The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-02-01
No. 1872,
JOINT RESOLUTION.

proposing amendments to Articles 81. Il,
46, 49, 1872, 204, 30 and 242 of the
Constitution of the State of Louis
lana and also an amendment relative
to suspension of officers.
Section /. Be 4. resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
two-thirds of all the members elected to
each House concurring.
That Article thirty-seven of the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana shall
be so amended as to read as fohowsi
Article 81. Every bill shall be read on
three different days in each House, and
no bill shall be considered for final pass
age unless Il has been read once in full,
and the same has been reported on by a
committee.
Nor shall any bill become a law unless
on its final passage, the vote be taken by
yeas and nays, the names of the members
voting for or against the same be entered
on the Journal, and majority OF the
members elected to each House be record
ell thereon as voting In its favor. Pro-
vided that bills revising the Statutes or
Codes of the State, as a whole shall be
read In such manner as may be prescribed
by the General Assembly.
Sec. q Be it further resolved, ETC.,
That Article AZ of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be SO amended as to
read as follows:
Article AZ. All stationery, printing,
paper and fuel used in the Legislature
and other departments of government
shall be furnished, and the printing,
binding and distributing of the laws
journal or department reports, and all
other printing and binding and the re-
pairing and furnishing the halls and
rooms used for the meetings of the Gen.
eral Assembly and its committees, shall
be done under contract, to be given to
the lowest responsible bidder, below such
maximum price and under such regula-
tons as shall be prescribed by law.
No member or officer of any of the de-
partments of the government shall be in
any way interested in such contracts.
And all such contracts shall be subject
to the approval of the Governor, the
President of the Senate, and Speaker of
the House of Representatives, or any two
of them.
Sec. 3. Be it further resolved, etc,
That paragraph Q2) twelve of Article
forty-six of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana be so amended as to read as
follows:
Creating corporations or amending, re-
newing, extending or explaining the
Charters thereof Provided that this
shall not apply to municipal corporations
or to parishes and levee districts.
Sec. 4. Be it further resolved, etc,
That Article one hundred and seventy
nine of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana be so amended as to read as
follows:
Article ITO. The General Assembly
shall create Bureau of Agriculture, de-
fine its objects, designate its officers and
fix their salaries.
Sec. 5. Be it further resolved, etc,
That Article one hundred and ninety-two
of the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana be SO amended as to read as follows:
Article 102. Paroch.al elections shall
be held on the same day as the general
State election.
Sec. 6. Be it further resolved, ETC.,
That Article two hundred and four of
the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana be so amended as to read as follows:
Article 204 The taxing power shall be
exercised only to carry on and maintain
the Government of the State and the
'public institutions thereof, to educate
the children of the State, to pay the prin-
cipal and interest of the public debt, to
suppress instruction, repel invasion, or
defend the State in time of war, to pro-
vide pensions for INDECENT Confederate
Soldiers and Sailors, to supply the citi-
gems of the State who lost a limb or
limbs in the military service of the Con-
federate States with substantial artificial
limbs during life, and for levee purposes
as hereinafter provided.
Sec. Z. Be it further resolved. ETC., That
Article Two Hundred and Ten of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana be
40 amended as to read as follows:
Article 30. There shall be no forfeit
ures of property for the non-payment of
taxes. State. leyee, district, parochial or
municipal. but at the expiration of the
year in which they are due the collector
shall without suit, and after giving notice
10 the delinquent in the manner provided
bv law. advertise for sale the property on
which the taxes are due in the manner
prescribed by law, and on the day of sale
he shall sell such portion of the property
AZ the debtor shall point out, and in case
the debtor shall not point ont sufficient
nroperty. the collector shall at once and
without further delay cell the least guam
yjty Of property which any bidder VIII buy