The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-10-28
PRONUNCIATION
or The
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
Constitution Of Tie State q losii.iiass,

Constitution o. Tie State q iusAiiaa.,
ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
$780,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
In pursuance Of the provisions of the
ConstitN Ntion, publication is hereby made |
and given to the qualified electors OF the
State OF Louisiana ofthe proposed amend
ment ~ the Constitution of this State,
which s,as. been concurred in by two
thirds OF all the me:nbers elected to each !
House of the General Assembly of this |
State, ut the regular session thereof, held
at the City of Baton Rou.e, in the year
| 1890, aud which is required to be pub
lished for the information of the qualified |
electors OF this State for three months
pre- ehing the general election for Repre-
sentatlvrs, and which proposed amend.
ment more fully appears in Act No. l.3,
OF the Regular Session of 1890, which Is
hereafter officially published for the in
formation OF the qnalined electors of this
State, ard which will be submitted to
them for tiieir. approval or rejection at
the next general election, which will be
held on Tuesday, the 18th day of April,
1892, ut being the Tuesday next follow.
ing the third Monday OF said monthly in
such manner and form that the qualified
cleo ors may vote for or against said
amendment and if majority of the
qualified electors voting at said election,
snail approve and ratity said proposed
amendment, then snch proposed amend
ment, SO approved and ratified, shall be-
come "a part Of the Constitution of this
Stat.
40. 1.3] AN ACT
Providing for the submission to the cleo
tors Of the State tor adoption Or rrjrr-
ton, an amendment to the Constitn-
ton of the state by inserting therein
"An article of Levees, Schools, Chari,
lies, Pensions, Drainage, Lotteries aud
Gen .ral r'nnd."
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the Gene
raj Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
That the following amendment to the
Constitution of the State he submitted to
the electors for approval or rejection, as
provided in article two huntred and
tfly-s six of the Constitution, and if adopt
ed, the said amendment shall read as
: follows:
: ARTICLE ON LEvHES. SCHO l.S, CHARITIES,
; PENSIONS, DRAINAGE, LOTTERIES AND
GENERAL FUND.
Iu aid cf the evees, schools. charities,
, pensions. drainage and general fund
hereinafter named, the following CON
tract is now made. In consideration of
the sum of thirty-one millions two hun
dre,l aud fifty thousand dollars to be fully
I secured and paid as hereinafter provided,
John A. a:orris, his heirs, agents and
assg Is, are hereby authorized and EN-.
powered for the term of twenty five years
ensuing .hr first day OF January, 1894, to
prepare schemes of lotteries, t. sell lot
terry tickets and to draw and conduct lot
. teries in this state. Said sum shall he
paid to the Treasurer Of the State by the
, persoas conducting the business plirSuan,
to this contract, in one hundred equa
, installments. whereof each installm, nj
Z shall be paid on or before the first days O
e January, April, July and October in eacl
and every year during said term; an,
the Treasurer upon the receipt Of each u
II said ins,allments shall apply the same IA
follows:
y TO the Public Schools of the State.-Thrr,
' hundred and fifty thousand dollars annu
ally, payable quarterly in advance, ~
above provided, which sum shall he dis
: tr,bute,, to each parish in the proportion
prescribed by article two hundred ant
itwenty-four of tie CONSTITUTION.
10 Lerees.-Three hundred and fft,
, thousand dollars annually, payable quar-
terly III advance, as above provided
Which sum shall be distributed anon;
tie Levee districts of the State or ap
f. Piled t. levee purposes in the proportion
and in the manner provided by law fO
tn. distribution and application of Til
one mill tax levied under Article 2l3 u
the Constitution
TO Charities One hundred and tift
;. thousand dollars annually, payable quar-
e terly in advance, as above provided, q
}. which sum eighty thonSand dollars sha'
be applied to the hospitals estahlishc
10y the State; forty thousand dollars :.
State insane as, lums; Twenty-Five thou
sand dollars To State institutions for til
deaf, dumb and blind; five Thousand do
lars 10 the Soldiers Home.
To Pensions.-Fifty thousand dollar
annually, payable quarterly in advanc.
AZ above provided, to the penSioning I
"a Disabled, intrm, or INDECENT C"ntedrrat
q soldiers, citizens resident in Louisiana
:. 10 the City Of Nep O.leans for Drainas
~ and Other Sanitary Purposes One hni
ID dred Thousand dollars annually, payabl
m quarterly III advance. as above provides
a. the expenditure of said sum and the mar
ayemen, and the control of the same
II he determined by the General Assemhl,
which is hereby directed to carry int
,r effect this provision by appropriate legi'
,r lation.
=. and fifty Thousand dollars annually, pa,
id able quarterly in advance, as above pr,
vilcd
The several sums of money above spe'
ihe.l shall be devoted to the objects an
purposes hereinhefnre stated, ami til
General Assembly is hereby directed I
carry into effect this provision by apprt
pirate legislation.
Said john A. Norris his heirs nr agent
:, shall within twenty days from thu dat
~ of the adoption of this article, file in I'll
J. Office of he Secretary of State a wIitt.
,e acceptance by him Or them Of this COZ
tract, and for the protection OF the Stat
and the security of the public, this CO
tract is made upon the express conditiO
that sa,d Johu A. Morris. his heirs I
\ agents, shall within thirty day from II
:. date of tile adoption VI this article Tile
the office of the Secretary of State d
claration in writing, signed by him
IT, them and six other persons, signifyil
IN their consent to form the c0rpurati,
hereinafter named, and The said John !
= Norris shall Tile Herewith his bond viii
u good and solvent sureties, residents
4. thix Stat.. In the sum Of five million lN