The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-04-09

! lana is hereby recognized and declared,
and after payment Of ali the annual inter-
est on said Constitutional Bonds and
bonds not retired and the payment of the
! said annual allotments of Premium Bonds
/ and premiums extant in the hands of
4 holders, and after making provisions for
a sinking fund, at such time and of such
an amount as the Legislature prescribes,
| the surplus of said one per cent. shall be
disposed of as prescribed by the Legisla-
| ture.
The act passed at. the present session
No 36 entitled IAN act to carry into effect
the Constitutional amendment passed at
the present session relative to the bond
nebt of the City of New Orleans, etc, be
and is hereby approved and confirmed in
all its parts as q contract between the
City of New Orleans and the holders of
said Constitutional Bonds and of the bonds
| outstanding not retired as aforesaid.
SECTION 2. BE it further reS0IUed, ETC..
That the city Of New Orleans be and is
hereby authorized and empowered to ex-
anime into and assume the payment of the
claims OF obligations of the Board of
SchoolDirectors for the city and parish of
Orleans due for the years 1880, 1881, 1882,
1888, and 1884, now in the hands of original
owners, who have in nowise parted with
their right of ownership or pledged the
same as may be found to be equitably due
by said board for services rendered. labor
thority Of said board.
SECTION 3. Be 1t further resolred etc.,
That all electors voting at said election
for said amendment shall'place upon their
ballots the words. For the city of New
Orleans debt amendment,r and the cleo
tors voting at said election against said
amendment shall place on their ballots the
words, Against the City of New Orleans
debt amendment"
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 154-AMEND-
MENT NO, 2.
Proposing to submit to the electors of
this State an amendment to article
two hundred twenty-nine 1920 of the
Constitution of 1879, relative of Pub
lie Education
SECTION /. Be 1T resolved bg the General
Assembly Of the Stale of Louisiana, ttuo-thirds
of the members elected to each house concur
ring therein. That article two hunded and
twenty-nine of the Constitution of eigh-
teen hundred and seyenty-nine, be amend
ed and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
fOwS, viz:
Article 229-The school funds of the
State shall consist of: /. The proceeds of
in this Constitution; 9. The interest on
the proceeds of all public lands heretofore
and support of the public schools; 3, OF
lands and other property which may here
after be bequeathed, granted or donated
the State or generally for school purposes;
+, Eli IuHuS OIL property .tObutf bIldiI ljll-
proved landsl, beqneathed or granted to
the State, of Louisiana. The Legislature
may appropriate to the same funds the
proceeds, III whole or in part, of public
lands not designated for other purpose,
and shall provide that every parish. or
every school ward i'll each parish, may
levy tax for the public schools therein,
which shall not exceed five (5) mills on
the dollar, the vote on such tax to be
decided by majority of the. property tax
payers of each parish; or each school ward
or municipality IN each parish. in value
and in number voting at said election
and all moneys 50 collected to be expend- |
ed in the school ward where levied. '.All
elections under this act shall be ordered
by the Police Jury i'll the parish in which
the tax is proposed to be leyied.o
SECTION 2. Be 1T further re8olred, That |
the above amendment to article two hun
dred and twenty-nine 1920 be submitted
to the citizens of this State at the next
general election for their approval or
rejection, aud that upon all ballots cast at |
that election for State or parish officers
there shall be printed these words: For
to article 229 of the Constitu- |
ton" Against amendment to article 229
of the Constitution"
Witness my signature and the seal of
the State of Louisiana at the City of |
Baton Rouge, this Goth day of Nov. 1891.
L. F. MASON, Secretary of State.