The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-01-30
No. 10o.

Proposing amendments to Articles 81, AZ,
46, 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 l. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State OF Louisiana,
two-thirds of all the members elected 10
each House concurrlng.
That Article thirty-seyen 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 q
committee.
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 majority of the
| members elected to each House be record
| ed thereon as voting in its favor. Fro
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. 3. Be it further resolved, etc,
That Article 40 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-
nairjnc and furnishing the halls and
rooms used for the meetings OF the zen
eral Assembly and its committees, snail
be done under contract, to be gwen 10
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-
nartments 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 1t further resolved, ETC.,
That paragraph Q2) twelve of Article
fortv-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
3 shall not apply to municipal corporations
f or to parishes and levee districts.
e Sec. 4. Be it further resolved, etc,
= That Article one hundred and seventy
nine Of the Constitution of the State OF
h Louisiana be so amended as to read as
follows:
Article 179. The General Assembly
= shall create a Bureau of Agriculture, de-
fine its objects, designate its officers and
| fix their salaries.
y Sec. 5. Be it further resolved, etc.
That Article one hundred and ninety-tW(
a of the Constitution Of the State of Louis
\ lana be so amended as to read as follows
O Article 1872. Paroch.al elections shall
Il be held on the same day as the genera
e State election.
Sec. 6. Be it further resolved, etc.
=, II That Article two hundred and four o
, the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana be so amended as to read as follows
Article 2O4 The taxing power shall b
| exercised only to carry on and MAINTAIN
J, | the Government of the State and tn
$ public institutions thereof, to educat
10 the children Of the State, to pay the prin
% cipal and interest of the public debt, t
|; suppress insurrection, repel invasion, O
Is defend the State in time of war, to pre-
vide pensions for INDECENT Confederat
Soldiers and Sailors, to supply the cit
'e zens of the State who lost a limb Q
limbs in the military service Of the Coz
federate States with substantial artihcli
- limbs during life, and for levee purpose
as hereinafter provided.
Sec. T. Be it further resolved, etc, Ina
Ia Article Two Hundred and Ten Of tn
m Constitution of the State of Louisiana
ed SO amended as to read as follows:
in Article 30. There shall be no fortei
'd ures of property for the non-payment
taxes. State, levees district, parochial
d. municipal, but at the expiration Of u
wear in which they are due the collect
shall without suit, and after giving notl
- to the delinquent in the manner provide
| by law. advertise for sale the property
- which the taxes are due in the mann
prescribed by law, and on the day OF sa
he he shall sell such portion of the proper
is as the debtor shall point out, and IN ca
IN. the debtor shall not point out sulhcle
is property, the collector shall at once a'
d. without further delay sell the least qua
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