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or rejection, as requires u! AAo4Co 90
Of the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana and general election laws OF this
state at the general State election to De
held in this State on the 21st day Of
April. 1908.
J Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
]. W. HYAMS.
Sneaker of the House. of Represents
tives.
Approved November 9th, 1907.
NEWTON E. BLANCHARD.
Governor of til. State of Louisiana.
JOHN . MICHEL.
secretary of State.
ACT NO. IA.
~ AIR ,Favrot. Senate Bill No. 8.
Sales.--future BY THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE
FOR SENATE BILL NO. /.
Adoint resolution proposing an amend
! 2ment to Article 306 of the Constitu
y ton of the State of Louisiana.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
two-thirds of all members elected to
each House concuring, that Article 286
of the Constitution of the State of Louis.
lana be amend ed 70 as to read as follows:
Article 286. If any railroad, express,
telephone, telegraph, steamboat, or
other water craft. sr sleeping Car COM
pany, subject hereto, directly, or indi.
rectly, or by any special rate, rebate, or
other device, shall Intentionally charge.
demand. collect or receive from any per-
son. firm or corporation, a greater or
less compensation I'd any service rem
dered by it, than it 6arges, demands or
receives from any otter person, firm or
corporation, for doing q like and con-
temporaneous service or shall violate
any of the rates, charges, orders, rules
or decisions of said commission, such
railroad, steamboat brother water craft,
express, telegraph, telephone, or Sleep
ing car company, shall forfeit and pay
to the State not less tnn One Hundred
Dollars, nor more thar Five Thousand
Dollars to be recovered before any
court Of competent juritdiction, at the
suit of the State, at the domicile Of the
Commission.
Provided that every order or decision
IF the Commission, fixing and establish
ing rate or charge for the transporta-
ton of passengers or freight. or for the
Transmission of messages or converse
tions by telephone or telegraph, within
the State, shall go into effect at such
time as may be fixed by the Commission,
and shall remain in effect and be com.
piled with unless and untilset aside by
the commission, or by . fnal Judgment
Of q court of competent Jurisdiction,
rendered on firal trial in suit to set
aside and annul the same.
Provided that, whenever any rate,
charge, rule, regulation, order or deci-
sion, of the Commission, is contested in
court, as provided by this Constitution.
or by any amendment thereto, and tie
same is maintained on final trial, by u |
court of competent jurisdiction, the |
railroad, express, telephone, telegraph,
steamboat or other water craft. or
sleeping car company, or corporation,
contesting the same, shall forfeit and
pay to the State Of Louisiana, the sum
of not less than Ten $4,000 Dollars nor
more than Fifty ($50.O0) Dollars, per
day. for each day that the putting into
effect aud operation of the rate. order,
charge, rule, regulation. or desision, of t
the Commission may have been suspend.
ed by such suit, to be found and sdjudg-
ed by the court in which such suit may
be brought and. in all such cases, the
said court shall in its Judgment, main.
tanning the said rate, charge, rule; regu-
lation, order, or decieion, enter up q
decree and judgment against tho plain
tin therein. condemniDg such platptif to
pay to the State of Louisiana the AMOUNT
of the said penalty or forfeiture so
found and adjudged by it, which
amount, after deducting therefrom, the
attorneys fees provided by Article Se8 of
this Constitution. shall, when collected,
be paid into the State Treasury. for ac-
count of the General School Fund of the
State.
The power and authority of the Com
mission shall affect and include. NOT Only
the transportation of passengers. freight.
matter, and telegraph and tele-
phone messages, between points within
this State, and the use of such instru.
ments within this State, but shall also
affect and include all matters and things {
with and concerning the
service to be given BY railroad, express +,
telephone, telegraph, steamboat and
'ther water craft, and sleeping Car COM
osnies aud corporations, in the State,
md their operation within the State. II
Section 2. Be it further resolved. ETC., I
hat the foregoing amendment to tho I
of the State of Louisiana be {
unlimited to the electors of the State 1t
he general election to be held en- the {
1t day Of April, 1908, and on the Of. ,