The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-11-02

. uSCHuIuS OpltllOu Oh several du6ut
: ments that have been proposed t
. the Constitution Of the State. Ever
amendment relates to an importan
; article Of the Constitution, and tn
voter who has not informed himsel
On them will be handicapped at tn
polls.
| A proposed amendment is the on
referring to the reopening of tn
"grandfather's clause"
This amendment provides that fro1
the time of it's adoption the office o
the registrar of voters in the respec
tive parishes of the State shall b.
kept open each day, legal holiday;
excepted, for the registration of vot
ers UP to and including Aug. 81, 1913
The object of this amendment is tt
provide that all persons whose name!
Shall appear on the registration list
shall be admitted to register for al
the elections in this State without
possession the educational or proper
ty qualifications prescribed by the
Constitution, unless otherwise disqual
flied, and all persons who do not by
personal application claim exemptions
from the provisions of sections 3 and
of article 1877, before Sept. 1, 1918,
shall be forever denied the right to
do so.
The next amendment proposes an
amendment to article 281 of the Con-
stitution of the State, relative to the
mourning of debt and the issuing Of
bonds for work of public improve
ment and to the valuation and re.
funding Of bonds issued for such i'm
proVements by municipal corporations
parishes, schools, drainage, sewerage
and other districts, and the assess
ment of special taxes and the forced
contributions to pay for the same.
The next amendment re-enacts ar
ticle 223 of the Constitution by pro.
Vldlng for the recall.
1t provides that any officer of this
State or of any subdivision, except
the judiciary, shall be subject to re-
call when such recall shall be petit
toned for by 80 per cent of the reg
1stered voters of the political subdi-
vision at the last preceding general
election for the office of the incum-
bent for which the recall is sought.
The minimum time for calling the
first recall election shall be one year
after the officer takes up his duties
and the minimum time for the sec
ond recall shall be three months and
the maximum time five months.
The next amendment provides for
the election of an additionaliudge for
the Fifteenth Judicial District. The
usual words "for" and against" the
amendment will appear on the Off
cial ballot.
The next amendment proposes that
the tax for Confederate pensions
shall be one mill, provided that in
no event shall the amount expended
in any one year exceed $500, 900. The
tax Of one mill, or the part thereof
as may be necessary to make the
shall be exclusively used
for the payment of pensions. This
amendment touches article 3O3 of the
Constitution, and the voter will be |
guided accordingly.
Another amendment is to Article |
21O, which provides that women may
serve on educational and charitable
boards of the State. This was ques-
ton threshed out in the last campaign
and in the Legislature and was a
platform plank of each of the candi.
dates for Governor. In voting the
voter will be guided by the Article
30.
The next amendment proposes an
to Article 157 of the Con-
'titution, by providing that where
exists in any elective office
IF the parish, where the unexpired
:erm is for longer period than one
year, the same shall be filled by a
special election. If the vacancy is
Tor less than one year the Governor
shall appoint.
The next amendment provides fol-
he refunding of the bonded indebt,
edness Of the State, which falls due
Ian. l, 1914. The debt of the State,
bonded, to $11,1OS,3OO. 1t natures
III the date above named. 1t bears
per cent interest. Under the
erms of the amendment, the Board
If Liquidation Of the State Debt is
given the authority to issue new
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