The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-12-24
STATE OF LOUISIANA.


Constitution of this State, which has been con
Cured 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, in the year
1890, and which is required to be published for
the Information of the qualified electors of this
State for three months preceding the general
election for Representatives, and which pro-
| posed amendment more fully appears IN act
No. 1873, of the Regular Session of 1890, which
is hereafter officially published for the infOr-
nation of the qualified electors of this State,
and which will be submitted to them for their
| approval or rejection at the next general cleo
| ton, which will be held on Tuesday, the 18th
day of April, 1892, lit being the Tuesday next
| the third Monday of said month"; in such man
ner and form that the qualified electors may
| vote for or against said amendment; and if a
majority of the qualified electors voting at
said election shall approve and ratify said pro-
| posed amendment, then such proposed amend
ment, so approved and ratified, shall become
part of the Constitution of this State.
AN ACT mo. I53.
Providing for the submission to the electors
of the State for adoption or rejection, an
amendment to the Constitution of the
State by inserting therein IAN Brticle on
Levees, Schools, Charities, Pensions,
Drainage Lotteries and General Fund"
Section |. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Louisiana, That the fol-
lowing amendment to the Constitution of the
State be submitted to electors for approval or
| rejection, as provided in article two hundred
and tifty-siX of the Constitution and if adopt
| ed the said amendment shall read as follows ::
ARTICLE ON LEvEEs, SCHOOLS CHARITIES, PEN
sIoNs, DRAINAGE. LOTTERIES AND
GENERAL FUND.
| In aid of the levees. schools, charities, PEN
nd hap f4ou
named, the following contract is now made
In consideration of the sum of thirty -One mil
lions two hundred and fifty dollars to be fully
| secured and paid as hereafter provided John
| A. Morris, his heirs, agents and assigns, are
| hereby authorized and empowered for the term
OF twenty-five years ensuing the first day of
January, 1894, to prepare schemes of lotteries,
to sell lottery tickets and to draw and conduct
lotteries in this State. Said sum shall be paid
| to the Treasurer of the State by the persons
conducting the business pursuant to this con-
tract, in one hundred equal installments
whereof each installment shall be paid on or
before the first days of January, April, July
and October in each and every year during
said term; and the Treasurer upon the receipt
OF each OF said installments shall apply the
same as follows:
To THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE.
Three hundred and fifty thousand dollars an
nually, payable quarterly in advance, as above
provided, which sum shall be distributed to
each parish Ill the proportion prescribed by ar
tiele two hundred and twenty four by this
Constitution.
TO LEvEEs.-Three hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars annually, payable, quarterly in
advance, as above provided, which sum shall
be distributed among the Levee Districts of
the State or applied to levee purposes in the
proportions and in the manner provided by
law for the distribution and application of the
one mill tax levied under Article 213 of the
Constitution
To CHARITIES.-One hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars annually, payable quarterly in
advance, as above provided, of which sum
eighty thousand dollars shall be applied to
the hospitals established by the State; forty
thousand dollars to State insane asylums;
Twenty-Five thousand dollars to State institu-
lions for the deaf, dumb and blind; five thou
sand dollars to the Soldiers Home.
70 PEnsIoNs.-Fitty thousand dollars an
nually, payable quarterly in advance, as above
provided, to the penisoning of disabled intirm
or INDECENT Confederate soldiers, citizens re-
sident III Louisiana.
10 THE CITY OF New ORLEANS FOR DRAIN
AGE AND OTHER SANITARY PURPOSES. One
hundred thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly IN advance, as above provided the
expenditure OF said sum and the management
and the control of the same to be determined
by the General Assembly, which is hereby
directed to carry into effect this provision by
appropriate legislation.
To THE GENERAL FUND.-TwO hundred and
fifty thousand dollars annually, PAYABLE Guar-
IN advance, as above provided.
The several sums of money above sDecified
shall be devoted to the objects and purposes
herein6etOre stated, and the General Assem-
oily is hereby directed to carry into effect this
provision by appropriate legislation.
SAID John A. Morris, his heirs or agents
shall within twenty days from the date of the
adoption OF this article, file in the office of the
secretary OF State written acceptance by him
or them of this contract and for the 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 DersOns
slgmtylng their consent to form the corporation
hereinafter named, and the said John A. Morris
snail nle Herewith his bond with good and
solvent sureties, residents of this State in the
sum OF five million dollars, said bond to be in
favor OF and accepted by the Auditor of the
States the condition of said bond shall be that
the SAID Morris, his agents, or assigns shall
pay to the State of Louisiana the said sum of
thirty one millions two hundred and tifty
thousand dollars at the dates and in the man
ner herein set out and shall faithfully perform
all the obligations herein contained; and there
upon the persons signing the said declaration
snail De thereby constituted q corporation
1900 UNI anu TUE OF ne Louisiana
Lottery Company" whereof the capital stock
shall be five million dollars represented bv
nifty thousand shares of one hundred dollars
each, at least 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 d.
rected to be paid to the Treasurer of the State.
ana for all prizes to be drawn in said lotteries
and shall be entitled to receive semi -annuaIIy
from the persons conducting the business mn
der this contract fifty per cent. Of the net
Prohts OF the said business, and in eopsidera-
ton OF the payment of said sum of thirtv-one
million two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, IN lnstallments as aforesaid, said cornora
ton 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. impos1tiops
and licenses of any kind whatever. whether
state, parish, municipal or otherwise. The
powers OF said corporation shall be vested in a
board OF directors to consist of seven persons
who may make and establish rules and bylaws
Tor the proper management and regulation of
ITS affairs. The persons signing said declare
ZION shall constitute the first board of directors