The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-22

UoSeTnOr OI tne SCaCe OF 1Oulslana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary OF State.
ACT No. IA.
By Mr.. Favrot. Senate Bill No. o.
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 the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana.
two-thirds of all members elected to each
House concurring, that Article 286 of
the Constitution of the State of Louisi-
ana be amended so as to read as follows:
Article 286. 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
n~yy L. \
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 rate or charge for the transporta-
ton 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 bv
the commission. or by 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 fSl0O0) Dollars
nor more than Fifty fS50O0) 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 been
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 iudg-
ment, maintaining the said rate, charge,
rule, regulation, order, or decision, en-
ter up decree and Judgment against
the plaintiff therein. condemning such
plaintiff to pay to the State of Louisi-
ana the amount of the said penalty or
forfeiture so found and adiudged by it,
which amount, after deducting therefrom
the attorneys fees provided by Article
2SS of this Constitution, shall, when
collected, be paid into the State Treas
ury, for account of the General School
Fund of the State.
The power and authority of the Com
mission shall affect and include, not only
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 also
affect and include all matters and things
connected with and concerning the SER
vice to be given by railroad, express, tel
ephone, telegraph, steamboat and other
water craft, and sleeping car 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
2lst day of April, 1908, and on the Of
fetal ballots to be used at such election
shall be placed the words: "for the pro-
posed amendment of Article 2S6 of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana"
and the words. "apaiust the proposed