The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-05-28
THE OusE.

Many bills and resolutions have
been introduced 1png them the
following: 81 80
By Mr.. o,cone An act to Gre
ate the office ofslpsrxisor of public
accounts for ths<StaIE pf Louisiana;
to provide for hissapD ointment; to de-
fine His powerszand duties; to fix
his salary to ablish a uniform
system Of pupIiN acepunting, and
making TIA mis- 15ea NOR in Office to
ta certa ioas ;hereof, and
spfUsfafiig punish hInFBfs Tor sAn6eass.
By Mr.. Delahoussaye.- act to
donate to the board of commissioners
Of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee Dis
trict all vacant lands embraced with
in the limits of the said levee dis
trict as now constituted according
to the terms and conditions of Sec
tion II, act No. 81 of 1890.
BY Mr.. Nettles-A joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana
relative to repeating act No. 245, ap-
proved July s, 1908, and approved
by majority of the electors of the
state at the general congressional
election held on Tuesday, following
the first Monday in November, 1908,
SO as to limit and restrict the same
to parishes having a population of
not less than 100000.
By Mr.. Wall-An act to define and
prohibit the crime of pandering the
competency of certain evidence at
the trial thereof.
By Mr.. Thompson-An act enti
tied, An act to require the state
board of engineers to assume con-
troll of state highways under certain
conditions; to elect state highway
engineer; to define his powers and
duties; to fix his compensation; to
authorize the construction and main
tenance of highways by contract or
by the state highway engineer; to
provide for the working of convicts
on highways under certain regula-
tions, ETC."
BY Mr.. Butler-An act for the pro-
lection of diamond-back terrapin; to
regulate the catching, shipment and
sale of the same, and to pro vide pen
alties fer the violations thereof.
By Mr.. Litton-An act making it
misdemeanor to hunt with firearms
on Sunday in the State of Louisiana
and providing penalties for the vio-
1atfon of this act.
BY Mr.. Moore-An act authorizing
towns and villages throughout the
state to require all able-bodied male
residents of towns and villages, be-
tween the ages Of 18 and so years,
to work the streets of said towns and
villages. j..
BY Mr.. O'Bannon-An act 1evying
license tax on certain nonresident
horse traders in the state.
By Mr.. Shattuck-An act to ex-
empt any honorably-discharged Con-
federate soldier from the payment of
any license or privilege tax in GER
tain cases.
Petitions Introduced.
BY ]. L. Fontenot-A petition ask
ing that location of parish seat. of
Evangeline Parish be left to vote
of the people by majority vote at a
special election.
BY Mr.. Thornton-A petition from
Rapides Parish asking for the loca-
ton of the Southern University at
Alexandria.
The Exposition Bill.
The Panama Exposition tax amend
ment, known as Senate bill No. 1, by
Mr.. Voegtle, passed the House by
vote of "a to IL. Being constitu-
tional amendment, seventy-eight
votes were necessary to pass it in
the House.
Twelve country members voted
against the exposition tax measure,
most of them explaining that person.
ally they were in favor of the expo
sition, but their constituents who
had suffered from boil weevil and