St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-28

Providing for the SUBMISSION to The electors
Of the State for adoption or rejection, an
amendment to the Constitution Of tho state
hy inserting therein "a!i article on Levces.
SvhooIs, Charities, Pensions, Drainage Lot
tcries and General Fund
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the General As
Scmbly of the State of louisiana That the fol
lowing amendment 10 the Constitution of the
state be submitted to the electors for approval!
or rejection, rs provided in article two hundred
and tity-SiX of the Constitution. and If adopted,
the said amendment shall read as follows;
ARTICLE on LEyEEs, SCHOOLS, CHARI-
TIES, PENSIONS, DRAINAGE, LOT
TERIES AND GENERAL
FUND.
LII aid of the leye"s, schools. charities, ran.
sons, drainage and general tnnd hereinafter
named. the following contract Is now made.
IN consideration of tlia sllI OF thirty-0ne mil
lions two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to
be fully secured and paid as hereinafter pro
vidcd, John A. Morris, his heirs, agents aud as
signs, are hereby authorized aud empowered
for the term of twenty-five years ensuing the
first day of January, 1884, to prepare schemes
of lotteries. to sell lottery tickets and to draw
, and conduct lotteries in this State. Said sum
shall he pal. to the Treasurer Of the State ny
the persons conducting the business pursuant
to this contract, in enc hundred equal Install
mentS. whereof each inSta!lmcnt shall be paid
/ on or before the first days OF January, April,
July and October in Cacn and every wear dur
iIlL said term ; and the Trra, urcr upon the re-
ceipt of each Of said iustamcnts shall apply the
same us follows:
To THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STAFF
Three hundred and fifty thousand dollars an
nualy, payable quarterly III advance, as above
provided, which sum shall be distributed to
each parish IN the proportion prescribed by al
| tice tTO-hundred and tWenty-.our Of the Con-
stitutiOu.
! To LEvEEs.-Ihree hundred and fifty thotls-
and dollars annually, payable quarterly in adj
vance, as above provided, which sum shall be
distributed among the Lcvco Dist rirts of tie
! tn lied l,,-a
portions aud III tie manner provided by law
for the distribution and application Of the one
mill tax levied under Article 213 of the Consti-
tutiOn.
70 CHARITIE>-Ouc hundred aud fifty tho,,-
and dollars annually, payable quarterly i'll adj
vance, is above provided, of which sum eighty
thousand dollars shall be applied to the hospi-
taiS established Ivy the Sta t; forty thousand
dollars 10 State insane asylluus; Twenty-Five
thousand dollars 10 State institutions for the
deaf dumb and blind; live thousand dollars to
the Soldiers Home.
TO PEHsIONs-Fifty thousand dollars annual,
~, payable quarterly i'll advance, as above pro
Nlded, 10 the pCnSionng Of disabled, infiiln
Or INDECENT Confederate soldiers, citizens res
! itlcnt III Louisiana.
70 THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, FOR DRAIN
AGE AND OTHER SANITARY PEEpOsEs-On6
hundred thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly in advance, as above provided, the
expenditure Of said sum and the manage
ment and the control of the same to be deter.
mined by the General Assembly, which is here
by directed to carry into effect his provision
by appropriate legislation.
To lHL GEsERAL FuHD-Two hundred and
fifty Thousand dollars annually, payable guar
tclly III advance, as above provided
The several SUMS Of money above sncrlted
shall be devoted to the objects and PURPOSES
hereinbcforc stated, aud the General Assembly
is hereby directed to carry into effect this pro
vision by appropriate legislation.
Said John A. Norris, his heirs or agents. shall
twenty In nf I'D
ton Of this article, file in the Office Of the sccre
tary OF State written acceptance by him or
them Of this contract and for tn, protection
of the State and the security of the public this
contract is made upon the express condition
that said John A, Morris, his heirs or agents
shall within thirty days from the date Of the
adoption of this article file IN the Office of the
Secretary of State declaration in writing
signed by him or them and six other persons
sgnifying their consent to form the corpora
ton hereinafter named and the said John A.
Morris shall file Herewith his bond with good
and solvent suretieS residents of this state in
the sum of five million dollars, said bond to be
i'll favor OF and accepted by the Auditor of the
state; the condition of said bond shall he that
the said Morris, his agelts or asssns shall pay
to the State of Louisiana the said sum of thirty.
one million two hundred and fifty th0usand
dollars at the dates and In the manner herein
set out and shall faithfully perform all the obj
cations herein contained; and thereupAn the
persons signing the said declaration shall
be thereby constituted corporation under the
name and title Of "1he Louisiana Lottery
Company" whereof the capital stock shall be
i've million dollars, represented by fifty thOus-
and shares OF One hundred dollars each, at Toast
twenty per cent. thereof to be forthwith fully
paid up, and which corporation shall be and
continue during the period Of this contract and
shall have all the rights and powers possessed
by corporations generally as defined by the
present Civil Code of the State, and shall be
liable for the moneys herein directed to be naid
to the Treasurer OF the State, and for ali prizes
to be drawn in said lotteries and shall be ell
titled to receive semi-annually from the per-
sons conducting the business under this con-
tract nifty per cent. of the net profits Of the
SAID business, and il consideration of the pay
nent Of said sum Of thirty-One million two hun
drcd and fifty thousand dollars, III instruments
as aforesaid, said corporation and the shares of
stock therein and the business authorized by
this contract and the revenues and receipts
thereof, shall be exempt from all taxes, dues,
assessments, impositiOns and LICENSES of any
kind whatever, whether State, parish munich
pal Or otherwise The powers OF said corpora
ton shall he vested in q board OF directors to
consist OF seven persons. who may make and
establish rules and bylaws gor the proper man
agement and regulation of its affairs Tho per.
sons signing said declaration shall constitute
the first board Of directors aud shall serve for
the term OF one year from the time of the filing
of said declaration and until their successors
are duly appointed,
All lotteries other than those authorized
:ly this article are prohibited i'll this State, IN
less by similar amendment 10 this Constitution
and for not less than one million two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars per annlI1r. AL nrn-
visions of the Constitution and laws of this
State inconsistent or in any way conflicting
with this article are declared to be superseded
hereby.
sEC2 Ee it further enacted, That Ii shall
be the duty Of the Secretary of State to publish
the foregoing proposed amendment in accor-
dance with the provisions of article two hnn
dred and fifty-siy OF the Constitution, within
ninety days after the first day of January in
the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That at the
next general election all electors who desire tn
vote for said amendment shall write or print
upon their ballots the words, For the Leyees. |
Schools. Charities, Pensions, Drainage, Lot |
teries and General Fund amendments and ali !
electors who desire to vote at said election |
upon their ballots tie words, Against the |
Leyees, Schools, Charities, Pensions, Drainage
Lotteries and General Fund amendment
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted That all ofn /
GERS charged with elections or the conduct OF
the returns thereof under the general election
laws, shall at the time they give notice of said
general election also give notice of the election
herein ordered for the adoption or rejection Of
Inc proposed amendment, and shall without
her direction or authority than is herein con
famed make due returns OF said election In con
[ar as they are not inconsistent with or in con.
fct with this act.
tsignedl s. p. HENRY,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
fS1gnedJ JAMES JEFFRIEs,
Lieut., Governor and Presldens of the Sen
ate.
witness my signature and the real of the
{ - State of Louisiana at the CT, of Baton
L.. Rouge this 29th day of Aug:f@A, 1891.