The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1892-01-30

cent. thereof to be forthwith fully paid up. and
which corporation shall be and continue during
the period Of this contract. and shall
have all the rights and powers possessed
By corporations generally as defined
by the present Civil Code Of the State,
and shall be liable for the money herein
directed to be paid to the Treasurer of the Stnte,
and for all prizes to be drawn in said lotteries.
and shall b. entitled to receive semi annually
from the persons conducting tho business under
this contract fifty pcr cent. Of the net profits Of
the said business, and in consideration of the
payment of said sum Of thirty one million two
hundred and fifty Thousand dollars, in INSTALL
nents as aforesaid. said corporation and the
shares Of stock therein and the business author
ized Ivy this contract and the revenues and IT.
ceipts thereof, shall be exempt from all taxes,
dues. assessments, impOsitiOns and licenses OF
any kind whatever, whether State. parish. inu-
nicipal UT otherwise. The powers OF said cor
poration shall be vested in board OF directors
tu CONSIST Of seven persons. who may make and
establish rules and b. laws for the proper man.
agemcnt and regulation Of its affairs. The per-
sons signing said declaration shall constitute
the first board Of directors and shall serve for
the term Of one year from the time of the filing
Of said declaration anil until their successpts
are duly appointed.
All lotteries other than those authorized By
thi. article are prohibited in this State. unlsss
by similar amendment to this Constitution and
fur hot less than one million two hundred anti
! fifty Thousand tlbllars yer anhum. All proti-
sions VI the Constitution and laws Of this State
incon sistent o in any WAY conflicting with thi.
t,~ln elc r,I no hal box
SEC. Q. Be il further enacted, That il shall he
the duty Of the Secretary 81 State to publish the
foregoing amei.tt,irnt in acrbrlanre with the
provisions of article two hundred nhd fifty-six
Of the Constitution. within ninety days after
the firrt day Of January in the year eighteen
hundred and nincty-one.
| SEC. 3. BE il further enacted, That at the
next election ell electors who desire TO vote for
sail amendment shall write or print upbn their
| ballots tho words; "For tho Levees, Schools.
Charities. Pensions, Drainage. Lotteries and
| General Fund amendment" and all electors who
desire to vote At said election against said
| amendment shall write or print uion tb"ir bal
lots tho words. Against the Lcvees, Schools.
Charities, Drainage. Lotteries and General Fund
| amendment"
SIC. :. He il further enacted, That all officers
! charged with elections or the conduct of tho re-
! turns thereof under the general election laws,
| shall at the time they give notice of tie said
general election nlso give notice of the election
here ordered for the adoption rejection of the
prop"s"d amendment, and shall without other
authority than is herein contained make due re-
turns If said election in conformity with the
general election law. in 80 far "a they are not
Inconsistent With or in conflict with this act.
(Sigucdl 8. p. HENRY.
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
ISigntdl JAMES JEFFRIES,
Lieut.. Governor and President Of the Senate.
Witness my signature hhd the scnl IF the State
Of Louisiana at the city Of Baton Rouge. thi. 20
day of August 1891. l.. +. Mason.
Seal. Secretary of State.