The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1892-01-09

and form thai rho ilra!l! electors tDey vote Tor
or againsl said auInnlnicn'; ami II niaiority Of
the u,ali,ir, ELECTORS vuttag AZ said election.
sl,ail approve and ra;iiy sld pr,porstl amend
ment. then snri PROPOSED ainendi,ont. 80 ap-
proved aud r.iiir,I. stall become Iart If the
constitution wi this State.
No. 1881 AN ACT
Providing for the submission t"the electors ~
the s;taie FOR adoption ct rejection, amend
men, totho Constitution Of the State by inrer-
ting therein zen article of I.avees. schools Cha
rites. Pensions, Drainage, Lptterics and tie
neral Fund"
RyCTrcS l. I,e il enacted b. tho General A
seInbly Of the State Of Louisiana. That The fol-
lowing amendment 10 the Constitution ot the
State be subuiiited To- tina clecinr. for approval
or rejection. us provided in article two hundred
md fif;y-six of the Constitution. and IT, iupteJ.
tho ssii amendment shall read ~ follows:
ARTrcIy cS LIVES. SCHOOLS. CmArITJEs, rES-
stoSS, DRAINAGE. LorTERIrs, AND
GENERAL FUND.
In MD Of tho Levees, schools, charities. pen
sions, drainage and general fund hereinafter
named. the following contract il made.
In consideration 81 tho sum IL thirty ono mil
lions two hundred and iifty Thousand dollars 10
bo fully sacured and paid NJ hereinafter pro
yided. John 4, Morris. his heirs. agents and
assigns. nre hereby Authorized and empowered
for the term Of twenty five years ensuing tho
first day ~ January, 12pl. ia prepare schemes
Of Lotteries. to sail lottery tickets md to- drav
and conduct lotteries in this State. Said sum
shall he paid to tho Treasurer 81 tha State b.
tho persons conducting the business pursuan,
10 81 in hr,u1 oi
ments whereof each inslltnman. shall he paid
ON or before the flrst days of Jauuaty, April,
july and October in each AMI every ,enr dur
Ing .aid term nd tho Treasurer up"n tn" TO
oeipl Of each of said ins'nllIncnts shall apply
The srrre ar fo'lows:
t. 1rK rrriIC 81 r"oLs UT THE STATr. Three
hundred aud ff,r thousand dollars annually.
payable quartet; in advance. AZ nboEe provided.
which sum -hal no driributa1 60 zach parish in
the proportion prescribed by article two hun
dred 5nI ,venty -four uf the constitution.
To LyvErs.-Thrpe hundred aud fifty thou
sand 1ollars annually. payable auartely i'll nd
vance M above provided. which suri shsll be
distributed among The Leyee Districts al .he
Sate or applied 20 levee purposes in tho pro
portions and in tho manner purviile by law for
the distribution and application az the mill
tax levied uni,r Article 2f3 If the Cohsii,u-
ton.
To CBARITIEs-One hupdrnd ahi fifty hou-
sand ,lollarr annually. raynbr quartarly 10 ad-
vance. d. above provided. of which sun, eighty
thousand dollar shall 10 applied 10 b. hospitals
established by the State. forty thousand dollars
10 Sthto insane asyluin-; twenty tive thousand
dollars "a State institutions Tor the draf. uinb
II: Al. a. IL,
Home.
To PENSIONS Fifty thousand dollars annual
Is. payable quarterly in advance a. above pro-
vidci. 10 the pensioning of disabled, infrm. or
INDECENT Confederate soldiers. citizens resident
in Louisiana.
To THr CtrE ct rEw pttEAEs. r',a okAISsIE
AND pIHrR s,SITARv PURPOSES One hnndrNl
thousand dollars Annually. irnynl,l9 Quarterly i'll
advurcc. III above provided. tho expenditure Of
raid SUN and The management and the control
Of the SAME 10 bn de.nrmiped by tho General AS
sembly. which il hereby directed 70 carry int"
effect thi. provision by appropriate Legislation.
To TIE GENERAL fuNp-Two hundred AMI
fifty thousand dollars annually. payable quarter
~ in advance as shove provided.
The several siirns Of money nl,uyo specified
shall be devoted Ia tho objects End purporss
hcreinlefoIc stated. and tho General Assembly
is hereby directed to curry into effect this prvo-
sion by appropriate legislation.
Said John A. Mmris, his heirs OF 1g,'nis shall
within twenty days from tia DAN of the alop-
ton Of thir article. file in thu Office az the Hecre-
tary of State q srittpn acceptance b. bin or
them of this contract, and Cor Nh" protection of
the State and the security of the public. this
contract IL matte upon the express condition
that said John 4. Morris. bis heirs or agents.
shall within thirty days from the date of the
adoption Of this article hle in iho Office of the
Secretary of State declaration in writing, sign
ed hy him OF them and six persons. sienifying
their consent 70 from the corporation hercinaf-
ter named. and the eaid John a. Morris shall
file 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 tho State, the
condition Of said bond shall bc that the said
Morris. his agents or assigns, snail pay to the
State Of Louisiana the said SUN Of fhirty-one
million two hundred and fifty thoueand dollars
ut the dates and ia the manner herein sc: out
and shall faithfully perform all tho obligations
herein contained; and tiereupon ihe persons
singning tho said declaration shall be thereby
constituted corporation under the name and
tito Of The Louisiana Lottery Company"
whereof tho capital stock shall be FIVE million
dollars, represented by fifty thousand shares of
cue hundred dol,.- each. .. leas. t-pu,v Ier