The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-04-09
No. 1872.
Joint RESOLUTION.

JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing amendments to Articles 81, AZ,
&c, 179, 1872, 2O4, 21O and 242 of the
Constitution of the State of Louis
lana and also an amendment relative
to suspension of officers.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Cen
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 follows:
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 it has been read once in full,
| and the same has been reported on by a
committee. q
| Nor shall any bill become 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 a majority of the
members elected to each House be record
I'd thereon as voting in its favor. Pro
| vided that bills revising the Statutes or
| Codes of the State, as q whole shall be
| read in such manner as may be prescribed
| by the General Assembly.
Sec. 2 Be it further resolved, etc,
| That Article ~ of the Constitution of the
| State of Louisiana be so amended as to
| read as follows:
Article A. 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-
ncwing, extending or explaining the
| Charters thereof. Provided that this
shall not apply to municipal corporations
or to parishes and levce districts.
Sec. t. Be it further resolved, etc,
That Article one hundred and seventy
| re it,,tip Of ho Stoto ,f
Louisiana be so amended as to read as
follows:
Article 179. 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 1872. Parochial 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 insurrection, repel invasion, or
defend the State in time of war; to pro-
vide pensions for INDECENT Confederate
Soldiers and Sailors, to supply the citi-
zens 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
SO amended as to read as follows:
Article 210. There shall be no forfeit
ures of property for the non-payment of
taxes, State, levee,e 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
to the delinquent in the manner provided
by 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
as the debtor shall point out, and in case
the debtor shall not point out sufficient
property, the collector shall at once and
without further delay sell the least guam
uty Of property which any bidder will buy