The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-03-21


A true copy:
JOHN 7. MICHEL.
Secretary of State
ACT NO. IA.
BY MIR. Favrot. Senate Bill No. 9.
SUBSTITUTE BY THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE
FOR SENATE BILL NO. l.
A joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to Article $50 of the Constitu
ton Of the State of Louisiana.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State of Louisiana,
two-thirds of all members elected to
each House concurring, that Article 2S6
of the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana be amended SO as to read as follows:
Article 286. If any railroad, express,
telephone, telegraph. steamboat, or
other water craft. or 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 COZ ooration, greater or
less compensation for any service rem
dered by it, than it charges, demands or
corporation, for doing a like and con-
tempOraneOus service, or shall violate
any of the rates, charges, orders, rules
or decisions of said commission, such
railroad, steamboat or other water craft,
express. telegraph. telephone, or sleep
ing car company, shall forfeit and pay
to the State not less than One Hundred
Dollars, nor more than Five 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 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 conversa-
tons by telephone or telegraph, within
the State, shall 60 into effect at such
time as may be fixed by the Commission,
and shall remain in effect and be com.
piled with unless and until set aside by
the commission, or by final Judgment
of court of competent jurisdiction,
rendered on final 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 ;.n'i the
same is maintained on final trial, by a
court Of competent jurisdiction, the
railroad, express, telephone. te.egraph,
steamboat or other water craft, or
sleeping Car company, or corporation,
the same, shall forfeit and
pay to the State of Louisiana, the sum
Of not less than Ten $1,000 Dollars nor
more than Fifty $4,000 Dollars, per
day. for each day that the pntting into
effect and operation of the rate orcer.
charge. rule, regulation. or decision, Of
the Commission may have been suspend.
q BY such suit, to be found and adjudg-
I'd by the court in which such suit NAV
be brought and. in all such cases, the
said court shall, in its Judgment, main
tanning the said rate, charge, rule, regu-
|ation, order, or decision, enter up a
decree and judgment against the plain
tiff therein, condemniDg such plaintiff to
pay to the State of Louisiana the amount
IF the said penalty or forfeiture 50
found and adjudged by it, which
amount. after deducting therefrom, tie
s tees provided by Article 2SS of
his Constitution, shall, when collected.
,e paid into the State Treasury, for ac-
.Ouut of the General School Fund of the |
state
The power and authority Of the Com
mission shall affect and include, not only |
he transportation of passengers. freight. |
Express matter, and telegraph and tele-
,honp MESSAGES between nOints within
his State, and the use of such instru-
hents within this State, but shall also
fleet and include all matters and things
onnected with and concerning the
ervice to be given by railroad, express,
telegraph, steamboat and
Their water craft, aud sleeping car COM
anies and corporations, in the State,
nd their operation within the State.
Section 2. Be it further resolved. etc.
hat the foregoing amendment to the
constitution Of the State Of Louisiana be
admitted to the electors of the State at 1