St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-21
ACT No. 10.

hibiting the doing of business in thi
State by any foreign, Federal or non
resident corporation which shall 81
the State of Louisiana or any of it
political subdivisions or public off
GERS, or any citizen of this State il
the Federal court, or which, whel
sued, shall remove or petition for tn
removal of cause into the Fedora
Court.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana
two-thirds of all the members elected t,
each House concurring, That the fol
lowing amendment to the constitution
of the State of Louisiana be submitted
to the electors Of the State at the mex
general State election, to be held il
April, 1908, to-wit:
ANY foreign, federal or nonresident
corporation, operating, conducting Of
doing business in this State, which shall
institute any suit or action at law OF
in equity against the State of Louisiana
or any of its political subdivisions, OF
any of its public officers, or against any
corporation or citizen of this State, il
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
its political subdivisions, or any of its
public officers, or any corporation 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 de-
barred, prohibited and denied the right
to operate, conduct, or do any business
within this State and thereafter any
contract, or agreement, engagement or
undertaking with, or by, or to said cor
poration shall be utterly null and void
Amy foreign, federal or nonresident
corporation, or any person acting as
agent, servant or officer of such corpo-
ration who shall make or attempt to
make any contract, agreement, under
taking or engagement for, with, by or
in the name of, for the use and benefit
Of, such corporation, after the said cor
poration shall have violated any of the
provisions of the foregoing paragraph,
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
On conviction shall be fined not less than
One Hundred Dollars, nor more than
One Thousand Dollars, and may also
be imprisoned with or without hard la
Dor for not more than twelve months, or
both, at the discretion of the court; pro-
yided, that it is not intended hereby to
with or prohibit the transac-
ion of interstate business authorized
1nder the laws and Constitution of the
United States.
Sec. g Be it further resolved, ETC.,
That the foregoing amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana
,e submitted to the electors of the State
It the general election to be held on
he 2lst day of April, 1908, and on the
,fficial ballots to be used at such cleo
ion shall be placed the words, "for the
ONT resolution proposing an amendment
o the Constitution of the State of Lou
siana, prohibiting the doing of business
n this State by any foreign, federal or
lon-resident corporation which shall sue
he State of Louisiana or any of its
'olitical subdivisions or public officers,
T any citizen of this State in the Fed
raj Court, or which, when sued, shall
emove or petition for the removal of
cause into the Federal Court" and
he words, against the joint resolution
roposing an amendment to the Consti-
ution of the State of Louisiana, pro-
lifting the doing of business in this
tate by any foreign, federal or nom
esident corporation which shall sue the
tate of Louisiana or any of its politi- |
al subdivisions or public officers, or
ny citizen of this State in the Federal |
curt, OF which, when sued, shall remove
r petition for the removal of a cause
ito the Federal Court" and each cleo
or shall indicate, as provided in the |
eneral election laws of the State, which
the provisions, "for" or against"
E votes for.
J. w. HYANFS,
peaker of the House of Representatives.
j. Y. SANDERS,
lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved November 25th, 1907.
NEWTON G. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
true copy: I
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.