The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-10-15

Governor or the State or Louisiana.
true copy:
JOHN I. MICHEL,
Secretary Of State.
ACT NO. 1S6.
BY Mr.. Parker. Senate Bill No IFS
Joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution of the State
Of Louisiana. amending Article Isl,
| SO as to authorize municipal councils
to create one or more sewerage dis
tricts within their respective limits.
Section l. BE 1t resolved by the Gea-
eral Assembly of the State Of LouIj-
lana, two-thlrds Of all the members
elected to each house concurring, That
/ an amendment to the Constitution Of
| the State Of Louisiana be submitted 10
| the qualified electors of the State for
| their approval Or rejection at the Con-
| EresSional election to re held on the
first Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November. 1904, amending
Article PSI OF the Constitution so as to
read as follows:
Article Isl. Municipal corporations.
parishes and drainage and scryers e,
| districts, the City of New Orleans
excepted. when authorized to do so
| by a vote of the majority in number
and amount of the property tax pay
eTs, qualified as electors under tha
Constitution and laws of this State.
voting at an election held for that pu.-
pose, after due notice of said election
has been published for thirty days n
the Official Journal of the municioali-
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 assessed
valuation of the property within the
municipal. corporation, parish drainage
district or sewerage district. as shown
by the last assessment made prior to
the submission of the proposition 10
the property tax payers as above pro-
vided, and may be authorized by the
property tax payers voting at said cleo
ton, 70 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 so imposed do no.
exceed five mills on the dollar of tho
assessed valuation in any one year,
nor run for greater number Of
years than the number named in the
proposition submitted to the tax payers.
No bonds shall be issued for any other
purpose than stated in the submission
of the proposition to the tax payers
and published for thirty days, as afore-
said, nor for 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
a system Of waterwo.ks, sewerage,
lights, public parks and buildings,
bridges and other works Of public i'm
provement, 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 greater rate
of interest than five per cent. per an
mum, or be sod 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 SENT
annually, and the principal thereof at
maturity; provided, that the total issua
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 shall |
be prohibited from levying contribu-
tons under the provisions Of existing
laws; and provided further. that
Eothing herein contained shall prevent
drainage districts from being estab-
lished under the provisions of existing
laws; and provided further, that mu-
nicipal councils shall have authority
to create within their respective limits
one or more sewerage districts.
Section 2. Be il 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. AMI
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, H. SNYDER,
Speaker of the House OF Representa-
tives.
P. NJ. .LAMBPEMONT.
President pro tenn Of the SenateI
Approved July Z, A. D. 1904.
NEWTON c. BLANCHARD
Governor OF the State Of Louisiana.
A true Copy.
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
A tipping bucket attachment has
ven added to the rain gauge of the
weather bureau on top Of the Custom
House at st. Louis It accurately
tells OF the amount OF precipitation.
The rain is drained into a double
bucket. SO poised that it tips on 70
sewing a certain amount of water.