The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-09-27


existing election laws of the State
and if a majority voting on said
amendments shall approve and ratify
the same. then such amendments %
approved and ratified shall become {
part of the Constitution.
Sec 5. Be is further enacted, etc.,
That the result of such election shall
be made known by the proclamation
of the overnor.
| (Signed.) J. Y. SANDERS, 3
Speaker of the House Of Represents
tives.
(Signed.) ALBERT ESTOPINAI.
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved July sth A. D. 1902.
w. w. HEARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary Of State.
| House Bill No. sss.
Act No. 1857
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article
226 of the Constitution Of the State
of Louisiana.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each House concur
ring, that the following shall be sub
mitted as an amendment in lieu of
Article 226 of the Constitution to the
electors of the State at the next gen.
eral Congressional election to be hold
en- on the Tuesday next following the
first Monday in November, 1902, and
it shall be the duty of the Offices
charged with the conduct of said cleo
ton to promulgate and provide for
said election in accordance with Arti-
Gle 321 of the Constitution:
Article 226. There shall be and is
hereby created State Board of APP
praisers, whose duty it shall be to
assess the property belonging to COR
porations, associations, and individ-
uals employed in railway, telegraph,
telephone, sleeping car and express
business throughout the State of
Louisiana, which Board of Appraisers
shall be composed of the Auditor and
other members corresponding in num-
Der to the Congressional Districts of
the State, one member from each Con-
gressional District, for the term of
four years, and the General Assembly
shall fix the compensation of said
Board"
(Signed.} j. Y. SANDERS,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
(Signed)
ALBERT ESTOPINAL.
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved July 9th, D. 1902.
w. w. HEARD,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary Of State.
Senate Bill No. "a.
Act No. 1927
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Amending Article 156 Of the Consti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Louisiana. q
of both Houses concurring.
That at the next general election for
Congressman to be held in this State
on the first Tuesday in the month
of November, 1902, that there shall be
submitted to the qualified electors of |
this State, an amendment to Article
156 of the Constitution of this State,
so that the same shall read as fol-
lows, to-wit:
Article 156. All valid warrants IS
sued for salaries and authorized ex-
penses of the Offices of the clerks OF
the Civil District Court, Register of
and Recorder of Mort
cages for the parish of Orleans, OF
the Clerks of the City Courts of the
City Of New Orleans, and for salaries
Of the Clerks of the Court of Appeal.
which are payable out of the special
judicial expense fund provided for by |
Article LAG of the Constitution of 1879,
rs amended, and which shall be out
and unpaid at the date of
The adoption Of this constitution, or
which shall be issued for the current
month in which this Constitution il
adopted, are hereby declared to be
'alid and subsisting claims against
he revenues of the respective Offices
lpon which said fund was made de-
The holders of said warrants may
present them within six months after
he adoption of this Constitution TO
he Board of Liquidation of the City
Debt, and receive therefor the bonds
hereinafter authorized to be issued;
md the City of New Orleans is re-
Iuired, within three months from the ,
doption of this Constitution, to pro-
ide for said warrants OF claims, by
he issuance of bonds in the sum OF I.
wo hundred and twenty-five dollars,
r so much thereof as may be neces- ..
airy; said bonds shall be for the face
alue of said warrants, in such de-
ominations as the said Board of
liquidation shall recommend, and
hall be dated July LIST, 1898, and
made payable twenty-five years after
ate, or earlier. at the option of said !.
'oard, and shall bear four per cent. :
er annum interest, payable semi-an-
ally, and represented BY interest !