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ACCT NO. 94. mouse Bill No. 61. By Mr. Edwards JOINT RESOLUTION Providing an amendmente to Section 8 of Article 197 of thie Constitution of the State of Louisiana; relative to registration of voters. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen Seal Assemrbly of the State of Louisi ana, two-thirds (23) of the members elected to each house concurring, that Section 6 of Article 197 of the Consti tution of the State of Louisiana be so amended as to read as follows: Section 6. No male person who was en January let, 1867, or at any date prior thereto, entitled to vote under the Constitution or Statutes of any State of the United States, wherein he then resided, and no son or grandson of any such person, not less thalin 21 rears of age on the Ist day of May. 2912. and no male person of foreifn birth, who was naturalized prior to the lst day of January, 11us, shlll be de sled the right to register and vote in this State by reason of his failure to possess the educational or property tualificationns prescrirbed by this Con Ititution, provided he shall have resiilei in this State for five years next pre ceding the dlate at which he shall ap ply for registration and shall have reg latered in accordance with the ternms at this Article prior to September 1st 1913, and no person shlilli ie eiititlel to register under this Section after sail date. Every person claiming the benefit of this Section s:inll nimake application to the proper registration officer or his deputy for registration, and he shall make oath before such registration of fleer or his deputy in the form follow lng: I am a citizen of the United States and of this State, ov-r the age of twenty-one years; I have resided in this State for five years next preceding this late. I was on the day of - entitled to vote under the Constitution or Statutes of the State of wherein I then re sided, (or I am the son or grandson of who was, on the - day of entitled to vote under the Constitution or Statutes of the State of wherein be then resided) and I desire to avail myself of the privileges conferred by Section 5 of Article 197 of the Consti tution of this State. Certificates of registration shall be given to persons registering on durable paper, and consecutively marked on the permanent register. A separate regin tration of voters applying under this Section shall be made by the registra tion officer of every Parish. for this purpose the registration officer of every Parish shall keep his office open daily. Sundays and legal holidays excepted. Untfil August 31st, 1913, inclusive, from 6 o'clock A. M. until 1 o'clock P. M. and from 2 o'clock P. M. until 6 o'clock P. M. The registration of voters under th!s Section shall close on the 31st day of August, 1912, and immediately there after the registration officer of every Parish shall make a sworn copy in du plicate of the list of persons realstered under this Section, showing, in detail, whether the applicant registered as a voter of 1867, or prior thereto, or as a son of such voter rr as the grandson of such voter, and deposit one of said duplicates in the office of the Secretary of State, to be by him recorded and preserved, as a part of the permanent record of his office, and the other or said duplicates shall bie by him filed in the office of the Clerk, of the District Court of the Pariah. and, in the Parish of Orleans in the office of the Recorder t of Mortgagee there to remain a perman nent record; provided, that, upon the permanent register of all persons regis tered under this Section, the registra tion offloer shall note in the top of column the age and color of the ap plicant. and under the head of remarks I all distinguishing physical character- i stites of the applicant, such as height, size. color of the hair and eyes, etc. All persons whose names appear on t said registration list shall be admit ted to register for all the elections in this State without possessing the edu cational or property qualifications pre scribed by this Constitution, unless a otherwise disqualified, and all persons a who do not by personal application s Claim exemption from the provisions of ( Section 3 and 4 of this Article before t September let, 1912, shall be forever G denied the right to do so. 9 The names of the persons register- r Ing under and claiming the benefits of t this Section shall be entered in a well- d bound book, to be provided by each I Parish for that purpose, and shall be a known as the permanent register. Im- 1 mediately on closing the registration b thir (15s Section, on August 31, 1913, 19sha~l be the duty of the regiatrgtion i: ffcler or his deputy in the difterent p Parishes throughout the State, to make o a sworn statement, in writing, of the b number of voters, both white and col- o ored, with the number of each, who a aave registered, and whose names ap- t pear on said permanent register here. s in provided for, and such sworn state. a ment shall be published in the officlal o journal or other newsparer published Ii In the Parish in the next issue appear- i lug after said date, the coat of the p same to be paid by the Parish. Any n registration officer violating the pro- c visions of this Section or failing to p comply with the provisions hereof, or Ii shall make a false eor incorrect state- p ,ment of the number of voters register ed under this Section. shall be deemed v guilty -of a felony, and on Qonviction ft thereof, shall be sentenced to imprison- a anert at hard labor for a term of not iI uceeding one year. B The manner in which the names of o persons whose names appear on said it registration list shall hereafter regis- ir t(r may be different from that required pi at persons registered under other Sec cl tions of this Article, and shall be as ft now provided or hereafter provided by ye jaw: and the remedy and proceedingsn en theteby. subsequently to the close of ni laid registration, on August 31st, 1913, ft the names of any persons who may rt have obtained registration under this t1 Section by false statement of fact or ti Other fraud shall be stricken from said foil, shall be as now provided or here- di after provided by law, at Section 2. Be it further resolved, to etc, that this proposed amendment ti shall be submitted to the cualified vot- st ore of this State for adoption or )eJec- cc tion at the Congressional election to be in held in November, 1912. or Section 3. He it further resolved. fi' etc., that on the official ballots to be lii used at said election there shall be printed the words. "For the proposed pD amendment of Section 5 of Article 197 dr ot the Constitution of the State of se Loullana, relative to registration of O1 voters" and the words: to "Against the proposed amendment to do ieetioa 5 of Article 197 of the Consti- mi tution of the State of Louisiana, rela- re: tive to registration of voters." and each bo elector shall indicate, as provided by co the general election laws of this State. of whether he votes for or against the pro- bo posed amendment. su L. E. THOMAS, in Speaker of the House of RepreRentatvas. Isa THOMAS C. BARRET, or Lleutenant Governor and President of dip the Senate. boi Approved: June 25th, 1912. fox L. E. HALL. grin Governor of the State of Louisiana. sue A true cepy: mc ALVIN E. HIEBERT. dat Becretary of State. int nui ACT NO. la, allv Senate Bill No. 13'. By Mr, Beale. pat JOINT RESOLUTION ticl Proposing an amendment to Article par (231) two eighty-one of the Consti- hor tution of the State of Louislana re- be latsve to the incurring of debt and thh iassing bonds for work of public im provement, and to the validation, and refunding of hanus issued for such bon improvements, by mun'clpdf' corpora- gra tions, parishes and school, drainneTe aut sewerage and other districts (the City anu of New Orleans excepted). and theax assessment of special taxes and forced Con contributions to pay for same. hel Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen- of I sral Assembly of the State of Louisiana. thir two-thirds (2-3) of all the members the elected to each House, concurring. That I sube Article two hundred and eighty-one it n fL1) of the Constitution of the State. sub] of Louisiana be so amended as to read as follows: ARTICLE 21. 6 Paragraph 1. Municipal corporations, fparishes and sclhool, drainagle. sub drainage, road. subroad. navigation, or sewerage districts, City of New Or leans excepted, hereinafter referred to as subdivisions of the State. when ao u thorized by a vote of a majority. in Snumber and amount of tihe property taxpayers, qualified to vote under the Constitution and laws of this State. who vote at an election held for that purpose, after due notice of said elec tion has been published for thirty days in the official Journal of the rnn inicipnu corporation or parish or where there is no official journal. in a newspaper pub lished therein, may, through their re spective governing authorities. incur debt and issUe negotiable bonds there for, and each year while any honds thus issued aro outstandiltg, the governi'isg authorities of sh u sub iiv isions sha!lI impose tand collect aniinually. in excS-s4 of all other taxes, a tax sufficient to pay the est, annually or seni atnnually, n...t the ps inetpal falling duo I Pach year, or such Amount as mtany ic required for any sinking fund necessary to retire said bonds at maturity; pr viled that such spc.,iial taxes. for all purposes as ablove set forth shall 11nt in any year exceedl ta mills on the dol lar of assessed :aluua tlon of the prop erty in such suSbdi visions. No bonds shall b." issued for apy other purpose than that stated in ti> suhtnissioin of the proposition to the taxpayers, and publishel for thirty (:ot) days as aforesaidl or for a greater amount than therein mentioned, tor shall such bonds be issued for any other purpose than for constt uctig, improving and maintaining public rnt is and highways, paiving and imntprovi a streets, roads anid alleys, purchasling and constructing systems of water works, sewerage, drainage. navigation, lights, pubhlic parks and buildings,. to gether with all necessary eqnPuImeniits and furnishing, bridges and otter works of public improvement, the title to which shall rest in the subuivjision creating the debt, as the case may henh. nor shall such hoods rnn for a longer period than forty (40) years from their date or bear a greater rate of interest than five per centutn (5) per annum. or be sold for less than par. The total issue of bonds by any subdivision for all purposes shall Inever exceed ten per centum (10) of the assessed valua tion of the property in such sunhdivis ions. Municipal councils are granted tihe authority to create within their limits one or more sewerage districts. Paragraph 2. Police juries in anv parish or parishes may in accordance with law create drainage districts which in ARditon to the powers itere Inabove granted, shall have further power and authority to provide and maintain drainage systems and the governing authorities of such districts. when authorized by a majority in num her and amount of the property tax- d payers of s-i district qualified to vote under the Constitution and laws, who, Vte at an el-ection held for that pur pose, may impose and collect for a pe- n riod not exceedini forty years forced b contributions or acreage taxes not ex ceeding fifty cents per acre per year on every acre of land in the subdivision a where such an election is held., 'Tie o governing authority of such subdivision when autihorized as set forth, may in- h cur dlebt andl issue negotiable bonds to t represent same, secured by the taxer above describel provided that the .tota. t amount of debts thus incurred or bon Is issued, shall never exceed in principal t and interest the aggregate amount tI. be raised by said annual contributions or acreage taxes during the period for T which the same are imposed and that no such bonds shall be issued for any other purlpose than that for which said t contributions or acreage taxes were °' voted, run for a longer period than forty years, bear a greater rate of in- p terest than five per centum per an num or be sold for less than par. All1 bond Issues heretofore authorized by al taxpayers in any subdivision at any o1 election not contested on any ground 'f fraud are hereby recognized and S validated. .aragrapn 5. When the character of a any land is such that it must be leveed s and pumped in order to be drained n and reclaimed, the Board of Drainage f Commissioners of the District in which e the land is situated, shall, upon the r petition of not less than a majority in acreage of the property taxpayers, - reesident and non-resident, in the area f to be affected, ascertain the cost of - drainage, and reclaiming said land and SIncur debt against said land for an t amount sufficient to drain and reclaim It, and issue for such debt negotiable 1 bonds running not longer than forty (40) years from their date and bearing 1 interest at a rate not exceeding five t per centum per annum payable annually Sor semi-annually, which bonds shall not Sbe sold for less than par; and said Board - of Drainage Commissioners shall levy Sannually upon said land forced contribu. Stions or acreage taxes in an amount sufficient to maintain the drainage of said land, to pay the Interest, annually I or semi-annually, and the principal fall 1 ing due each year, or sucn amount as Smay be required for any sinking fund Sprovided for payment of said bonds at r maturity, provided, that such forced contributions or acreage taxes, for all > purposes shall never exceed Three Dol lars and Fifty Cents ($3.50) per acre per annum. Paragraph 4. The police juries of the I various parishes throughout the State. for the purpose of constructing high ways and public buildings for the par ish, and the governing authorities of municipal corporations, for the purpose of paving or improving streets or al leys, and for all municipal improve ments, after making provision for the payment of all statutory and ordinary charges, may' fund into bonds running for a period not exceeding ten (10) years, and bearing Interest at a rate not exceeding five (5) per centum per an num, which bonds shall not be sold for less than par, the avails of the residue of the ten (10) ill tax au thorized by Article 232 of the Constitu tion of Louisiana. Paragraph 5. Should any of the sub divisions of the State neglect or fail for sny reasop to impose or collect the taxes provided for in the foregoing sec tions, any person in Interest may by summary proceedings in the district court having jurisdiction. enforce the imposition or collection of such taxes, or both. and such proceedings shall be filed and triable free to any cost to the litigant. Paragraph 6. Municipal corporations. parishes and school, drainage, sub drainage, road. subroad, navigation and sewerage districts (the City of New Orleans excepted), hereinafter referred to as subdivisions, when authorized to do so in the manner herein provided, may, for the Purpose of readjusting, refunding, extending or unifying their bonded indebtedness, issue new bonds. covering any partihular issue or issues of bonds or the whole outstanding bonded indebtedness incurred by suchf subdivision for the purposes specified in Paragraph 1 of this article or anvy issue or refund slasue bonds or renewal or refunding bonds issued by such sub division in novption or renewal and any bonds, heretofore or hereafter issued for the purposes specified in said Para graph 1 of this Article. No bonds is-I sued under this paragraph shall run for 1 more than forty (40) years from their I date, not shall bear a greater rate of a interest than five per centum per an- I num, payable semi-annually or annu- r ally and shall not be sold by such sub- r division issuing the same for less' than F par. Any bonds issued under this Ar ticle, may be, either in whole or in c part, exchanged value for value for bonds issued, under Article 281, or to t be issued under said Paragraph i t this Article, or sold and the proceeds g thereof used for the purpose of pur a chasing outstanding bonds. Before 'ny a bonds shall be issued under this Dara- p graph the issuance thereof shall be b authorized by a vote of a majority in b number and amount of the property ti taxpayers qualified to vote under the Constitution and laws of this State who a vote on the proposition at an election h held for that purpose, after due noti-e af 3t said election has been published, for e! thirty days in the official journal of Ir the parish or parishes in which said r tubdivisions are located, or where there a no official journal, in any newspaper f 'ublished In such parish or parishes, I b. ad rovided, however, that the governing boIIy of any such suhlilvisiion may in their dis-ritlhon and without a vote of Sthe property taxpavers, issue refundtlln rs' or renewal bonds ouner this paragraph. ii- f the loindsi to he refullllle or renewi-i or tlhereby haive tern or shatll be' iss'lidI )r- for any ft' the purpoi4i s spetilfled in sai to l'argapliph I of this artii- t , or in nova tu- in or renewnal of any liindI i-Suill' l in in to be isi-ei for the said ;po tpousi spi ty 1R r in praraph 1 of thi s artliee, an i r4 such Issue or issues so ref.'viiti or r) t rewed have been or shall hr authuorizeit it by a vole of a maiority it, nuribi r ,nl amount of the proper ty L4xpavers 4111:1l y ified by ia vote iii114.r litih 'ionstittiUon l mll laws of this State who vted1I or shutl1l vote on the iproposiitliii at n b- ;.:'tion bh4ilt for that ptlrpi w · When e the iibonsi of :Iny outt trtnlug isiule sh:14 1r ha ve itw1 ohbiti i ,l fit e ir by puriciasI for exiu:itgei the tax levy to pay for suiisob unsi shall at once riii s'' aufn' rl i hon( ls he catn 4e1-r" . Parh 5,e:1 .r whl . aniy refuiniitut hulnts i-suuid uiunilr this ti4 pruuatraph arn oitstaniiini, the ii over ;i I n otorities of sui'ih subsh ision shi:i I l,". y an l collect nonirtliv. in 4-xIs5 of 1N allutiher tilxtrs, i t : x c' lffiohi-rnt to pI ' to 1: the intt-rist iattinuii or fem'i.:Aui1i- i:1I''. attt the principal filln ; doe or yuc rnrn1t as ro art ho ri'. uiir'i for a s ni tIlg fiuunl for the paiviinrt of sail lioi ! at rm:ittilrty, provdle i thuat I-ic spi I aii valoreni tax for all purpises shall not in any yiar not e'ii tien nils or th' dollar of the aissur-ii v luition of Lthe ý" rouurty in ucar s!b 1 ( }a 'The governing livdy of any suoh su-i, dvlision sit i:iU have full power to ai t S and pass all orinitances anid ru-;ol-t I ii , inecissary to carry the piroV isios ofi r this parar phr into effet. An ele ,tio i may le hie1d uindP tihe provisions this pirneiraphi At the sa me t imis :' n I places anid bv thi same elect'n ot!- ti cers as an election on iii e q uist'n of r incurring deiit and Issuing li tis un11 der the proisions of sail Paragraph I J of th !s Article W1here oands of anry spudivislon haveu been heretofore isL" 1e4 for atny of th}' r purposes spe fined in Par nraph 1 of this I e Arti('!. and such issue luau hoin ail hor 11 ized hv the vote of a iiaiority it ii' ! A her and amount of thel propert'y t it piyers itualifie'l to vote tuier thef 'n r stltution mind laws of this Sht: ri who A voted u' pon the propositiorn to isie such howis at an eletion toid for that 'nor 1pose ant where such hoots havie been r issued antl sold by such suiltivlsion for ,iit les-s thanr par value therieof the aid ondts or anrv refitnd i ssue hodrls S or renewial or reful inog bonds l -sue in notvation or renewal of bonds issue i for said purposes spe'hfled in I'ara graph I of Article two huindr-I air ieihty one (2t ) are hereby validate'!. ratified and confirmed; pri-vlel that such bonds dil not at the time of their -issue exceed ten per centumn of the at 'Fesdei valuation of the property in 'such ihilivision, and such bonds here by ratified, approved and confirmed shall he deemed to be the valid arni incontestible obligations of such sub division andl a tax for ta orhe payment of the principal ant interest thereof and en to create a sinking fun for the rederop- at I tion shall he levied and collectel In tne el manner and within the limits prescribe I ct by said Paragraph 1 of this Ariticle ti This entire Article is to he cnrsiderei Ti a full grant of power to the subiilvisions 'i of the Statc as set forth therein. at Sectini . 2Be it further resolved, etc.. to That this propose] amenrient shall ft he strimnittel to the nnaliflel voters of tLi this State for adoption or rejecti"n at el the Congressional election to we held in November. 1912, an-t, if adoptes-. the tli same shall take effect immediately th thereafter- th Section 3. Be it further resolved. etc, to That on the officIal ballots to be isnse at said election there shall be place I et the words "For the proposed amen imne.t at to Article Two Hundred and Eighty-one on of the Constitution of Louisiana." anu the words "Against the propose-I amen I. Cc meat to Article Two Hundrel andI or Eighty-one of the Constitution of Tou's- un lana." and each elector shall Indicate pr as prowled in the general election laws ua of the State. which of the propositions, "For" or "Against," he votes. L. E. THOMAS, the Speaker of the touse of Representatives th THOMAS C. BARRET, nh Lieutenant Governor and President of mt the Senate. fri Approved: July 9th, 1912. 19 L. E. HALL. Governor of the State of Louisiana. ba A true copy: tio ALVIN E. HEBERT, thi Secretary of State. ACT NO. 123. I Senate Bill No. 1. By Mr. Geo. Wesley Smith. JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to Article 223 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen eral Assembly of the State of Louisi ana, two-thirds of all members electe:i to each House concurring. That an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana be submitted to the qualified electors of the State for their approval or rejection, as required by Article 321 of the Constitution at the Congressional election to be held on the first Tuesday hext following the first Monday in November, 1912. amen]. ing and re-enacting Article 223 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana so as to read as follows: ARTICLE 223. Section 1. Upon the recommendation of the Auditor of the Police Ju,"y of any parish, the Governor may suspend any officer charged with the collection or custody of public funds when in ar rears. Section 2. Any officer of this State Sor of any district, judicial or other wise, and any officer of any parish or ward thereof, and any officer of any municipality or ward thereof (except the judges of all of the courts of rec ord of this State. the judges of the various city courts throughout the State. and the justi-es of the peace) holding office by virtue of having been elected thereto by the legally qualified voters of this State. or of any district. judicial or otherwise. or of any parish or ward thereof, or of any municipality or ward thereof, shall be subject to recall from such office by the qualified voters of this State, or of any district, judicial or otherwise, or of any parish or ward thereof, at any election or ward thereof, shall be subject to recalled from such office by the qualified voters of this State. or of any district. judicialr otherwise, or of any parish or ward thereof, or of any municipality or ward thereof, at any election throughout the State, district, judicial or otherwise, or of any parish ,or ward' thereof, or of any municipality or wird thereof by a majority of the legally qualified voters participating in such election. Such recall election shall be held when petitioned for by such a number of the legally qualified voters of the State, district, judicial or Other wise, or of any parish or ward there of, or of any municipalty or ward thereof, as will equal thi fy per cent of the total number of registered vot era qualified to vote at the last pre ceding general election for the officet the Incumbent of which is sought to be recalled Notice of intention to circu late such petition together with a state- i ment of the reasons why the recall of such officers is sought shall be given to such, officers in such manner as may be provided by law. The General A9 sembly shall by appropriate leglsla. r tion. prescribe tih form of petition, the t manner of verification and ascertain- f rrent that' the requisite number of In- t gaily qualified voters has signedrl same, and also the manner and method qI calling such election and the promul-. r gations of the returns thereof. Such h hallot shall contain the specifle ques tion, "Shall (naming the officer and giving his official title) be recalled " h and opposite the question shall be two y squares. in one of which shall he printed "Yes" and in the other shall C be printed "No." and no hallot shall: 5e considered at such election u'less h :he voter shall have voted eitner ' *'s" )r "no" upon the question. Non of'ier N' ;hall he subject to recall until after ti ie has been in office one year, and n Ihould his recall be defeatel hy thý to lectors, then he shall not again. ,ur- si ang that term of office, be subject to a enall. At least three months. but not tr nore than five months, shall elapse h( rom the time that the necessary num- bh or of petitioners has asked for the:t: tg rer'all election before same shall tap I i held A successor, for the reinaindi'r if of the teli. to the offie-r e'm;' it ti )t he rei';lh 'I sinall he l''ti'. at itt!:-" aut h. tihe the ri' ii eIectpi h i 1, ai i. 1 8111)111 thi- majiority of til-h 'ut' "4 par of ticiplatill in such el'ititon I. In fDtvor I of the r''ill of s''ll ofn r: t: i m L.I,'ediatei l after the piri' 111'I t ,ni if t.' tr t uIlrns rf t- 1, )t 0 o t!1,' n h No el ce ý1s Khalli IIa~lly 'I he th~i erlt I Assemb r s l halt proli )e by law ., iw - cat,-lulal trs I' sllrved th,- offir""r 1 - 1411 t to he ri-a iie may I, Ii' the r l.an I plod Il oil the r,"rall h~allot of thte Statte diitzlnlt, juniihl or oth'rvwhs. tarth n or wail th'rer f, of of any n l nl i 10t i1 r itv, or W;Ir thar'' f, by petit'lti sii i - nled ] by w fiI' 1e, tr'rs to t:'" r* nm er n of nut s th) n tt:t' ty per n ti'nt of th' I S tota~l wifmbtrr of rre :t fore lvttierst qual r isli to l .ut tt thi ' act pof' lug U' ll .5' Ligh -t ut' lo ri'!; I. fi a ff c r 1 1 wn in 1 r th fie the It-: m Ii Lent iti' w atic 1 :i i:tt to ', r, a0 1,' ". l11 vort,"rs play 4xion! r, I f11'rt r !ril' f uiii, a set h o,1 'ii 5hop e t o, t i/ iflr',i - datoe n lo is It,, Inst ,'hote of the tin t bf' .t r of i 'oteI v- r' i lt' e ' if fra' f to he t i offii- tem 1. i' f t' i filv i ti' n has ri tsultiii I .n the !,- ll'lt 'f th - o''Iý' I sought to f ef i eJ i L. t o ffil r t so h;uht to bfr re all t' shall nit be a emolu )idatn at suchl r"', litll r t room Se~ctran .t - He It 11urther )Is Vo'1 etc. That t ie o tt;a tue allt to lda ; o' Jmioatry, 191t3. seI av r o therents t 1I, wo'rrds "I"Ve tI pr- ,otposel" a! ni 1, 1!r- 1 t to AI t'^le' 2) : of tbo/ 1")!1 Sa-tkIurn ofi tihiA t uirs t ie ni'- u I II of a.l i'tit'tion I 'Ioutv Ag fur the rin' of i dtait offi i'lrs l r a nt d by t aie ,) It j cr tin 4. I;o !t furt:, r rre "1:c 1 1 it ip. T at if a lo trd at tit'e si' I t on in Novembler" i'1'1 , th.is :1:endt Irn~eit 6!1;:1 go in~to eft'''t anti h," olper atIre on aul alter the f1r1 t day of January, 1913. L : TE HATS. SSp ocakrr of th e Stteof of r ouaiaes. ALlVlNAS . I \Hit-TT. Lie~uti"n;int Governor and lPresident of the reatyo tte AlpproVed July 9th, 1912 L. 1: .1f ALL.1. (; vernor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy: ALVIN P: 11EIIERT, Secretar y of State. ACT NO. 139. Senate Bill No 174. By Mr. Voegtle. JUINT RESOLrATrON Submitting to ttme people of the State t of Louisiana at the ('ongIeesiolutal e election haul In November, 1i912, an amendment to the 'ionstituti in of the State as arneindetid by Act No 219 of - the Acts of 1910. ratified by the pe)- Ia pie at the November elelltion of 1310. b so its to extend the time for the or- t ganitatitn of the steamship companies a therein provided for until January 1, 19116. e Section 7. Be it resolved liy the Gen- a] eral Assembly of the State of Loulsi- r: ana. two-thirds of all the members f. elected to each branch thereof con curring, That at the Congressional elec- fr tion to he held in this State on the first t Tuesday ntcxt following the first Mon- II day in Noxemier, 1912. the followfn- sr: amendment to the amendment submit- m ted by Act No. 279 of Acts of 1910, rat;- th fled by the people at the November elec- re tion of 1910. shall be submitted" to the Iur elec t' rs of the State, to-wit: "The time grantiid for the organiza- m ti-in of the steamship companies un-ler at this amenlment to the Constituti in ea shall ie extende'. from January 1, 1913, to January 1, 1916." w Section 2. Be it further resolved. is etc., That the official ballot to be used cr at said election shall have printed there- or on the words: , as "For the proposed amendment to the at Constitution extending the time for the sir organization of steamship companies he under the Constitutional amendment fit proposed by Act 279 of 1910 from Jan- pe uary. 1, 1913, to January 1, 1916." th And the words: or "AgAinst the proposed amendment to Lc the Copstittition exuapding the time for fe the organization of steamship compa- In nies under the Constitutional amend- pr ment proposed by Act No. 279 of 1910, sit from January 1, 1913, to January 1, to 1916." li And each elector shall indicate on said of ballot as provided in the general elec- na tion law whether he votes for or against Ja the proposed amendment. del L- E THOMAS. Fsat Speaker of the House of flepresentatives. If THOMAS C. TIARRET. of Lieutenant Governor and President of su' the Senate. pet Approved: Jtnly 10th, 1912. ha L. E. HALL. fly Governor of the State of Loutalana. th. A true copy: en] ALVIN E. HEBERT. an Secretary of State. ni. ACT NO. 147. Senate Bill No. 157. By Senate Judiciary Committee. Section ".'" Substitute for Sen. ate Bill No. 35. AN ACT Proposing an amendment to Article 109 of the Constitution of Louisiana. rela tive to District Courts. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen real Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two-thirds of all the members elected to each House concurrin;, ThPt the fol lowing amendment to the Constitution of Louisiana shall be submitted to the electors of the State. at the Congree. sional election to be holden on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in No vember. 1912, and if approved and rati fled by a majority of said electors, vot ing in said election, the same to become a part of the Constitution, to-wit: That Article 109. of the Constitution of Louisiana be amended so as to read as follows! t ARTICLE 109. t The District Courts, except in the Parish of Orleans, shall have original jurisdictiop in all civil matters where c the amount in dispute shall exceed fifty dollars (60.00), exclusive of in terest and in all cases where the title 1 to real estate is involved, or to office v or other public position, or civil or po- t litcal rigahts, and all other cases where no specific amount is in contest, ex- 7 cept such as otherwise provided in this ~ Constitution r They shall have unlimited and ex- j clusive original jurisdiction in all crim. b nal casesr except such as may be vested in other courts authorized by e this Constitutionp and in all probate and succession matters, and where a si succession is a party defendant, and s' in all cases where the State, paris and municipality or other politial cor poration is a party defendant, regard. a less of the amount in dispute;and of eA all procedinga for the appointment of receivers or iquidatorb to corpora tions or partnerships; and said court shal ai have authority to issue all such writs, ei process and orders as may be neces-fir sary or proper for the purposes of the el Jurisdiction herein conferred upon ti them. There shall be one tDistrict Judge in each Judicial District. ex- SI ^ept in the First, Twenty-first and Fif teenth Judicial Districts, where until l )therwise provided by law there shall be two .(2) District Judges, but Jud-es A ýf the Twenty.first Judicial District shall not he residents of the same garish. And the Judges of the Fif- A teenth (16th) Judicial District shall tot be residents of the same parish af :er the expiration of the terms of the 'utionsJudges elected under this Consti. District Judges shall be elected by a H )Durallty of the qualified voters of their 'esPective districts, in which they shall `ave been actual residents for trs wo 'ears next preceding their election. They hail be learned in the law, and shall lave practiced law in this utate five 'ears previous to their election. The first District Judges under this 'onstitution shall be elected at thi 'eneral State ei"ction in 1Arco. and shall old office until their su'ePsS'r5 are enr lected on the Tuesday after tie first tw londay in November, 1904.,t *vhieh to Mme and every four years tYrreaftpr 211 Hatrict Julnce sholl he elc'tec for as 'rms of four years. VaeaRn*.iea o(ra loned by death, 'rer'-nation. n" other- h'e ise, where the unexpired portion of ''+ Ie term is less than one year, shall A e filled for the remainder of the term " y appointment by the oaernor. with is advice and consent of the Senate. h In all i'AFýIi wiCr'r th i ti tll r "f t, 1. 1 t ii ",n" f :l,"'t nr . t i 'i'" , .l~h. t 1" t . t `':it 1Kf f", Slat, 0 i' '. .!. 1 .+fil l ~ii 1 " ' Lit t t. " . ·: · · · S. '"t '.v .. t' " t f 'ti,!' ' r T' it ff ." f*n; ut'! n te ii: .` ttl'l ' iiq' 1:to r~:r·! tc ti n I it fw i t 't IV `,)n ·: t'fa l t"' · r"ri t '.' I. . . . te.nt ity ti I "' I (tit i' Of " t.",'rtf: .i'i i ' ;I *I .t 't Se , I ti" r, t. tt it f 1 t'." nF.:~~." t it it '' "=r'.r ,. I i' e'Fe''t. ý th o , t *ril,,rO,+at t :;''tl'l Ti ! "" t t'" to IK' t-'o'f ',,tm I 1' t I ii, r. ' to. In 1 I t a Ir i ! '. t . .. . ' :.f . i - fri the '. : 0-? i ., ! fata ', f:. t, 'f t: ; or 'g1 elrri.'t"f'." S'p" akt'r o! tL"' ?ti , f' ., Lteiititrar t ( .ot I nor anil }'. .'l pru.(Jl J ii' 1 t , 1 I,. F ift (t",t'i~r "er of the SC~t. et ... A t'' lion ALVIN K. i rET:RT, ACT' NO. 1551. gIouenP Asbl of I'\o 2i I .M 1: .urp ':'i' 1{ovi:~ =s'r iff ttr Jf Prrowingr :t!, a '!: 1m.- It t , rt, onfe or te ( ( ' :1!tl 5 oi f t o -f f' Ar 1,tis .t , 1 ';: tlv to l ":' . a. ti le of the 4t t'"i.:\tuti . ' of 110'1 :un:I .'t No 11z of '." Section '. it r1' I" e l Ins I t ( ; . r(;nl a l.sem l .v of t Ih C St.t ' ! 1r' t t pur two-thr o f r l o lr.ih a s fe' t'a :t enhie for the r':ir'i:n. ou ait Artrl.r e ti3 of the Contittutiio of th r S Sect ouiin i. la it raln 1i by rt C" era oAseml of the Statn 'f rl b 19?'a two-thirds of all nOrtrct,.:e , !r, t, It each I lou~se conor:-r' r~g, 'Vhal Art '1" n 3 of the Cortstit'rtiorr of the ~tat.' C~ of Loutsiana. us a "el 9 y ~ am~ b t' 73 of the GeeaS.s'enh f1 and Act No. 112 of the i;.neral Asseir "bly of 19iu4. andl .et Ni. °9 of i tUl General Assembly of 190S, be so arnmerr Sed as to read as follows: Article 0:1. A pension not to ezce',i eight dollars ($8)i per month sha!t t'r allowed to earh Confederate si~d '.r ,r - sailor veteran who pissesses ull tihe a following uual! ficationrs: 1. He shall have served] honorrh}! - from the date of his n!listmrnent unt:I t the close of the late Civil War. it on - til he was discharged or laril.>l, it some military orgarn!zation re-:ularly - rmusterei into the Army or Navy o'l - the Confederate States, and shaill hae - remained true to the Confederate Stats t until the surrender. 2. lie shall not own priperty of - more :han one thousand iol r vrt it ; r and he shall not he physi.'al!: ;1be t., t earn a oivelihood by his own l;ah'r. 3. le shall not be sa!arie I o ot'"r wise provide. for by the State of Lou- I tslana or by any other State or Gov I ernmert. In case he enlistel in any A organization mustered into said serv'oi'c as a Louisiana organizat!on, or in case Sat the date of his eslistment he re sided in the State of Louisiana, he shai I have resided in this State for at least five years prior to his application for pension. In case he resided elsewhere than in this State, and enlisted in an organization not mustered In from Louisiana. or in the i'avy of the Con federate States. he shall have resided in this State, for at least fifteen years prior to his P.pplication for such pen sion. A like pension shall be granted I to the widow who shall not have mar ried again. in Indigent circumstances. of such solder or sailor whose mar riage to her was contracted prior to January 1, 1885; provided that if her deceased husband served in an organi zation. mustered in from Louisiana, or if he resided in Louisiana. at the date of his enlistment, then in order that such widow shall be entitled to the pension as hArein provided, she shall have resided in this State for at least five years prior to her application therefor; and if her deceased husband enlisted elsewhere than in Louistiana. and served in an organization not mustered in from Louisiana. such wid ow shall, in order to entitle her to a pension as herein provided. have re sided in this State for not less thai fifteen years prior to her applicatiton for such pension; provided further. that pensions whether to veterans or to widows, shall be allowed only from the date of application under this ar ticle. and the total appropriations for all pensions, in any one year, shall he the nroceees of the annual one mill e tax, provided said appropriation shall t never be more than five hundred and e fifty thousand dollars for any one year n which is hereby levied on all taxable o propert, in the State. Any accruing a surplus from said tax fund shall he tl turned over to the common school fund L and prohibiting the collection of any 1 other tax or making any appropriation v In excess of the amount of the one mill ta tax levied and collected and to be ti known as "Confederate Veteran Pen-g slua Fund" and to be used for no other fi purpose, and upon the adoption of this Zl amendment same shall at once become p self-operative and the funds derived therefrom immediately used for said sl purpose, and provided further that the at Tax Collectors and Assessors shall re-( Ceive no commissions for assessing and to collecting said one mill tax herein pro- in vided. Provided that nothing in this pt Article shall he construed so as to pro- st hibhit the Oen'ral Assembly from pro- thi vlding artificial limbs to disabled Con- 'i federate saldiers or sailors. It Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc., litI That this proposed amendment be sub- Ti mitted to the qualified voters of the u State of Louisiana for adoption or r- ce jection at the Congressional election ti of be held oi the first Tuesday next fo'- L lowing the first Monday in November, 17 Tdhat the ofcial ballots to he u.sel at f said election shall have printed thlere- ea on the words: "For the pro~po~seil Ii amendment to Article 303 of thed Con-i atitution of the State of Louisiana. rel- nu ative to Pensions for Confederate Vet- 'hu erans," and the words: 'Against the ua proposed amendment to Article 31)3 of sh the Constitution of the State of Iouisl- Li< ana. relative to pensions for Confed- isir erate Veterans," and each elector shall Ar Indicate, as provided in the' eneral fil election lawsf of the State. whethetr he! bii v'otes for or against the ameriltment. Inrc Speaker of the FHouse of 1p re e Lieute THOMAS C. rARRItI'. o n tetlent novernor and President of thr Approved: July 10th. 1912. or o o. F. HAId,. Th opyver:r of the State of Loulisana. of ALVIN E. FIEIERT, Ui Secretary of State. I mi ACT 'o. 182.¼ House Bill No. 207. By Mr. Manton JOINT RtESOUTION Propoting an amendr nt to iArticle !l0 of th' State of Tozlsiar.a, R,1 a to permit women to hoed arv'nfflc c.nn neetei with the palccatil:nl svnti I t of the Stote, or of any rlftr:L sei1' diviaion theref. aoel with InstltutionT of charity and eorrection. Section I. nl it res~,lved by tho 'en eral Aceembly of the State of L,ýuoisi tr t two-thrlelq of all t'i' mcemhPrs eir..t.,l 'I to each iou nr1 . sehat Art 210 of thu (o'nn'it, tt, lie amended so as to rea' i a f toiadp h rt tet(. "( \'o r ' s-'l n s h al d h e d ir!e h'e t 'nv +fj. ýtt iii ial, par "'., ..r r who a nIot a I ..,t * , t:".. f j- O - !i . iy s- a herein tI ot 1 of .fie r.r i to bh rf ter 1·r,atraehap ov the July t or o ',, Ser' tai , hCIj . "po ' xa Prnp*,l if t C t i 'i:t On 1. 88 ""~ a h Plp" tfi n,, r . tn -the °. :.' th ea hosai ,;.. of the Co: 4 of Louipsinana i ; I l t r 4 l s : Fri1. R t '' ff"l:!es of te Pa Secret NWOdarys tCf of/ L~~ticen the Pa@ i ; 'bo Pi l \p It '' Unox, eaf tert a l ian orneyet "f thr e SCott 'ren por'etsin of e -l o oe ya the n...h 1 c'theo Sremtdr of ther .- rnor~ wit the adag the" Senat~ie. cn { tio. t n 1.e ing r;,1. Sr !, Bit'. That tecretoia. s. . Pw 1 ly1r~~ r" m. Pitt v ot'e the Creie * l.rntatra inCnree~ t L' irtrTana fM aneyain, a t Nvtber. a. Pi 'ire in the 0j tih ttmrendme1 to.e5 ri an thean orey a S Pf'ianl electon to btH ifc.hle rt Ia sal itpl S "' t (6i datida of t in the vgeneral tundert Stla w his h of thu Bt i ored portion of the ! i n:, ar the aae SrSpeak nder of thuor ''nor n~ithi the adolt Lieutenant G0bov l the Senate That the teregoing i frIimit:trtttin Cf the m Approved: Jult 11tth Governor at the n A true cott: ALVIN' 1 BERT,~ Statvecretary o t:r. firsrt rueoiay tn fatanl ballots to beua I1,e pairId tieu ir'use Bill Nm.emert A JOINT 13 Proposing as saale rrstitution of theta and the oArtds " I'fl'.Oitrnent to Artylie tiotutn of 1thC a te each03 of the tIr actshll i in the people at eleti of 1910, asc s to al ofState. whih odatof th Sor "againat" he Tote Speaker of the ebs TBOlej Lieutenant Gov&DMI the Senate Bo Januar ovedst JI1; It tax fGovernor of the pra on said bonds asI rA tre cothe a ALVIN E HEB~, pment arat of il LO! RI of an indebtilslNIi the United oSta.3 IM clarms agatast tmut Section 1. Be it M eral Asoembl of thAi twfo-thirds of all them each house concarrnb ament to Article II of the State of EIdl amended by Act lIs II thle General Assealit Louisiana at its lIe 191o. ratified 1s tiu oember election of id to the quallifil elat their approval or ld grressional electle C first Tuesday nst 1 a oonda r in Nopeyu "Artlre the ae; b shall have no )or authyrmze the a or liability, on bL1 to issue bonds or *SI indebtedness theM purpose of repdlltate suppression of sasIl that for the theb tidoting or (em IHowled Indetdsi eionh hOne Hondrcd t Three Hundred Dgl t~ary let. 1914.l centum per Atil4sf of tLhuSdateon of Ll Louisiana ais glli I'emberen Thoun od i lFIght new coue of Loulrfatan a r eacht to be aheini fir 108. beasday a exceeding Noreph7 num, payable e due and paid ea Wi uary 1st, 1914.~b shall be preocieC Aiqrdatlon of tbs shall be sitna Auditor and the eeeh Raidit honda Shadl~y oidder atbnot ly pronths of adreplist J su ireion atofn ea W New Orleans, ChlsI and In case asid sI thar maf be ex Iionrt of nqudbtid5 lor the bHnds dw l The excess od D111 af the sondt. d14 il we.cr the bond br tirle RIhal Ibe adb urrent Intere5t Thle reastf engraM·H be~ sale fund. "In nll rother spj to 1. thie Board u nr ! nllthritY to n in of this Liu atio f "!irsel!nn're al h~rl· sh.ll be Ba Loiti tasnai agieS ~ to I·:· alrl 1 01Ctwo of, LouiaS 0ch ea!i. trot of tIb shaIl he'st the erb Lit idra on the Auditor and an ncse ai iNr~ hey may e e id15