Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-11-21

purposes hercinbefore stated, and the
General Assembly n hereby directed to
carry into effect this provision by ap-
prOpria'" legislation.
Said John y. Morris. his heirs or ap-
cnts. shall Within tw cnty days from the
date OF the adoption of this article. file
In the ollice OF the Secretary of State Il
written acceptance by him or them of
this contract. and for the protection of
the Safe and the security OF the public,
this contract is made upon the express
condition that said John \. Morris. hi,
heirs or agents. siiail within thirty days
from the date of the adoption Of this ar
ticlc file il the Office of the Secretary OF
State IL declaration III writing signed BY
him or them and six other persons. sig
nifying their consent to form the cor
poIation hereinafter named, AMI tie
said John a. Morris shall file Herewith
his bond with goods and solvent sureties,
residents of this State. in the sum of five
million dollars. said bon! to he in favor
of and accepted by the Auditor of the
state; the condition of said bond shall
be that the said Morris, his agents or
assigns. shall pay TO the State Of Louis
lana the said sum of thirty onc million
two hundred and fifty Thousand dollars
ut the dates and in the manner her.i,t
set on; and shall faithfully perform al!
the obligations her, in contained. and
thcreupUn the persons signing III" said
declaration shall he thereby constituted
a corporation Under the name AMI till.
of 1.-The Louisiana i.nttcry CoHi;,iIl, -
whereof the capital stock shall be i've
million dollars. represented by Ely
thousand shares of one hundred dollars
each, Il, least twenty per cent. thereof
to be forthwith fully paid Mp. and which
corporation shall be and continue dur
ing the iirrinI OF this go. tract. aud shall
have ali III" rights and powers possr>>-
ed by corporations generally rs Ici;.I
by the present CIVIL ;.dc OF tie state.
and shall be liable for the moneys here
in directed 10 be- paid to tli;. Treasurer
of the State. and for all prizes to De
drawn III laid lotteries. an'i sh:,l! toe en-
titled to receive semi annually from the
persons conducting the. business untIe
this contract fifty per cent. of the ne
profits Of the said business, and in con-
sideration of the payment Of said sum
of thirty-One million two hundred and
fifty thousand dol .ars. in iistallmcnts us
aforesaid. said corporation and the sba-
res of stock therein and the business au-
thOrized by this contract and the reve-
nues and receipts thereof, shall be OK.
c:npt from oil taxes. dues. assessments.
impositions and licenses Of any kind
whatever. whether State. parish, NUM-
cipal or otherwise. The powers of said
corporation shall be vested in a board of
who may make and establish rules and
bylaws for the proper management and
regulation of its affairs. The persons
signing said declaration shall constitute
the first board of directors and shall
serve for the term Of one year from the
time OF the filing of said declaration and
until their SUCCESSORS are duly appoint
ed.
All lotteries other than those author
lied by this articlcarc prohibited in tins
State, unless by similar amendment to
this Constitution and for not less than
one million two hundred and fifty thou-
sand dollars per anil.m. All rrovis-
ions of the Constitution and laws of this
State inconsistent or in any way contic-
ting with this article are declared to he
superseded hereby.
SEC. 2. BE it further ecactcd. That
it shall be the dnty Of the Secretary of
State to publish the foregoing proposed
amendment in accordance with the pro-
visions Of article two hundred and fifty
six of the Constitution. within ninety
days after the first day of January in the
SEC. 3. Be il further enacted. That
at the next general election all electors
who desire to vote for said amendment
shall write print upon their ballots
the words, For the Lcvecs, Schools.
Charities, Pensions, Drainage, Letter
les and General Fund amendment and
all electors who desire TO vote ut said
election against said amendment shall
write or print upon their ballots the
words. Against the I.evees. schools.
Charities. Pensions. Drainage. Letter
les and General Fund amendment
SEC. !. he it further enacted, That
all officers charged with elections or the
conduct of the returns thereof under the
general election laws. shall 1T the time
they give notice Of the said general clcc
ton also give notice Of the election
herein ordered for the adoption or re-
jection of the proposed amendment. and
Shall without other direction or author
ity than is herein contained make due
returns of said election III conformity
with the genera! election laws in so far
rs they are not INCONSISTENT with or in
conflict with this act.
(Signcdl 5. il. HENRY,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
[Signcdl JAMES .JEFFRIES.
Lieut.. G oN. and PRIEST. of the Senate.
Witness my signature and the seal of
the state of Louisiana ut the city of Da-
ton Rouge, this 10Th day of August.
1891.
,,,l l.. +. MASON.
''''' SECPETsIsS OF STx1TE.