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railroads, terminal*, water craft and
ether stru» Iure», improvement*, fa.ili
ties and accessories thereunto appertain
ing ;
<b) To acquire, by expropriation or
Wtherwise, the property, ownership. use
cr possession of any lands or other
things necessary Jor the cons'ilu tion,
•quipment. maintenance or operation of
•ny su«h bridge or tunnel and appurteo
ances, and
<cl To lay out, open, close, alter or
change the route of any roadwav, non
navigable stream or drsin over whi h the
approaches of anv such bridge <; tunne ,
or over which any part of the Puhli.
Belt Railroad system of the City of New
Orleans shall extend
l?.i The <11 y of New Orleans is furth
er hereby granted power, for the purpose
®f constructing any such bridges n r tun
re!s ami appurtenances and for the pur
Tose of acquiring the lands or othe
Ihings necessary thereto, to issue its . b
ligations in snrh forms, numbers, de
il n m inations and pmounts. at such times
and prices and upon such terms and o'i
ditions as to maturities, rates and pay
■Dent of interest and final redemption as ;
the said City of New Orleans may deem '
advisable, subject to the following lim
itationa :
<al Except as may be herein other
W ise provided, all such obligations sha'l
be secured solely and only by liens and
mortgage* upon and against such
(»ridges or tunnels and sppuurtenances.
•nd the landa or other things necessary
thereto, and by a lien and pledge upon
the net revenues derived from the ope
ration thereof, and shall be paid there
from and from no other source or sour
ces whatsoever, except as otherwise stip
ulated herein, and not by any tax or
assessment or levy upon any taxable
property in the City of New Orleans,
Bor out of any other funds, revenues or
things of value of said city; the true
intent and meaning hereof being that
•ave and except, to the extent, out of
the funds, and in the manner herein
atfcted, the City of New Orleans shall
never be liable for, nor shall it assume,
any debt, liability or obligation incurred
•r created in the execution of the pro
visions hereof.
(bt During the period of construc
tion of such bridges and tunnels and ap
partenances and during such times as the
.revenues from the operation thereof shall
not be sufficient to provide for the in
terest on. and for the redemption of, any
and all of the obligations hereinabove
authorized to be issued, any and all of
aach obligations falling due shall be re
dawned and all accrued interest ahall be
paitt from the net revenues of the Public
Belt Railroad ayatem of the City of New
Orleans to auch extent as may be re
quired, after providing in the manner
prescribed by Act No. 179 of the Gen
aral Assembly of the State of Louiaiana,
aaaaion of 1908, for the payment of the
principal and intereat of any bonda au
«horised by said Act No. 179 of 190S,
whether heretofore or hereafter iaaued.
(3) Any bridges or tunnela and ap
partenances thereof constructed, equipped,
Miatained, or operated by the City of
Hiw Orleans under the authority hereby
conferred, and all other property ac
quired by the City of New Orleans un
der the provisions of this amendment,
ahall form and are hereby constituted
integrsl part of the Public Belt Rail
»ofd system, as it now or as it may here
after esist, which ssid system the City
•f Orleans is hereby authorised to ex
toad aad operate in and beyond the Par
iah of Orleans; and the Public Belt
Railroad Commission of the City of New
(Means is hereby vested with the same
lowers with respect to the Public Belt
Railroad system aa well as with respect
Ca sach bridges, tunnels, appurtenances
aad property, their acquisition, construc
ts» i«, operation and developments ss are
•ow vested i„ ssid Commission by Act
Ha. 179 of the Oenersl Assembly of the
State of Louisiana, Seesion of 1908, with
«•■pact to the Public Belt Railrosd aa
presently established.
The Public Belt Railroad Commiaaion
la hereby authorised without prior au
thority or approval therefor by the Cum
aission Council of th« City of New Or
laans, to expend out of any of its rev
•aaes and for the purpoee of construct
iag such bridges or tunnels a aum not
to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars
on any one contract, provided, however,
tkst all disbursements beyond said sum
ahall be made only after they ahall have
been firat authorised and approved by
the Commiaaion Council of the City of
Mew Orleana.
(4) The Public Belt Railroad Cum
mission, under such terms and conditiona
aa it may deem adviaable, ahall have the
right to awitch, handle or convey, in
continuous movement, for any railroad,
traina over auch bridgea or through such
tunnels and over the main lines of the
Public Belt Railroad to the depot or
yard of aaid railroad or to any union
paaaenger depot or union terminal of
the Public Belt Railroad svatem ; it being
■nderstood that the sole purpose of this
provision is to facilitate the movement
•f trains entering the City of New Or
leans on the east or weat bank of the
Misaiasippi River. Under no condition
can the Public Belt Railroad Commission
grant switching privileges to any railroad
•ver the Public Belt Railroad System.
(5) Any bridge or tunnel construct
ed and any appurtenancea thereof and
any landa or other thinga necessary there
to, acquired or constructed under the
provisions of this amendment, and any
and all property leased to or by the City
of New Orleana for the purpose of th : s
amendment, during the life of the lease,
•hall be exempt from every form of tax
ation, apecial aaseaament or licenae. and
ahall in no manner be hypothecated
leased or alienated except and only to
farther the acquiring of other property
•r properties for the Public Belt Rail
road system, or to otherwise advance
and carry out the objecta and purpose*
af this amendment.
(6) The provisions of tBtis amend
aent shsll constitute a contract between
the holders of any and all obligstions is
••ed thereunder, the State of Louisiana
and the City of New Orleans.
(71 None of the provisions of this
aaiendment shall be conatruad or inter
so as to conflict with the provi
•f Act No. 4 of the General As
•Hibly of the State of Louisiana. See
alaa •! 1916, being a Joint Reaolution
ywpotiac aa amendment to the Conati
tatioa af the Stat* providing for the
af Mttaia debts of the City of
New Orleans snd of the Board of Direc
tors of the Public S.hools. Parish of
Orleans, respectively, nor as repealing,
affecting, changinu or altering Act 179
of the General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana for the yai 19t)8. authoriz
ing the issuance of two million dollars
of bonds for Belt Railroad purposes.
(Si That all the rights. franchises
and immunities herein granted shall con
tinue and exist only upon the condition
that the construction of said bridge shall
be actively begun not later than May
1st. 1920, and that the said bridge shall
be completed within five years from
the date of the commencement of the
work . provided, that alter the work of
constructs n has begun, in the event of
delays occasioned by litigation, strikes.'
panics, lockouts, failure of contractor or;
sub contractors to deliver materials on -
contract time or of any contractor or
sub ontiactor to complete work on con i
tract time or any delay occasioned by!
any act of circumstance over which the I
grantee herein has no control. there
shall be and is hereby granted further
time for completion equal to the period ]
covered by such delays; and. provid
furth
if the Congress of the United
States shall, alter the construction of said
bridge has begun, grant an extension
of time or further delay for the com
pletion of said bridge, then such addi
tional delay shall be and is hereby, ipso
facto, granted under this Act.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, etc..
That the amendment proposed by this
Act shall be submitted to the electors of
the State for their approval or rejection
at the Congressional election to be held
on the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day in the month of November, 1916.
that there shall be printed on the offi
cial ballots to be used at said election
the words :
For the proposed amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana
granting to the City of New Orleans
power to construct, equip, maintain and
operate bridges or tunnels across the
Mississippi Hiver at or near New Or
leans. etc., and the words.
Against the proposed amendment to
the Constitution of the State of Louisi
ana granting to the City of New Or
leans power to construct, equip, main
tain and operate bridges or tunnels
across the Mississippi River at or near
New Orleans; etc.
And that each elector shall indicate
on the ballot cast by him. 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 Representatives.
FERNAND MODTON,
Lieut. Gov. and President of the Senate.
Approved: June 30, 1916;
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO 84.
House Bill No. 193.
By Mr. Powell, Chairmen, Committee
on the Judiciary, Section "A," Substitute
for House Bill No. 3. |
A JOINT RESOLUTION. j
Proposing an amendment to Article 148
of the State Constitution relative to
the District Attorney for the Parish
of Orleans, his election, qualifications,
term of office, compensation, assistant*
and office force.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the Stste of Lou -
isiana, two-thirds of the members elect
ed by each house concurring, That Arti
cle 148 of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana be so amended as to read
as follows ; *
Article 148: There shall be a District
Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, who
shall be elected by the voters of the ssid
Parish for the term of four yesrs, snd
who shsll receive sn annual salary of
ten thousand dollsrs, forty-six hundred
dollars of which shall be paid by the
State of Louiaiana, in equal monthly in
stsllments, and the balance of fifty-four
hundred dollars shall be paid by the
City of New Orleans, in equal monthly
installments; he shsll receive no other
compensation. He shsll be s licensed
attorney and shall perform such duties
as are now prescribed by law, or may
hereafter be prescribed by the General
Aaaembly and shall take no outaide
practice. He may appoint and remove
at his discretion such sssistants, who
shall be licensed sttorneya, and such
clerks, stenographers and special officers
as may be provided by the Commission
Council of the City of New Orleans, and
at auch salaries snd terms of payment
as the aaid Commission Council may
ordain.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc ,
That this proposed Amendment shsll be
submitted to the qualified voters of the
State, for adoption or rejection, at the
Congressional Election to be held
November. 1916; and, if adopted, the
s" m » ahall take effect on the first Mon
day in December, 1916.
Section 3. Be it further resolved,
etc.. That the voting either for
againat this resolution by any member
of the General Assembly shall not pre
vent him from being a candidate for the
aaid office.
Section 4. Be it further resolved, etc.,
That on the offilial ballots to be issued
at said elertion. there shall be placed
"for the proposed amendment to Article
148 of the Conatitution Louisiana" and
the words "Against the proposed amend
ment to Article 148 of the Constitution
of Louisiana" and each elector shall in
dicate. as provided in the general elec
tion laws of the State, which of the
proposed "For" or "Against" he votes.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD.
Speaker of the Hon*« of Representatives.
FERNAND MOUTON.
Lieut. Gov. and President of the Senate.
Approved: July 5. 1916.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY.
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 91.
Senate Bill No. 15.
By Mr. Deloa R. Johnson.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposi ng an am endment to Article 210
of the Constitution of the Stste of
Louiaisna fixing the qualifications of
holders of office.
Section 1. Be it reeolved by the Gen
ml Aaeemblv of the State of Loaiai
aaa, two-thirds of all th«
elected to each house concurring, that
Article 210 of the Constitution be
amended so as to read as follows;
Article 210: No person shall be elig
ible to any office. State. Judicial, Pa
rochial. municipal or ward, who is not
a citizen of this State, and a duly qua i
fied elector of the State. Judicial Dis
trict. municipality or ward; wherein the
functions of the said office are to be per
formed; provided, that resident women
over the age of twenty-one years shall
be eligible to hold the office of Factory
Inspector and ativ office connected with
the educational, eleemosynary. penal
and correctional systems of the State,
Parish. Ward, municipality, or any other
political division of the State. And
whenever any officer. State. Judicial, Pa
rochial, municipal, or ward, may change
his or her resilience from this State, or
from the district, parish, municipality
or ward in which } 1P or she holds such
office, the same shall thereby be vacated
any declaration of retention of domicile
to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc
That (his proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the electors of the State of
Louisiana for their approval or rejec
tion. as required by Article 231 of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana
and the general election laws of this
State in November. 1916.
Section 3. Be it further resolved, etc.
That on the official ballot to be used at
the said election shall be placed th
words "For the proposed amendment to
Article 210 of the Constitution relative
to women." and the words "Against the
proposed amendment to Article 210 of
th e Constitution relative to women," and
each elector shall indicate, as provide!
in the general election laws of the State
whether he votes for or against the
said amendment.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieut. Gov. and President of the Senate
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved: July 5, 1916.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy :
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 101.
House Bill No. 10. The Fields-Nix Bill.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 303
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana relative to pensions for Con
federate Verterana. As amended by
Act No. 193 of the General Assembly
of 1914, and for the purpose of pro
viding a sufficient revenue foi the car
rying out of this Article of the Con
stitution.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisi
ana, two thirds of all the members elect
ed to each House concurring, that Arti
cle 303 of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana aa amended by Act No. 193
of the General Assembly of 1914 be so
enacted as to read as follows:
Article 303. A pension of like amount
not to exceed Twenty-Five Dollara
($25.00) per month shall be allowed to
each Confederate soldier or Sailor vet
ersn who possesses all of the following
qualificatione :
1. He shall have served honorably
from the date of his enlisetment until
the close of the late Civil War, or until
he was discharged or paroled, in some
military organization regularly mustered
into the Army or Navy of the Confed
erate States and shall have remained
true to the Confederate States nntil the
Surrender.
2. He shall not own property of
more than two thousand dollars valua
tion.
3. He shall not be salsried or other
wise provided for by the State of Lou
isiana, or by any other State or Gov
eminent In case he enlisted in any or
ganisation mustered into said service as
a Louisians organisation, or in case at
the date of his enlistment he resided in
the State of Louisiana, he shall have
reaided in this State for at least five
years prior to his application for pen
sion. In case he resided elsewhere thsn
in this State, and enlisted in an organ
isation not muatered in from Louisi
ans, or in the Navy of the Confederate
States, he shall have resided in this
Stste for at least five yeara prior to his
application for such pension. A like
pension shall be granted to the widow
who shall not have married again, in in
digent circumstances, of such soldier or
sailor whose marriage to her was con
tracted prior to January, 1895; pro
vided that if her deceased husband
served in an organization, mustered in
from Louisiana, or if he resided in Lou
isisns, at the dste of his enlistment,
then in order that such widow shall be
entitled to the pension as herein pro
vided, she shall have resided in this
State for at least five years prior to her
application therefor; and if her de
ceased husband enlisted elsewhere than
in Louisiana, and served in an organ
ization not mustered in from Louisiana,
suah widow shall, in order to entitle her
to a pension as herein provided, have
resided in thia State for not les than
five years prior te her application for
such pension; provided further that all
widows who married confederate ,ol
diers or Bailors a second time shall not
be debarred from the benelts of this Act
but be entilled to a pension on the same
terms as other widows of deceased Con
federate soldiers or sailora; provided
further, that pensions whether to vet
erans or to widows shall be allowed only
from the date of application under this
Article, and the total appropriation for
all pensions in any one year shall be
the proceeds of the annual one mill tax
hereby levied on all taxable property in
the State, provided said appropriations
shall never be more than an amount
sufficient to pay all pensions for any one
year. Any accruing aurplua from said
tax fund shall be held as an accum
ulating fund for the Confederate Vet
erans to be appropriated by the Gen
eral Assembly for their use and benefit
aa the General Assembly may in future
determine, and the collection of any
other tax or the making of any approp
riation for penaions in exceaa of the
amount of th, one mill tax levied and
collected and to be known aa "Confed
erate Veteran Pension Fund" is hereby
prohibited and aaid fand ia to be aaad
for ao other purpoee than that herein
etipulated; aad apoa th« adoptioa «f
thia Ameadmeat mm ahall at oace be
come self operative and the funds de
rived therefrom be immediately used for
said purpose, and provided further that
the tax collectors and assessors shall re
ceive no commissions for assessing and
collecting said one mill tax herein pro
vided.
Provided that nothing in this Article
shall be construed so as to prohibit the
General Assembly from providing arti
ficial limbs to disabled Confederate
Soldiers or Sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc ,
That this proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the qualified electors of the
State of Louisiana, for adoption o* le
jection at the Congressional election to
be held on the first Tuesday next fol
lowing the first Monday in November
1916.
That the official ballots to be used at
said election shall have printed thereo i
the words; "For the proposed amend
ment to Article 303 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana relative to the
pensions for Confederate Veterans" an I
the words "Against the proposed amend
ment to Article 303 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana relative to pen
sions for Confederate Veterans," anil
each elector shall indicate, as provided
'n 'he general election laws of the
State, whether or not he votes for or
against the amendment.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
FERNAND MOUTON.
Lieut. Gov. and President of the Senate.
Approved: July 5. 1916.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy :
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of Jjate.
ACT NO. 110.
Senate Bill No. 96. By Leon R. Smith
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Pr oposing an amendment to the Consti
tuiton of the State of Louisiana, ^ru
viding for the funding of certain debts
of the City of Shreveport, and judg
ments against th e said city, the issu
ance of serial bonds by said city, pro
viding the purpose for and the manner
in which same may be issued, and
the duties of the City Council of the
City of Shreveport, with reference
thereto; and the levying by the City
Council of Shreveport of certain txaes
to retire the bonds as issued herein,
by said city. And providing for the
submission of said amendment to the
electors of the State for their approval
or" rejection.
Be it enacted by the General Assem
bly of the State of Louisiana, two-thirds
of all the members elected to each
branch thereof concurring, that subject
to the ratification and approval of the
electors of this State, the Constitution
of the State be amended by incorporat
ing therein, the following provisions, to
wit:
Section 1. The City of Shreveport bi
a four-fifths vote of all the members of
the City Council thereof, shall have
power and ia hereby authorized to iasue
$500,000 of bonds, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, to be styled City
of Shereveport Serial Gold Bonds, and
to bear such rate of interest as the City
Council may fix from time to time, as
aach inatallment of the said bonds is
offered for sale, as hereafter provided;
said rate of interest at no time to ex
ceed 5 per cent per annum payable semi
annually.
Section 2. The proceeda of said
bonds shall be applied to the psyment
and retirement of all certificates of in
debtedneas issued by the City of Shreve
port prior to May 1, 1916, and to the
payment of all judgments rendered
against said city prior to May 1, 1916.
Section 3. All bonds issued under
this amendment shall be in such forms,
terms and denominations, and payable
at such times and placea, within a per
iod of not exceeding forty years from
the date thereof, as the City Council o'
Shreveport shall determine, Said bond-;
shall be iaaued in serial form and shall
be payable i n annual installments, com
mencing not more than one year from
their respective dates, and the install
ment payable in each year shall be so
fixed, that when the annual interest 's
added thereto, the several annual total
amounts of principal and interest to be
paid shall be as hearly equal as prac
ticable.
Said bonds shall be signed by the
Mayor and the Secretary-Treasurer of
the City of Shreveport, and counter
signed by the Commissioners of Ac
counts and Finances, and the coupons
shall have the fac-simile signatures of the
Mayor and Secretary-Treasurer. In
case any such officer whose signature or
counter-signature, who appears on such
a bond or coupon, shall cease to be such
officer before delivery of said bond or
coupon to the purchaser, such signature
or counter-signature shall nevertheless
be valid for all purposes.
Sectio,, 4. Th e principal and interest
of all bonds authorized by this amend
ment shall be payable in gold coin of
the United States of America or its
equivalent, of the standard weight and
fineness at the time of the issuance
thereof, and shall be exempt from all
forms of taxation.
Section 5. The full faith and credit
of the City of Shreveport are pledged
for the payment of principal and inter
est of all bonds issued under this amend
ment. The principal and interest of all
bonds suthorized and to be issued under
this amendment, ahall be paid out of tax
which shall be levied annually by the
City Council of Shreveport, upon all
taxable property in said city, sufficient
to provide for the payment of the princ
ipal and intereat of said bonds as they
respectively become due. The tax so
levied is to be in exceaa of the general
and special taxes provided for elsewhere
in this constitution and is not to be af
fected by nor to affect the limitations
elsewhere contained in the Constitution
as to the issuance of bonda. and the levy
ing of taxes by municipalities.
Section 6. The proviaiona hereof are
self-operative and the City Council of
Shreveport may by ordinsnce csrry them
into effect.
Be it further enacted, etc.. That the
ameadmeat proposed by this act shail
be submitted to the electors of the
Stat« for their approval or rejection at
the coagreeeioaal election to be held on
the firat Taeedey after the firat Monday
in the month of November, 1916; and
there shall be printed on the official bal
lot to be used in said election, the
words,
"For the proposed amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana!
providing for the funding of certain
debts of the City of Shereveport;"
and the words
"Against the proposed amendment to
the Constitution of the State of Lou
isiana providing for the funding of cer
tain délits of the City of Shreveport,'
And each elector shall indicate on the
ballot cast by him whether he votes for
or against tlie proposed amendment.
FERNAND MOUTON.
Lieut. Gov ami President of the Senate
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Approved: July 5, 1916.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A triie copy :
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 115.
Senate Bill No. 72. Hy Mr. Vincent.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 4S
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana relative to the limitation of
legislative powers by adding the
words "river improvement districts,
harbor improvement districts and nav
igation districts" to the proviso, ex
cepting municipal corporations having
a population of not less than twenty
five hundred inhabitants, or to the or
ganization of levee districts and par
ishes, from the provisions of said Arti
cle 48 of the Constitution providing
for "Creating corporations, or amend
ing, renewing, extending or explain
ing the charters therof."
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of Lou
isiana, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each hous e concurring, That
the following amendment to Article 48
of the Constitution of the State of Lou
isiana be submitted to the qualified elec
tors of the State, for their adoption or
rejection, at the Congressional election
to be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in the month of November
1916. as follows:
A^/icle 48. The General Assembly
shall not pass any local or special law
on the following specified subjects:
For the opening and conducting of
elections, or fixing or changing the place
of voting.
Changing the names of persons.
Changing the venue in civil or crim
inal cases.
Authorizing the laying out, opening,
closing, altering or maintaining roads,
highways, streets or alleys, or relating
to ferries and bridges, or incorporating
bridge or ferry companies, except for
th e erection of bridges crossing streams
which fortn boundaries befween this
and any other State.
Authorizing the adoption of legitima
tion of children or the emancipation of
minors.
Granting divorces.
Changing the law of deacent or suc
cession.
Affecting the estates of minors or
person under disabilities.
Remitting fines, penalties, and for
feiturea, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treaaury.
Authorizing the construction of street
passenger railroads in any incorporated
town or city.
Regulating labor, trade, manufactur
ing or agriculture.
Creating corporations, or amending,
renewing, extending, or explaining the
charters thereof; provided, this shsll not
apply to municipal corporations having
a population of not leas than twenty-five
hundred inhabitanta, or to the organiza
tion of levee diatTicta and parishe3,
river improvement diatricts, harbor im
provement districts and navigation dia
tricts.
Granting to any corporation, associa
tion, or individual any apecial or exclu
sive right, privilege or immunity.
Extending the time for aaaessment of
or collection of taxes, or for the relief
of any assessor or collector of taxes from
the performance of his official dutiea, or
of his auretiea for liability; nor ahall any
such law or ordinance be passed by any
political corporation of the State.
Regulating the practice of jurisdic
tion of any court, or changing the rules
of evidence in any judicial proceeding
or inquiry before courts, or providing
or changing methods for the collection
of debts or the enforcement of judg
ments, or prescribing the effects of ju
dicial sales.
Exempting property from taxation.
Fixing the rate of interest.
Concerning any criminal or civil ac
tions.
Giving effect to informal or invalid
wills or deeds, or to any illegal dispo
sition of property.
Regulating the management of pub
lic schools, the building or repairing of
schoolhouses, and the raising of money
for such purposes.
Legalizing the unauthorized or in
valid acts of any officer, servant, or
agent of the State, or of any parish or
municipality thereof.
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 amend
ment to Article 48 of the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana, relative to the
inclusion of riveT and improvement dis
tricta, harbor improvement districts, .nd
navigation districta in the proviso, ex
cepting municipal corporations having a
population of not less than twenty-five
hundred inhabitanta, levee diatricts and
parishes from the provisions of said Ar
ticle 48 of the Constitution providing for
the creating corporationa, or amending,
renewing, extending or explaining the
charters thereof;" and the worda
"Against the proposed amendment to
Article 48 of the Conatitution of the
State of Louiaiana. relative to the inclu
sion of river and improvement districts,
harbor improvement districts, and nav
igation districts in the proviso, except
ing municipal corporationa having a pop.
ulation of not less than twenty-five
hundred inhabitanta, levee districts and
parishes from the provision of said Arti
cle 48 of th« Conatitution providing for
the creating corporations, or amending,
renewing, extending or explaining the
charters thereof. And each elector shall
indicate, as provided by the general elec
tion laws of the State, whether he votes
for or against the proposed amendment.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieut. Gov and President of the Senate.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD.
Speaker «f the House of Representatives.
Approved: July 5. 1916.
R. G. PLEASANT.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES J BAILEY.
Secretary of State
ACT NO. 131.
Senate Bill No. 13.V By Mr IVarre
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Consti
tution of 1913 authorizing and em
powering the Board of Control of the
State Penitentiary or its successor to
fund its indebtedness and issue notes
therefor serially or otherwise not e<
reeding Four Hundred Thousand Dol
lars. and at a rate of interest not ex
ceeding five per centum per annum
payable semi-annually, and for a term
not exceeding fifteen years and em
powering the General Assembly to
provide the methods of carrying this
amendment into effect.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
two-thirds of all the members elected
to each house concurring, that .the fol
lowing amendment to the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana adopted in
November, 1913, be submitte«! to the
duly qualified electors at the Congres
sional Election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in Nov
ember, 1916, for their ratification or re
jection ;
"The Board of Control of the State
Penitentiary or its successor or successors
in office is hereby authorized and em
powered to incur debt, issue interest
bearing notes in serials or other form
for a term not to exceed fifteen years, to
the amount of Four Hundred Thousand
Dollars at a rate of interest not exceed
ing fiv e per cent per annnm, payable
semi-annually, for the purpose of fund
ing and retiring its floating and oth.'r
outstanding indebtedness, and is author
ized to secure same by mortgage on any
or all of its real estate, and the faith
and credit of the State of Louisiana is
hereby pledged to guarantee the pay
ment of said obligations and the inter
est thereon, but the Board of Control
or its successor shall be required to pay
same out of its own revenues and earn
ings and only when the same are ex
hausted shall the State make good the
residue. The General Assembly shall
pass the necessary enabling act to carry
this amendment into effect and Act Ni.
137 of the Acts of 1916 on this subject
matter is hereby approved for this pur
pose."
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc.,
That the Secretary of State be and he
is suthorized to have printed on the of
ficial ballot to be voted in November,
1916, tb e words, "For the amendment to
the Constitution funding the debt of the
Penitentiary Board," and the words
"Against the amendment to the Consti
tution funding the debt of the Peniten
tiary Board," and each elector shall in
dicate whether he votes for or againat
said amendment in accordance with the
general election laws of' the State.
FERNAND MOUTON.
Lieut. Gov. and President of the Senate.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved: July 5, 1916.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Serretary of State.
ACT NO. 155.
House Bill No. 188. By Mr. Powell
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing anamendment to Article One
Hundred and Twenty-nin e (129) of
the Constitution, relative to fees.
Section 1. Be it resolved b the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
Two-thirds of all the members elected
to each House concurring, That an
amendment to Article One Hundred and
Twent-niine (129) of the Conatitution
of the State of Louiaiana be submitted
to the qualified electors of the State for
their approval or rejection at the Con
gressional election to be held on the
first Tuesday next folowing the fir3t
Monday in November, 1916, said pro
posed amendment to be as follows:
'Article 129. The General Assembly
shall provide agenral fee and cost bill
to regulate the fees and costs to be
charged for the services of sheriff*,
clerks and recorders, justices of the
peace, constables, and coroners, in all
civil matters; from which compensation
for the services of said officials may be
provided according to law. Salaries
may be fixed for said officials, and if
the fees and costs collected by them ex
ceed such salaries, such excess may be
disposed of according to law. The Gen
eral Assembly may provide in all civil
cases for the service of process »nd
pleaidnys by litigants themselves.
Acts No. 142 and No. 143 of the Gen
eral Assembly of 1916 on this subject
matter, shall go into effect as statut-s
of the State on July first, 191T.
Section 2. Be it further resolved by
the General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each House concurring. That
the official ballot to be used at said elec
tion ahall have printed thereon the fol
lowing words:
For the proposed amendment to Arti
cle 129 of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana, relative to authorizing sal
aries for sherics, clerks and other offi
cials,'
And the words:
"Against the proposed amendment to
Article 129 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, relative to authoriz
ing salaries for sheriffs, clerks and other
officials."
And each elector voting shall indicate,
on said ballot, as provided by law
whether he votes for
posed amendment.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD.
speaker of the House of Representatives.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieut. Gov. and President of the Senates
Approved : July 5, 1916.
R- C. PLEASAN"* 1 '
or against the pro-