St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-13
Session to Last Not Longer
Than Ten Days.
Several Important Amend
lnents to be Passed.
Exposition Tax of the Par
iShes to be Reduced.
EXTRA SESSION.,

H@AAhh SESolON.
Baton Rouge, La, Auo. s.-Gov
ernor Sanders issued his proclama
tlon tonight calling special session
OF the General Assembly, begininf
at II M, on Monday, August Is, anC
ending On Wednesday, August "a
The proclamation follows:
BY virture of the authority vest
ed by the Constitution and laws Of
the state of Louisiana, I, Jared
Young Sanders, governor of the state
of Louisiana. do hereby issue this
my proclamation convening the Gen.
eral Assembly of the state of Louisi.
ana in an extraordinary session al
! the state capital, in the city OF
Baton Rouge, for period not ex.
| ceeding ten days, beginning at u
m, on Monday the 18th of August
1910, and ending on Wednesday
August "a, 1910, and l do hereby
designate as the cbjecLs to be con-
siGered in the said extraordinary
session the following, tu-wit:
"First-For the enactment of such
law or laws, and for the passage of
such Joint resolution or resolutions
submitting amendment or amend
ments to the Constitution of the
state; levying tax or taxes for the
purposes of constructing, maintain
ing and operating in the city of New
Orleans an exposition commemorate
ing the openig of the Panama Canal,
authorizing the Worlds Panama Ex-
position Company, corporation
organized under the laws of Louisi-
ana, and domiciled in the city of
New Orleans, to issue bonds and to
pledge any and all taxes to be
collected under any law or proposed
amendment of the Constitution in
aid of said project and other legis-
latin in aid, fut lerance and assist
ance Of the sale proposed Panama
Exposition
'Seacrd-.For tile purpos. OF pr
posing an amendment of article 27O
of the Constitution of Louisiana, so
as to authorize municipal, ward and
parochial authorities to vote special
taxes in aid of industrial or manu-
featuring plants or enterprises, and
such enabling laws as may be neces-
sary to carry out the purposes of
such article as amended if such
amendment to the Constitution is
adopted
'Third-To authorize and direct
the attorney general Of the state to
take part in and assist in all cases
involving the title of public lands in
the state, or in some political SUBJ
division thereof, whenever so direct
ed by the governor.
or,o,d 49,
act III of 1910 by inserting therein
an amending clause.
'Fifth-To make an appropriation
to meet the expenses of the extra
ordinary session of the General AS
sembly held under this proclamation.
"Sixth-To enable the Senate to
advise as to all appointments of
offices made by the governor since
the Senate was last in session, and
to take action on such appointments
Il testimony whereof, | have here
unto affixed my signature and caused
the great seal of the State Of Louisi-
ana to be fixed at the State Capitol
in the city of Baton Rouge, on this
the eighth day of August, A. D. 1910.
81. Y. SANDERS.
BY the goveronr:
EUGENE J. McGIVNEY.
Assistant Secretary of State.
THE GOVERNOR STATEMENT.
In connection with the call for the
extraordinary session which has been
called to meet in Baton Ruge on
Monday, August Is, the governor
gave out the following review:
Having received from the Worlds |
Panama Exposition Company a re-
quest to call the LEGISLATURE together |
III order to increase the exposition |
tax insofar as the parish of Orleans |
is concerned, and this request of the
Company having been |
approved by all of the commercial |
in New Orleans, and as
the increase in taxation contemplat- |
ed effects only the parish of Orleans, |
concluded to call the Legislature |
together in extraordinary session for |
this purpose.
"a delegation from the city of |
called upon ne this |
morning and asked me to include in
the call for the extra session a pro-
posed amendment to a rticle 270 of |
The Constitution, and by which par
shes, wards and municipal govern
nents will be given the right to vote
special taxes in aid of manufactur-
ng enterprises. After thinking this
matter over carefully, l concluded
% put this subject matter in call, for
he reason that if the people desired
o vote taxes for this purpose they
ought to be permitted under the
to do so. Everyone
Knows that one of the great
leeds of Louisiana is manufacturing
and If any community