The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-09-17
ACT No 1Sc
SnCretlrT of State

AZ NJ 100.
BY Mr.. Parker. Senate Bill No. IF
Joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution Of the state
CT Louisiana, amending Article Isl
SO as to hOriZe municipal councils
to create one or more sewerage dis
tricts within their respective limits.
Section l. Re It resolved by the Gel-
eral Assembly OF the State Of LOUIS
lana, two-thirds Of all the membera
elected to each house cOncurring. Tn
an amendment to the Constitution II
the State Of Louisiana be submitted "a
the qualified electors of the State for
their approval or rejection at the Con
gressional election to De held on tina
first Tuesday next following the first
Monday In November, 1904, amendin.
Article PSI Of the Constitution so as to
read as follows:
Article Isl. Municipal corporations,
parishes, and drainage and seWera Sc
districts. the City of New Orleans
excepted. when authorized TO do SO
by 4 vote Of the majority in number
ana amount of the property tax pay
ers, qualified as electors under tia
Constitution and laws Of this Stat.
voting at an election held for that pu.-
pose, after due notice OF said election
has been published for thirty days IN
the Official Journal Of the 1nunicipali-
ty or parish, and where there is no
official journal, in a newspaper pub
lished therein, may incur debts and is
sue negotiable bonds therefor to the
extent Of one-tenth Of the assess /
valuation of the property within me
municipal corporation, parish drainage
district or sewerage district. a. shown
by the last assessment made prior to
the submission Of the proposition TO
the property tax payers as above pro-
vlded, and may be authorized by tha
property tax payers voting at said cleo
ton, 10 levy and assess special taxes
upon the property subject to taxation
in the parish, drainage district. cor
poration or sewerage districts; pro-
vided said taxes go imposed do no.
exceed five mills on the dollar of the
assessed valuation in any one year,
nor run for a greater number OF
years than the number named in the
proposition submitted to the tag payers.
No bonds shall be issued for any otLar
purpose than stated in the submission
of the proposition to the tax payers
and published for thirty days. as afore-
said, nor for a greater amount than
herein mentioned; nor shall such bonds
be issued for any other purpose than
for paving and improving streets. roads
and alleys, purchasing and constructing
n system of waterwo-l.S, seWera &c,
lights. public parks and buildings,
bridges and other works Of public iIc-
provenent, the title to which shall rest
in the municipal. corporation, parish
drainage or sewerage district, as the
case may be; nor shall such bonds run
for a longer period than forty years
from their date, or bear a greater rate
of interest than five per cent, per an
mum, or be sold by the municipal cor
poration. parish, drainage or sewerage
district issuing same for less than par
The municipal corporation, parish
drainage or sewerage district issuing
such bonds shall provide for the paw
ment OF the interest annually or SEM
annually, and the principal thereof at
maturity; provided. that the total ISSUE
Of bonds by any municipality, parish.
drainage or sewerage district for al!
purposes shall never exceed 10 per cent
of the assessed value of the property
in such municipality. parish, drainage
or sewerage district. provided, that
drainage districts availing themselves
of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be limited to the rate Of taxation
herein fixed; and such districts SHAH
DE prohibited from levying contribu-
tions under the provisions Of existing
laws: and provided further. that
nothing herein contained shall prevent
drainage districts from being estab-
lished under the provisions of existing
laws; ard provided further, that mu-
nicipal councils shall have authority
to create within their respective limits
one or more sewerage districts
Section 2. Be it further resolved, that
the official ballots to be used at said
election shall have printed thereon the
words: For the proposed amendment
to Article PSI of the Constitution" anil
the words, Against the proposed
amendment to Article 2s1 of the Con-
stitution," and each elector shall indi-
cate, as provided In the general cleo
ton laws Of the State whether he votes
for. or against. the proposed amend
ment.
r. Fl. SNYDER
Speaker Of the House OF Representa-
tives.
P. NJ. LAMBREMONT,
President pro tenn. Of the Senat1
Approved July T. A. D. 1904.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD.
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
A true Copy.
JOHN T. MICHEL,