinabove mentioned shall incur a like forfeiture. No such corporation shall have power to receive any money on deposit or to A do a banking business of any sort, but stck all such cbrporations shall be under the control and supervision of the Ex- chnle aminer of Stats Banks. whose duty it exits I shall be to report to the Attorney General any violation of the condition port of this exemption. tiooe 1 Steamship companies organized as hereinafter set forth, together with work their capital stock and all their prop- o a erty. corporeal and incorporeal, shall be exempt from all taxes and licenses. itlve State. parish, levee and nur lclpal. both effec general and special. ecciuaive of wharf- f age, shed or levee du"s. for fifteen of I f years from the date of fling with the chur h Secretary of State proof that their r authorized capital stock has been paid - in full in cash. as a: e No such steamship company shall s have the benefit of this Constitutional until provision except upon the following ci d conditions: l in d First-That such company shall have I. been organized and the whole of its Alic a authorized capital stock- paid in cash Nh s before January 1st. 1916. r Second-That such company shall be the ; domiciled in the City of New Orleans, the o or in some other port of this State. r Third-That such company shall have conl d a capital stock of at least three mil- cas e lion dollars. payable only in cash. s Fourth-That it shall be provided in will the charter of the company that no Aier r. corporation, or firm. or individual shall r own or control, either directly or in- be n directly, more than one-twentieth of Sem Is the capital stock of the company; and s that all pooling agreements and voting gooc 11 trusts between the stockholders to an >f control the corporatlon shall be abso i lutely null and void and no stock held tar t- in any such pool or voting trust shall beel -d ever be voted at any corporate election a I re or meeting. ii Fifth-That the capital stock of each whi -, company shall be open to public sub-oA ill scriptlon by public adveartislements in sr the New rleans newspapers for at not - least three months before the books or are closed, and if over-subecribed shall te al be apportioned among the subscribers fine id ixth-That all vessels operated by id in said company shall be common carriers r on every voyage unless the whole ca- thoi ofpaty of the ship shall be chartered edfor a particular voyage or voyages for a- a particular purpose. the ist t shall be lawful for companies so len to organized in addition to the powers at now provided by the lrws of the tate lice p- to incorporate into their charters all or fue at any of the following powers: h Flirst-To build, charter or purchase the ii- vesselsl o- becond-To insure goods wares and I irs merchandise carried in their own bot- I is- toms against fire and perils of the sea. an bid Third-To build, own and rent and an operate shipyards, docks, piers, th wharves, and warehouses for the trans- -W e action of their business. bit Fourth-To trade with foreign coun ng tries. insludng the foreign possessions ito of the United Ststes, by exporting cargo carried thereto in their own ves sa sels, and to import from foreign coun be tries. including the foreign possessions Cat of of the United tate.. in their own ves- m or sol cargo for sale or exchange in the on United States, but no ship or such et company shall be laden with the com- J m- pony's own cargo to the exclusion of cargo offered for such voyage by the we d general public, and such cargo offered il lid by the general public shall have pref aed erence o r all voyages for which it is on dffered. no Fifth--To thorlse corporatioae., t hrelgn an d domestic, ts subscribe to the own shares of their pital stook, i o not howsever In exc of the limittleaon as- above provided. ed- No leased property or chartered ship gil ll bllthis the wthl th eemptlion heroin sal grned, nor shll vesseMls of such cor or poraations operated in te ostn trade of th O Unlted States, or opeate [ between ports of the United atetne ether tha loletna port, and foreiga dp ta eountries, lot Including the toreig l e poessioes of the United Statere b.e , within the exemptin herein granted. of One such vooyage In pa yr shall p subject the vesel makrm g the voyage to taxation for that year.U The proof above required to be flied U a with tse er)y of Stats that thse authorised capiptl stoek has bsen .p h is sash shall be the joint afldavit of 3m tol the oe ote and smroetmary s ob veriweed trial olaateof ths compran's h of said orporations shall poe seos the pomwer of eminenot domrain for ag th e prpo of Uanuiring land on which f to eroet plant to bUild and repar i vessel. Ir, yloero shall be eemt from teat , rish anod mun cipal ty ation r a kaged of tea (1t) Fearps rom Jastarty an "a~ 1abll , beidi ns.tahtelyudlnp l ctd hinor a d appurtenances oCIc d te ~et , or o ther improvements oU for manufacturing, commer teb- clJ and bnines purposes on the .t lnds ot the Naovlrton CAal. the Stitle of whh i or uma he hold by the oet thf Comssiotnaes of the Port ofae CasalNow New Oreu • a at u ey et o eeto of LUiseUaaa, anwd sad be lsUed e Sefrom sold Board by uan person or cer- 5 r.brevm ee atlpet lssthan twent a and b nvested the physical propert ~ sueh etorprise, ad futher porn sall bec me thi.O 2L Do it furthe- reolvd Lns, etc., That oa the official ballefi to theused at sai eleoeton sall be p able the words: Ttr the proposed aine4 meat adding to Article t-t tof C ( - wttittioof this State .ertaln exmp nomptlaato oaataIniti6 t o the Navigation Canal. New Ssall indlto his veto n tho ta- meUonut as revided b o the estel' fr ek leaw. o the State on- Seakr of the Mous o , l.ps ' .ember. 101o, smeasdig ArU gse l ºthe Coasttatel so asto Iread as a+ "Artlels 0@. No person shall vete at any primary election or in any conven tion or other political assembly held tot the purpose of nominating any candl date for public office unless suh pm' New son is at the time a registered voter, with ouch additional qualifications as may be prescribed by the party for which candidates for public office are to be nominated, and in all political conventions in this State the apportion ment of representation shall be on the Forme basis of population." Section 2. Be It further resolved. Coa etc.. That the official ballot shall have printed thereon: "For the proposed amendment to Article 200 of the Con stitution of the State of Louisiana rela tive to additional qualifications foer voters in primaries, conventions and iore political assemblies held for the pur- of till pose of nominating party candidates for public office." and the words. ago w "Against the proposed amendment to Article 200 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana relative to addi- sauria tioeal qualifications for voters in pri- ut maries, conventions and political as semblies held for the purpose of nom d.er w lmating party candidates for public of- fectinl flie." HEWITT BOUANCHAUD. tally. Lieutenant Governor and President of Clotllit the Senate. It. F. WALKER. phase Speaker of the House of Represeata-L Hrook r tives. Approved: July 8,. 1920. the cr JNO. M. PARKER. ture Governor of the State of Louisiama. f A true copy: petroh JAMES J. BAILEY. ireens Secretary of State. ben i -- - ' bl)fa ii CONSUME THEIR OWN WARE ~ I - The t According to This Story, Chinese Ven. is a n dars Are Pretty Slippery Cus- In toe tomers to Deal With. anmorip r slum. A street vendor who eats his own per vi t stock sounds like a weird kind of mer- by tti chant to Aiiierihan ears. And yet he lime exists in ('bini. according to the re- p, n port of a Y. W. C. A. secretary a- fr all tioned in Peking. where an Industrial in i h work room was part of the equiplmenlt ltn of a social service project, a co-oper- m s, ative piece of work w hich was put into The h effect under the combinied leadership yi.t k of the Y. M. ('. A., the American tilis 1 church board. and tihe Y. W. C. A. is . d "Men who were set uip In husiniess the as street vendors ate their own stock ",(k , until the social service workers de- to lie L ctided that it was not safe to entrust water re a man with edihle wares." writes Miss The t Alice lolmnes. a Y. W. C. A. secretary. imnlp Nh Nor was this the only failing that hy sl be the would-be business men had. If grganr is the stock consisted of articles which re could not he eaten with safety. they some - consented to sell them. runnilng away positi In with all the earnings. Finally the mals no Americans decided that no man should actloi be set up in business unless he had It of somebody to stand guarantee for his ly fo g good character. Under this safeguard tals to an oriental gentleman whose family ticle d standing and personal integrity bad light ll been investigated, was entrusted with with ona large stock of athletic smuptlie and ch which he peddled from house to house. 'in All went well for a time, for one can- awa at not very conveniently make a dinner of surrm il tennis rackets or baseballs. But one shell r fine day the merchant disappeared in- the by side of a certain dwelling and al- shell though his companion waited patient- the l Sly on the outside for many long hours. Tb the salesman fai.ed to reappear. At been 5o length the companlion notified the p0 ate lice. An investigation revealed the state or fact that the salesman had gone Into how. so the house by the front gate and had acid left by a rear one. whi atd That he made a thorough as well as ea. an effective get-away is testlfied to by were the fact that the peddler is still or t no- "wanted" by the Peking police. mnc in- for No Great Poverty in Italy. folr 00- Likeness of Italian women to Amern- Ti can can women in their bearing, build and stre 'es- manner of dress, was one of the things fror h whlllch impressed Miss Irene Raber. the just returned from a year of recreatioo The the work with Italian girls under the Ital- i v red lan Y. W. C. A. dep '"There is a very little poverty and A no destitution among Italian working o - girls." Miss Raher says. "And they a eok dress quite stylishly in much the same 1.' isn type of clothes New York's employed sey. hip girls wear. They are not given, how- fool rin ever, to georgette blouses or silk stock- fo logsp for work. But although they do not earn as much money as girls lhere g do. they know how to live on much ho less. te "Nowhere in Italy did V see great Del bal poverty. In spite of the coattainal lu ' strikes, no home seemed to be wrecked. In fled Living Is not so complicated there as there, and when there's a strike they In nst go without things till it's over. There's always enough to eat." re ' ane **- NavaJes Now Blanket Making, for Ih One of the war-time luxurites al- to per ready declining In price is the Navajo at, blanket, stays a Phoenix, Arits.. dis ra patch to the Christian Science aMonl S tor. For several years past the In- on rd dlans almost abandoned the weaving or C- of their famous blankets. It was de * found tlmt much more profit could be en th secured by direct sale of the wool to tal rt of eager eastern buyers. But the wool a Smarket has tumbled, especially Io con- tu o- sideration of wool of poor quality such ot as comes trom the reservation sheep. ml s The Indians never have attended to r keeping up the breed of their wool pro ducers, though the white men who a Wed range flocks around the reservation produce wool of high grade. The stocks t Sof Navajo blankets now are well ab- et ed- sorbed and the Indians are setting up pl Co* their old looms and are beanditng to- u wardt production na never h.'fore. Ruli of fthe Read. tate There Is some conflict of opinion Sabout the rule of the road. In the n oter matter of the walking public, the role e In England has always been "keep to t tbhe right."' In raMnce It. has always a been "keep to the left," and those who ti have spent the best part of the last p fve years on the continent have got Into the way of keeping to the left , in driving this Is reversed, and some a i dlffculty was experienced by those h who had been brought up upon the old adage, "When you go left you go right, h and when you go right you go wrong," b ina drlivng.-Christian Science Monitor. c Tactful Small Soy. Jack had a baby sister whome he re e garded as the most beautiful creature 11 . on earth. When Be was oix months old a friend of his mother's also had a baby daughter. Jack was taken to see this new baby and asked what he meat thought of he-r Trying not to hart Sof auyono's feelnngs m still be polite rbov t this baby. wb@ a M ye. ouldan t compare with his sister, he Wet, e oseeks he a hem Ude sI b e.* MARL BEDS GREAT New Jersey Has Much Wealth ini Its Possession. Formed Ages Ago When the Atlantlo Coast Was a Marsh and Swarmed With Gigantic Reptiles. The cret:iceous period may seei'l re lorte troll the pre'.sent, il I in 'Il|uI of time it is. It as ai goiod malny age ago when the Atlahitic coaistal ]plain was under water and la henl gigantic saurllans swarlltned ill o 'eaitll lllad 110 I Si'n. But iaturi Lprocesses tlhat arl'' Unl der way (durilng this perhil are at fecting our presenlt civilization very vi tally. They touch our food, our clothing, our indust rieso-iit fact, every ihase of life. Ilerschol HBickell tells the Brooklyn Eagle. For it was during the cretrceous iperiod that lMoIther Na ture wals storinlg upl c(oal and lignites, pletrolheu uland nlarli, eslpecia'lY a greensalld marl whclh hias recently been broutght pirominently to the atten tion of Atpericatls by the diS\ovtery that It is rich In potash. The chief constituellnt of gruensand is a mineral culled glaneonite, which, In technialnl terlls, is dull green amnorplhotts silic'ate of iron tild p)otas slUtu. (;laucol it .ritti' In s f ii r ;n to M iper cent of potlli. Thl'lis is remonl,'ed by treating itie miineralr with milk of lime under pressure, the result being pure (nullstic potish, which is the base ftr all the mtulny potash chemti':als used in indulstry atl also-evln lmotre iiltior uit ath-fr the bresent ttie-for lie lest tiluimetrciil f ertilizers. The exa't origin of glaUcolnite is not yet k)nown. although scientists have es tallished the fact that its fiorlliatlon is continuning tilay it the hottomnl f the sen, ill sol:e places flron '( to 2,(HNI fathloims de4ep. nithotulh It tseemS to I elspec'inlly favored by lshallower uwatr of alout 11tl fatthoms. The fal't tlth it occurs inll rounded Inlumps, surrioundeti ti mainy instnces by shells of the fornminifer. n minute olrgianisms oif the bottom of the ocea'l. has given rise to the theory that in some little understood way the decom position of the bodies of these anl mals brought about the chemical re action that resulted In glanconite. It Is crystalline in form but is rare ly found in anything llke perfect crys tals, usually occurring in minute par ticles, which reacet feebly with polarized light. Often free glauconlte Is found without traces of the shells mentioned. and it Is believed that this occurs he cause ocean currents have washed away the heavier minerals from its surrounding ealeareous formation. The shells tend to become very friable, and the whole umass of zlauconite and shells may easily be crashed between the fingers. The marl heels of New Jersey have been knownl and used as sources of fertilizers for as many years as the state has been settled. tUntil recently. however. It was for the phosphoric acid and carbonate of line. hoth of which they cintaiin. that the marls were used. Their richness in potash content. while known vaguely. had nev er been regalded as of first import ianee, because no satisfactory proe,-s for seplaraating the potash had been found. These beds cover a large area wh.ch I stretches obllquely across ee state P from Raritan hay and the Atlantich c' the southwest. a distance of 100 ma.ie". " They vary from nine to nineteen miles In width and the average depth of the deposit is 30 feet. d According to figures compiled by the I geological survey, a square mile of y greensand-there are approximately e 1,210 square miles of It in New J.er d sey-will yield, from a thicknests of one r foot, 78,000 tons of potash, and a "-t * foot bed that covers an area of a o square mile will yield 1.r00.0I) tons. SNew Jersey Is not the only state. Showever, that has rich greensanid 'I posits. The marl hbeds run thronrl it Delaware. across the Distreict of (', l uInmbla and down into Virginia, tanl~er i. ing to a point a short distance south is of Petersburg. They are slightly wider 7 In their southern reaches. r. Experts estimate that there Is mufi eient raw material in the New JerseV and Delaware heds to furnish potash for the l'nited States these next 3.(15) l- to 4,000 years. Is Just What It Was. ii- I have * great fondnes for trying U- on hats, whether 1 Intend to purchase ag or not. Paslsing through the millinery as department one day I picked up uev b eral hats and tried them om. A green to tailored one lying on the counter t0l caught my eye and I picked it up. a- turned up first one side and then the ch other, studying It critically in the p. mirror. to "Do you know." I addressed my r mother. "this hat looks exactly Iie h h a man's hat." on And then to my embarrassment and ka the onlooker's amusement an equallY ib embarrassed man standing near re. tp plied: '"It is a man's. It's mline." tO Chicago Tribune. A "Brief" ,oneymoon. Lord Reading is nothing If not orlt lOt Inal. His honeymoon was quite the unique. Hlie told his friends that, aft lleer being called to the bar, he waN. to to be married and spend his honey. 7 moon in Spain. That ountded ex rho travagant for a budding burrlster. s probably not overburdened with pock got et money. But he was businesslike pi. even then, and it was found latter .hat me a certain firm of solicitors had g.ven ose him as a wedding present a commis d sian to take evidence In Madrid. So tht. he took his wife with him and com ig" blned business and pleasure.-E~ torr change. Engipsh Conquest of Ireland. rs The conquest of Ireland by the Eng ar r tish was a gradual p)rcots. The frst astep was taken by Henry II. who I. bhd said to have obtained a bull from Poper I to Hadrian IV, authorizing him to take he possession of the country. The Tu trt dora steadily pursued the policy of Iitt taking land from the Irish ehiefsa sd Sgiving it to English settlers. The ntal Sact of the onion was paised ta pT . claimed on January 1, 1801. ade