The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-03-21
PROPOSED
Constitutional
To Be Submitted TO The
Electors At The General
State Election April
DIST, 1908.
ACT No. 10

Promising an amendment to the Con-
stitu,iOn of the State Of Louisiana.
prohibiting the doing of business IN
this State by any foreign, federal or
nonresident corporation which shall
sue the State of Louisiana or any or
its political subdivisions or public
officers. or any citizen Of this state in
the Federal Court, or which. when
sued. shall remove or petition for the
removal Of cause into the Federal
Court.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State OF Louisiana.
two.thirls 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 III
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 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 cor
poration 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
debarred, prohibited and denied the
right to operate, conduct, or do any
business within this State and there
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. sucl: cor
poration, after the said corporation,
shall have violated any Of the provisions
Of the foregoing paragraph, shall be
guilty Of misdemeanOr, and on con-
victi0n shall be fined not less than Ore
Hundred Dollars. nor more than One
Thousand Dollars, and may also lie i'm
prisoned with or without hard labor for
not more than twelve months. or both,
at the discretion of the court: provided,
that it 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
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
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
or non. resident corporation which shall
sue the State of Louisiana or any of its
political subdivisions or public officers,
or anv citizen Of this State IL the
Federal Court, or which. when sncd.
shall remove or petition for the removal
of canse into the Federal Court" and
the words against the joint resolution
an amendment in the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana. pro-
hiblting the doing of business in this
State by any foreign. federal or nom
resident corporation which shall sue the
State Of Louisiana or any Of its political
subdivisions or public officers. or any |
citizen oe tins State in the Federal Court. |
or which. when sued, shall remove or
petition for The removal of cause into
the Federal Court and each elector
shall indicate. as provided in the general |
election laws OF the State, which of the |
provisions, for or against" he votes
for.
j. Y. SANDERS,
Governor and President Of
the Senate
}. w. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
Approved November 25th. 1907.
NEWTON &. BLANCHARD.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN r, MICHEL
secretary Of STATE.