The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-04-11
Proposed Constitutional
Amendments
To Be Submitted to theElectOrs at the
General State Election on April
2lSt, 1908.
ACT NO. 10.

Proposing an amenQHlenI W VIC Noii''
of the State of Louisiana, prohibiting lhe
doing of business in this State by any Tor
eign, federal or nonresident corporation
which shall sue the State OF LOUISIANA OF
any of it's political subdivisions or puphc
officers or any citizen of this state IN the
Federal Court. or which, when sued, snail
remove or petition for the removal OF d
cause into the Federal Court.
Section I. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State ofLouiSana tWo-thlrds
of all the members elected to each House con
curing, That the folio wing amendment TO the
constitution of the State of LOUISIANA De SUD-
mitted 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 cor
poration, operating conducting or doing bus
mess in this State, which shall institute any
suit or action at law or in equity against the
State of Louisiana, or any of its pohtlcal SUD-
divisions orany of it's public officers or against
any corporation or citizen of this State IN any
other court or courts than such as may De
created and organized under the CONSTITUTION
and laws of this State. or which when sueu pS
the State or any of its political SUBDIVISIONS. OF
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 n court created and organized under the
laws of this State shall by this fact alone De
debarred. prohibited and denied the rlght 10
operate conduct or do any business WltMh
This State and thereafter any contract or
agreement, engagement or undertaking with
ar nv or to said corporation shall be utterly
null and void.
ANY foreign. federal or nonresident cor
] noration. or any person acting as agent ser
want or officer of such corporation who Shall
make or attempt to make any contract, agree
ment undertaking or engagement 1or' Will
, by or in the name Of for the use ana oeneh'
l Of such CORPORATION after the said corporation
= shall have violated any of the provisions OF the
foregoing paragraph, shall be guilty OF ms
n demeanor, and on conviction shall be fired moi
f less than One Hundred Dollars. nor more thaT
One Thousand Dollars and may also be lm|NlS
n oned with or without hard labor for not or
n than twelve months. or both, at the dlScrevlo
If the court; rro ded that it is not intended
PhN-'iNN
>, action of interstate business authorized unde
the laws and Constitution ofthe Umtedstates
VI Section 2 Be it further resolved eFc
=, THAT the foregoing amendment to the ConSt
tution of the State of Louisiana be Submltte
l. to the electors of the State at the generf
h. election to be held on the 2lst day OF apr
1908 and on the official ballots to be USED
IL such election shall be placed the WordS IL
- the Joint resolution proposing an amendmel
10 the Constitution of the State OF LoulSlan
a. prohibiting the doing of business in this Stat
r. by any foreign federal or nonresident co
poration which shall sue the State CT Louis
" ana or any of its political SUBDIVISIONS or pu
~ lie officers or any citizen of this State in tt
Federal Court or which when sued, snail 7
u move or petition for the removal ora eau
10 into the Federal Court" ana the wor
against the Joint resolution proposing
n. amendment to the Constitution OF the State
in Louisiana prohibiting the doing of business
this State by any foreign. federal or non-re
re dent corporation which shall sue the State
ho Louisiana or any of it's political Subdivisions
public officers or any citizen of this State
vie the Federal Court, or which when sued Sh
remove or petition for the removal OF eau
into the Federal Court" and each elector sh
'ut Indicate as provided in the general electl
lie, laws of the State, which of the provislo
for or against" he votes for.
wv. HY ANS,
Speaker of the House of RepresentatiV
j. Y. SANDERS,
Lieut. Governor and President OF the Sena
Approved November 25th, 1907
M NEWTON c. BLANCHARD.
-, Governor of the State of Louisia
ull A true copy:
Tn JOHN r. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.