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VOL. 42. THIBODAUX, LA.. SATOJ|DAY. MARCH 21, 1908. NO. 40

ÜEWAS PASSED AT THE SHREVEPORT COUNCIL

MEETING.

GIST OF STATE NEWS ffom Erery Section Carefully Ed­

ited and Boiled Down For the

Edification of Our Many

Readers.

a He lied," and "I don't give a j—n if be did." with a few other torrid remarks, enlivened the usually serene meeting of'the Shreveport city council-

Thse words were tossed back and forth by J- W. Atkins, a citizen and Councilman Ingersoll, when the new gtreet railway franchise ordinance *»s under discussion. Mr. Ingersoll opposed the ordinance and gave a3 jjjs reason that the new company was owned by the Shreveport Traction Company, between which and the eity, there has been open war for »me time.

This was not the only sensation Mr. Ingersoll created at this meeting as he said that a certain house had « case of small-pox and wanted to know why it was not posted. Health Officer Blanchard denounced this as untrue.

Bloodhounds Trailing Slayer. Sheriff Saal left Amite City, with

his deputies and bloodhounds to in­stitute a search for the murderer of Joel Thompson, who was killed near Morris Retreat, about twelve miles east of Hammond. Thompson is known to have been a man of good reputation and sober habits. The facts and circumitahces of the killing are unknown, but as there are sever­al turpentine distilleries in that vi­cinity it is generally supposed that the deed was done by some of the still workers. Coroner McNeir also lfft this afternoon for the scene of «he homicide.

Policeman Shot by Nefro. Whiie trying to gain an entrance

to a house in which several negroes jrere barricaded in ortTêr " to * arrest « fugitive, Patrolman I. W. Miller, ef Shreveport, was shot and seriously

•wounded. Charlie Robinson, a negro, is held for tide assault. The assailant shot throHgh the front door with a Wiucbieter rifle. Wbe(n arrested, *hi«l was not until after the offi-«« had spent two hours in storming

and capturing the house, Robinson *bd his hand on a loaded revolver ready to use it on Detective Mack Bascoe.

A Ghastly Find. Joseph 'Wolf, who lives at the olrf

Thayer place on the west side of <ho river, near Lake Charles, found a b&* under the b»nk and -on op**"1? ^ found J» portion oJr ttrrr Skull of a kuiwin. The box was full of dirt and /tber portions of the remains may be in the bottom, but Mr. Wolf did not investigate further. Some believe that the box contained the remains of Mrs Emily Comstock, who mysteriously disappeared from her home here about twenty years ago and has not been seen or heard of since.

Much Wasted Negro Arrested. Albert Briggs, alias John Sanders,

a negro, who is wanted by the local authorities on several charges, con­sisting of robbery, lying in wait with attempt to murder and assault with intent to murder, etc., was arrest­ed at Lecompte by Deputy Sheriff L. J. Heirzler of that place, brought to Alexander and placed in the parish jail.

Fatal Row. Two negro boys, Hosea Blake, aged

fourteen, and Frank Lewis, aged twelve years, while on their way from school several miles below Fordoche Thursday, became. engaged in a con­troversy, which resulted in the death of Lewis, who is to have been the aggressor. Blake hit him in the head with a club.

Gulf Coast League. A dispatch from Lake Charles

says: A meeting of the Gulf Coast Baseball League is scheduled to be held in Lake Charles, Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange are fully in line and ready to get into the game, while Lafayette and Crowley are ready to be presented. These towns, with Lake Charles and Alexandria make seven aspirants for berths in the league.

Fire at the Oil Field. A fire occurred at the oil field at

Jennings destroying the rig and der­rick of the Chicago-Jennings Oil Com pany's well No. 8. The alarm was given and an effort was made to sub­due the flames, but the attempt wa3 fruitless, and the entire plant, in­cluding the pumping machinery, was destroyed. The loss will amount to about $2,000.

Indications for Cane Crop Good. A dispatch from Jeanerette says:

The weather of the past two weeks has been everything that could be desired, and the planters have taken advantage of it and are now well up with their crops and field work. The cane is nearly all planted and the general outlook indicates as large a crop as that of the past season.

Convicted of Murder. District Court convened at Pointe-

a-la-Hache with Judge H. H. Nunea on the bench and Attorneys Livau-daisj Wilkinson and Hingle in at­tendance. Robert Hall, charged with the murder of his wife, was arraign­ed and pleaded guilty. The court ren­dered judgments in several civil ca»« es.

FOR PRESIDENT GOV. JOHNSON OF MINNESOTA

WILL ANNOUNCE.

AT SHILOH IN APRIL Maneuvering Ground Wanted for

Militia and Taft Reccommends

Purchase of 10,000 Acres

Adjoining Chicamauga Park.

Gives Leg for a Leap. As the local freight, going east

was switching near the freight depot at Jennings, a negro, Basile Young, attempted to pass between two freight cars. Just as he landed on the coupling the train was coupled and the jar threw him to the ground. His right leg was crushed below the knee and the flesh torn from knee to toe. He was taken to the home of his sister and the limb amputated above the knee, and the patient sent to the hospital in New Orleans.

Sugar Refinery Leased. According to an agreement filed

ta the Parish Clerk's office at New Iberia, the Segura Refinery has been rented to Joe Berg and W. H. Sut-«liffe for the next three years by

^ .Segura Surgar Company. Under the terms of agreement as recorded the lessees are to loan the company 12,000 for three years at 8 per cent and £ pay an annual rental of $1,200 *"4 to turn over to the Company 25 Per cent of the net earnings.

Mayor Webb Re-Elected. Tbf .second municipal primary held

jolted in the re-election of Mayor H. Webb, who won over J. H.

TWai by a majoritv of 5 votes. The was: Webb 138, Green 133. For

^Merman, L M. Nance received 138 George Life 135.

Kokle Well a Pumper. . Y® Noble well No. 3 was brought

the Eunice-Crowley Oil Com-®unice, and is a good pump-

«A »3 ** on 12-acre tract leas-, y the Companv to Noble in the '«»lungs oil field.

» Gttüty of Burglary. j j ^ b e D i s t r i c t Court at Opelousas,

HÉPgs, a white boy, charged was -found guilty.

VerdiGt for $7,500. ,> _ In the suit of Weleni**^ Jones

against the New Orlea*® Great North ern Railway at C<"in£ton, f°r dam­ages for killing J1S son> ^ 1^ie J°°es> at Gravel ÇV, last August, a verdict was ren^recl in favor of the Plain" tiff f«' $7,500. The case has been aprealed to the Supreme Court.

Protest at Opelousas. Posters were distributed about the

streets of Opelousas calling a mas's meeting to be lield at the court house to protest against the recent action of the democratic state central commit­tee in refusing to enter upon an in­vestigation of the alleged frauds in the last primary election.

Hayes Murder Case On. The case of the State vs. John W.

Havs, charged with the murder of W. H. McKinnev, Nov. 12, 1907, was called in the District Court at Clin­ton. The first day's session was de­voted to the securing of a jury to try the case.

To Support Republicans. At a meeting of local Republicans

at Opelousas, some forty-odd resi­dents of the city who voted in the recent Democratic primaries pledged themselves to support the Republican nominees for State offices at the elec. tion in April.

Moss Gin in Operation. The Tinney moss gin, recently

erected at Boutee, under the manage­ment of T. Boudreaux, of Houma, proved very satisfactory by pressing the first bale of cleaned and cleared moss, which is ready to be put on the market.

New Rectory to be Built. The Building Committee of Calva­

ry Episcopal church, of Bunkie, have decided to commence building the new rectory as soon as plans can be drawn. An agreement was made for these and operations are expected to begin on the structure shortly.

* Saw Mill to Resume. W. R. Swanson and J. M. La­

grone, of the United Lumber Com­pany at Quitman, are on a business trip to Monroe this week looking up mules for logging purposes, as they expect to start the saw mill soon.

W. D. Young, W. M. Durrett and T. J. Cummings, prominent farmers in Bienville parish, have during the past week sold to the merchants of Arcadia the choicest of home-cured hams and bacon, amounting to sever­al thousand pounds, besides having reserved enough for home consump-

tion. _

Some people are known by the friends they fail to make.

Washington.—Formal announce­ment of his candidacy for the pres­idency will be made by Governor Johnson of Minnesota at the unveil­ing of the Minnesota monument on the Shiloh battlefield early in April according to a statement made here by W. B. Hennessy of St. Paul.

Mr. Hennessy is a close personal friend of Governor Johnson and is believed to be in Washington to sound Democratic leaders in con­gress.

"When Governor Johnson an­nounces his candidacy," said Mr. Hennessy, "everybody will know he is in the race for the presidency and not for the long distance talking rec­ord. If the Democratic party wants a conversationalist, lecturer or win­ner of honors at the talk-fest to car­ry its standard next fall, Bryan is the man. But if the party wants a sound, solid, substantial, popular can­didate who is not a fanatic seeking personal aggrandizement, Governor Johnson is the man who should be put up. His popularity and strentgh are not confined to any one locality. It is found in all of the country."

Ocean Mail Subsidy. Senator Simmons of North Caro­

lina spoke in support of his amend­ment to the ocean mail ship subsidy bill authorizing the payment of the same rates to vessels of the second class that are allowed to those of the first cla3s for carrying the mails. The only difference between vesspte of the first class and those of the second class, he said, was thp^iffer-ence between twenty and sixteen knots in speed and diffei^nce in ca­pacity of between and 5,000

Po«tail£a.tterB. Rural free delivery carriers ap­

pointed : Louisiana—Benton, Route 1, Wil­

liam P. White, carrier, James E Wyohe substitute.

Mississippi—Magee, Route 1, Wil­liam P. Stroud carrier, Martin L. Stroud substitute.

Postmasters appointed: Louisiana—Emden, Winn parish,

Edward W. Deen; Poland, Rapides parish, Moses M. Gates.

Satchel of Dynamite. Police on duty at the capitol after

midnight found a satchel hidden in the shrubbery at the east side of the grounds containing a box of dyna­mite, a package of powder, six ex­plosive caps and two spear drills. No great signifiaance is attached to the find. It is supposed to have been left there by some cracksman who intended to return for it.

Philippine Church Bill. The senate committee on the Phil­

ippines ordered favorably reported the house bill providing for the pay­ment of $403,030 to the archbishop of Manila as represenrative and trus­tee of the Roman Catholic church in the Philippine Islands in satisfac­tion of all claims for damage done to the property of the church by the United States military forces.

Conference with President. J. .T. Hanahan. grand master of the

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and Enginemen, called upon the pres­ident to invite him to attend the next annual covention of the organization, of which the president is an honorary member, at Columbus, O., in Septem­ber. The president said he would not be able to accept the invitation.

Watkins Uses Poetry. Representative Watkins of Louis­

iana convulsed the house by reciting an original poem entitled, "What Is to Come." It was in eight stanzas, the first six of which referred to the promises of the Republicans to revise the tariff and do other things.

Carrying the largest appropriation in all its history—$222,190,392—the postoffice appropriation bill passed the house of representatives, having been under discussion fourteen hours. This is $1,425,000 more than that re­ported by the committee.

Pure Food ia Homo, Perhaps the important ad­

dress before the international con­gress on the welfare of the child, un­der the auspices of. the National Mothers' Congress^ was that of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bu­reau of chemistiy df. the department of agriculture, on "Pure Food in the Household."

Shot and Killed His Wife. Hugh Hollis, a treasury depart­

ment olerk, who came here from Louisville, Ky., and served for a time as private seej»t*jry to the com­missioner of internal/ revenue, shot and killed his wife their^feome on Newton street, nS noi section of "the city.

Will Investigate Charges. The Special Committee appointed

by Speaker Cannon to investigate the charges made by Representative Lil-ley, of Connecticut, concerning ef­forts to influence legislation by the Electric Boat Company has sum­moned a number of witnesses to ap-pear before it Monday.

Against Rate Laws. A delegation of organized labor,

consisting of the labor committee of the Southern railway, called on speaker Cannon and expressed the hope that there would be no further railway legislation affecting the rev­enues of common carriers, enacted at this ses^rn of congress. ^

Wars on Gambling. A record breaking bill in the anti-

gambling line, prohibiting gambling on anything from a horse race to "fu­tures," even to making illegal tele-praphic communications on such mat­ters, will be/introduced in the house during the present week by Repre­sentative Campbell, of Kansas.

FowMr Bill Recommended. Representative Burton, of Ohio,

submitted to the House his minority report sà a member of the Banking and Cttfrency Committee, dissenting from the majority report, which rec­ommended the passage of the Fowl­er currency bill.

White House Conference. There was another conference at

the White House oh the proposed leg­islation for revising the Sherman Anti-trust Law in «• way to prevent ü from applying unduly towards or­ganised lab©«, and to permit pooling of rates by the railroads.

Shipwrecked Man Not Found. The cruiser Yankton reported her

arrival at Acapnlco. She also report­ed that her expedition to Indefatig­able Island to find Fred Jeffs, an American seaman, who was aban­doned there, had been futile. Jeffs was not found.

Mothers' Congress. The appearance of the first lady of

the land served to attract a large at­tendance at tha session of the first International Congress on the Wel­fare of the Child, which is being held under the auspices of the Na­tional Mothers' Congress.

Employers liability Bill. The house judiciary committee

practically agreed upon employers li­ability bill, embodying the Knox and LaFoilette bills. The intention is to secure a vote on it by the house Fri­day.

To Attend Shreveport Convention. Several members of Congress are

arranging to attend the Red River Improvement Convention at Shreve­port, La., in June.

Watkins in Meyers' Place. Congressman Watkins, of Louisi­

ana, succeeded the late General Mey­ers on the House Naval Affairs com­mittee.

ßsh at the White House. Stuyvesant Fish, former president

of the Illinois Central railroad, was a guest of the president at luncheon.

Land Register Named. The president nominated George

D. Orner to be register of the land office at Woodward, Okla.

PROPOSED

Constitutional Amendments

To be Submitted to the Electors at the General

State Election

Ransdell in South Carolina. Congressman Ransdell, of Louisi­

ane, will speak at Charlestion, S. C., March 17. _

Democrats Inactive. The Democratic members of the

Senate are being prodded for their inactivity.

House Objector. Congrqessman Mann, of Illinois, is

known as the "objeetor" of the House.

ACT NO. 10

By .ftr. Relley. Senate Bill No. 5. JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Con­stitution of the State of Louisiana, prohibiting the doing of business in this State by any foreign, federal or non-resident corporation which shall eue the State of Louisiana or any of its political sub-divisions or public officers, or any citizen of this state in the Federal Court, or which, when sued, shaJl remove or petition for the removal of a cause into the Federal Court.

Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen­eral Assembly of the State of Louisia­na, two-thirds of all the members elect­ed to each House concurring, That the following amendment to the constitu­tion of the State of Louisiana be sub* mitted to the electors of the State at the next general State election, to be hold in April, 1908, to-wit:

Any foreign, federal or non-resident corporation, operating, conducting or doing businsss in this state, which shall Institute any suit or action at law or in equity against the State of Louisia­na, or any of its political sub-divisions, or any of its public officers, or against any corporation or citizen of this State, in any other court or courts than such as may be created and organized under the Constitution and laws of this State, or which when used by the State or any of its political sub-divisions, or any of its public officers, or any cor­poration or citizen of this State, shall remove, or petition, or move to remove «aid suit to any other court than a court, created and organized under the laws of his State, shall by this fact alone be debarred, prohibited and de­nied the right to operate,, conduct, or do any business within this State and thereafter any contract, or agreement, engagement or undertaking with, or by, or lo said corporation shall be ut­terly null and void.

Any foreign, federal or non-resident corporation, or any person acting as agent, servant .or officer of such cor­poration who shall make or attempt to make any contract, agreement, under­taking or engagement for, with, by or In the name of, for the use and benefit of, such corporation, after the said corporation sha'l have violated any of the provisions of the foregoing para» graph, shall be gnilty of a misdemean­or, and on conviction shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars, nor more than One Thousand Dollars, and may also be Imprisoned with or with­out hard labor for not more than twelve months, or both, at the discre­tion of the couit; provided, that it is not intended hereby to interfere with or prohibit the transaction of interstate business authorized under the laws and Constitution of the United States.

Section ?. Be it further resolved, etc.. That the foregoing amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana be submitted to the electors of the state at the genet-al election to be held on the 21st day of April, 1908, and on the official ballots to be used at such elec­tion shall be placed the words "for the Joint resolution proposing an amend­ment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, prohibiting the doing of bus­iness in this State by any forergn, fed­eral or non-re3ident corporation which «hall sue tha State of Louisiana or any Of its political subdivisions or public officers, or f«ny citizen of this State in the Federal <?ourt, or which, when sued, shall remove or petition for the removal of a cause into the Federal Court," and the words "against the Joint resolution ' proposing an amend­ment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, prohibiting the doing of business In this State by any foreign, federal or. non-resident corporation which shall sue the State of Louisiana or any of its political subdivisions or public officers, or any citizen of this State in the Federal Court, or which, when sued, shall remove or petition for the removal of a cause Into the Federal Court," and each elector shall indicate, as provided in the general election laws •f the State, which of the provisions, "for" or "against," he votes for.

J. Y. SANDERS, Lieutenant Governor and President of

the Senate. J, W. HYAMS,

Speaker of the House of Representa­tives.

Approved November 25th, 1907. NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,

Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy:

JOHN T. MICHEL, Secretary of Stat».

Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per annum. The Treasurer shall receive a salary of Two Thousand Dollars per annum. The Secretary of State shall receive a »alary of Five Thousands per annum. Each of the said officers shall be paid monthly, and no fees, or per­quisites or other compensation, shall be allowed them; provided, that the fees now, or which may hereafter be fixed by law to be charged by the Sec­retary of State, shall be collected and paid over by him monthly to the State Treasurer to be placed to the credit of the General Fund.

Article 82. Appropriations for the clerical expenses of the officers named in the preceding article shall specify each item of appropriation; and shall not exceed in any one year, for the Treasurer the sum of Two Thousand Dollars; for the Secretary of State, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars and the salary of the Assistant .Secretary of State and all clerical force of the In- «at* Assembly of the State of Louisia-surance Department and all other ex penses of his office shall be included in this amount; and for the Auditor of Public Accounts, the sum of Four Thousand Dollars.

Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc., That the foregoing amendments of the Constitution of the state, shall be sub­mitted to »he electors for their appro­val or rejection, as required by Article 321 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana and general election laws of this state at the general State election to be held in this State on the 21st day of April, 1908.

J. Y. SANDERS, Lieutenant Governor and President of

the Senate. J. W. HYAMS,

Speaker of the House of Representa­tives.

Approved November 27th, 1907. NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,

Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy:

JOHN T. MICHEL, Secretary of State.

Farmers' Weather Reports. Judge Watkins made an unsuccess­

ful attempt in the house to have an amendment placed on the postoffice appropriation bill authorizing post­masters to furhish rural letter car­riers with blank slips on which to stamp the daily weather reports for distribution along their routes. The amendment, was knocked out on a point of order, to the effect that it was not germane to the bill.

Congratulations Sent Evans. The following congratulatory tel­

egram, signed by Secretary Metcalf, was sent Rear Admiral Evans:

"The department congratulates you and the men and officers of the Atlantic fleet on the termination of the voyage to the Pacific in exact ac­cordance with the itinerary, and also upon the efficiency of the ships and the time of the arrival at Magdalena Bajr."

ACT NO. 12. By Mr. Voegtle. Senate Bill No. 6.

JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to Articles 81

and 82 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana relative to fixing the salaries of the Auditor of Public Ac­counts, Treasurer and Secretary of State and providing that all fees re­ceived by the Secretary of State un­der existing law or laws which may hereafter be enacted, shall be covered into the State Treasury. 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 Ar­ticles 81 and 82 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, be amended s. as to read as follows:

Article 81. The Auditor of Public Ac­counts shall receive a. salary of Two

ACT NO. 14. By Mr. Favrot. Senate Bill No. 9. SUBSTITUTE BY THE JUDICIARY

COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 1.

A joint resolution proposing an amend­ment to Article 286 of the Constitu­tion of the State of Louisiana. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen­

eral Assembly of the State of Louisia­na, two-thirds of all members elected to each House concurring, that Article £86 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana be amended so as to read as follows:

Article 286. If any railroad, express, telephone, telegraph, steamboat, or other water craft, or sleeping car company, subject hereto, di­rectly, or indirectly, or by any special rate, rebate, or other de­vice, shall intentionally charge, de­mand, collect or receive from any per­son, firm or corporation, a greater or less compensation for any service ren­dered by it, than it charges, demands or receives from any other person, firm or corporation, for doing a like and contemporaneous service, or shall vio­late any of the rates, charges, orders, rules or decisions of said commission, such railroad, steamboat or other water craft, express, telegraph, telephone, or sleeping car company, shall forfeit and pay to the State not less than One Hundred Dollars, nor more than Five Thousand Dollars to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction, at the suit of the State, at the domicile of the Commission.

Provided that every order or decision of the Commission, fixing and estab­lishing a rate or charge for the trans­portation of passengers or freight, or for the transmission of messages or conversations by telephone or tele graph, within the State, rhall go into effect at such times as may be fixed by the Commission, and shall remain in effect and be complied with unless and until set aside by the commission, or by a final judgment of a court of com­petent jurisdiction, rendered on final trial in a suit to set aside and annul the «am».

Provided that, whenever any rate, charge, rule, regulation, order, or deci­sion, of the Commission, is contested in court, as provided by this Constitution, or by any amendment thereto, and the same is maintained on final trial, by a court of competent jurisdiction, the railroad, express, telephone, telegraph, steamboat or other water craft, or sleeping car company, or corporation, contesting the same, shall forfeit and pay to the State of Louisiana, the sum of not less than Ten ($10.00) Dollars nor more than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars, per day, for each day that the putting into effect and operation of the rate, order, charge, rule, regulation, or decision, of the Commission, may have been sus­pended by such suit, to be found and adjudged by the court in which such suit may be brought and, in all such cases, the said court shall, in its judg­ment, maintaining the said rate, charge, rule, regulation, order, or deci­sion, enter up a decree and judgment against the plaintiff therein, condemn­ing such plaintiff to pay to the State of Louisiana the amount of the said penalty or forfeiture so found and ad­judged by It, which amount, after de­ducting therefrom, the attorney's fees provided by Article 288 of this Constitu­tion, shall, when collected, be paid into the State Treasury, for account of the General School Fund of the State.

The power and authority of the Com­mission shall affect and Include, not only the transportation of passengers, freight, express matter, and telegraph and telephone messages, between points within this State, arid the use of such instruments within this State, but shall also affect and include all mat­ters and things connected with and concerning the service to be given by railroad, express, telephone, telegraph, steamboat and other water craft, and sleeping car companies and corpora­tions, in the State, and their operation within the State.

Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc.. That the foregoing amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana be submitted to the electors of the State at the general election to be held on the 21st day of April, 1908, and on the official ballots to be used at such election shall be placed the words: "for the proposed amendment of Article 28fi of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana." and the words "against the proposed amendment of Article 286 of the Constitution of the State of Louis­iana," and each elector shall indicate as provided in the general election

laws of the State, which of the provT« slons, "for" or "against," he votes for.

J. Y. SANDERS, Lieutenant Governor and President of

tha Senate. J. W. HYAMS,

Speaker of the House of Representa­tives. • - <•

Approved November 28th, 1907. NEWTON C. BLANCHARD.

Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy:

JOHN T. MICHEL, Secretary of State.

ACT. NO. 15. By Mr. Millsaps. Senate Bill No. 2.

JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to Article 288

of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana relative to Railroads, Ex­press, Telephone, Telegraph, Steam­boat and Sleeping Car Commission. Section 1. Be- it resolved by the Gen-

na, two-thirds of all the members elect­ed to each House concurring, that Ar­ticle 288 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, be amended so as to read as follows:

Article 288. The General Assembly may add to or enlarge the powers and duties of said Commission, or confer other powers and duties on them. They may also "provide additional clerical, or other assistance that may be deemed necessary for the discharge of the du­ties of said Commission, and may add other penalties to make the work of said Commission effective.

It shall be the duty of the. Attorney General, and the various district attor« neys, to aid said commission in all le­gal matters, for which they shall re­ceive not exceeding 25 per cent, of ali fines and forfeitures collected by them; provided the commission may employ other attorneys in lieu of these officers on like terms.

No person in the service of, or attor­ney for, any railway, express, tele­phone, telegraph, steamboat or other water craft, sleeping car company or corporation, or pecuniarily interested in such company or corporation, shall hold the office of commissioner.

The fines collected, after paying the attorney's fees and the costs in suits, in which the Commission may be cast for costs, shall be paid Into the State Treasury.

Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc., That the foregoing amendment of the Constitution of the State, shall be sub­mitted to the electors for their approval or rejection, as required by Article 821 of the Constitution of the State of Lou­isiana and general elections laws of this State at the General State Elec­tion to be held in this State on the 21st day of April, 1908.

J. Y. SANDERS. Lieutenant Governor and President of

the Senate. J. W. HYAMS,

Speaker of the House of Représenta­tives. ' <

Approved November 28th, 1907. NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,

Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy:

JOHN T. MICHEL, Secretary of State.

ACT NO. 25. By Mr. Kernan, House Bill No. 53. Chairman of the Joint Judiciary Com»

mittee, A, B, C; Substitute for House Bills Nos. 2, 3, and 26.

JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Consti­

tution of Louisiana relative to tax collectors for the City of New Or­leans, providing for the election of one Tax Collector for said city, fix­ing his term of office, his compensa­tion and the clerical and other expen­ses of his office and providing for the payment thereof. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen­

eral Assembly of the State eff Louisia­na, two-thirds of the members elected to each House concurring, That there shall be submitted to the qualified electors of this State the following pro­posed amendment to the Constitution of Louisiana, to wit:

That there shall be one State Tax Collector for the City of New Orleans who shall be elected by the qualified electors of said city for the term of four (4) years. He shall receive a salary of Five*-Whousand ($5,000) Dollars per an­num payable monthly. The fees receiv­ed from delinquent tax-debtors, as also the fee of $1.00 charged for tax research certificates to the persons applying for same, shall be turned over to the State Treasury.

The Legislature at Its first session, after this amendment shall have been submitted to a vote of the people, as herein provided, if the same be adopt­ed, shall appropriate such sum as may be necessary for the payment of the clerical expenses, rent, furniture and porterage for the office of said tax col­lector: provided, however, that the to­tal amount of said appropriation shall not exceed the sum of $35,000.00, and provided further that said appropria­tion shall be by items showing the particular use to which such appro­priated funds shall be applied.

Section 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That this proposed amendment be sub­mitted to the electors of the State for their approval or rejection as required by Article 321 of the Constitution of Louisiana and the general election laws of this State, at the general election to be held on the Tuesday following the third Monday In April, 1908.

Section 3. Be it further enacted, etc.. That all properly nominated candidates for the office herein provided for shall be voted for at said general election and the one elected shall be commls.-sloned in the same manner, and enter upon the discharge of Iiis office, at the time when Uie terms of office of the present tax fofWctors IÀ said city ex­pire, and he shall supersede the present tr\x collectors of said city, whose offi­ces shall be abolished by the adoption of the amendment hereby proposed; provided, however, that should the foregoing amendment not be adopted, then the election of the Tax Collector herein provided for shall^be null and void.

J. Y. SANDERS, Lieutenant Governor and President of

the Senate. J. W. HYAMS,

Speaker of the House, of Representa­tives.

Approved- December 4, 1907. NEWTON 'C. BLANCHARD,

Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true çopy:

JOHN T. MICHEL, Secretary of State.

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