The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-06

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Week-Many Unfinished Meas
ures Pending-TitIes Of New
Laws Promulgated.
From the New Orleans Times-Dem
ocrat of June 80 we reproduce the
following interesting summary O.
the work done by the general as
sembly Of Louisiana last week, the
present status of pending measures
and the titles Of 9na new laws placed
upon the statute books:
Time elapsed-Seven weeks.
Time remaining-One ard one-halt
weeks.
Administration Bill. Passed by Both
H6usss.
Johnson resolution ratifying the in
come tax amendment to the federal
constitution.
Tete bills repeating the confisca-
ton act.
Joint committee appointed to con
slider and plan consolidation of boards
and commissions. Bills will be of
tered at next session.
Roberts bill reducing the salary and
office appropriation Of the supervi-
sor of public accounts.
Locke dual officeholding act.
Administration Bills Passed
by House.
Tete land office bill. On third
reading in senate.
Claiborne bill to allow impecunious
persons to litigate without payment
Of advance costs
Robert Roberts anti-1obby bill.
Thomas Clayton printing reform
bill.
Johnson bill abolishing board attor-
neys, on final passage in senate.
Buie game law consolidating the
conservation, gamesand oyster COM
Roberts bill creatsng a commission
TO prepare and recommend constitu-
tional amendmentsa and revenue laws.
Claiborne-ThomasRf5scal agency bill.
Powell bill making clerks of courts
registrars Of voters ii country par
ishes.
Powell general oommission govern
ment bill.
Martin bill fixing fees of register
of the state land office.
Administrations Ellis Passed
by Senate.
llrke's 1T te.s e1laglayer,s 8
liability commisslons
Smith recall amendment.
Burke educational BILL
Amacker# substitute for Smith anti
lobby bill.
Bills Awaiting Action.
PoWel1's general commission bill in
house amendde to eliminate nom
partisan election.
Delos Johnson primary election law
reform bill, in house.
George Wesley Smiths constitu-
tiona1 amendment to admit women
to membership On public boards and
commissions and all offices under
the school law, except state superin-
tendent.
Martin Manion's constitutional
amendment with same purpose fell
nine short of the necessary tWo-thirds
vote in the house, was reconsidered
and will come up again.
Enabling act for recall amendment
introduced in senate by George Wes-
ley Smith.
Currupt practices acts in both the
house and senate
Fontenot constitutional amendment
authorizing the board of liquidation
to refund state debt and to pay old
obligations.
Federal Constitutional Amendments;
Resolution ratifying the income tax
passed by house and senate and
awaiting pronunciation.
Resolution ratifying direct election
of United States senators, on house
calendar, but considered dead.
Bills Vetoed.
Samuels bill increasing the salary
Of the Shreveport police judge.
Nix preliminary hearing bill.
Redistrictsssas the State
Disagreement over congressional
Butler bill, backed
ny IkOUG1 S1ly
tion, passed by house. Insurgent
plan introduced IN senate by Leon
r. Smith Of Cadd0.
Claiborne plan of legislative reap
portionment before joint committee
would give city one less senator and
country three additional representa-
ives. City delegation may fight it.
Appointments by Governor.
r. Shelby Sanders, member of PEN
centiarr Board OF Control, vice J. T.
Many Nan mi.uor apDeintments, recess
md otherwise. Confirmed
3ilIs Passed Not Yet Promulgated.
By Mr.. Mareha1d-sawmill employ
By Mr.. Fontenot-Reyiving the Re
publican party,
By Mr.. Edwards Constitutional
reopenina the grandfath