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JOURNAL OF T11L9™ SENATORIAL DISTRICT
VOL. XXXI.
Osficial Journ al ci th.e Ta.zish. o* X^ afo-urcHe and Giiardiaa c£ the Interest of th.e Town.
THIBODAUX, LA., SATURDAY, JAXUAUY : 5 1896.
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OFFICIAL IHKECTUK'i.
State Ori-TCERS.
G.*vtsrn<'r : Murpby J. roster of St - Maiv
Meut Gov ...............
»*«C. of State...T. S of h- 1- • In-iami
Ao !. !'n!i. A< ct's. — 'W. W Heard of Union
Nr ite Tn* p-irer, - John T'c k.-t t of Bossier.
\t t 'v Gen. M. J. « Min nine limn Xit ehitocii'.s
Pub. Ed. A. .1 • Lafargue Avoyelles.
U. S. SENATORS.
w. ('. Blanchard ............«f R.ipuDs
Gon Cattery ................of S' Mary
Statk Senators.
Jos. K. LfiBlanc ......... of A-sumpt ion
John D, Shatter...........Terrebonne
JUDGE* SUPl.r.MF. Coxj:<t.
'UhidfJustice: F. T. Nicliollsot Orleans
Associate " .. J A. Breaux.of Iberia
■ < -*'* j[. C. Mider of Orleans.
" * S.D.McE nery.of Ouachita
" " L. B. Watkins. Red River.
Circuit Cotrr.T ok Appeals,F ifth Circuit.
K.T. Banre jir.l..........of St. Bernard.
*{. D. Smith ... .........of St. Mary.
OovrjuESSvriN. 3rd. Congressional Hist..
Andrew Price ..............of Lafourche
IStli. Judicial District.
J edge..................L. P. Caillouet.
Dlst. Attorney..........B. F. Winchester
JUSTICES OK THK PEACE.
1st Wi.• i! If. Clement. '2nd Ward......
...... Bamn. : I'. Blake. Kid Ward, h'a
risie B -r; aid. 4th Waul. E I> Ayo oth
Ward. Arthur A- B.tiidi eaux. 3th Ward
Sylvestre Martinez, 7th ward John F.
Pitlman i. ~tli ward Louis Falgont.. tdli
i.e.iilh K'th ward
TV,t 1 11 I
Civi in
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P.Vttl'H OFFICERS
......M
Corone"......
Clerk ofConri
Sheri tl ......
Treasurer
Official •'.■urea
V tf tSOr . ..
.. 1)1
1.....
Deianne.
L. A• Troslair
W. F. Ha i a li.r.
. .C. J. Parker.
... .las Beary
.. A. J. Braitti.
...... Seniinel
G. Abrib.it Jr
Police Jurors
President. T. D. Kent: E-U. Morvant,
II. W, Tab w. Cha s- K. Gauile. J . O. T>>< ]-s
Kmilp l.edet. Louis Leri!!". Frank Cliris
T.en, E'ie Due,IS. '.Perk Police Jurv. M.
N> Coujou. Sergeant at arms, <. A ■ Ero.st.
Drainage Commissioners.
Dial So. I — ''boa. Deary, O. Aulhoinent
HU 1.1. I! s. Mire.
that. \"«. -'.—Tims. Baiker, Oscar Anthe
lneiit. G J. Gniii ry.
Disc v..: — I. Trof.ela'r. J. L. LeDIaue.
j. J. Toti.iasd.
Roar and Levee Inspectors.
District No. 1 .....J. B. Bourgeois
No. 2........ L. A. Belanger,
Municipal Okficers.
Mayor. W. C Ragan: Conucilmen, R.
R Melb- .'.e A. T . Meyer, J. Louis Alien r.
Thomas A • .rti T. P- Bergeron, and
Frank iNra >tt.
Treasure'................P. L. Brand.
Town Mirsbal...............R J Naipiin
Clerk ................... H.N.Coulon
Post Mist;ess.............Mrs- J - Cm tis
School Board.
R. R. M Bride President: W. P. Mai'
till, super rendent and secretary :
......... Ntitna EH'er Chas. S Math
ews. L. Kr.ieuier, W E. Howell, J. L_
TtBlanc. Etniie Tonps
THisooArx Bridge Comm ttkk.
W. CRag iu. president,; ...........
....secretary- i' ank Zernott, H. V.
'Vabov. E. I'. Morvant. Emile Ledet.
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PROMULGATION
1)
BGfSSED ASESBHENTS
—TO THE—
COIJSTIT7J-T1GM
—OF THE—
STATS 0? LOUISIANA,
■
—ADOPTED BY T1IE
OtilESSL ASSE8BLY OF 1304.
STATK OF I.OUISTAX \, )
° 1 U ICE . |- THE s ECl:ETA IIY OE STATE {
In pursuance of the provisions of ttie
Constitution, publication is hereby made
and given to the qualified electors of the
State ouistana of the proposed
amendments to the Constitution, which
have been concurred in by two-thirds of
all tile members elected to each House of
the General Assembly of this State, at
the regular session thereof, held at the
City of Baton Rouge, in the year 1,04,
and which are required to he published
for the information of the qualified elec
tors of tiiis State for three months pre
ceding the general election for Repre
sentatives, and which proposed amend
ments more fully appear in Joint Resolu
tions m2 to 202, inclusive, of the Regular
Session of 1S94; which are hereinafter
officially published for the information of
the qualiiied electors of this State, and
which will he submitted to them for
their approval or rejection at the next
general election, to be held on Tuesday,
the 21 s* day of April, 139«. it being the
Tuesday next following the third Mon
day of said month, in such manner and
form that the qualified electors may vote
for or against said amendments: and if a
majority of tiie qualified electors voting
at said election shall approve and ratify
said proposed amendments, then such
proposed amendments, so approved and
ratitied. shall become a part of the Con
stitution of this State.
No. 192.
JOT NT RESOLUTION.
Proposing amendments to Articles 37, 42,
4ii. 17K. 1!..', 2ld, 210 and 242 of the Consti
tution of tiie State of Louisiana and
also an amendment relative to suspen
sion of officers.
Section 1. Bo It resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all tlie members elected to each
House concurring.
That Article thirty-seven of the Con
stitution of the State of Louisiana shall
b» so amended as to reail as follows:
Article :!7. Every bill shall be read on
three different days in each House, and
no bill shall be considered for final pas
sage unless It has been read once in full,
and the same has been reported on by a
committee.
Nor shall any bill become a law unless
on its llnal passage, the vote he taken by
yeas and nays, the names of the members
voting for or against the same be entered
on the journal, and a majority of th®
members elected to each House be record
ed thereon as voting in its favor. Pro
vided that bills revising the statutes or
codes of the State, as a whole shall he
rea l in such manner as may he pre
scribed by the General Assembly.
See. 2. Be it further resolved, etc., That
Article forty-two of the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana be so amended as
to read as follows:
Article 42. All stationery, printing, pa
per and fuel used in the Legislature and
other departments of government shall
he tin in-li".I anil tie- itriniing. binding
and distributing of the laws, journal or
department reports, and all other print
ing and binding and the repairing and
furnishing the halls and rooms used for
the meetings of the General Assembly
and its aommittees, shall be done under
•ontract, to be given to the lowest re
sponsible bidder, below* such maximum
price and unde* —- *
- -uch regulations as
shall he prescribed by law.
No member or officer of any of the
departments of the government shall be
in any way interested in such contracts.
And all such contracts shall be subject
to the approval of the Governor, the
President of the Senate, and Speaker of
tiie House of Representative s, or any
two of them.
See. 3. Be it further resolved, etc., That
paragraph twelve of i-.d • •
six of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana be so amended as to read as
follows:
Creating corporations or amending, re
newing. extending or explaining the
charters thereof. Provided that this
shall not apply to municipal corporations
or to parishes and levee districts.
See. 4. Be it further r* ■ That
article one hundred and nty-nlno of
the Constitution of tin K:..t. .jf L' uis
iana be so amended us to r. el as fol
lows :
Article 179. The <3en. ra]
I A.---.
mhly shall
create a Bureau of Au
ure, define
lts objects, designate Its
oMic
and lix
their salaries.
See. 3. Be it further r. s
7 Vt <
, etc., That
Article one hundred an
J nin
■ !y-t\vj of
the Constitution of the
Slate
■ of T.'.cis
iana he so amended as
to r
3 ::s fpl
lows:
Article 192. Parochial eh tc ha
held on the : ame lay , -■ the ; ncral
State election.
Sec. 0. Be it furthi r r- 'v l, etc.. That
Artie!- two httn-ir. .1 bar of ie
Constitution of the State of Louisiana
be so amended a.« to read ns follows:
Article 204. The taxing power shall he
exercised only to carry on and maintain
the government of the State and the
public institutions thereof, to educate
the children of the State, to pay the
principal and interest of the public debt,
to suppress insurrection, repel invasion,
or defend the State in time of war, to
provide pensions for indigent Confeder
ate Soldiers and Sailors, to supply the
c'v'zens of th- S ate who lost a limb or
limbs in the military service of the Con
federate States with substantial arti
ficial limbs during life; and for levee pur
poses as hereinafter provided
Sec. 7. Be it further resolved, etc., That
Article two hundred and ten of tiie con
stitution of the State of Louisiana ho
so amended as to read as follows:
Article 210. There shall be no forfeitures
of property for the non-payment of taxes.
State, levee, district, parochial or muni
cipal, but at the expiration of the year
in which they are due the collector shall,
without suit, ami after giving notice
to the delinquent in the manner provided
by law, advertise for sale the property on
which the taxes are due in the manner
prescribed by law and on the day of
lie he shall sell s'jch portion of the
property as the debtor shat! point out,
and in case the debtor shall not point
out sufficient property, the collector shall
at once and without further delay sell
the least quantity of property which any
bidder will buy for the amount of the
taxes, interest and costs.
The sale shall he without appraise
ment, and the property sold shall be
redeemable at any time for the space of
one year, by paying the price given in
cluding costs, and twenty per cent there
on.
No sale of property for taxes shall he
annulled for any Informality in the pro
ceedings until the price and all taxes
paid with 10 p« r .-ent inter' st he
to the our ■has.'r.
All deeds of sale made or that
mr.de fcv e (; i>,.tors of tax-'S ■
received by courts i:i evidence :
facie valid sales.
'•red
Sc*S. I!' •
it flirt)
Thai Art:,-,
h
tro of ♦ ho lY
>' t'tmi
-a bo i
so a:r.e:
1\. lit. g 1 ;:
.•aril: it* 242.
The (
sb:* 1 ,.p,
**or ^0 *
uut'•'orTTrr t*
:o pn r ■>
ar'hi rU:o3 of
the St
by a >
of the tux-payers in number and in v
voting at the election, to levy s ; ... J
taxes In aid of public inpeov n, :: .. , r
railway enterprises und--r!alien by i rt
vate corporations: provid- .1 that n
tax shall no: exceed the rat" of live r.'.iHs
per annum, nor extend for a longer per
iod than ten years.and provided further,
that the foregoing provisions shall
not apply to public buildings,
bridges and works of public improvement
mentioned In Article 209. it being the in
* *
Pr
nil tr.ssrtrr of th's rrovi-o that
: ml sini.ii ipaltfi : shall have the
: to tax thi mselves to any limit sub
to the restrictions of Article for
G. \7. BOLTON,
h r cf the I! - ,use of H pi .-s-ntatives.
H. R. L .TT.
nt Pro Tempore of the if nate.
Secret: ry of State.
No. 103.
JOINT RESOLUTION
fng Amendments to Articles 93,
'd, 93. 9!). I T, 102, 303. 103, and '. i
ihe Cons'i-ution of the State of
• -•ana. ILia.ivc to Co it 'ts of A->
1.
r 1. Be it r -roly, d by the General
: 'Y of the State of Louisiana, two
f- :■• of al! th
r.e mbers eb etc ! to ea- h
u- . that Art e'e nincty-i'v;
'
:... :i < f the S.ate of T, c.ii.-i
i. .i as to r a i as f llo s:
icr ii : ft r pr ivided shall
; U - ■
jurs-dl'-tion only, whi n
1 j..•'. : ct'on
U • xn nd to all cases, civil
f. r
red, etc., That Ar
■ Constitution of the
e so amend..d as to
: •" i ' ' ■■ The Courts of Appeal shall
(i: sist o', not I *s than three nor more
G.u-.i r.x judges, and each circuit shall
*' • d of :hree ju dv s. In the ger.
' : y ' : " Gvci.on in !9i» they shall he
(lee;. 3 by th® people.^or the term of four
year.-. In case of death, r r.ignation or
r moral from office of any of said judges,
the vac a icy shall b .> tilled by i ppoin nient
by th-- (. . rncr. Th: y s!:all he eitirens
cd the U; ;'ed Blatss and of this State,
I urn. d in the law, and shall have prac
t ' *d law in the State for six years, and
have fcvtn aefal residents of the
districts from which they shall have
b«-n elect: d for at least two years pre
ceding the eie than.
S e. 3. B- it further resolved, etc.. That
Ail el,' : i . ; ■ Cl , - - \ cl! ,,t I ... I 'itilsrifll'l.iTI
of the Biate of Louisiana be so amended
as to read as fcl.ows:
Article 17. The Stale shall be divided
into two circuits. Until otherwise pro
vided by law the parishes of Coddo. Bos
si- r, Wi bster, Bl» nviile, Clniborne, Union,
Lincoln, Jackson, Caldwell, Winn,
Naichitoi'liea. Siibine, Desoto, Red River,
<>u:i< lnt i. Ru iilimd, Franklin, < atulmula'
• ..iniordia, Tensas. Madison, Hast Carroll,
iii-si Carroll, .Morehouse, St. Landry,
Acadia. Avoyelles, Rapides, Grant, Ver
lem Calcasieu, ' a nit-ron, Vermilion,
Litavotte. Iberia and St. Maitin -liall
compose the First Circuit, and the par
ishes of Orleans, Last Baton Rouge, West
Balon Rouge. Livingston. Tangipahoa, St.
Tammany. Washington, st. Helena, Last
I elu-iana, l\ e-t Feli-d na, l'oiute Coupee,
then ilie. st. Mary, Terreimnne, Assumption,
I,atoiii'Td:e. sl. ( ] i a lies, J* ti el n, St. ilernard
l'l.'ojui inities.st. John the Unpti.sl, st. Jaioes
ami \s,elision slui:! compos* liie Second
l ireuit.
In ordt r that no inconvenience may re
sult to tha public service and to save the
expense of a special election, the three
judges cle-'tfd by the General Assembly
in 1S92 for tiie first, second and third
circuits respectively shall he the judges
of the Court of Appeals for the Fust
Circuit, and the three judges elected at
the same time for the fourth am: fifth
circuits, and for the Court of Appeals
for the parish of Orleans respectively,
shall be the judges of the Second Circuit;
and they sha.l huld office until the gen-pal
State election in 1900 and until their suc
cessors are ele-ted and qualified. Until
otherwise prow •• -1 by law the State shall
he divid'd into six Appellate Court
Districts and one judge shall be
elected from • aeh of said dis
tricts by the qualified voters thereof,
to be voted for at the general election
in 1300. and every four years thereafter,
and to serve for a term of four years. The
parishes of Caddo, Bossier, Webster,
Bienville, Claiborne, Union Lincoln, Jack
son, Caldwell, Winn, Natchitoches, Sa
bine, De Soto and Red River shall com
pose the First Appellate Court District
from which one judge shall be elected.
The parishes of Ouachita, Richland,
Franklin, Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas,
Madison, East Carroll, West Carroll and
Morehouse shall composq the Second Ap
Vpi-i!
'curt District from which onS
judge shall be elected. c
The parishes of St. Landry, Avoyelles,
Rapid s. Grant, Acadia, Vernon, Calca
epju, Cam. ran, v, rmi.lion, Lafayette,
lb via and Kt. Martin shall compos tha
Tnnl App.-iiap- Court District from
which ot.«• Judi; shall he elected.
Tii - pari.-hes of East Baton Rouge,
77 --St Baton Rouge, Livingston. Tangip
ahoa, St. Tammany, Washington. St.
H'l na. East Feliciana. West Feliciana,
I'ointe. Coupee and lbirville shall tom
po.-e the Fourth Appeilat? Court District
from which one judge shall be elected.
Ihc parishes of St. Mary, Terrebonne,
Assumption. Lafourche, St. Charles, Jef
farson, St. B'rnard, Plaquemines, St.
John the Baptist. St. James arid Ascen
sion shall compose the Fifth Appellate
Court District from which one judge shall
be elected. v
The parish of Orleans shall compose
the Sixth Appellate Court District from
which one judge sha'l he elected.
The three judges elected from the First,
Second and Third Appellate Court Dis
tricts shall compose the Court of Appeals
of the First Circuit.
The three Judges elected from ths
Fourth. Fifth and Sixth Appellate Court
Districts shall compose the Court of Ap
peals of the Second Circuit.
Be it further resolved, etc.. That Ar
ticle ninety-eight of the Constitution of
the State o: Louisiana be so amended as
to r'a ! as fol'ows:
Art. de 9.3, The judges of the Court of
Appe ls shall h- Id two annual t- rms of
court at such places in the circuit a. may
be fixed by law for the return of appeals.
Sec. 5. Be it further resolved, etc.. That
Article ninety-nine of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana, be so amend
ed as to read as follows:
Art. le 93. I'r.til otherwise provided by
law. the terms ot th Court of A. . als
shall he held as follows.:
FIRST CIRCUIT.
At Mor.r- first Mondays in May and
January—F- r trial of .w -is from the
p: ru-in s -c * I:::i'• *i:ta, it!- bland, Frank
lin. ! at la. Com oi ia, Tt nsas, Madi
son, East Carroll, West Carroll, More
house, Union and Jackson.
• -
.- tr
L.
m -• v'm
; cals i .urn
I : i
the at cr-1 Mcr.'ay in ;. For t al of
Tar;-!; :.h r>, ft. Tammany, Washington
and S- Heh.•
At Ua'e.p. i'-'u'-e third Monday in Oc
to'-. r and f-mrth Men iay : n June—For
tr of a: f;-i m th- u v'' 1 e ; of East
Baton Re e, V,' -t B :t->!i B - ; Bast
Tr!: i' ' '. Fell ia':a, 1'oir.te Coa
J:
At Thibo f. erth Monday in Novem
ber an'! third Monday :u .In:.. —For the
trial of ; . peals from the .■ a of St.
A* X ' ;.G, ' ;■* ] io.
o r her an J Mere'.:—For trial of appeals
fie::: t' - -- fies of Orleans, St. Ber
nard'. . i s, Jefferson, St. Charles,
ft. John the Be. list. -it. James and As
c : si..n.
S 'G. Be it further resolved, et \, That
Article on.
slittitlon cf th
aireiid-d as-to
and one of tlie Con
tf of Louislna he so
ns follows:
' shall he ren
dered by ti.e Courts rf A op. al v, Clout
the I'oncirrr
ev r two r. : 1
seiuence cf
ber. or nr r.
•f two j:id
ear
r®'-v.s::t'on or any
of th
not recused shall have authority to call
upon any judre or judges oi
Court, whose duty it shall
called upon, to sit in the
judge or i'll' as 1......• •• 1, s'
the deterrr.inuti u. of the .-a
©The j ia. - ■ of ■ c • -
shall have ■ ( u
Ir.
m
any rr*
•n
the j;
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■ : '*y to
.all
he T' : s:
rict
1 so
no . f
til 0
to a ! (
1 in
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'U
premc Court sir " qu'-sii.ius or proposi
tions of law
the instri' di -
pro; er decision.
that
h it dc.fires
art for its
tii. r-.upon th" Su
instruc
preme Court map cither giv
tions on the questions and propositions
certified to it, which snail be binding upon
the C u-urls cf Appeal in such caj®
(Continued on }uu;e 4.)
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