The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-03-28
PROPOSED
Constitutional
To Be Submitted To The
Electors At The General
State Election April
21st, 1908.
ACT No. 10

PROPOSING an amendment to the Con
stitn,iOn OF the State of Lou Ba.
prohibiting the doing of business
this State by any foreign, federak ~
nonresident corporation which -kall
sue the State of Louisiana or any ~dt
Its political subdivisions or pnb1'c
officers, or any citizen Of this state IN
the Federal Court, or which. when
sued, shall remove or petition for the
removal of cause into the Federal
Court.
Section /. 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 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,
or any of its political sub divisions, or
any of its public officers. or against
any corporation or citizen of this State.
in any other court or courts than such
g may be created and organized under
the Constitution and laws of this State,
or which when used by the State or
any of it's political subdivisions, or
any of its 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 cOnrt
created and organized under the laws
of this State, shall by this fact alone be
debarred, prohibited and denied the
right to operate, conduct, or do any
business within this State and there
after any contract. or agreement, engage
ment or undertaking with, or by. 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 snch corpora
ton who shall make or attempt to make
any contract. agreement, undertaking or
engagement for. with, by or in the name
If, for the use and benefit of. sucl: cor
porati0n, after the said corporation,
shall have violated any of the provisions
of the foregoing paragraph. shall be
>53aailty Of misdemeanOr, and on con-
Fiction. shall be fined not less than One
Hundred Dollars. nor more than One
Thousand Dollars, and may also he i'm
rrisOned with or without hard labor for
MT more than twelve months. or both,
at the discretion IF the court; provided,
that 1t is not intended hereby to interfere
9TH or prohibit the transaction of inter-
atate business authorized under the laws
and Constitution of the United States.
Section g. BE it further resolved,
SIC. That the foregoing amendme It to
the Constitution of the State of Louisiana
be submitted to the electors of the state
at the general election to be held on
the 21st day of April, 1908, and on the
Official ballots TO he used at such cleo
ton shall be placed the words ''for the
joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution of the State Of
Louisiana, prohibiting the doing Ut busi-
ness in this State by any foreign. federal
or non. resident corporation which shall
sue tho State of Louisiana or any Of its
political 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 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
State of Louisiana Or any of it's political
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 Cause into
the Federal Court and each elect0r
shall indicate. as provided in the general
election laws OF the State, which of the
"fOr" or against" he vDtes
for.
j. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
J. w. HYAMS,
Speaker Of the Honse of Representa-
tives.
Approved November s5th, 1907.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
1 true copy:
JOHN 7. MICHEL
Secretary Of State.
ACT NO IL.
~ MIR. VOeotle. Senate Bill No. 6.
JOINT RESOLUTION
an amendment to Articles 81
and 81 of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana relative TO fixing the
salaries of the Auditor Of Public Ac-
counts, Treasurer and Secretary Of
State and providing that all fees re-
ceived by the Secretary of State under
existing law or laws which may here
after be enacted, shall be covered into
the State Treasury.
Section I. Be it resolved by the Cen
ri Assembly of the State of Louisiana.
of al the members elected 4"
~ House concufring, That Articles ii
N A of the Constitution of the State