The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-28
ACT NO. 10.

BY Mr.. Kelley. Senate Bill No. S.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution Of the State of Louisiana
prohibiting the doing of business in
this State by any foreign. federal or
nonresident corporation which shall
sue the State Of Louisiana or any Of
its political subdivisions or public Of
ficers, or any citizen of this State in
the Federal Court, or which, when
sued, shall remove or petition for the
removal Of a cause into the Federal
Court.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisi-
ana, two-thfrds of all the members
elected to each House concurring, That
the following amendment to the on
stitution of the State of Louisiana be
submitted to the electors of the State
at the text general State election, to be
held in April, 1908, to-wit:
Any foreign, federal or nonresident
corporation, operating. conducting or
doing business in this State, which shall
institute any suit or action at law or in
equity against the. State of Louisiana.
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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 n laws of this State.
or which when used by the State or any
of its political subdivisions, or n of
It's public officers, or any corporation
or citizen of this State, shall remove, or
petition, or move to remove said suit
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and organized under the laws of his
State, shall by this fact alone be de-
barred, prohibited and denied the right
to operate. conduct, or do n 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 cor
poration who shall make or attempt to
max 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
corporation shall have violated any of
the provisions of the foregoing para
graph, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
and on conviction shall be fined not less
than One Hundred Dollars. nor more
than One Thousand Dollars, and may
also be imprisoned with or without hard
labor for not more han twelve months.
or both. at the discretion of the court:
provided, that it is not intended here
by to interfere with or prohibit the
transaction of interstate business au-
thorized under the laws n Constitu-
ton OF the United States.
Sec. 2. Be 1t further resolved. etc,
That the foregoing amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana
be unlimited to the electors of the
State at the general election to be held
on the 21st day of April, 1908. and on
the officiGl ballots to be used at such
election shall be placed the words "for
the Joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, prohibiting the do
ing If business in this State by any
foreign, federal or nonresident corpOr-
alton which shall sue the 9 State. of
Louisiana or any Of it's political subdi-
visions or public officers. or n citi-
zen of this State in he Federal Court.
or which, when sued, shall remove or
petition for the removal of a cause into
the Federal Court" and the words
against the joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana, prohibiting the
doing of business in this State by any
foreign, federal or nonresident corpor-
alton which shall sue the State of
Louisiana or any Of it's political subdi-
visions or public officers. or any citi-
zen of this State in the Federal Court.
or which. when sued, shall remove or
petition for the removal of a cause into
the Federal Court" and each elector
shall indicate, as provided in the gen
eral election laws of the State, which of
the provisions, "for" or against" he
votes for.
J. W. HYAMS,
Speaker Of the House of Representa-
tives.
J. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
Approved November 25th, 1907.
NEWTON c. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JOHN It. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.