The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1892-01-07
PRONUNCIATION
OF THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
to the Constitution
OF TIE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Adopted by the General Assembly OF lo9o.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

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i tuition, publication is hereby made and
given to the qualified electors OF the State OF
Louisiana of the proposed amendment to the
Constitution of this State, which has been con |
CURED in by two-thirtls of all the members
elected to each House of the General Assembly
of this State, at the regular session thereof,
held at the city of Baton Rouge, in the year
1890 and which is required to be published for
the Information of the qualified electors OF TINS
State for three months preceding the general
election for Representatives, and which pro
posed amendment more fully appears IN act
No. 49, Of the Regular Session of 1890, which
is hereafter officially published for the lnfor-
nation of the qualified electors OF this State.
and which will be submitted to them for their
approval or rejection at the next general cleo
tion which will be held on Tuesday, the 18th
day of April. 1892, lit being the Tuesday next
the third Monday of said month"; in such man
ner and form that the qualified electors may
vote for or against said amendment aud II 0
majority of the qualified electors voting ae
said election shall approve and ratify said pro-
posed amendment, then such proposed amend
ment, so approved and ratified, shall become
q part of the Constitution Of this State.
ANACT mo. l53.
Providing for the submission to the electors
of the State for adoption or rejection, an
amendment to the Constitution of the
State by inserting therein ian srticie on
Drainage Lotteries and General Fund
Section !. Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of louisiana That the fol-
lowing amendment to the Constitution of the
State be submitted to electors for approval or
rejection as provided in article twO-hundred
and ffty-six Of the Constitution. and if adopt
ed the said amendment shall read as follows:
ARTICLE ON LEvEEs, SCHOOLS, CHARITIES, PEN
sIoNs, DRAINAGE. LOTTERIES AND
GENERAL FUND.
In aid of the levees, schools, charities, pen
sions, drainage and general fund hereinafter
named, the following contract is now made
In consideration Of the sum of thirty mil
lions two hundred and fifty dollars to be fully
| secured and paid as hereafter provided, John
A. Morris, his heirs, agents and assigns, arc
hereby authorized and empowered for the term
| of twenty-fiv years ensuing the first day OF
January, 1894, to prepare schemes OF lotteries,
| to sell lottery tickets and to draw and conduct
| lotteries in this State. Said sum shall be paid
| to the Treasurer OF the State by the persons
| conducting the business pursuant to this con-
tract, in one hundred equal instalments,
whereof each installment shall be paid on or
before the first days of January, april, July
and October in each and every year during
| said term; and the Treasurer upon the receipt
of each of said installments shall apply the
| same as follows:
| To THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF TIE STATE.
| Three hundred and fifty thousand dollars an
nually, payable quarterly in advance. as above
provided, which sum sh al be distributed to
| each parish in the proportion prescribed by ar
ticle two hundred and twenty-tou by this
Constitution.
To LEvEEs.-Three hundred and fifty thou.
sand dollars annually, payable, quarterly in
advance, as above provided, which sum shall
DO distributed among the Levee Districts OF
| the State or applied to levee purposes in the
proportions and in the manner provided by
law for the distribution and application of the
one mill tax levied under Article 213 of the
Constitution.
To CHARITIEs.-One hundred and fifty thou
said dollars annually, payable quarterly il
advance, as above provided, of which sun
eighty thousand dollars shall be applied to
the hospitals established by the State; forty
thousand dollars to State insane asylums
twenty-five Thousand dollars to State institu
tions for the deaf. dumb and blind; five thou
sand dollars to the Soldiers Home.
To PEns1oSs.-Fifty thousand dollars an
nually, payable quarterly in advance, as abovt
provided, to the penisoning of disabled, intirn
or INDECENT Confederate soldiers, citizens re
sident in Louisiana.
To THE CITY OF New ORLEANS. FOR DRAIN
AGE AND OTHER SANITARY PURPOSES. On
hundred thousand dollars annually, payabl
quarterly in advance, as above provided, tn
expenditure of said sum and the management
} and the control of the same to be determine,
J by the General Assembly, which is hereb,
, directed to carry into effect this provision b.
appropriate legislation.
!: To THE GENERAL FUND.-Two hundred an
fifty thousand dollars annually, payable quar-
in advance, as above provided.
The several SIMS of money above specific
, shall be devoted to the objects and purpose
hereinbefOre stated, and the General Assem-
; bly, is hereby directed to carry into effect thi
, provision by appropriate legislation.
Said John A. Morris, his heirs or agents
shall within twenty days from thed date of tn
adoption of this article, file in the Office of tn
Secretary of State written acceptance by hir
or them of this contract and for the prOtectio
of the State and the security of the public, chi
contract is made upon the express conditio
that said John A. Morris, his heirs or agents
, shall within thirty days from the date OF til
! adoption OF this article file in the Office of tn
! Secretary Of State declaratssn in writing
q signed by him or them and six other persons
q signifying their consent to torn the corporatio
hereinafter named, aud the said John A. Morn
y shall file Herewith his bond with good an
solvent sureties, residents of this State, in til
sum of five million dollars, said bond to be i
!. favor of and accepted by the Auditor of tn
: State; the condition of said bond shall be tha
i the said Morris, his agents, or assigns sha
pay to the State Of Louisiana the said sum
thirty-on millions two hundred and fit
Thousand dollars at the dates and in the maj
ner herein set out and shall faithfully perforl
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upon the persons signing the said declaratio
= shall be thereby constituted corporatio
under the name and title of 'The Louisian
| Lottery Company" whereof the capital stoe
. shall be five million dollars, represented b
i. fifty thousand shares of one hundred dollar
8 each, at least twenty per cent. thereof to
g forthwith fully paid up, and which corporatio
t shall be and continue during the period of tn
+. contract, and shall have all the rights an
= powers possessed by corporations generally
r defined by the present Civil Code of the Stat
r and shall be liable for the moneys herein d
# rected to be paid to the Treasurer of the Stat
Il and for all prizes to be drawn in said Iotterie
o and shall be entitled to receive semi annual
e from the persons conducting the business III
/, der this CONTRACT fifty per cent. of the n,
d profits of the said business, and in consider
ton Of the payment of said sum of thirty-or
million two hundred and fifty thousand do
lars, in installments as aforesaid, said corpor
= ton and the shares of stock therein and Il
l. business authorized by this contract and IL
} revenues and receipts thereof, shall be exeml
I from all taxes, dues, assessments, imposition
% and licenses of any kind whatever, wheth
is State, parish, municipal or otherwise. II
ia powers of said corporation shall be vested in
= beard of directors to consist of seven person
It who may make and establish rules and by-lay