The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-30
PRoMULGATIoN
OF THE
AMENDMENT
TO THE
Constitution Of The State Of Louisiana
ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
1890.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

STATE OF LOUISIANA, [
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. J
In pursuance of the provisions Of the
Constitution, publication is hereby made
and given to the qualified electors OF the
State of Louisiana of the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of this State,
which has been cOncurred in by two
thirds of all the members elected to each
House of the General Assembly OF this
State, at the regular session thereof, held
at the City of Baton Rouge, i'll the year
1890, and which is required to be pub
lished for the information of the qualified
electors of this State for three months
preceding the general election for Repre-
sentatives, and which proposed amend
ment more fully appears in Act No. 1o3,
of the Regular Session of 1890, which Is
hereafter officially Published for the in
formation of the qualified electors of this
State, and which will be submitted to
them for their approval OF rejection at
the next general election, which will he
held on Tuesday, the 18th day of April,
1892, Git being the Tuesday next follow
ing the third Monday of said monthly i'll
such manner and form that the qualified
electors may vote for or against said
amendment; and if majority of the
qualified electors voting at said election,
shall approve and ratify said proposed
amendment, then such proposed amend
ment, so approved and ratified, shall be-
come a part of the Constitution of this
7 State.
| No. 1873 AN ACT
7 Providing for the submission TO the cleo
t tors of the State for adoption or rejec-
7 ton, an amendment to the COnstitll-
: ton of the State by inserting therein
e can article of Levees, Schools, Chair
= ties, Pensions, Drainage, Lotteries aud
s General Fund.-"
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Gene.
e raj Assembly of the State of Louisiana
4 That the following amendment to the
: Constitution of tie State be submitted tt
g tho electors for approval or rejection, as
: provided in article two hundred ant
!, fifty-six of the Constitution, and if adopt
: ed, the said amendment shall read a!
d follows:
Z ARTICLE ON LEvEES, SCHOOLS, CHARITIES
. PENSIONS, DRAINAGE, LOTTERIES AM
u GENERAL FUND.
!, In aid Of the levees, schools, charities
pensions. drainage and general t,lnt
"a hereinafter named, the following con
=. tract is now made. In consideration o
the sum Of thirty-one millions two hun
n bred and fifty thousand dollars to be full,
T. secured and paid as hereinafter provided
4 John A. Morris, his heirs, agents AM
u assigns, are hereby authorized and EN-
w powered for the term of twenty. five year
n ensuing the first day Of January, 1894, t
-, prepare schemes Of lotteries, to sell LOT
,f terry tickets and to draw and conduct lot
y, teries in this State. Said snm shall b
A. paid to the Treasurer of the State by til
" persons conducting the business pursual1
to this contract, in one hundred egu;
i, installments, whereof each installmen
=, shall be paid on or before the first days
If January, April, July and October in eac
of and every year during said term; an
u the Treasurer upon the receipt Of each
4 said installments shall apply the same ;
NJ follows:
o 10 the Public Schools of the State.-Thr.
or hundred and fifty thousand dollars ann,
Io ally, payable quarterly in advance,
o os above provided, which sum shall be di
'Is trlbutcd to each parish in the proportic
'i' prescribed by article two hundred al
y twenty four of the Constitution.
w., 10 Lerees.-Three hundred and fif
.;r thousand dollars annually, payable qua
,1, | terly IN advance, as ABOVE provide
wv which sum shall be distributed amor
"a the Levee Districts of the State or q
we piled to levee purposes in the proportion
", ,r' and in the manner provided by law f
- the distribution and application of Il
one mill tax levied under Article 2l3
u the Constitution.
To Charities hundred and fit
of thousand dollars annually, payable qua
yo terly iu advance, us above provided,
~ which sum eighty thousand dollars sh;
lie be applied to the hospitals establish
by the State; forty thousand dollars
raj State insane asylums; twenty-five tho
70 sand dollars to State institutions for
ch deaf, dumb and blind; five thousand d
Gle lars to the Soldiers Home.
~ To Pensions.-Fifty thousand doll;
en- annually, payable quarterly in advan'
as as above provided, to the pensioning
disabled, infrm, or INDECENT Confeder;
his soldiers, citizens resident in Louisial
of To the City Of New Orleans for Draint
led and Other Sanitary Purposes.-One HI
on bred Thousand dollars annually, paya
to- quarterly in advance, as above provide
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