The Colfax chronicle., 1891-12-26
OFFICIAL
PRONUNCIATION of the Proposed Amendment
to the Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana. Adopted by the Gen
eral Assembly of 1890
STATE OF LOUISIANA. I
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE (

Constitution. publication is hereby made
and given to tie qualified electors of the
State of Louisiana of the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of this State,
which has been concurred in by 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 10 required to be published for the
information of the qualified electors of this
Stste for three months preceding the gen.
eral election for Representatives and which
proposed amendment more fully appears
in Act No. 1853, of the Regular Session of
1890, which is hereafter officially pub
lished tor the information of the qualified
electors Of this State, and which will be
submitted to them for their approvil j or
rejection at the next general election.
which will be Eed ON tuesday, the 10th
day of April, 1892. (it being the Tuesd,y
next following the third Monday of rald
month"; III such manner and form that the
qualified electors may vote tor or against
said amendment; and If majority If the
qualified electors voting ut said election,
shall approve and ratity said proposed
amendment, then such proposed amend
ment, 90 approved and ratified. shall be-
come q part Of tho Constitution OF this
State.
No. 1881 AN ACT
Providing for the submission to the elec-
tors Of the State for adoption or rejection,
an amendment to the Constitution OF
the State by aserting therein ian article
on Levees. Schools, Charities, Pensions,
Drainage, Lotteries and General Fund I"
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State If Louisiana, That
the following amendment to the Constitu-
ton Of the State be submitted to the cleo
tors for approval or rejection, as provided
in article two hundred and itty-six of the
Constitution, and if adopted, the said
amendment shall read as follows:
ARrrcLs ON LEvEEs, SCHOOLS, GRANTEES,
PENSIONS, DRAINAGE. LoTrEKIrs
Axp GENERAL FUND.
In aid Of the levees. schonls, charities.
pensions, drainage and gcneia nj fund here
matter named, tue following contract is
new made. In consideration OF the sum of
thirty-one millions two hundred and
ffty thousand dollars to be faIiy secured
and paid as hereinafter provided, john 4.
Morris, his heirs, agents and assigns, are
hereby authorized and empowered for .
term Of twenty-five years, ensuing the first
day of January, 1894, to prepare schemes
Of lotteries, to soil lottery tickets and to
draw and conduct lotteries ia this State.
Said sum shall be paid to the Treasurer OF
the State by tie persons conducting the
business pursuant to this contract. Ia Que
hundred equal instnllments, whereof each
installment shall be paid on or before the
first days of January, April, july aud Octo-
Der in each ard every year during said
term; and the Treasurer upon TIE receipt
of each of said instaiIments shall apply
the same ~ follows:
10 the Public Schools Of the Stale = Three
hundred and fifty thousand dollass aimu
ally, payable quarterly in advance, as above
provided, which sum shall be distributed
to each parish in the proportion prescribed
by article two hundred and twenty -four OF
the Constitution.
10 Lsrees.-Three hundred aud fifty
Thousand dollars annually, payable guar
terry in advance, as above provided, which
sum shall be distributed among the Levee
Districts of the Stale or applied to levee
purposes in the proportions aud III the
| manner provided by law for the distrlbu
ton aud application of the one mill ts>
levied under Article zt3 of the Constitution
To Charities One hundred ana fffy
thousand dollars annually, payable quar-
| terly in advance, as above provided, o
which sum eighty thousand dollars shai
be applied to the hospitals established b.
the State; forty thousand dollars to Stass
insane asylums; twenty-five thousand dol
lars to State institutions for the deaf
dumb and blind; five thousand dollars Il
the Soldiers Home.
| IT, IL III
annually, payable quarterly in advance
rs above provided, to the pensIoning o
disabled, inirm, or lndigent Confederate
soldiers, citizens resident in Louisiana.
To iks City of Ncw Orleans. for Drainag
and Other Sanitary P,rposes-One hundret
] thousand dollars annually, payable quar-
terly in advance, as above provided. tn
expenditure of said sun and the manage
ment and the control of the same to b.
determined by the General Assembly
which is hereby directed to caIry into effec
this provision BY appropriate legislation.
To the General Fand-rwo hundred AM
| fifty thousand dollars annually, payabl
quarterly In advance. as above provided
The said sums Of money above specifies
shall be devoted to the objects and pur
poses hereinbefore stated. and the Gen
eral Assembly is hereby directcG To carr
into effect this provision by appropiiat
Legislation.
Said JOHN A. Morris. his heirs OF agent
shall within twenty days from the dat
Of the adoption OF this article, tile IN tn
Office of the Secretary OF State a write
acceptance by him or them of this con
tract. and for tue protection OF tne Stat
and the security of the public, this cog
tract is made ulOon the express c'nditiS
that said john A. Morris, his heirs 0
agents. shall within thirty days from th
date of the adoption of this article file
the Office oi the Secretary of state q .leclaI
ation in writing. signed by him or theI
aud six other persons, signifyine ihei
consent to form the corporation herei'
after named. and the said John A. Mor,i
shall file Herewith his bond with go.,
and solvent sureties. residents OF tn.
State, in the sum of five million dollar
said bond to be IN favor of and accepte
by the Auditor of the State; the coDdi 10
Of said oond shall be that tie said NJ rri'
his heirs o. assigns. sa.ll pay to he Stat
of Louisiana the SUN of thirty-one million