The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-11-28

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 az defined
by che present Civil Code of the State.
and shall be liablo for the money herein
directed to be paid to the Treasurer of the State,
and for all prizes 20 be draw jim said lotteries.
and shall IN entitled to receive semi annually
from the persons conflicting the business under
this contract fits per cent Of the net profits of
tho Said business, and in consideration Of the
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in INSTALL
ments as aforesaid, said corporation and the
shares of stock therein and the business author
lied by this contract and the revenues and re-
ceipts thereof. shall be exempt from all taxes
dues assessfnents, impositiOns and licenses of
| any kind whatever. whether State. parish. mu-
niciIal or otherwise The fiowers of said cor
poration shall he vested in board Of directors
toDonsist IF seven persons. who may make and
establish rules and by laws for the proper man
ager1ent and regulation Of its affairs. The per-
| sons 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
ara duly appointed.
All lotteries other than those authorized by
this article are prohibited in this State. unless
by similar amendment to this Constitution and
for not less than one million two hundred and
I fifty thousand dollars per annum. All provi-
sions of the Constitution and laws Of this State
| inconsistent or in any way conflicting with this
/ article are declared to I've superseded hereby.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That il shall be
the duty of the Secretary of State to publish the
foregoing amendment in accordance with the
prov visions Of article two hundred and fifty-six
Of the Constitution, within ninety days after
the first day of January in the year eighteen
hundred and ninety -one.
SEC. 5. BE it further enacted, That at the
next election all electors who desire TO vote for
said amendment shall write or print upon their
ballots the words, For the Levees, Schools.
Charities. Pensions. Drainage, Lotteries and
General Fund amendment" and all electors who
desire to vote at said election against said
amendment shall write or PRINT upon their bal
lots the words. Against the Levees. Schools.
Charities, Drainage, Lotteries and General Fund
amendment
| SIC 1. BE il further enacted That all officers
| charged with elections or the conduct Of the re-
turns thereof under the general election laws.
shall at the time they give notice Of the said
general election also give notice of the election
here ordered for the adoption OF rejection of the
proposed amendment. and shall without other
authority than il herein contained make due re-
turns of said election in conformity with the
general election laws in so far as they are not
Inconsistent with or in conflict with this act.
| lSicnedl Up. HENRY.
| Speaker of the House of Representatives.
TSiSnedl JAMES JEFFRIES.
Lieut. Governor and President of the Senate.
Witness my signature and the seal of the State
OF Louisiana at the city Of Baton Rouge, this %
day of Auguest 1891. LIZ. MASON.
| lSeal.l Secretary of State.