St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
Senate Bill No. III.


Act No. SSS6j}}Nr RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the coh hS ra.
R &undred AM and Ninety.eisht u9sJ there
Section !. Be II RECEIVED BY the Gen.
two-thirds Of ali the members elected to
s f tnt nCHse e the state
ana be submitted to the qualified electors
of the State for their approval or re1ecti1n
nd tne therein on the rst
1So2. as follows: That Article 1913 Of the tn
when reads as follows !: NO person less than az
sixty years of age shall be permittea ~
vote at any election In the state VINO sna,.
npe.cribed. have paid on or before the $1st
day of December of each year; for the Two
years preceding the year IN d Wnie ner ne ennum'
to be used p exclusively in aid Of the public
schools of the parish In which sucn tax IL
shall have been collected: Wnic las,d AJAX ns
This State between the ages Of twentyIone
and sixty years. Poll taxes shall De 1,en
only upon assessed P r0pert ~ coection OF
tho same except against assessed properly
Every person liable for such tax !. sn a.:
before being He TO his poll tax
o ca,nts Sor two years, issued on the official
form or duplicates thereof, In the event 4i
loss. proof Of payment OF sten .. The The
tax collector, which shall be sent to tne
Commissioners Of the several voting ple
cincts. showing . list OF those VINO hsve
provided, and the dates OF payment. II 70
hereby declared to be forgery. ana punins ac
able az such, for any tax collector or othee
person. to antedate. or a!ter POI III tsA Mi
tax of another or advance him money Lok
that purpose, in order to influence his vote.
snail guilty Of n1nsry and ID fna Section
as to the payment of poll taxes shall NOT
apply to persons who are deaf and dumb,
or blind, nor to persons under twenty-three
ASSESSED against them. This section shall
not 20 into operation until after the gen
eral State election to be held In the year
year 1908 shall have authority to repeal OF
modify the same: - be and the same is here
by repealed. abrogated and stricken from
the Constitution of this State.
Sec. =. BE it further resolved, etc, That
the official ballots to be used at said Con-
gressional election shall have printed there.
the words For the proposed amend:
mcnt to the Constitution of the State Of
Louisiana repeating and abrogating Article
lJs OF the Constitution and the words
against the proposed amendment to the
Constitution Of the state Of Lo1 nJ r. r.
CONSTITUTIONS" and each elector shall in.
alcate, Us provided in the general election
laws of the state. whether he votes for OF
.s.sned' 49,. J; =: SANDERS.
OF the AISEk 4
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
W. w. HEARD.
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
" .u %i Ss'n (. MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.
House Bill No. 1928.
ACT No. 'j Jo}}Sr RESOLUTION.
Proposing amendments to Article IS. %.
tion OF the State Of Louisiana relative
to the judiciary Department.
Section Be i re sne ey tns Gen
two.thirds of all members elected to each
House concurring. That Article 50 Of the
Constitution Of the state Of Louisiana
Article 81. The Supreme Court. except
MS hereinafter provided. shall have appel
late :" Hn cases Where matter
In dispute. or the fund to be distributed.
whatever may be the amount therein
i iars. Exclusive Of interest: to suits OF
divorce i've, and separation from bed and board.
and to all matters arising therein: to
OF adoption. emancipation, legitimacy. and
custody Of children: to suits involving
homestead exemptions and to ali cases IL
which the constitutonality or legality OF
any local assessment. tax, toll. or tmp0st
whatever, or Of any fine. forfeiture. OF
penalty imposed by a municipal corpora
ton. shall be in contestation. whatever may
be the amount thereof and to all cases
wherein the constitutionality or legality OF
any ordinance Of a municipal corporation or
. law Of this state Is called In que stiol.
and in such cases the appeal on the law
and the facts shall be directly from the
court in which the case originated to tho
Supreme Court: and in criminal cases on
questions of law alone. whenever the lHln.
ishment of death or imprisonment at ha ,rd
labor may be inflicted, or fine exceed nz
Three Hundred Dollars. or imprisonme Mt
exceeding six months. is actually impose Vt.
Said Court shall have such original jur Is
diction as may be necessary to enable 1t to
determine questions of facts affecting IS
own Jurisdiction In any case pending befG re
II. or it may remand the case :: and sha y
have exclusive original jurisdiction in nv
matters touching professional miscondut Il
ID members Of the bar. with power to d.: :
bar under such rules as may be adopted U
'ns sectinn Re 1t further resolved. etc.
That Article 0S of the Constitution of the
state Of Louisiana be SO amended as to
read as follows:
Article %. The courts Of appeal: exnm
n otherwise provided In this Constttutien.,
hsll have appellate jurisdiction enlys eA1eo