The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-03-12

lana is hereby recognized and declared
and after payment OF all 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
holders, and after making provisions for
u sinking fund, ut such time and of such
an amount as the Legislature nrescribes.
the surplus of said one per cent. shall be
disposed of as prescribed by the Legisla-
tpre
The act passed at the present session
No. 80 entitled IAN act to carry into effect
the Constitutional amendment passed at
the present session relative to the bond
neht OF the City of New Orleans etc, be
and is hereby approved and confirmed in
all its parts as - contract between the
City of New Orleans and the holders of
said Constitional Bonds aAA-of the bonds
outstanding not retired as aforesaid
SECTION 2. BE it further resolrcd, 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 or obligations of the Board of
iSchoolDireGtars for the cfty and parish of
Orleans due for the years 1880, 1851, 1882,
1888, and 1884, now in the hands of original
owners, who have IN nOwlSe parted with
their right OF ownership or pledged the
same as may be fond to be equitabiy due
by said board for services rendered, labor
performed OF materials furnished by au-
thority OF said board.
SECTION 3. Re il further fesoLe9 etc,
That all electors voting ut said election
for said amendment shall place ubon their
ballots the words, ''For the city of New
Orleans debt amenumentyf 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. I54-AMEND-
MENT NO, 3.
Proposing to submit to the electors Of
this State an amendment to article
two hundred twentynine (s29l Of the
Constitution of 1879, relative of Pub
lie Education"
SECTION /. BE it resoJred Iy tie General
assembly Of tie State Of Louisiana, tar0-ttiFds
of the members elected to each h0Hse CONCUR
fiHg therein. That article two hunded and
twenty-niHe OF the Constitution of eigh-
teen hundred and seventy-nine, be amend
ed and Te-enacted 50 us to read as fol
foWS, viz:
Article 229-The school funds Of the
State shall consist of: j. The proceeds Of
taxation for school purposes as provided
i'll this Constitution: 2. The interest on
the proceeds of AL public lands heretofore
and support of the public schoolss 5. Of
lands and other property which may here
after lie Eequeathed, granted or donated
Lt'i SCItDUI piit pbSCS.
4, All funds or property tGther than int
proved lands, bequeathed or granted to
the State. of Louisiana. The Legislature
may appropriate to the Saule funds the
in whole or iii part. Of public
lands not designated for other purpose,
and shall provide that every parish or
every school ward III each parish, may
Levy d 6itS for the public schools therein.
which shall net exceed five - mills on
the dollar, the vote Oh Such TAX to be
decided by majority OF the property tax
payers of each parish: or each school ward
or municipality III each parish. in value
and in number voting at said election
aud al moneys SO collected TO be eNpend-
ed in the school ward where levied. .'All
elections under this act shall be ordered
BY the Police jury in the parish i'll which
the tax is proposed to be levied
SECTION 2. IBe ii further resoIred, That
the above amendment TO article two hum
dred and twenty-nine l229) be submitted
to the citizens of this State at the next
election for their approval or
rejection. and that upon all ballots cast at
that election for State or parish officers
there shall be printed these words: = For
to article 20 of the Constitn-
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 10th day of Nov. 1891.
L. L. MASON, Secretary of State.