Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-12-05

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| purposes hefeijbefore stated. and the
! General Assembly IL hereby directed to
| carry ihto eftr"t this provision BIZ :tp-
proDr':.;t. icgiS:ation.
SAIL t..'in :. iiortis. hi l.rirs ~, an
cn:s. si'.h "'.t i;h twenty days from the
da:c II IA" a.!D, ,iinis Of tn. ir:i,,r. :iic
in the office of tie Secretary OF state 3,
written acceptance -! him or them of
thi; contract. an; FOR the protection of
the Safe and the security ot the public.
this contract Is lnu'ir ,l;D III the express
condition that s.,i;i .!";in 4. Morris. Iii,
heirs or agents. shat! within thirty u.t,s
from the date Of the adoption of this ar
t:c.a al" IL: the Office nf the Secretary Of
state declaration III writing. 81 rucd by
him or them AID six other persons. sig
nifyinS their consent &c. form ti,e cor
poIation hereinafter named. and the
said John A. Morris shall file herewith
his bond with good and solvent sl,rcties.
residents at this S:a:: in the s,,:u of 'iye
million dollars. r,ii ,"n.l la ,,. in favor
OF and ;;ccepteI by the Auditor Of !:.a
state; the condition Of said boui S.iil.
he that the said Morris. his a..c,,ts o:
assigns shall pay to the state Of i.o;lis-
lam: the salt! sum nf tiiir:v-o,.c million
two ;,:.uhrrd and iiiity t!,n,,Sa:lI dollar.
at the dates :i;!,l in TIC manner ls.rrIu
set OIL: "uI sit#ii !a:shfu.iv perform MI
the obligations i,";":u contained. AN.
thcrcEiu:t VIC .i'r-Oi> SiEiin, iiir .:.,,i
declaration SIS. ~ .!.eT:.!.; toit tiiutc.,
q corporation under tn. nam AID ;;;,
OF ''fhe Louisiana battery Co,l.,,ailG.''
wE"r;'n! t;.'- r*oit;l STOCK ~i,si! .'G ';v:.
million dollars. REPRESENTED by fits
Thousand -.,;,r,'. Of n!;e .lun.ircd dollars
each. III least twenty peg cent. thereof
to be forthwith! t,::l,' paid IN. and w,.,:,,
corporation shall bc AND coniii:i,r ..nr
ing ;iic period Of :;i!~ 80" :ract. and shall
have ali ii.r right and y ,"..rs ross,s--
ed by corporations .s'.neraliE rs .;a.iau
by the rre>rD; tivi! code Of the state
ana shall he ii:ii,i: for the ulone%s here
in directed 10 be pal! II the Treasurer
Of TIE Stale. :nt. for nj prizes TO l.u
drawn in said lotteries, ANA shall ..r p:!-
titled to receive semi annually from the
DersoHs conducting the business lInde
this contract fifty per cent. of the nc
profits of the salt: business. ANA in con
sidur:ltion of the payment of said sum
of thirty-onc miilion two hundred and
fifty thousand dol trs. ii! lbs t:tl!ncnts ;iS
aforesaid. said corporation and the sha-
res Of stock therein and the business :.u-
thoriled BY this contract and the reve-
nucs and receipts thereof, shall be cN
empt from all taxes. dues. assessments.
impositions and licenses Of any Kind
whatever. whether State. parish. NUM-
cipal or otherwise. The powers of said
corporation shall be vested in board of
directors 10 consist Of scveu persons.
who may make and establish rules and
laws for the proper management and
regulation OF lis affairs. The persons
signing said declaration shall constitute.
the first board ot directors and shall
serve for the term OF one year from the
time Of the filing Of said declaration and
until their SUCCESSORS are daily appoint
ed.
All lotteries other than those author
lied by this article ar" prohibited in this
State. unless by similar amendment to
this Constitution auu for not less than
one ni,Iioni two hundred H!ld Fifty thou-
sand dollars per ;,nnuni. All provis-
ions of the Constitution and laws of this
State inconsistent or in any way contiic-
limg with this article are declared to be
superseded hereby.
SEC. =. Be ii further ccacte'!. That
it shall be The duty OF the secretary of
state 70 p:lhiish the foregoing proposed
amendment in accordance with thep
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 HiH"ty-oile
SIC. 3. BE i, further enacted, That
III the next general election all electors
who desire % vote Tor said amendment
shall write o. print upon their ballots
the words. "For Tie Icvccs, Schools.
Charities, Pensions. Drainage, Lotter-
les and General Fund amendment, and
all electors who desire to vote ut said |
election against said amendment shall |
write or rrint upon their ballots the |
words. -'.N4,Hinst the f.cvccs. schools. |
Charities, Pensions. Drainage. Letter.
les and General Fund amendment.
SEC. 4. Pc it further enacted, That |
al officers charged with elections or the
conduct of the returns thereof under the !
general election laws. shall ut the time
they give notice Of the said genera! cleo
ton also give notice OF The election
hc:r:a ordered for the adoption or re-
lection of tie proposed amendment. and
shall without other direction OF author !
i:y tialn is herein contained make due
returns OF said election III conformity
with the general election la.Ts in 50 tar
;5 they are not iicOnSis tant with or IL
conflict With This ae..
ISi-ncll =. +. HENRY,
Speaker g the House Of Representatives.
T-i.cn"il JAMES 'nEFRiES.
rii,. C. OK. and Pre- st. Of til" Senate.
Witness Jay signature and the seal of
the state OF Louisiana at the city of Ba-
ton Rouge, this 10Th day of August,
1881.
Seal srcr,! r: r: H Hr s2ATr.
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