The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-04-11
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ACT No. 10.

JOINT RESOLUIlON
9Ipposing an amendment to the Constr ]
tuition of the State of Louisiana, pro-
hibitinp the doing of business in this
State by any foreign, Federal or nom
resident corporation which shall sue
the State Of Louisiana or any OF It's
political subdivisions or public ON
GERS, or any citizen of this State IN
the Federal court, or which, when
sued, shall remove or petition for the
removal of q cause into the Federal
Court.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State OF louisiana
two. thirds of all the members elected to
each House concurring, That the fol-
lowing amendment to the constitution
Of the State of Louisiana be submitted
10 the electors of the State at the next
general State election, to be held In
April, 1908, to-wit:
Any foreign, federal or nonresident
corporation, operating, conducting OF
doing business in this State, which shall
institute any suit or action at law or
| in equity against the State of louisiana
or any of its political subdivisions, or
any of its public officers, or against any
| corporation or citizen of this State, in
any other court or courts than such as
may be created and organized under the
Constitution and laws of this State, or
which when used by the State or any OF
its political subdivisions, or any OF its
public officers, or any corporation or
citizen of this State, shall remove, or
petition, OF move to remove said suit
to any other court than court created
and organized under the laws OF this
State, shall by this fact alone be de-
barred, prohibited and denied the right
to operate, conduct, or do any business
within this State and thereafter any
contract, or agreement, engagement or
undertaking with, or by, or to said cor
poration shall be utterly null and void.
Any foreign, federal or nonresident
corporation, or any person acting as
agent, servant or officer of such corpo-
ration who shall make or attempt to
make any contract, agreement, under
taking or engagement for, with, by or
In the name of, for the use and benefit
of, such corporation, after the said cor
poration shall have violated any OF the
> provisions of the foregoing paragraph
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
I on conviction shall be fined not less than
+ One Hundred Dollars, nor more thar
One Thousand Dollars, and may also
be imprisoned with or without hard la
+ Dor for not more than twelve months, OF
y both, at the discretion of the court; pro
. vided, that it is not intended hereby II
. Interfere with or prohibit the transac
Q ton of interstate business authorizes
}; under the laws and Constitution of tn
y United States.
q Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, etc
y That the foregoing amendment to tn
1t Constitution of the State of Louisian
IL be submitted to the electors of the Stat
n 1t the general election to be held o
the 2lst day of April, 1908, and on tn
official ballots to be used at such elet
~ ton shall be placed the words, "for tn
10 Joint resolution proposing an amendmer
~ to the Constitution of the State OF Lo'
d. isiana, prohibiting the doing of bushes
" in this State by any foreign, federal
ne nonresident corporation which shall ST
go the State of Louisiana or any OF i
Ut political subdivisions or public officer
-
-, or any citizen of this State in the Fee
X eral Court, or which, when sued, sha
ng remove or petition for the removal
"a cause into the Federal Court" al
~ the words, against the joint resolutit
la' proposing an amendment to the Const
an tuition of the State of Louisiana, pr
hibiting the doing of business in tn
State by any foreign, federal or no
resident corporation which shall sue t
State of Louisiana or any of its poll
sct cal subdivisions or public officers,
er. any citizen of this State in the FEEDER
by Court, or which, when sued, shall reno
"A or petition for the removal OF eau
az into the Federal Court" and each ell
IN tor shall indicate, as provided IN t
'od general election laws of the State, viii
the Of the provisions, "for" or "agains
"a. he votes for.
y. w. HAMS,
'fn Speaker of the House OF Representativ
per j. Y. SANDERS,
WV lieutenant Governor and President
ov. the Senate.
~ Approved November 25th, 1907.
NEWTON G. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
ing "A true copy:
,t,, JOHN T. MICHEL,
~" Secretary Of State.
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ID" ~ Mr. Voeotle. Senate Bill No.