The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-11-05
THE AMENDMENTS.
Here They Are. Boiled Down for the
Busy Reader-vote for All of Them
Next Tuesday.

/ country, go IN city, beginning 1911, e
cease when S4,00OO00 has been collected
Estimated country will yield ST. 200. .000
city SO. 100000 Tax to ceaseif61st tor 62nd
congress fails to authorize exposition al
or near New Orleans Latter congress ex-
pires March 3, 1913. If no exposition, taz
collected to be returned to respective par
ishes for good roads.
2. Exposition Authorizing Panama
Exposition Company to issue not exceed
ing Sc, 500, 900 bonds. interest S per cent
to be sold at par, due in fifty years OF
less. Commission or brokerage to be paid
by Exposition Company out of its own
funds; S4,O00,000 yielded under previous
amendment to be used in paying interest
and principal. After first tax ceases tax
not to exceed 1 f-2 mills to be levied ex-
clusively in New Orleans to pay principal
and interest of bonds.
3. Good Roads-Levying IA mill tax
city and country, for a good road fund
said tax to be considered part of 6-mill
limit fixed by constitution Amendment
to vitalize Act 49 Of 1910. Authorizes
state highway engineer at salary not ex-
ceeding $4,000. Each parish or municipal
ity to pay half of cost of roads approved
by highway engineer. Cost of mainte-
nance to be likewise divided.
4. Warehouses Dock Board,
port of New Orleans, to erect and operate
warehouses, appropriate property, issue
mortgages OF bonds for same, payable out
of receipts for said warehouses. fix
charges on storage of goods or merchan-
disc, and issue warehouse receipts.
5. To Aid Schools-Requiring police
juries and municipalities Orleans and
cities and towns not exempted from the
payment of parish taxes excepted to set
aside mills for schools unless the school
boards certify less levy is sufficient.
g. State Debt-Authorizing State Board
of Liquidation to issue S11 .t0S.300 bonds,
interest not exceeding 4 per cent, payable
in fifty years. to be sold not less than par,
to extinguish present state Indebtedness.
7. Attorney General-Authorizing the
appointment Of two assistants to the at
torney general, removable by him; salaries
$4,000 and $500; effective January 1, 1911
s. Drainage, etc.-Amending Article
PSI, to facilitate the creation of drainage
districts, authorizing the levy Of special
taxes not exceeding 10 mills for drainage,
sewerage, roads and other public i'm
provements, providing for funding OF
special taxes into bonds.
8. Confederates es-Levying is mill fol
Confederate pensions. SO as to make an
nual appropriation of $4,000: the tax to
be additional to the 5-mill state tax now
levied.
10. Juvenile Court-Amending Act 245
of 1908, so as to make it apply only te
parishes which have a city of 1000 OIL
more, and providing the manner in which
| it may be extended to other parishes.
II. Supreme Court-Amending Article
IS so as to authorize the chief or any as
sociate justice to retire, on full pay
when he has reached the age of IS anC
served is years.
12 Steamship Lines-Exempting from
all taxation for fifteen years steamship
companies organized, and all of whose
capital stock has been paid in cash
within two years from January l, 1911
said companies to be domiciled in New
! Orleans or other port of Louisiana, thei
capital stock to be not less than SS 100000
IS. Representation-Fixing the mum
Der of members of the house at not les
than 98 nor more than f20. When ney
parish is created and the maximum mum
Der is exhausted the new parish shall b.
assigned a representative in addition t,
the maximum, the maximum OF 100 to b.
restored at the next apportionment b.
the general assembly
Il. Judicial District-Amending Articl
f07, so as to create an additional judicia
district, the 3Oth, composed Ct the par
| ishes of LaSalle and Caldwell; salary Q
Judge, $4,000.
Is. Conservation-Auth licens
tax on those engaged in the business 9
/ severing natural resources from the sol
Under Act 1856 of 1910, the tax is to b
laid against pine timber, hardwood tim
Der, stave bolts, telephone and telegrap
poles, turpentine, oil, gas, sulphur an
salt. The revenue is to be used as a con
servation fund and applied to the preven
ton of waste in the natural gas fields
Caddo, the protection of forests, etc.
Both Speedy and Effective.
This indicates the action of Foley Kid
ney Pills, as S. Parsons, Battle Creel
Mich, illustrates: Il have been Athlete
with a severe case of kidney and biadde
trouble for which found no relief until
used Foley Kidney Pills. These cured N
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