St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-03-07
PRONUNCIATION
OF THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
-TO THE
CONSTITUTION
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
ADOPTED BY THE-
GENERAL ASSEMBLY Of 1894.


Constitution. publication Is hereby made
and given to the qualified electors Of the
State Of ouisiAna OF the proposed
amendments to the Constitution. which
have been concurred In by two-thirds OF
MI the members elected to each House ct
tho General Assembly OF this State. 1t
the regular session thereof. held ut the
City OF Baton Rouge, In the year 1904.
and which are required to be published
for the information OF the qualified cleo
tors or this State for three months pre-
ceding the general election for Repre-
Oentatives. and which proposed amend
ments more fully appear In Joint Resolu-
lions II to 1oe. inclusive. OF the Regular
Session OF 1884; which are hereinafter
omcially published for the Information OF
the qualffied electors OF this State, and
which will be submitted to them for
their approval or rejection ut the next
general election. to be held ON Tuesday.
the INST day OF April. 1856. Il being the
Tuesday next following the third Mon
day Or said month. in such manner and
form that the qualified electors may vote
for or against said amendments: and II
majority Of the Qualined electors voting
ct said election shall approve and ratify
said proposed amendments. then such
proposed amendments. 70 approved and
ratified. shall become . part Of the Con-
stitution OF this State.
No. ~.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing amendments to Articles q. q.
Is. ~. lss. SN. no and ~ OF the Consti-
tuition or the State OF Louisiana and
also IN amendment relative to suspeR-
sion Of omcers.
Section L Be It resolved by the General
Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana. two
thirds OF al the members elected to each
House c0ncurring.
That Article thirty-seven Of the Con-
stitution Of the State Of Louisiana shall
b % amended - to read as follows;
Article q. Every bill shall b read on
three different days In each House. and
NO bill shah be considered for final pas
sage unless It has been read once In full.
and the same has been reported ON BY
committee.
Nor shall any bill become = law unless
on its anal passage. the vote be taken BY
yeas ana nays. the names Of the members
voting for or against the same b entered
on the Journal. and = majority Of the
members elected to each House be record
Cd thereon a voting In its favor. Pro-
vided that bills revising the statutes or
codes Of the State. - whole shall be
read In such manner ~ may be pre-
scribed by the General Assembly.
Bee. Z Be Il further resolved. ETC.. That
Article forty-two Of the Constitution Of
the STATE OF Louisiana be % amended -
% read q follows:
Article q. All stationery. printing. pa
Der and fuel used In the Legislature and
s. tarpI IL. aua IL. printing binding
ana distributinE OF the laws. journal 81
department reports. and Ill other print.
in9 ana binding and the repairing and
furnishing the halls and rooms used for
10 meetinr1 q the General Assembly
and its committees. shall be done under
contract to be given to the lowest re-
eronsihle hiader below such maximum
price and under such regulations -
No member or oficer OF any OF the
departments OF the government shall b.
In any way interested In such contracts.
And Nh such contracts shall be subject
to the approval Of tho Governor. the
President OF the Senate, and Speaker OF
the House OF Representatives. or any
two OF them.
Sec. I. BE Il further resolved. etc. That
paragraph twelve OF Article forty
M 81 the Constitution or the State OF
Iouisiana be % amended a to read -
foIiovs.
Creating generations or amending, re-
neving. extending Or explaining tho
charters thereof. Provided that this
shall not apply to municipal corporations
o. to parishes and levee districts.
Sec. L Be Il further resolved, etc, That
article one hundred and seventy-nine Of
the Constitution OF the State OF Louis
lama be - amended ~ to read - fol.
lows:
Article III. The General Assembly shah
create = Bureau Of Agriculture. define
its objects. designate it, ofdcers and M