The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-28
AN ACT
No. 100.

State, and to the city council OF TIT
city of New Orleans, the power an'
authority to maintain beneficiary ca
diets at said institution.
Section /. Be it enacted by thu
General Assembly of the State of Lou
isiana, That each parish, as now Gre
atcd or that may hereafter be created
in the State, shall have the right tt
delegate to the Louisiana State Uni
versity and Agricultural and Mechan
ical College one beneficiary cadet, ant
that the city of New Orleans shall
have the right to delegate to said in
stitution seventeen beneficiary cadets
or one from each ward of said city
said benefciaries to remain at said in
stitution four years, unless sooner gra-
duated Or otherwise discharged pro-
vided, that no beneficiary cadet shall
be permitted to resign from said insti,
tuition, without the consent of the
Board of Supervisors thereof, which
consent shall be given only in case
of urgent necessity, such as serious
and long protracted i'll health, duly
declared by certificate of the surgeon
Of said institution, or other competent
physician, to be of such nature as to
render it impossible for said cadet to
pursue his studies with advantage.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the police jury of each parish
and the city council of New Orleans,
respectively, may, at regular meet
ing, elect the number of beneficiary
cadets to which said parish or city is
entitled as aforesaid, of such age and
qualifications as may be prescribed by
the Board of Supervisors of admission
to the college class of said University
and Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lcge; and shall canse the beneficiary
so selected to report in person at said
institution on Or before said fifth day
of October; provided that said hene-
ficiary cadets shall be selected from
the number of those residents of said
parish or of said city, who have not
themselves, nor have their parents,
the meals of defraying the whole of
their necessary expenses of mainte-
nance and support at said institution,
which fact shall be duly certified to
by the president of said institution, by
the president of said police jury, OF
said city council of New Orleans, as
true to the best of his knowledge and
belief.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc,
That for the maintenance and board
Of said beneficiary in said institution,
the sum of ten thousand seven hun
drcd and ten dollars he and the same
is hereby appropriated annually; for
two years, out of any funds in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated
and the Auditor of Public Accounts is
hereby authorized and directed to war
rant on the State Treasurer in favor of
the board of supervisors of the Louis
lana Stste University and Agricultural
and Mechanical College, for the sum
of twenty-one thousand four hundred
and twenty dollars, one-half out of the
revenues of the year 1856, and the
other half out of the revenues of the
year 1887 for the purpose above spec
fled.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That for the maintenance and Board
of said beneficiaries in said institution
the Police Juries of the several par
ishes and the City Council of the city
of New Orleans, be and are hereby
authorized and empowered to appro-
pirate out of their respective treasu-
ries, a sufficient sum to defray the ne
cessary expenses of said cadets as APP
pointed under the provisions of this
act, provided that the expense of no
cadet shall exceed two hundred and
fifty dollars per annnm; provided fur
ther that under no circumstances shall
any part of this amount be paid by
the State.
Sec. S. BE it further enacted, etc.,
That in order to take advantage of
the right granted to each parish and
to the city of New Orleans, in section
l of this act each parish and said
city shall make an appropriation of
one hundred and fifty dollars per an
mum out of any money in it's treasury
for the maintenance and board in said
institution OF each beneficiary cadet
delegated by said parish Or said city,
said sum to be paid to the treasury of
snch institution before the admission
of such cadet; and the power to make
said appropriation is hereby granted
to the police juries of the several par
ishes and to the city council of New
Orleans. II. w. OGDEN,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
CLAY KNOBLOCH,
Lieutenant-Go Governor and President of
the Senate.
this sth July, 1886.
S, d. MCENERY.