The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-06
ACT NO. IA.

Secretary OF State.
ACT NO. IA.
BY Mr.. Favrot. Senate Bill No. Q.
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-
ton of the State of Louisiana.
Section l. Be it resolved by h
General Assembly of the State of Louis
iapa, two-thirds of all members elect
ed to Zach House concurring. that AR
tfcle 2S6 of the Constitution of the State
OF Louisiana 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 de-
vice, shall Intentionally charge, demand,
collect or receive from any person., firm
or corporation, a greater or less COM
penSatfon for any service rendered by
1t, than it charges. demands or receives
from n other person, firm or corpor-
alton. for doing a like and cOntempor-
aneouS service, or shall violate any of
the rates. charges. orders. rules or de-
cisions of said Commission. such rail-
road, steamboat or other water craft.
express, telegraph, telephone, or sleep
Ing car company, shall forfeit and pay
to the State not less than One Hundred
Dollars, nor more than rive Thousand
Dollars to be recovered before any court
Of competent jurisdiction. at the suit
OF the State, at the domicile of the
Commission
Provided that every order or decision
of the Commission, fixing inc estab-
fishing a rate or charge for the trans
p~ortation of passengers or freight, or
for the transmission of messages or
conversations 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
n be complied with unless n until
set aside by the commission. or by a
final judgment of a court of competent
Jurisdiction, rendered on final trial in a
suit to set aside and the same.
Provided that, whenever any rate.
charge, rule, regulation, order. or de-
oision. of the Commission, is contested
in court, as provided by this Constitu-
I ton, or by any amendment thereto, and
the same is maintained on fina trial,
by a court Of competent jurisdiction, the
railroad, express, telephone, telegraph,
steamboat or other water craft, or
SIccpiHS ID COIlpduy, VI COI poI dtiOH
F; contesting the same, shall forfeit n
pay to the State of Louisiana, the sum
| of not less than Ten $4,000 Dollars
nor more than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars,
per day, for each day that the putting
into effect and operation of the rate.
order, charge, rule, regulation, or de-
cision, of the Commission may have
been suspended by such suit, to be
found and ~adjudged by III court in
which cvyo1, suit vooyy hn Wrought ond
in all such cases, the said court shall, in
its judgment. maintaining the said rate.
charge, rule, regulation, order, or de-
cision, enter up a decree n judgment
| against the plaintiff therein. condemn
ing such plaintiff to pay to the State OF
Louisiana the amount of the said pen
atty, or forfeiture SO oun and ad-
judged by it, which amount, after de-
Quoting therefrom, the attorneys fees
provided by Article 2SS Of this constitu-
ton, shall. when collected, be paid into
| the State Treasury, for account OF the
| General School Fund Of the State.
The power n authority Of the Com
| mission shall affect and include, not
only the transportation of passengers,
freight, express matter, and telegraph
and telephone messages, between points
within this State, n the use Of such
| instruments within this State, blu shall
also affect and include all matters and
| things connected with and concerning
! the service to be given by railroad, ex-
| press, telephone, telegraph, steamboat
| and other water craft, and sleeping a
companies and CORPORATIONS. in the
State, and their operation within the
State.
Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, ETC..
That the foregoing amendment 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 be used at such
| election shall be placed the words:
~for the proposed amendment Of Artf-
Gle 2S6 Of the Constitution Of he State
! Of Louisiana" and the words against
| the proposed amendment Of Article 2S8
of the Constitution of the State Of
Louisiana" and each elector shal indi-
! cate as provided in the general election
laws Of h State. which of the pro-
visions, 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 2sth. 1907.
NEWTON c. BLANCHARD.
Governor Of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. Is.
R Mr.. MlAsaps. Senate Bill Nc. 2.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 2S8
Of the Constitution of the State Of
Louisiana relative to Railroads, Elk
press. Telephone, Telegraph. Steam