The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-04-11


MITrEE OF THE SENATE FOR SENATE
BILL NO. /.
A Joint resolution proposing an amendment 10
Article os6 of the Constitution OF the State
of Louisiana.
Section |. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State OF Louisiana tWo-Im'oS
Of all members elected to each House concur
ring that Article 1856 of the Constitution or the
State of Louisiana be amended to read as 1ol-
lows:
Article 1885, If any railroad, express. tele'
phone telegraph, steamboat or other "a'el
craft. or sleeping car company. subject hereto'
directly or indirectly, or by any spec1ai rate'
rebate or other device. shall lntentlonahs
charge demand, collect or receive from any
| person, firm or corporation. greater or less
conversation for any service rendered D! H.
/ than it charges. demands or receives from any
other person firm or corporation, for DONG
like and contemporaneOuS service, or shall Vio-
late any of the rates charges. orders, rules or
decisions of said Commission, such railroad
steamboat or other water craft, express teIe-
graph telephone. or sleeping car COMPANY
shall forfeit and pay to the State not less IMAM
One Hundred Dollars. nor more thaa rive
Thousand Dollars to be recovered before any
court of competent Jurisdiction. at the suit OF
the State, at the domicile OF the COMMISSION
Provided that every order Or de-
cision of the Commission, fixing ana
: establishing rate Or charge for the
TRANSFORMATION of passengers or
: freight, or for the transmission OF
, messages or conversation by telephone
= or telegraph, within the State, shall
t 90 into effect at such times as may be
y fixed by the Commission, and shall
remain in effect and be complied with
n unless and until SC: aside by the com
d mission, or by final judgment OF a
D. court of competent jurisdiction, rem
$. dered on final trial in a suit to Sc
=. aside and annul the same.
i Provided that, whenever any rate
~ charge, rule, regulation, order or de
H. cision, OF the Commission is contested
ut in court, as provided by this Constl
Or tuition, or by any amendment thereto
NJ and the same is maintained on tina
te trial. by court of competent jurisdlc
" ton. the railroad, express, telephone
81 telegraph. steamboat or other waite
" craft. or sleeping car company, o
%. corporation, contesting the same
Sc shall forfeit and pay TO the State
DIS Louisiana, the sum of not less tina
an a, Ten $4,000 Dollars nor more tina
in Fifty ($50.OO) Dollars, per day, &c
Isl each day that the putting into effe'
OF and operation of the rate, orde'
III in charge, rule, regulation, or decision
AL of the Commission may have bee
Use suspended by such suit, to be four
lah and adjudged by the, court in whi(
,on such suit may be brought and, in a
such cases, the said court shall, in
Judgment, maintaining the said rat
es' charge, rule, regulation, order, or d
- cision, enter up a decree and judgme
against the plaintiff therein, condem
ing such plaintiff to pay the State
ma. Louisiana the amount. of the. said pc
atty or forfeiture so found adjudg
bv it, which amount, after deductil
therefrom, the attorneys fees provi
ed by Article 28S of this Constitute
shall, when collected, be paid into t
State Treasury, for account of
'isi, General School Fund of the State.
the The power and authority Of
and Commission shall affect and inclut
al not only tn transportation OF passe
nav gers, freigE., express matter, and tie
into graph and telephone messages,
tween points within this State, and
eral use of such instruments within t
oon, State, but shall also affect and
nsti- clude all matters and things connec
lded with and concerning the service to
given by railroad, express, telepho
sand telegraph, steamboat and other wa
,eas- craft, and sleeping car companies
sand corporations, in the State, and tn
IT,, tate operation within the State.
:, 49, Section 2. Be it further resolv
S or etc., That the foregoing amendm
ided to lhe Constitution of the State
er be Louisiana be submitted to the elect
- him IN of the State at the general election
aced be held on the 21st day of April, L
and on the official ballots to be u
rical at such election shall be placed
mia, mia words: "for the proposed amendn
r. for of Article 2S6 of the Constitution OF
Dol State of Louisiana" and the VIC
N OF against the proposed amendment
lu, 'n1 Article 2S6 of the Constitution OF