The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-02-15
PROPOSED
Constitutional
Amendments.
To Be Submitted TO The
Electors At The General
State Election April
DIST, 1908.
ACT No. 10

Proposing an amendment 10 tne Con
stituliOn of the State of Louisiana
prohibiting the doing Of business il
this State by any foreign. federal q
nonresident corporation which shall
sue the State of Louisiana or any OF
its political subdivisions or public
officers, or anv citizen Of this state il
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 Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana.
two-thirds of all the members elected to
each House concurring, 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 shall
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 aud laws of this State,
or which when used by the State or
any Of its 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 a 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
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 as
agent, servant or officer of such corpora
ton who shall make or attempt to make
any contract. agreement, undertaking or
engagement for. with, by or in the name
Of, for the use and benefit of. sucE cor
p0ration, after the said corporation,
shall have violated any Of the provisions
of the foregoing paragraph. shall be
guilty Of q misdemeanOr, and on con-
victiOn shall be fined not less than One
Hundred Dollars. nor more than One
ousand Dollars, and may also lie i'm
bned with or without hard labor for
more than twelve months. or both,
tt the discretion of the court; provided,
that 1t 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
he 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
ton shall be placed the words ''for the
joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, prohibiting the doing Of bust
ness in this State by any foreign. federal
Dr. nonresident corporation which shall
political subdivisions or public officers,
,r any citizen Of this State in the {
Federal Court, Or which, when sued,
hall remove or petition for the removal {
II cause into the Federal Court" and s
he words against the joint resolution {
an amendment in the Con- l
of the State of Louisiana, pro- $
libiting the doing of business in this s
tate BY any foreign. federal or non {
esident corporation which shall sue the I.
tate of Louisiana Or any of it's political q
or public officers, or any n
itixcn of this State in the Federal Court,
r which, when sued. shall remove or e
etition for the removal Of a cause into G
he Federal Court and each elector 4
hall Indicate. as provided in the general e
lection laws OF the State, which of the e
"for" or against" he votes b
,r. q
]. Y. SANDERS, t,
lieutenant Governor aud President Of I,
the Senate. 4
j. w. HYAMS, ii
peaker of the House of Representa- .
tives ~
Approved November 25th, 1907. fl
NEWTON c. BLANCHARD. a
overnor Of the State of Louisiana. al
true copy: II
JOHN 4. MICHEL. i,
Secretary Of State. G,
ACT NO l2. ~
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