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___ Amendments to
Constitution of Louisi
Adopted at the Reg
&n d Special Sessions
fAe Legi»l ature of 1^18,
ge Voted on at the
essional Election.
iR SESSION, 1918.
_ ACT NO. 28.
The Haas-Powell Bill.
Jf Hu°ghel 2 Chairman of the
* e on Registration and _E.ec
Sul
•UPÆSS5..- „ .
an amendment t°^the Con
Substitute for House Bill
- k. Mr Powell.
A" RESOLUTION
■~a an amendment to t
~ nf the State of Louisi
^ronferring the right of suf
£ «^anting the right to
by the
-■"Assembly of the State of
- A two-thirds of all members
in each house concurring, that
amendment to the
be submitted to the
^electors of the State for
j_r>tinn or rejection at the
*£?onal Election to be held
Tuesday after the first
fifths Month of November,
^omeTinay become electors
* lin der requirements pro
hl law for men, and the Cons
by ,„d laws shall be construed
L provided that, in order
w* P - vote in 1919, it
riiay
2TS necessary for them to
Aid two poll taxes, but the pay
aMHc 1918 poll tax shall be
. This provision is self-op
and shall be effective after
"notion of this amendment.
J ^2 Be it further resolved,
-rw this proposed amendment
Ï submitted at the Congres
Election as aforesaid, and on
official ballots to be issued at
»lection there shall be placed
—j—tj "For amendment grant
ige to women," and ,the
"Against the amendment
suffrage to women," and
.Uctor shall indicate as provid
ü the general election law of
* which of the propositions
îewitt bouanchaud
of the House of Repre
fernand mouton
enant Governor and President
r*te.
'• June 20, 1918.
■' R. G. PLEASANT,
- or of the State of Louisiana.
"Is'J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 48. 1
Bill No. 23.
By Mr. McEachem.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
an amendment to Article
the Constitution relative to
•■e Educational Institutions
maintenance of same.
1. Be it resolved by the
ably of the State of
two-thirds of all the mem
:i to each house concur
an amendment to Article
Constitution of the State
ria be submitted to the
electors of the State for
oval or rejection at the
ressional election to be
he first Tuesday next fol
j first Monday in November
said proposed amendment
follows :
257. The Louisiana State
School, established and lo_
Natchitoches; the Louisiana
Institute, established and
at Ruston ; the Southwestern
Industrial Institute, estab
and located at Lafayette; and
University for the Edu
persons of color, are here
ised; and the General As
directed to make such ap
from time to time as
necessary for the main
support and improvement of
'tutions.
2. Be it further resolved
eral Assembly of the State
, two-thirds of all mem
to each house concur
the official ballot to be
d election shall have print
the following words: "For
amendment to Article
e Constitution of the State
to 4 - ne j St fu C
Institutions and the
and the
of same.
Against the proposed amend
.t of the Constitution of the
-6f Louisiana, relative to the
Tonal Institutions and
»nee of same." And each
voting shall indicate on said
provided by law' whether
for or against the proposed
iffT BOUANCHAUD,
of the House of Repre
FERNAND MOUTON,
at Governor and President
tie.
June 27, 1918.
R. G. PLEASANT,
of the State of Louisiana.
. 3- BAILEY,
Secretary of State. ■
A
A
at
ACT NO. 66. j
No. 41. By Mr. Robert.!
RESOLÜTION.
Mi amendment to Article
the Constitution of the
Louisiana, relative to the
Court of the City of
us and the Second Crim
of the City of New Or
L Be it resolved by the
®P#wably of the State of
two-thirds of all members
of
each House concurring, j
140 of the Constitution '
of Louisiana be amend- i
^eud as follows: !
There shall be in
—•- Orleans two inferior >
j«: > to be known respec- !
First City Criminal]in
to
to
it
Court of the City of New Orleans,
and the Second City Criminal Court
of the City of New Orleans, each of
which shall be presided over by one
judge, and which shell 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,
Thir-d 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 cf 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 v/ithin the jurisdiction of
the court wherein thq, 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 coders 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 clerk
and sueh deputies as may be author
ize by law, at salaHes not exceeding
twelve hundred dollars per annum,
except one deputy, who shall be a
stenographer, an<F who may receive
ß salary not exceeding two thousand
dollars per annum, to be paid m
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
held in November, 1918, and that
the Secretary of State be directed to
insert uppr. the ballot to be used in
said election, and in the proper col
umn, the following: "For tne pro
_____, ____ __________ yiy.,
posed amendment to Article 140 0 f i
the^ Constitution, relative to the Firlt |
Citj, Criminal Court of the City of :
New Orleans, and the 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 j
City Criminal Court of the Citv of.i
New Orleans," and each elector 'shaR,
indicate how he votes on the pro
posed amendment as provided for in
the general election laws of this
State.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Sneaker of the House of Reore-
sentat'i ves. •
- FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate
Approved: June 28. 1913.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true eopv:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
Nix.
ACT NO. 116.
House Bill No. 233. Bv 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 approval or rejection,
at the election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
j 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
learned in the law, and. shall have
reside^ and practiced law or shall
have judicial position in this State
for five years, and shall have been .
actual residents of the City of New !
Orleans for at least, two years next'*
preceding their election or appoint-.*
Rlent - The General Assembly of the!
j State of Louisiana may as the public ! ^
' interest requires, provide for the j
i trial by an interchange of -said a
! judicial officers, as well as by the
the!«®PP°intinent of Judges Ad Hoc; in
> case of vacancy in an office till said
! office be filled, and to act for and
the stead of any judicial officer
of
a
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. 134. By Mr. Cooper.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article
108 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana (relative to
district judges, judicial districts,
and salaries of district judges, by
- proposing the retirement of dis
trict judges on full pay in 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 thé 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
districts '• > m.
The parishes of Concordia and
Tensas shall compose the tenth dis
trict.
The parishes of Natchitoches and
Red River shall compose the eleventh,
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,
i Beauregard, Jefferson Davis and
| £fta ^ compose the fifteenth
: - o f t i , !
Ta ® P a J lshe -' and
com P ose the six '
| tef £" n district.
Ihe Parish of Vermillion shall
! co ® pose the seventeenth district,
parishes of Acadia and La
j ^yette shall compose the, eighteenth
district.
Th . e Parishes of Iberia and St.
Martin shall compose the nineteenth
district.
The parishes of Terrebonne and
Lafourche shall compose the twenti
eth district.
: The parishes of Iberville, West
Baton Rouge and Pointe Coupee
shall compose the twenty-first dis
trict.
The parish of East 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 ! Tangipahoa shall com
pose the twenty-fifth district..
Lite parishes of Washington and I
compose the
St Tammany shall
twenty-sixth district.
The parishes of Ascension, St.
Jamhs 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 distriç»
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
. , , .
! 5f*'*T e Çears of age, provided said
served continuously as a
"îstr.ct judge, or judge of court of
appeals ' . not les *. thaiJ twenty-five
! ^ ears pr ! c . r , sa \ d retirement;'
j aad provided i urtrier that any judge
a ~» ec ted by tne foregoing shall serve
until his successor shall be elected
and qualified. Provided further, that
the provisions of this amendment to
the Constitution shall apply to the
Judges of the Civil District Courts^ent,
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 the electorate of this
State for approval or rejection at the
General Election for Congressmen to
be held jn 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".
aryl the elector shall indicate his voté
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.
* TT »»r- _
ACT NO. 188.
House Bill No. 288. By Mr. Barrett.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment t* 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
Statë, 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 con
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 ar.d the German and Austro
Hungiirian empires shall have term
inate,* «aid the fact and date of such
term, otion 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 1 elec
! this act shall be submitted to the' elec
tors of the State for their approval
or rejection at the Congressional
or rejection at the Congressional
election to be held on the first Tues
day, after the first Monday in the
month of November, 1918; that
there shall be printed on the official
ballots to be used at said election the
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 tiie 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, a3 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 10, 1918.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana:
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 191.
Eoüée Bill No. 265. By Mr. Esmtham.
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 ail the mem-.
bers elected to each House concur -1
ring, That an amendment to the Con t
stitution 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
wise provided for in this Constitu
tion, including expense of govem
schools, levees, public roads,
by
be
to
to
and public debt and the interest
thereon shall not exceed, in any one
year, three mills on the dollar
of its assessed valuation; provioea
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 bé adopt
ed, then the limitation of three nulls
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 rate 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 veteran* pen
sion tax of one mill levied under Ar
tige 303 of the Constitution is here
by fixed at one-half 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 tne State, where,
under the law? bonded indebtedness
has been incurred, the governing au
thority shall impole only sufficient
annual tax 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,
«nd 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, ete., 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 he required each
year to pay their respective matur
ities the principal and interest on
any bonds now outstanding or that
may hereafter bè 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 provide for public irr>
provements, or the maintenance of
public education or public improve
ments, the governing authority which
levied such tax shall reduce the rate
thereof to one-half of the millage;
provided that this requirement shall
not apply in any case where a pariah
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,
e|tc., 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 foregoing amendment
shall be submitted to the qualified
electors for adoption or rejection, at
the General Côngressional 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
mill3, and perish, 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 asrainst said amendment.
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 of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY, N
Secretary of State.
t ___ _____________
: powers of juvenile courts shall not
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 Assembily 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 bé, and the
same is, hereby amended so as to in
clude the following—
"Section 5. That the provisions
herein relating to the jurisdiction and
etc., That this proposed amendment
be exclusive, and the General As
sembly may pasa laws enlarging or
regulating the jurisdiction and pow
ers of such courts and providing for
the trial of juveniles and adults by
such courts, and regulating the pro
cedure in such trials."
Section 2. Be it farther resolved,
f shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of the State for adoption pr
rejection at the next congressional
election to be held on the first Tues
day after the First Monday in No
vember, 1918.
Section 8. Be it further resolved,
etc., That on the official ballot to
be used at said election there shall
be placed the words; "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 be
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 copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary .of State. - , V
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
College, the Louisiana State Nor
jnal School, the Louisiana Indus
trial Institute, and the South
western Louisiana Industrial Ins
titute.
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 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 Natchitochfei, 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, fpur 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, nnd„,th*. .Southwestern
Louisiana Industrial Institute," and
the word»: "Against the proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana making provision
support of the Louisiana
State University and Agricultural
and Mechanical College, the Louisi
ana State Normal School, the 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,
ACT NO. 218.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Louisiana,
requiring each parish and the City
ot New Orleans to levy annually à
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
cef3 elected to each House concur
ring, That an amendment to the Cons
titution of the State of Louisiana be
proposed and submitted to the quali
fied electors of the State, foriratifica
t:o £ or rejection, as follows, to-wit:
There shall be levied by the police
jury oi eacn parish on all the taxable
property therein an annual tax of
one and one-half mi!Î3 on the dollar
of assessed valuation for the support
of the public schools in each parish,
provided that where a parish school
board shall certify to the police jury
that a small levy will satisfy the
needs of the schools, the police jury
shall make the smaller levy recom
mended by the school board, except
that m and for the parish of Orleans
the Board of Directors of the Public
schools of the parish of Orleans, or
its legal successor, shall levy an an
nual 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
on the City of New Orleans shall not
be construed to prevent the -beopla
O* New Orleans from voting a spe
cial tax under Section 18 of Act No.
4 of 1916, authorizing the voting of
specml taxes by the people of the
Ne ' v Orleans at a special tax
election. And provided further that
the- provisions of this Article shall
not apply to cities and towns that,
under existing laws, are exempt from
the payment of parish taxes, and
which, under legislative authority
conciuct, maintain and support pub
lic schools open free to the youth