The St. Mary banner., 1908-04-04
PROPOSED
Constitutional
Amendments.
To Be Submitted TO The
Electors AT The General
State Election April
DIST, 1908.
ACT No. 10

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Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitutiOn of the State Of Louisiana.
prohibiting the doing of business IN
this State by any foreign. federal or
nonresident corporation which shall
sue the State of Louisiana or any OF
Its political subdivisions or public
officers, or anv citizen Of this state in
tho Federal Court, or which. when
sued, shall remove or petition for the
removal of a. cause into the Federal
Court.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Gem
eral Assembly Of the State OF Louisiana.
two-thirds of all the members elected to
each House cOncurrng. 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 snail
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
as 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 court
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 rs
agent, servant or officer Of such corpora
tiOn who shall make or attempt to make
any contract. agreement, undertaking or
engagement for. with, by or in the name
IT, for the use and benefit of. suc': cor
oration. after the said corporation.
hall have violated any of the provisions
Of the foregoing paragraph. shall be
guilty IF a misdemeanOr, and on con-
victi0n shall be fined not less than One
Hundred Dollars nor more than One
Thousand Dollars, and may also he i'm
prisoned with or without hard labor for
not more than twelve months. or both,
at the discretion of the court; provided,
that il is not intended hereby to interfere
with or prohibit the transaction of inter-
state business authorized under the laws
and Constitution of the United States.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., That the foregoing amendme t 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 2lst day Of April, 1908, and on the
official ballots to he used at such cleo
ti0n shall be placed the words "for the
Joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution Of the State of
Louisiana, prohibiting the doi"g Of bnsi-
ness in this State by any foreign. federal
or nonresident corporation which shall
sue the State of Louisiana or any of its
political subdivisions or public officers,
or any citlzen Of this St"ie in the
Federal Court, Or which, when sued.
ahall remove or petition for the removal
Of cause into the Federal Court" and
the words against the joint resolution
proposing nm 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 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 a cause into
the Federal Court and each electov
shall indicate. as provided in the general
election laws OF the State, which of the
provisions, ''for'' or against" he votes
for.
J. Y. SANDERS.
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
J. w. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
Approved November 25th, 1907.
# NEWTON G. BLANCHARD,
Governor OF the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN 4. MICHEL
Secretary of State.
ACT NO l2.
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