Bogalusa enterprise and American., October 10, 1918, Supplement, Image 3

About Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??

Image provided by: Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA

                
Amendments ^ to
institution of Louisi
Adopted at the Reg
»nd Special Sessions
Legislature of 1918,
tu Voted on at the
tional Election.
» TÉssToN, 1918.
IrT NO. 28.
Yise H»s-Powell Bill.
Bfll au°ghesr'chaiman of the
„n Registration and Elec
Substitute for House Bill
i SJt'eSlUTIOS. „
amendment to the Con
^ «f the State of Louisi
£.£! the right of suf
'^d g^nting the right to
^ VTresolved by the
®iLmblV of the State of
A fw"thirds of all members
.*& house concurring, that
"dtowine amendment to the
be submitted to the
Actors of the State for
_ elec „ r reiection at the
f ItaT Election to be held
Tuesday after the first
^ the Month of November,
may become electors
^♦^"under requirements pro
for men, and the Cons
â ^ïl laws shall be construed
as! ^ vidcJ ,hat ' ?
P 9 *'' mav vote in 1919, «
be wcessary for them to
(got ______ tVio rnv
„ - o poll taxes, but the pay
sUf., 1918 poll tax shall be
provision is self-op
ffird shall be'effective after
of this amendment.
B*-it further resolved,
«Ais proposed amendment
if submitted at the Congres
JL Section as aforesaid, and on
Its ballots to be issued at
tSon there shall be placed
""por amendment grant
ee to women," and the
"Against the amendment
suffrage to women, and
ittator shall indicate as provid
* m general election law of
' which of the propositions
IwWITT BOUANCHAUD,
of the House of Repre
^ND MOUTON,
■nor and President
■ June 20, 1918.
R. G. PLEASANT,
of the State of Louisiana.
.J J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
48.
a
ACT NO
No. 23.
Mr. McEachern.
RESOLUTION.
#n amendment to Article
' Constitution relative to
. Educational Institutions
®àintenance of same.
1; Be it resolved by the
jsembly of the State of
two-thirds of all.the mem
J to each house concur
an amendment to Article
Constitution of the State
,„aa be submitted to the
«lectors of the State for
,val or rejection at the
sessional election to be
% T uesfl ? y jV t '
tet Monday in November ,
said proposed amendment
lit follows :
k 257. The Louisiana State
School, established and lo_
(it Natchitoches; the Louisiana
Institute, established and
Ut Button; the Southwestern
Hia Industrial Institute, estab
iaid located at Lafayette; and
University for the Edu
i if persons of color, are here
spised; and the General As
f à directed to make such ap
from time to time as
[k necessary for the main
fcMopport and improvement of
Imitations.
It Be it further resolved
i Assembly of the State
two-thirds of all mem
to each house concur
the official ballot to be
•8 aid election shall have print
t the following words: "For
ad amendment to Article
* 8» Constitution of the State
, relative to the State
Institutions and the
of same." and the
UAgainst the proposed amend
hÿ of the Constitution of the
1 « Lwisiana, relative to the
1 «locational Institutions and
nee of same." And each
shall indicate on said
provided by law whether
tttf ° r agamst the P r °P° sed
JZWITT BOUANCHAUD,
•f the House of Repre
FERNAND MOUTON,
nt Governor and President
tie.
kJane 27, 1918.
R. G. PLEASANT,
' *f the State of Louisiana.
J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
of
A
A
at
of
s *ACT NO. 66.
By Mr. Robert.
ifMNT RESOLUTION,
f ** amendment to Article
Constitution of the i.
'«Louisiana, relative to the !
Court of the City of
and the Second Crim-i
: of the City of New Or- ! ^
I
® L Be it resolved by the
^assembly of the State of P r
i thirds of all members
i«ch House concurring,
HMO of the Constitution
be amend
!» read as follows
r.
There shall be in the j
Orleans two inferior -
i, to he I
First City CrimiSl to
Court of the City of New Orleans,
and the Second City Criminal Court
of the City of New Orleans, lach of
which shall be presided over by one
judge, and which shall have juris
diction within the territory herein
after prescribed, for the trial with
out jury and the punishment of all
offenses against the State, where the
penalty does not exceed six months'
imprisonment in the Parish Jail or a
fine of three hundred dollars, or both;
in all other cases the judges of said
courts shall have jurisdiction as com
mitting magistrates, with authority
to commit, bail or discharge.
The territorial jurisdiction of the
First City Criminal Court shall ex
tend over the First, Fourth, Sixth
and Seventh Municipal Districts of
New Orleans, and the Second City
Criminal Court over the Second,
Third and Fifth Municipal Districts
of said city. In case of vacancy in
the office, recusation, disability or
absence with or without leave of
either of said judges to issue war
rants of arrest for the apprehension
of parties accused within the juris
diction of the judge he replaces, and
to make any order of committment
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 dis
ability of one of said judges, on mo
tion of the prosecution officer, or of
the accused or his counsel, the other
judge, acting within his discretion,
may proceed to try and discharge or
convict and sentence parties accused
of offenses charged to have been
committed within the jurisdiction of
the court wherein the vacancy exists.
In like manner, acting also within
his discretion, upon formal applica
tion made, he may, as committing
magistrate, examine and discharge,
bail or permit parties accused 'of
offenses charged to have been com
mitted within the territorial juris
diction of the other City Criminal
Court. In all cases it sail be lawful
for the judge assuming the juris
diction under the provisions of this
paragraph to issue warrants of ar
rest, make preliminary orders and
have the accused brought before him,
although sitting in 'his own court;
or he may, in his discretion, occupy
the bench of the judge he replaces.
Said judges shall be elected by the
voters of the City of New Orleans,
at large, for the term of four years,
at the parochial and municipal elec
tions. • They shall be learned in the
law and shall have resided and prac
ticed at attorneys in the City of New
Orleans for not less than three years
before their election or appointment.
The judges of said courts shall
each receive a yearly compensation
of four thousand dollars, three
thousand of which shall be paid by
the State in equal monthly payments
on his own warrant, and one thousand
dollars by the City of New Orleans,
in equal monthly payments on his
own warrants.
Each judge shall appoint a derb
and such deputies as may be author?
ize by law, at salaries not exceeding
twelve hundred dollars per annum,
except cne deputy, who shall be a
stenographer, and who may receive
a salary not exceeding two thousand
dollars per annum, to be paid in
monthly installments by the City of
New Orleans.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
That the above amendment shall be
submitted to the electors of this State
for approval or rejection at the Gen
eral Election for Congressmen to be
t ' rrtl JL,1 ' ?c '' Ion Ior congressmen to be
he](1 jn NoveTnber> 1918 nnd tbat
the Secret£ry of State be directed to
insert upon the ballot to be used m
said election, and in the proper col
umn. the following: "For the pro
posed amendment to Article 140 of
the Constitution, relative to the First
City Criminal Court of the,City of
New Orleans, and *he Second City
Criminal Court of the City of New
Orleans," and the words: "Against
the proposed amendment to Article
140 of the Constitution, relative to
the First City Criminal Court of the
City New Orleans and the Second
City Criminal Court of the City of
New Orleans," and each elector shall
indicate how he votes on the pro
posed amendment as provided for in
the general election laws of this
State.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved: June 28, 1918.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copv:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
I
ACT NO. 116.
House Bill No. 233. By Mr
JOINT RESOLUTION.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to Article 130 of the
Constitution of the State of Louisi
ana, relative to Judicial officers for
the Parish of Orleans.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two^thirds of all members
elected to each house concurring,
That the following amendment be
submitted to the ' electors of this
State, for their appfoval or rejection,
at the election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, 1918.
Article 130. Except as herein
otherwise provided, the judicial of
ficers of the Parish of Orleans, and
of the City of New Orleans shall be
Nix.
-- ......----—........ ~v
lenrned in the Iaw > and shall have
reSided and practiced law or shall
have .judicial position in this State
^ or -i ve years, and shall have been
actual residents of the City of New
Oceans for at least two years next
P r -Ceding their election or appoint
nient - The General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana may as the public
r. ter est requires, provide for the
rial by an interchange of said
judicial officers, as well a3 by the
appointment of Judges Ad Hoc; in
- as€ of vacancy in an office till said
office he tn fnr and
to the stead of any judicial officer
who by reason of disability, or any
cause whatsoever is prevented from
holding court.
Judges Ad Hoc shall be selected
from licensed attorneys at law who
shall possess the same qualifications
required for the judicial officers for
whom they act; their compensation
shall be provided for without ex
pense to the State of Louisiana, and
be paid by the City of New Orleans,
or out of the Judicial Expense Fund
of said Parish.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., That the foregoing amendment
to the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana be submitted to the elec
tors of the State at the next elec
ion for Representatives in Congress
to be holden on the first Tuesday af
ter the first Monday in November,
1918, and on the official ballots to
be used at said election shall be
placed the words: "For the proposed
amendment to Article 130 of the
Constitution of the State of Louisi
ana," and the words :* "Against the
proposed amendment to Article 130
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana," and each elector shall in
dicate whether he votes for or against
the proposed amendment.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved: July 5, 1918.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 163.
House Bill No. 184. By Mr. Cooper.
JOINT RESOLUTION. ,
Proposing an amendment to Article
108 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana 1 (relative to
district judges, judicial districts,
and salaries of district judges, by
proposing the retirement of dis
trict judges on full pay m certain
contingencies.
Section 1. * Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each house concur
ring, that Article 108 of the Constitu
tion of the State of Louisiana be
amended so as to read as follows:
Article 108. The parish of Caddo
shall compose the first district
The parishes of Bossier and Webs
ter shall compose the second district.
The parishes of Claiborne and
Bienville shall compose the third
district
The parishes of Union and Lincoln
shall compose the fourth district.
The parishes of Jackson and Winn
shall compose the fifth district.
The parishes of Ouachita and
Morehouse shall compose the sixth
district.
The parishes of West Carroll and
and Richland shall compose the
seventh district
The parishes of Franklin and Cata
houla shall compose the eighth dis
trict.
The parishes of Madison and
East Carroll shall compose the ninth
district
The parishes of Concordia and
Tensas shall compose the tenth dis
trict.
The parishes of Natchitoches and
Red River shall compose the eleventh
I district
< The parishes of De Soto, Sabine
and Vernon shall compose the twelvth
district
The parishes of Rapides and Grant
shall compose the thirteenth district.
The parish of Avoyelles shall com
pose the fourteenth district.
The parishes of Calcasieu, Allen,
Beauregard, Jefferson Davis and
Cameron shall compose the fifteenth
district
!
The parishes of St. Landry and
parishes of Washington and I
teenth district.
The parish of Vermillion shall
compose the seventeenth district.
The parishes of Acadia and La
fayette shall compose the eighteenth
district
The parishes ©f Iberia and St.
Martin shall compose the* nineteenth
district.
The parishes of Terrehonne and
Lafourche shall compose the twenti
eth district.
The parishes of Iberyille, West
Baton Rouge and Pointe Coupee
shall compose the twenty-first dis
trict.
The parish of Elast. Baton Rouge
shall compose the twenty-third dis
trict.
The parishes of East Feliciana and
West Feliciana shall compose the
twenty-fourth district.
The parishes of St. Helena, Liv
ingston an*l Tangipahoa shall com
pose the tv.enty-fiftb district.
St. Tammany shall .compose the
twenty-sixth district
The parishes of Ascension, St
James and Assumption shall compose
the twenty-seventh district
The parishes of St John the Bap
tist, St. Charles and Jefferson shall
compose the twenty-eighth district.
The parishes of St. Bernard and
Plaquemines shall compose the
twenty-ninth distri^i*
The parishes of Caldwell and La
Salle shall compose the thirtieth dis
trict
The judges of the several dis
tricts, as herein provided for, shall
each receive a salary of three thous
and dollars per annum, payable
monthly on his own warrant, provid
ed the General Assembly may, in
their discretion, redistrict the judicial
districts provided for in this Article.
Any district judge may retire on full
pay when he sail have reached seven
ty-five years of age, provided said
district has served continuously as a
district judge, or judge of court of
appeals, not less than twenty-five
years prior to his said retirement;
>? d P/ovided further that any judge
affected by the foregoing shall serve
until his successor shall be elected
and qualified. Provided further, tha:
the provisions of this amendment tc
the Constitution shall apply to the
the Constitution snail apply TO tne
Judges of the Civil District Courtagen;,
for the Parish of Orleans as pro
vided for in Article 132 of the Cons
titution.
The legislature shall provide by
proper appropriation for the salaries
of retired district judges in the same
manner as it provides for other ju
dicial expenses.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., that the above amendment be
submitted to JLhe electorate of this
State for approval or rejection at the
General Election for Congressmen to
be held in November, 1918,- and that
the Secretary of State be directed-to
insert upon the ballot to be used up
on said election, and in the proper
column, the following: "For the pro
posed amendment to 108 of the Cons
titution relative to district judges;"
and the words : "Against the proposed
amendment to Article 108 of the Con
stitution relative to district judges";
and the elector shall indicate his vote
on the proposed amendment, as pro
vided by the general election laws
of this State.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved: July 9, 1918.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 188.
House Bill No. 288. By Mr. Barrett.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Cons
titution of the State of Louisiana
granting the City of New Orleans
an extension of time for the com
mencement and completion of the
construction of a bridge or tunnel
across the Mississippi River, under
Act No. 68 of 1916.
Section. 1 Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of tHe State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each house concur
ring, that subject to the ratification
and approval of the electors of the
State, the Constitution of the State
be amended bv incorporating therein
the following provisions, to-wit:
All rights, franchises and immun
ities granted to the City of New Or
leans under Joint Resolution of the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana granting *to said city the
power to construct, equip, maintain
and operate bridges and tunnels
across the Mississippi River at or
near New Orleans and to do various
acts incidental thereto and to the
operation generally of the Public Belt
Railroad system of the City of New
Orleans, being Act No. 68 of the Ses
sion of 1916, subsequently adopted
as, and now constituting, a part of
the Constitution of the State, shall
continue and exist only upon the eon
condition that the construction of the
bridge or tunnel authorized under
said constitutional provisions shall
be actively begun not later than three
years after the existing state of war
between the United States of Amer
ica and the German and Austro
Hungarian empires shall have term
inate. and the fact and date of such
term., ution shall have been ascer
tained and proclaimed by the Presi
dent of the United States, and shall
be completed within five years from
the date of the commencement of the
work. All and every provision
of the aforesaid Joint Resolution are
hereby ratified, re-affirmed and de
clared in full force and effect, save
as to the period of time for the com
mencement and the period of time for
the final completion of the construc
tion of said bridge or tunnel, which
periods are hereby extended as afore
said.
Section 2. Be it further enacted,
etc., that the amendment proposed by
! this act shall be submitted to the elec
, > * A. i
election to be held ©n the first Tues
day after the first Monday in the
month of November, 1918; that
there shall be printed ©n the official
ballots to be used at said election the
I proposecP amendment.
words :
For the proposed amendment to
the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana granting the City of New
Orleans an extension of time for the
commencement and completion of the
construction of a bridge or tunnel
across the Mississippi River;
and the words:
Against the proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana granting the City of New
Orleans an extension of time for the
commencement and completion of the
construction of a bridge or tunnel
across the Mississippi River; and that
each elector shall indicate on the bal
lot cast by him, as providèd by the
general election laws of the State,
whether he votes for or against the
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved: July 10, 1918.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor ef the State of Louisiana.
A true copy :
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 191.
House Bill No. 265. By Mr. EastHam.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Louisi
ana, limiting the rate of State,
Parish, public board, and special
taxation. »
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Genera] Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds, of all the mem
bers elected to each House concur
ring, That an amendment to the Con- !
stitutfoh of the State of Louisiana
be proposed and submitted to the
qualified electors of the State, , for
adoption or rejection, as follows, to
wit:
1. The State tax on all property
whatever, except those taxes other- j
wise provided for in this Constitu-,
on, including expense of govern- j
- V.;, Uiuuurag wpc»« UJ. guvern
tchools, levees, public roads,
i
and public debt and the interest
thereon shall not exceed, in any one
year, three mills on the dollar
of its assessed valuation; provided
that, if the proposed amendment to
the Constitution levying a special an
nual State tax for the support of the
public schools, of one and one-half
mills, submitted by the General As
sembly for adoption or rejection at
the general Congressional election in
November, 1918, shall not be adopt
ed, then the limitation of three mills
hereinabove specified shall be fixed at
four mills.
2. Except as otherwise provided
in this Constitution, no parish, (Par
ish of Orleans excepted), municipal,
levee or public board tax, for all pur
poses whatsoever, shall exceed in any
one year five mills on the dollar of
assessed valuation provided that
where any municipality, by its chart
er or by law, exempt from the pay
ment of parish taxes, it may levy a
tax ritte in any one year at not ex
ceding ten mills on the dollar of as
sessed valuation; the police juries of
the several parishes and boards of
trustees and municipal councils of in
corporated cities and towns (Parish
of Orleans excepted) shall levy, col
lect and turn over to the parish
school boards of their respective par
ishes, for the support of the public
schools of their respective parishes,
cities or towns, the proceeds Of one
and one-half mills, instead of the
three mills provided in Article 255
of the Constitution, and under con
ditions therein set forth.
3. The State good roads tax of
one-fourth of one mill levied under
Article 291 of the Constitution is
hereby fixed at one-eighth of one mill
and the Confederate veterans pen
sion tax of one mill levied under Ar
ticle 303 of the Constitution is here
by fixed at one-haii mill; and said
taxes shall constitute, and be, a part
ox the three mills hereinabove first
specified.
4. in all districts, parishes or oth
er subdivisions of the State, where,
under the law, bonded indebtedness
has been incurred, the governing au
thority shall impose only sufficient
annual tas to maintain the security
heretofore given under the law for
such obligations, and to pay. the in
terest and the indebtedness as the
same may become due. The levy of
the tax to meet such maturing obliga
tions shall be ample, but no sub
stantial excess sail be allowed to ac
cumulate; provided that nothing
herein shall be construed as affecting
Act No. 4 approved June 8, 1916,
and subsequently adopted as a part
of the Constitution concerning the
funding of certain debts of the City
of New Orleans and the issue of seri
al bonds, etc., provided, that the five
mill limit of taxation for parishes,
municipalities, levees and public
boards, as set forth in paragraph two
herein, shall not apply to such spe
cial taxes as may be required each
year to pay their respective matur
ities the principal and interest on
any bonds now outstanding or that
may hereafter be issued under the
provisions of the Constitution of this
State.
5. In all cases where under exist
ing laws, other than the laws pro
vided for bonded debts, a specified
number of mills has been voted at a
special tax election as a special an
nual tax to pro ride for public iir>
provemerits, or the maintenance of
public education or public improve
ments, the governing authority which
levied sucli tax shall reduce the rate
thereof to one-half pf the millage;
provided that this requirement shall
not apply in any case where a parish
has before the adoption hereof as
sessed taxable property at actual
value and adjusted the special tax
rate accordingly. •
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., That the provisions of this
amendment shall not alter, amend,
or repeal any provision of the Cons
titution except as the same are in
consistent therewith.
Section 3. Be it further resolved,
etc., That the foregeing amendment
shall be submitted to the qualified
electors for adoption or rejection, at
the General Congressional Election,
to be held in November, 1918, and
there shall be printed on the ballot:
"For the constitutional amendment
limiting the State tax rate to three
mills, and parish, municipal, levee
and other board tax rate to five mills,
and limiting special taxation;" and
"Against the constitutional amend
ment limiting the State tax rate to
three mills and the parish, municipal,
levee and other board tax rates to
five mills, and limiting special tax
ation;" and «each elector shall indi
cate, as provided in the general elec
tion laws of the State, whether he
votes for or against said amendment.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House oi Repre
sentatives.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved: July 10, 1918.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
■
ACT NO. 201.
House Bill No. 37. By Mr. Dimick
~ JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article
118 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana on the subject
of Juvenile Courts.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assemblly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all members
elected to each house concurring,
that Article 118 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana be, and the
same is, hereby amended so as to in
clude the following—
"Section 5. That the provisions
___________
! herein relating to the jurisdiction apd
powers of juvenile courts shali not
be exclusive, and the General As- 1
sembly may pass laws enlarging or I
regulating the jurisdiction and pow-i
ers of such.'courts and prçviding for \
the trial of juveniles and adults by
j such courts, and regulating the pro
eeaure in such trials."
j Section 2. Be it further resolyed,
uBiuvn Be II tuniier reieiyea.
,e!c., That this proposed amendment
.
4
a
shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of the State for adoption or
rejection at the next congressional
election to be held on the five* XoMr
day after the First Monday in No
vember, 1918.
Section 3. Be it further resolved,
etc., That on the official ballot to
be used at said election there shall
hé placed the wiîr'dB; "For the pro
posed amendment to Article 118 of
the Constitution of Louisiana," and
the words, "Against the proposed
amendment of Article 118 of the
Constitution of Louisiana," and each
elector shall indicate, as provided by
the general election laws of the State
for which of the propositions he
votes« •
' HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President
Approved: July 11, 1918.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true eopy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 217.
House Bill No. 252.
By Mr. W. Carruth Jones.
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Louisiana,
making provision for the support
of the Louisiana State University
and Agricultural and Mechanical
Collegè, the Louisiana State Nor
mal School, the Louisiana Indus
trial Institute, and the * 8)outh
western Louisiana Industrial Ins
titute.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of aÜ the mem
bers elected to each House concur
ring, that the following amendment
to the Constitution of the State be
submitted to the Qualified electors of
the State for their adoption or re
jection at the congressional election
to be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in the month of
November, 1918, as follows:
There shall be set aside annually
out of the revenues of the State of
Louisiana a sum equivalent to at least
One-third of one mill on the assessed
valuation of all the property in the
State for the support of the Louisi
ana State University and Agricul
tural and Mechanical College at
Baton Rouge, the Louisiana State
Normal School at Natchitoches, the
Louisiana Industrial Institute at Rus
ton, and the Southwestern Louisi
ana Industrial Institute at Lafayette,
and the General Assembly of Louisi
ana shall aportion said sum among
said four institutions according to
their several merits and necessities.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., that the official ballot to be used
at said election shall have printed
thereon the words:
■ "For the proposed amendment to
the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, making provision for the
support of the Louisiana State Uni
versity and Agricultural and Mechan
ical College, the Louisiana State Nor
mal School, the Louisiana Industrial
Institute, and the Southwestern
Louisiana Industrial Institute," and
the words: "Against the proposed
amendment to the Constltutien of the
State of Lcaiisiana making provision
for the support of the Louisiana
State University and Agricultural
and Mechanical College, the Louisi
ana State Normal School, tha Louisi
ana Industrial Institute, and the
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial
Institute"; and every elector shall in
dicate, as provided by the general
election laws of the State, whether
he votes for or against the proposed
amendment.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved: July 11, 1918.
* R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY, . i
1
I
\
ACT NO, 218.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Louisiana,
requiring each parish and the City
of New Orleans to levy annually a
tax for the support of public
schools in each parish and in the
said city.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each House concur
ring, That an amendment to tho Cons
titution of the State of Louisiana be
proposed and submitted to the quali
fied electors of the State, for ratifica
tjoa or rejection, as follows, to-wit:
. There- shall be levied by the police
jury of each parish on all the taxable
property therein an annual tax of
one and one-half mills on the dollar
of assessed valuation for the support
of the public schools in each parish
provided that where a parish school
board s#iall certify to the police jury
that a small levy will satisfy the
the schools, the police jury
shall make the smaller levy recom
mended by the school Board, except
that in and for the parish of Orleans
the Board of Directors of the Publie
schools of the parish of Orleans, or
its legal successor, shall levy an an
nua! tax not exceeding two and three
fourths mills for the support, main
tenance, construction, and repair of
the public schools of the City of New
Orleans; provided that this limitation
jn the City of New Orleans shall not
oe construed to prevent the people
of New Orleans from voting a st>e
* t in, l î. nder Section 18 of Act No'.
4 of 1916, authorizing the voting of
***** Æe people of the
a fty °f New Orleans at a special tax
election. And provided further that
. Provisions of this Article shall
not apply to cities and towns that,
under existing laws, are exempt from
-he payment of parish taxes, and
, andfcr legislative authority,
conduct, maintain and support pub
lic school open free the-youth
I