The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-14
ACT No. IA.

ACT No. IA.
By Mr.. Favrot. Senate Bill No. o,
SUBSTITUTE BY THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE
FOR SENATE BILL No. /.
A joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to Article 2S6 of the Constitu-
tion 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 Louisi-
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, a 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 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 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 a 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. and the
same is maintained on final trial, by 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 sum
of not less than Ten ($l000) Dollars
nor more than Fifty (S50OO) 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 judg
ment, maintaining the said rate, charge
rule, regulation, order, or decision, en-
ter up decree and judgment against
| the plaintiff therein. condemning sucf
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
| 2SS of this Constitution, shall, wheI
| 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 ais
affect and include all matters and thing
connected with and concerning the ser
vice to be given by railroad, express, tel
ephone, telegraph, steamboat and othe
water craft, and sleeping car companie
and corporations, in the State, and thei
operation within the State.
Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, etc
That the foregoing amendment to tn
Constitution of the State of Louisian
be submitted to the electors of the Stat
at the general election to be held on tn
2lst day of April, 1908, and on the Of
fetal ballots to be used at such electio
shall be placed the words: "for the pre-
posed amendment of Article 2S6 of tn
Constitution of the State of Louisiana,
and the words, against the propose