St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-14

mltted to the electors tor their approval
or rejection, as required by Article 32l
of the Constitution of the State of LOU
isiana and general election laws of this
State at the general State election to
be held in this State on the 2lst day of
April, 1908.
J. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
j. w. HYANIS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved November 9th, 1907.
NEWTON G. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN 7. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
ACT No. IA.
BY Mr.. Favrot. Senate Bill No. o.
SUBSTITUTE BY THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE
FOR SENATE BILL No. l.
A joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to Article 2S6 of the Constitu-
tion of the State of Louisiana.
Section |. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
two-thirds of all members elected to each
House coneurring, that Article 286 of
the Constitution of the State of Lonisi-
ana be amended so as to read as follows:
Article 2S6. If any railroad, express,
telephone, telegraph, steamboat, or 9TH
er water craft, or sleeping car company,
subject hereto, directly or indirectly, or
by any special rate, rebate, or other
device, shall Intentionally charge, de-
mand, collect or receive from any per-
son, firm or corporation, greater or
less compensation for any service rem
dered by it, than it charges, demands
or receives from any other person, firm
or corporation, for doing like and con-
tempoTaneous 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 sleeping
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 Com
mission.
Provided, that every order or decision
of the Commission, fixing and establish
ing a rate or charge for the transporta-
tion 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
times 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 a court of competent jurisdiction,
rendered on final trial in suit to set
aside and annu1 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 the
same is maintained on final trial, bv a
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 sun
of not less than Ten ($lO.o0l Dollars
nor more than Fifty (S5o.eO) Dollars
per day, for each day that the putting
into effect and operation of the rate
order, charge, rule, regulation, or deci
sion, of the Commission may have beer
suspended by such suit, to be found and
adjudged by the court in which such
suit may be brought and, in all such
cases, the said court shall, in its iudg
ment, maintaining the said rate, charge
rule, regulation, order, or, decision, EN-
ter up decree and judgment against
the plaintiff therein, condemning such
plaintiff to pay to the State of Louisi
ana the amount of the said penalty OF
forfeiture SO found and adjudged by it
which amount, after deducting therefron
the attorneys fees provided by Article
28S of this Constitution, shall, wher
collected, be paid into the State Treas
ury, for account of the General Schoo
Fund of the State.
The power and authority of the Com
mission shall affect and include, not onl,
the transportation of passengers, freight
express matter, and telegraph and tele
phone messages, between points within
this State, and the use Of such instru
ments within this State, but shall. a1sc
affect and include all matters and thing
connected with and concerning the ser
vice to be given by railroad, express, tel
| aphone, telegraph, steamboat and othel
water craft, and sleeping car companies
and corporations, in the State, and theil
operation within the State.
Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, etc.