The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-03-07
PROPOSED
Constitutional
Amendments
To Be Submitted To The
Electors At The General
State Election April
DIST, 1908.
ACT No. 10

21st, 1913.
ACT No. 10
Rv Mr. Re;iev Senate Bill No. S.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stjtu,ion of the State of Louisiana.
prohibiting the doing of business l"
this State by any foreign, federal or
non resident corporation which shall!
sue the State OF Louisiana or any OF
Its political subdivisions or public
officers, or any citizen Of this state 10
the Federal Court. or which. when
sued, shall remove or petition for the
removal Of 4 cause into the Federal
Court. ~
Section l. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana.
two-thirds of all the members elected to
each House concurring, That the follow
ing amendment to the constitution of
the State of Louisiana be submitted to
the electors Of the State at the next
general State election, to he held in
April. 1908, to-wit:
Any foreign, federal or nonresident
corporation. operating, conducting or
doing business in this state. which snail
institute any suit or action at law or IN
equity against the State of Louisiana,
or any of its political Subdivisions. OF
any of it's 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 aud laws of this State,
or which when used by the State OF
any of it's political subdivisions, OF
any of ito public officers, or any cor
poration or citizen Of this State, shall
remove, or petition. or move to remove
said suit to any other court than CONF
created and organized under the lafs
of this State, shall by this fact alon/ be
debarred, prohibited and denied the
right to operate, conduct, or d. any
business within this State an1 there
after any contract. or agreemen. engage
ment or undertaking with, orby, or to
said corporation shall be utterly null
and void.
Any foreign, federal or non resident
corporation. or any person acting as
agent, servant or officer Of such corpora.
ton who shah make or attempt to make
any contract. agreement, undertaking or
engagement for. with, by or in the name
If, for the use ard benefit of. sucl: cor
poration. after sthe said corporation,
shall have violated any of the provisions
| of the foregoing paragraph. shall be
guilty Of . misdemeanOr, and on con-
victi0n shall be hned not less than One
Hundred Dollars. nor more than One
Thousand Dollars, and may also he i'm
prisoned with or without hard labor for
not more than twelve months. or both, >.
at the discretion of the conrt; provided,
that it is not intended hereby to interfere
with or prohibit the Transaction of inter-
state business authorized under the laws
and Constitution of the United States.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., That the foregoing amendme / to
the Constitution of the State of Louisiana
he submitted to the electors Of the state
at the general election to be- held on
the 2lst day Of April, 1905, and on the
official ballots to be used at such cleo
ton shall be placed the words ''for the
joint resolution proposing an amend
meht to the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, prohibiting the doing Of busi-
ness in this. State by any foreign. federal
or nonresident corporation which shall
sue the State Of Louisiana or any IF its
political subdivisions or public officers,
or any citizen of this State in the
Federal Court, Or which, when sned.
shall remove or petition for the removal
Of y cause into the Federal Court" and
the wOrds against the joint resolution
proposing an amendment in the Con-
stitution Of the State of Louisiana. pro-
hibiting the doing of business in this
State by any foreign. federal or nom
resident corporation which shall sue the
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Subdivisions or public officers. 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" and each elector
shall indicate. rs provided in the general
election laws OF the State, which OF the
provisions, ''for" or against" he votes
for.
.J.Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President of |
the Senate.
J. W. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
Approved November 25th, 1907,
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD.
Governor of the State of L0uisians.
A true copy:
JOHN +. MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.
ACT NO IL.
BY Mr.. Voegtle. Senate Bill No. 6.
JOINT RESOLUTION
an amendment to Articles 81
and 50 of the Constitution e he State
of Louisiana relative to fig the
salaries Of the Auditor of Tablic Ac-
counts, Treasurer and Secretary of
State and providing that all fees re-
existing law or laws which may here
after be enacted, shall be covered into
the State Treasury. II
Section /. Be it resolved BY the Cen
.ral Assembly Of the State of Louisiana,
wo-thirds of all the members elected to :