The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-10-18
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
10 the Constitution. to Be Voted
for at Election to Be Held Tues
day. November a, 1902.
Senate Bill No. 81.
Act No. 56.)
JOINT RESOLUTION.

Act No. So.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Articl'
| AZ of the Constitution of the Stat,
of Louisiana, relative to rectifying
and approving agreements or con
tracts for works of public improve
ments made or entered into by the
| City of New Orleans prior to the
18th day of May, 1902, and to au
thorize the City of New Orleans tc
make all payments Hereunder in
accordance with the terms and un
der the conditions thereof.
Section /. Be ii resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisi
ana, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each House concurring
That the following amendment to Ar.
ticle AZ of the Constitution of the
State OF Louisiana be submitted to
the electors of the State at the next
Congressional election to be holden
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1902, to-wit:
That Article Al of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana be amended
SO as to read as follows, to-wit:
article A.: The General Assembly
shall have no power to grant or au-
thorize any parish or municipal au-
thority to grant any extra compensa-
ton, fee or allowance to public Of
ficer, agent, servant, or contractor,
nor pay, nor authorize the payment of
any claim against the State or any
parish or municipality thereof, under
any agreement of contract made
without express authority of law; and
all such unauthorized agreements or
contracts shall be null and void, but
all agreements or contracts for work
of public improvements made or en-
tered into by the City of New Or
leans prior to the twelfth of May,
1902, are hereby ratified and APP
proved and the City of New Orleans is
hereby authorized to make all pay
ments provided for in said contracts
in accordance with the terms and I'M
der the conditions set forth in said
contracts.
Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, etc.,
That on the official ballots to be used
at said election shall be placed the
words "For the proposed amendment
to Article AZ of the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana" and the words
against the amendment to Article
~ of the Constitution of the State of
and each elector shall
indicate, as provided in the general
election laws of the State, which of
the propositions, "tor" or against"
he votes for.
(Signed.)
j. Y. SANDERS,
Speaker Of the House OF Repre-
sentatives.
(Signed.)
ALBERT ESTOPINAL,
Lieutenant Governor.
Approved: June Goth, A. D. 1909.
w. w. HEARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
Senate Bill No. ia.
JOINT RESOLUTION
an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State Of Louisiana
by repeating and abrogating Article
One Hundred and Ninety-eight (lss)
thereof.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State of Lou
siana. tw,-thirds of all the members
lected to each house concurring,
hat an amendment to the Constitu-
ion of the State of Louisiana be sub
nitted to the qualified electors Of the
tate for their approval or rejection
t the next Congressional election to
e holden therein ON the first Tues
ay next following the first Monday
a November. 1902, as follows: That
Irticle 1913 Of the Constitution of the
tate of Louisiana, which reads as
ollows: No person less that sixty
ears of age shall be permitted to I
ote at any election in the State who i
hall not, in addition to the qualifica-
ons above prescribed, have paid on
r before the 31st day Of December {
each year, for the two years pre- I
eding the year in which he offers to Z
0te, poll tax of one dollar per an I
um, to be used exclusively in aid of
ne public schools of the parish in 9
hich such tax shall have been col
cted; which tax is hereby imposed ! a
q every male resident of this State
stween the ages Of twenty-one and e
xty years. Poll taxes shall be . lien 7
ally upon assessed property, and NO '
recess shall issue to enforce the col il
ction of the same except against as '
ssed property. L
Every person liable for such tax u
lall, before being allowed to vote, I
,hibit to the Commissioners Of EIec- g
on his poll tax receipts for two !
.ars. issued on the official form. or a
lpIicates thereof,i in the event OF loss, n
proof of payment of such poll ,
xes may be made by certificate of P
e tax collector, which shall be sent a
the Commissioners of the several 8
ting precincts, showing a list of !,
ose who have paid said two years =
II taxes as above provided, and the -
ties of payment. 1t is hereby de- =
sred to be forgery, and punishable =
such, for any tax collector or 9TH =
person, to antedate, or alter, q poll =