St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-11
Senate Bill No. ia.

A " JOINT REsoLuT1oN: c.,+,
Proposing an amendment to the Constltu
ton of the State of Louisiana by re-
R& ta1,hs a and Sinety.eight l19sJ there
Section l.. Be. it resolved by the 1,is; Gen
two-thirds of all the members elected TO
to the Constitution of the State of Loulsi.
ana be submitted to the quallhed electors
of the State for their approval or reoeetiIbn a
holden therein on the first Tuesday next
Following the first Monday. in Novemp ,
1907. as follows That Article l3S OF the
which reads as follows:". No person less IMAM
sixty years OF age shall be peimlttesa VI
vote at any election in the state VINO Silai,
not. in addition to the qualifications aD o, "
nrescribed. have paid on or before the 3lst
day of December of each year. for the Two Two
years preceding the year IN WhiG Is ne en unris
to be used exclusively In aid OF the puonc
schools of the parish in which such Tax *
shall have been collected: which TAX Is
hereby imposed on every male resldent op oa
this State between the ages of tWenty-ohe
and sixty years. Poll taxes shall oe nen
only upon assessed property, ana ~ pio "
cess shall issue to enforce the collection "
the same except against assessed propthr,yy'
before being allowed to- vote. EXHIBIT 10 luz ra.
ceints for two years issued on the official
terp,s ~ dnnlicates thereof in the event OF
loss or proof of payment OF such tp ,a
taxes may be made by certiaca nt 20 y, the the
commissioners of" the several voting pre-
cincts. showing list Of those VINO nave
paid said two. years poll taxes as apote
provided and the dates OF payment. IL IS
hereby declared to be forgery, ana PUNISH
able as SUCH for any tax collector or other
person, to tantedate. or alter a poll:tax re,
eept Any person YEA sea HIM pay money me for
that purpose, in order to influence ms so,e'
shall be guilty of bribery and punished ac-
cordingly. The provisions OF TINS s Sc, ION
as to the payment of poll taxes shall not
apply to persVns' who are deaf and dumb
or blind nor 70 persons under twenty-three
years of age, who have paid all poll taxes
assessed against them. = rms sectioh snia, ,
not go into operation until after the gen
cral State election to be held in the year
1900, and the Legislature elected in the
year 1908 shall have authority to repeal p i, or
by repealed, abrogated and stricken from
the Constitution of this State.
Sec. =. BE it further resolved. etc, That
gressional election shall have printed there
on the words For the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of the State Of
Louisiana repeating and abrogating Article
los of the Constitution" and the words
against the proposed amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana re
pealing and abrogating Article 1913 of the
CONSTITUTION, ana edCu eleClOr SudlI III
dcate, as provided in the general election
laws of the State. whether he votes for or
against the proposed amendment.
tslsned) D.. y. SANDERS.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
tslgned) ALBERT ESTOpINAL,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
w. w. HEARD, u
Governor OF the State of Louisiana.
a true copy:
JOHN 4. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.