The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-03-21


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. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved November 9th, 1907.
NEWTON c. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
ACT No. IA.
By Mr.. Favrot. Senate Bill No. 0.
SUBSTITUTE BY THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE
FOR SENATE BILL No. i.
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 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 Transports
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 sucl
i 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
| - - "a. .x.
rendered on final trial in suit to SCI
aside and annul the same.
Provided. that. whenever any rate
charge. rule, regulation, order, or deci
sion, of the Commission. is contested il
court, as provided by this Constitution
or by any amendment thereto, and tn
same is maintained on final trial, by
| court of competent jurisdiction, tn
railroad, express. telephone, telegraph
steamboat or other water craft. o
} sleeping car company, or corporation
: contesting the same. shall forfeit an
} pay to the State Of Louisiana, the sur
: of not less than Ten (Sl0.00) Dollar
: nor more than Fifty ts5O.00) Dollars
per day. for each day that the putin
= into effect and operation of the rats
2 order, charge. rule. regulation. or dec
: sion, of the Commission may have bee
e suspended by such suit, to be found an
} adiudged by the court in which sue
suit may be brought and, in all sue
cases, the said court shall. in its iudl
ment, maintaining the said-rate, charg
. rule, regulation, order, or decision, Ell
ter up q decree and Judgment agains
I the plaintiff therein. condemning sue
plaintiff to pay to the State of Louis
ana the amount of the said penalty {
forfeiture so found and adjudged by j
which amount, after deducting therefrol
the attorneys fees provided by Attic
2S8 of this Constitution, shall, wbe
collected, be paid into the State Urea
urv. for account of the General Scho
Fund of the State.
J. The power and authority of the Con
mission shall affect and include, not on
the transportation of passengers, freigh
l express matter, and telegraph and tel
e phone messages, between points with
e this State. and the use of such instr
:. ments within this State. but shall all
u affect and include all matters and thin
= connected with and concerning the sc
i vice to be given by railroad, express, te
y ephone, telegraph, steamboat and 9th
q water craft, and sleeping car compani
and corporations, in the State, and the
4 operation within the State.
a, Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, ct
d That the foregoing amendment to &
Is Constitution of the State of LouisiaI
he be submitted to the electors of the Sta
10 at the general election to be held on t
2lst day of April, 1908, and on the {
ic fetal ballots to be used at such electi'
70 shall be placed the words: "for the pr
n posed amendment of Article 2S6 of t
j. Constitution of the State of Louisiana
n and the words. against the propos