Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-16
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'celed and delivered to the Board or
|. Commissioners of the Port of New
IOrleans, which shall receipt for
lsame, and which shall retain and
lpaste the same as vouchers, in a
book TO be by it kept for that pur-
'pose. 1t shall be the duty of said
| Treasurer to require said deposits to
| be made as aforesaid; and in case
of failure on the part of said Board
Ito make said deposits, or to impose,
under the law as now existing, the
charges for the use of said wharves.
landings, sheds and oppurtenances
| fthereto, or to collect the revenues
therefrom, in an amount sufficient
10 provide for the payment of inter-
J est due or to become due, and the
redemption of bonds as provided in
this Act, said Treasurer is hereby
empowered and directed, and it is
made his duty, to impose said
charges and collect said revenues,
and to apply the same to the purpo-
( ses of this Act, and to that extent,
and for that purpose only, and for
: such time as may be necessary to
that end. the said Treasurer is here
by authorized to exercise all the
powers and is charged with all the
duties vested under existing law in
the Board of Commissioners of the
Port of New Orleans.
Section Be it further enacted,
etc, That all of the provisions of
this Act shall constitute a contract
. between the holder of the bonds issu-
: ed Hereunder, the State of louisa
{ ma, and the Board of Commission
. ers of the Port of New Orleans.
Section 5. Be it further enacted,
etc, That the Board of Commission
ers of the Port of New Orleans shall,
and II is hereby authorized and en-
powered to eXpend the proceeds OF
said bonds for the extension of ex-
listing wharves, for building new
wharves, for erecting sheds, for con-
structing roadways, and other i'm
provements; for the purchase of
suitable dredges, barges and tug
boats; for the payment of wharves
OF other property purchased or ex-
propriated, and for the payment of
obligations heretofore contracted and
outstanding; provided that no pri-
vate property shall be taken with
out just and adequate compensation
previously paid.
On the thirty-frst day of Deem
Der of each year, the said board
shall furnish a detailed account of
the receipts and expenditures TO the
Governor of the State; which re-
port shall be published once in the
official journal of the City of New
Orleans.
Section 6. Be it further enacted,
etc, That at the Congressional cleo
ton to be held in this State on the
first Tuesday following the first
80 hA ~
lowing amendments to the Constitu-
ton OF the State of Louisiana shall
be submitted to the electors of the
State, to-wit; The Board of Com
missioners Of the Port of New Or
leans shall have power. and it shall
be it's duty, to issue three million
five hundred thousand dollars (S3,-
500.000.00) of bonds to be known
as Port Commission Bonds, for the
purposes and under the provisions
and conditions set forth in the Act
OF the Legislature adopted to that
end and for that purpose at the re-
gular session of General Assembly
of 1908, which said Act is hereby
ratified and approved; and all pro-
visions OF the present Constitution
OF the State in conflict with the pro-
visions of this Act, and with this
amendment ere, to that extent and
for that purpose only, repealed"
Section z. Be it further enacted,
etc, That, on the official ballots to
be used at said election shall be
placed the words: For the Port
Commission Bond Amendment" and
the words: Against the Port Com
mission bond Amendment" and each
elector shall indicate his vote on
the proposed amendment as pro-
vided by the general election laws
OF this State.
II. G. DUPRE,
Speaker of the House OF Repres-
entativeS.
P. NJ. LAMBREMONT,
Lieutenant Governor and Presid-
ent of the Senate.
Approved July 8, 1908.
j. Y. SANDERS,
Governor of the State Of Louis
lana
A true Copy.
JOHN T. MICHEL.
ACT No. 245.
Senate Bill No 6S. BY Mr.. Barrett.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution OF the State of Louis
lana relative to ratifying and carry
ing into effect An Act of the Legis-
lature regulating the care of neglec-
ted and delinquent children and for
the trial of adults in certain cases,
establishing Juvenile Court in the
Parish OF Orleans, and providing
for separate sessions, as Juvenile
Courts, of the District Courts outside
Of said parish and making other pro-
visions cognate thereto.
Section 1 Be ii resolved, by the