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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-31
ACT NO. 203.
House Bill No. 433. By Mr.. Fontenot
A Joint RESOLUTION

A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisi-
ana, amending Article 46 of the
Constitution of 1898, as amended
by Act No. 303 of the Acts of
1910, ratified by the people at
the November election of 1910, so
as to authorize the Board of Ii
quotation of the State Debt to
issue new bonds to retire or re-
fund the State Bonded Indebted
ness due January list, 1914, to
provide for a tax for the payment
of the interest on said bonds
and a sinking fund to retire the
same; to provide for the payment
out of the said sinking fund OF
an Indebtedness due by the State
to the United States. and of Ger
tain other claims against the
State.
Section l. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, tw0-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each house concur
ring, That an amendment to Arti-
Gle 46 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana of 1898, as amend
ed by Act No. 1903 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, at it's session held in the
year 1910, ratified by the people at
the November election of 1910, be
submitted to the qualified electors
of the State for their approval or re-
lection at the Congressional election
to be held on the First Tuesday
next following the first Monday in
November of 1912, said proposed
amendment to read as follows:
article 46. The General Assem-
bly, shall have no power to contract
or to authorize the contracting of any
debt or liability, on behalf of the
State, or to issue bonds or other ev-
licences of Indebtedness thereof, ex-
cept for the purpose of repelling in
Vasion or for the suppression of in
surrection. Provided, that for the
purpose Of retiring, liquidating or re-
funding the present State Bonded
Indebtedness of Eleven Million, One
Hundred and Eight Thousand, Three
Hundred Dollars, maturing January l,
1914, and bearing four per centum
per annum interest, the Board of Lii
quotation Of the State Debt of Louis
lana is given authority to issue Elev-
en- Thousand, One Hundred and
Eight new coupon bonds of theState
of One Thousand Dollars
each, to be numbered No. L to No.
II ,lOS, bearing a rate of interest not
four per centum per an
lum, payable semi-annually and to be
lue and paid in fifty years from jan
larry |, 1914. The form of said bonds
shall be prescribed by the Board of
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-31

the State, whether he votes for or
against said amendment.
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives.
THOMAS C. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President
Of the Senate
Approved July 18th, 1912.
L. E. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-31
ACT NO. 236
Senate Bill No. 161. By Mr.. Mouton.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment 10 Article
291 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana relative to
taxes for the construction and
maintenance of public roads.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State Of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all members
elected to each House Concurring,
That Article 291 of the Constitution
Of the State of Louisiana be amend
ed so as to read as follows:
Article 291. The Police Juries Of
this State NAV form their respective
parishes into road districts; and in
order to raise funds for the purpose
of constructing, maintaining, and re-
pairing the public roads and bridges
Of their parishes, they are authoriz-
ed to set aside at least one mill per
annum of the taxes levied by them,
and to impose per capita tax not
more than one dollar per annum upon
each able bodied male inhabitant of
the parish between the ages OF
eighteen and fifty-five years, and to
levy an annual license of not less
than twenty-five (25c) nor more
than one dollar per annum upon each
vehicle, including bicycles, kept with
in said parishes or within a munich.
pality thereof whether or not exempt
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-31

orders as may be necessary or prop
er for the purposes Of the jurisdic-
ton herein conferred upon them.
There shall be one District Judge in
each Judicial District, except in the
First, Twenty-first and Fifteenth Ju-
dicial Districts, where until other
wise provided by law there shall be
two (2) District Judges, but Judges
Of the TWenty-first Judicial District
shall not be residents of the same
parish And the Judges of the Fiji
teenth 15th) Judicial District shall
not be residents of the same parish
after the expiration of the terms of
the first Judges elected under this
Constitution.
District Judges shall be elected by
plurality of the qualified voters of
their respective districts, in which
they shall have been actual residents
for two years next preceding their
election They shall be learned in
the law, and shall have practiced law
in this State five years previous to
their election.
The first District Judges under this
Constitution shall be elected at the
general State election in 1900, and
shall hold office until their success
Ors are elected on the Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, 1904,
q, which time and every four years
thereafter District Judges shall be
n1nptn1 nf f0nr
cancies occasioned by death, resigna
ton, or otherwise, where the unex-
PRED portion of the term is less
than one year, shall be filled for the
remainder of the term by appointment
by the Governor, with the advice
and consent of the Senate. In all
cases where the unexpired portion of
the term is one year or more, the
vacancy shall be filled by special
election, to be called by the Govern
or, and held within sixty days Of the
occurrence of the vacancy, under the
general election laws of the State.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc, That the foregoing amendment
to the Article of the Constitution Of
this State, if adopted, shall become
operative on the first day Of Deem
Der, A. D. 1912, and the Governor
of the State shall, within ten days
thereafter, order an election to be
held within the Fifteenth Judicial
District of Louisiana, and conformity
with existing election laws, for the
purpose of electing the additional
Judge herein provided for, for the
Fifteenth Judicial District, who shall
hold office until the next regular
election for Judges under this Con-
stitutiOn and until his successor is
elected and qualified.
Section 8. Be it further resolved,
etc, That upon the official ballots to
be used at said Congressional cleo
ton shall be printed the words
For the proposed amendment to Ar
ticle 100 of the Constitution Of Lou
isiana, relative to District Courts"
and the words Against the proposed
amendment to Article 100 of the Con-
stitution CT Louisiana, relative to
District Courts and each elector
shall indicate, as provided in the gen
eral election laws of the State,
which of the propositions, For" or
Against" he votes for.
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Represcn-
tatives.
THOMAS C. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved July 10th, 1912.
l.. E. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-31

married again, in INDECENT circum-
stances, of such soldier or sailor
whose marriage to her was contract
ed prior TO January l, 1885; provided
that if her deceased husband served
in an organization, mustered in from
Louisiana, or if he resided in Louis
lana, at the date of his enlistment,
then in order that such widow shall
be entitled to the pension as herein
provided, she shall have resided in
this State for at least five years
prior to her application therefor; and
if her deceased husband enlisted
elsewhere than in Louisiana, and serv
ed in an organization not mustered
in from Louisiana, such widow shall,
in order to entitle her to pension
as herein provided, have resided in
this State for not less than fifteen
years prior to her application for
such pension; provided further, that
pensions whether to veterans or to
widows, shall be allowed only from
the date Of application under this ar
ticle, and the total appropriations for
all pensions, in any one year. shall
be the proceeds of the annual one
mill tax, provided said appropriations
shall never be more than five hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars for
any one year which is hereby levied
on all taxable property in the State.
Any acCruing surplus from said tax
fund shall be turned over to- the
common school fund and prohibiting
the collection Of any other tax or
making any appropriation in excess
of the amount of the one mill tax
levied and collected and to be known
as "C0nfederate Veteran Pension
Fund and to be used for no other
purpose, and upon the adoption Of
this amendment same shall at once
become self-operatiye and the funds
derived therefrom Immediately used
for said purpose, and provided fur
Their that the Tax Collectors and AS
SCISSORS shall receive no commissions
for assessing and collecting said one
mill tax herein provided. Provided
that nothing in this Article shall be
construed so as to prohibit the Gen
eral Assembly from providing arti-
fetal limbs to disabled Confederate
soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc, That this proposed amendment
be submitted to the qualified voters
of the State of Louisiana for adop-
ton or rejection at the COMPRESSION
al election to be held on the first
Tuesday next following the first Mon
day in November, 1912.
That the official ballots to be u.s.
ed at said election shall have print
ed thereon the words: For the pro-
posed amendment to Article 303 of
the Constitution of the State of Lou
isiana, relative to pensions for Con-
federate Veterans" and the words:
Against the proposed amendment to
Article 303 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, relative to pen
sions for Confederate Veterans"
and each electOr shall indicate, as
provided in the general election laws
of the State, whether he votes for
or against the amendment.
l.. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatiVes.
THOMAS G. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved July 10th, 1912.
L. z. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true Copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-31
ACT NO. 147.
Senate Bill. No. 1877.

BY Senate Judiciary Commit
tee, Section "B." Substitute
for Senate Bill No. 35.
AN ACT
proposing an amendment to Article
lO9, Of the Constitution of Lou
isiana, relative to District Courts.
Section l. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
befs elected to each House concur.
ring, That the following amendment
to the Constitution of Louisiana shall
De submitted to the electors of the
State, at the Congressional election
to be holden on the first Tuesday af.
ter the first Monday in November,
1912, and if approved and ratified
by majority of said electors, vot-
ing in said election, the same to be-
come q part of the Constitution, to-
wit:
That Article 1903, of the Constitu-
ton Of Louisiana be amended so as
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1O9.
The District Courts, except in the
Parish Of Orleans, shall have origi-
nal jurisdiction in all civil matters
WheTe the amount in dispute shall
exceed fifty dollars ($5O.00), exclu-
stVe Of interest and in all cases
where the title to real estate is in.
VOlVed, or to office or other public
position, or civil or political rights.
and all other cases where no spe-
CifiC amount Is in contest, except
such as otherwise provided in this
Constitution.
They shall have unlimited and ex-
elusive original jurisdiction in all
criminal cases except such as may
be vested in other courts authorized |
by this Constitution; and in all pro-
b&te and succession matters, and
where a succession is a party defend |
ant, and in all cases where the State,
parish, and municipality or other po-
litical corporation is a party defend
ant, regardless of the amount in dis.
pute; and Of all proceedings for the
appointment Of receivers or liquida-
tors to corporations or partnerships;
and said court shall have authority
to issue all such writs, process and
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-31

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State of Louis!-
ana, providing for the exemption
from taxation for a period of ten
Q0) years from the date of it's
completion, of all railroads or
parts of railroads, constructed
subsequently to June l, 1912.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly Of the State Of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem.
bers elected to each House concur
ring therein, That the following
amendment to the Constitution Of
the State OF Louisiana be submitted
to the electors of the State at the
next election for Representative in
Congress, to be holden on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember, 1912, to-wit: There shall be
exempt from taxation for period
of ten years from the date Of its
completion, any railroad or part of
railroad that shall have been con-
structed and completed subsequently
to June ], 1912, and prior 10 January
/, 1917 This exemption shall in.
clude and apply to all rights OF way,
roadbed, sidings, rails and other sup
erstructures upon such rights Of way,
roadbed or sidings; and to all depots.
station houses, buildings, erectiOns.
and structures appurtenant to such
railroads and the operation Of the
same; but shall not include the de-
pots, warehouses, station houses and
other structures and appurtenances
nor the land upon which they are
erected at terminal points, and for
which franchises have been granted
and obtained whether same remain
the property of the present owner
or owners, or be transferred or as.
signed to any corporation or corpora
tions, person or persons whOmS0eyer,
and provided further that this ex-
emption shall not apply to double
tracks, sidings, switches, depots or
other improvements or betterments
which may be constructed by rail-
roads now in operation within the
State, other than extensions or new
lines constructed by such railroads.
Provided, further that when aid has
heretofore been or which may here
after be voted by any parish, ward
or municipality to any railroad, such
railroad shall not be entitled to ex-
emption from taxation herein estab-
liShed.
Section 2. Be it further enacted,
etc, That the official ballots at said
election shall have printed thereon
the words: For the proposedamend-
ment to the Constitution of the State
Of Louisiana relative to exemption
from taxation for ten years from the
date of it's completion, OF all rail-
roads or parts of railroads, construct
ed subsequently to January /, 1918"
and the words Against the propos-
ed amendment to the Constitution
OF the State of Louisiana relative to
exemption from taxation for a period
of ten years from date of it's compile
ton of all railroads or parts of rail.
roads constructed subsequently to
January 1, 1913," and each elector
shall indicate as provided in the gen.
eral election laws of the State wheth-
ser he votes for or against the amend
ment.
l.. E. THOMAS,
Speaker Of the House OF Represen.
tatiVes.
THOMAS C. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved: July 18th, 1919.
l.. e. HALL,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true\copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary Of State.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-31
ACT NO. 1862.

House Bill No. 2O7. By Mr.. Manion.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-31
ACT NO. 1879.
JOINT RESOLUTION

Senate Bill No. ia. By Mr.. Voegtle
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-31
ACT NO. 1870.
JOINT RESOLUTION

House Bill No. 2S0. By Mr.. Byrne
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-31
ACT NO. 23o.
JOINT RESOLUTION

Senate Bill No. 1879. By Mr. Amacker
, 1912-02-15

Hey. miss" yelled one of the news
boys. you're t'rowin' your money
away. He's a fake: he amt no statoo
seller. He's doing 1t for a joke"
Fitzgerald lost a little color. that
was all. But his customer ignored the
imputation. She took out a card aud
laid It on the tray. and without further
ado went serenely On her way. The
policeman stepped toward her as IL to
speak. but she turned her delicate head
aside. The crowd engulfed her pres
emily, and Fitzgerald picked up the
card. There was neither name nor
'dennlte address on It. 1t was a mes
sage. hastily written. and 1t sent q
thrill Of delight and speculation to his
1mpressionable heart. Still carrying
the tray before him. he FASTENED over
to the club. where there was something
OF an ovation. Instead of a dinner for
three 1t became one for a dozen, and
Fitzgerald passed the ~statuettes round
as souvenirs of the most unique bet OF
the year. There were lively times.
W midnight, as Fitzgerald was
going out of he coat room, Cathewe
spoke to him.
What was her name, JackT"
"Hanged If l know"
"She dropped a card on your tray"
Fitzgerald scrubbed his chin. There
wasn't any lame on 1t. There was an
address and something more. Now.
wait a moment, Arthur: this is no or
binary affair. / would not show it to
any one else. Here, read It yourself"
hill In Dalton tomorrow night at 8 o'clock
But do not come II you lack courage.
That was ALL Cathewe ran a finger.
comb fashion. through his mustaehe
He almost smiled.
"Where the deuce is Dalton p Fitz-
gerald inquired.
at Is a little village on the New
Jersey coast; not more than forty
houses. %postofflce, hotel and general
store; perhaps an hour out of town"
what would you do in M place?
1t may be a Joke, and then again 1t
may not. She knew that / was a rank
imposter."
"But she knew that a mar must
have a certain kind of daredevil cour
age to play the game you played. Well.
you ask me what l should do in your
place. IA GO"
II Shall. 1t will double discount
fishing. And the more I think of 1t.
the more certain | become that she
and ] have met somewhere. By-by!"
Cathewe fingered In the reading
room. bordering. Here was a twist to
the wager he was rather unprepared
for. and If the truth must be told. he
, 1912-02-15
~.

PIRATES AND SECRETARIES.
T was a little station made gloomy
by q single light. Once in SO
often a fast train stopped. II
properly tagged. Fitzgerald. fee
ing wholly unromantic. now that he
had arrived. dropped his handbag OF.
the damp platform and took his bear
ings. 1t was after shutdown. The sea,
but a few yards away. was a murmur-
ing. heaving blackness, save where
here and there a wave broke. The
wind was chill. and there was the
hint Of a storm coming down from
the northeast.
ANY hotel in this placer he asked
Of the ticket agent, the telegraph oper-
ator and the baggageman, who. was
pushing a crate Of vegetables OF a
truck.
Swans hotel; only one"
"Do people sleep and eat therer'
"If they have good digestions."
Much obliged. Is there a house
hereabouts called the top O. the hillT'
Come over here" said the agent
See hat hill back there. quarter of a
mile above the village: those three
lights? Well. that's 1t. They usually
have a carriage down here when
they're expecting any one"
who owns it?"
"Old Admiral Killigrew. Didn't you
know itT'
"Oh, Admiral Killigrew: yes. OF
course. I'm not q guest. Just going
up there on business. Worth about ten
millions. isn't he?"
''That and more. There's bis yacht
in the harbor. oh. ne could burn up
the village. pay the Insurance, and not
ever knock down the quality Of his
cigars. He's the best old chap out.
None OF your red faced. %yo-hoing.
growing seadogs; just a kindly. gem
, 1912-02-15

was far more perplexed than Fftz-
gerald. He knew the girl, but he did
not know and could not imagine what
purpose she had in aiding Fitzgerald
to win his wager or Turing him out to
an obscure village in this detective
story manner.
"Well, shall heal all about it from
her father" he concluded.
And all in good time he did
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1912-07-12
Ladies, Missesand Childrens
Shoes and Oxfords

In blacks, tan and white.
81 90 Ziegler pumps at----------S3. 10
$50 Ziegler pumps at------------2.9O
8 90 Ziegler pumps at ------------2 AZ
2 so pumps and oxfords Att 80
200 pumps and oxfords at----1. go
Its pumps and oxfords at ------1.35
Lot of oxfords worth $50 to 200, go
in this sple at CSC
One lot childrens pumps worth LOO to
2 90 at
This is the chance of your life to buy
good shoes at real bargain. They in
clude feathers, silks. satins and vel
vets, canvass and nubucks.
Childrens Rompers
All sizes, regular SOC values 100000 Oc
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-09

mission wonld have been sure TO af-
firm in auv case. -he action Of the
Senate is thoroughly contemplate in
any way that it can be looked upon,
lacking both in broadness and intelli.
Gence; unless. indeed, the real purpose
was to destroy tho treaty, which it has
done cffectually, under guise OF ratih.
cation.
The Senate SAYS. as 10 unreserNed ar
bitratiou. "Oh, yes. We re in favor OF
it: that is, after we have Withdrawn n
lot of things from its scope; and pro
vided that we shall have the say ~ all
cases, not only as to what is TO he
arbitrated, (reserving 10 ourselves the
right to say in any matter that we
won Il arbitrste IT'D, and how the arni-
tration is to be planned, submitted, and
effected. - And nice sort of arbitra-
tion that is, indeed; and how inviting
to any self-respecting foreign nation it
is to be told that we will arbitrate only
on such conditionsl
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-09

show If any such letter as that was
received by Attorney-GeneraI Bona
parte from then President Roosevelt
And, since Attorney-Gcncral Wicker
sham is prosecuting this very Harvest
er Trust, which Roosevelt apparently
refused to prosecute, doubtless he
would be quito willing to bring for
ward that letter if the House should
ask for it, as it is likely To do.
Especially would Attorney General
Wickersham he ready To do this, since
Roosevelt is ont in such a vigorous and
vicious campaign against Wickersham s
present chief. It is matter that
ought not 10 be allowed to rest where
1t is, and Hansbrough Ought 10 be
called to Washington and asked to tell
all that he knows. The feeling against
he Harvester Trust is very keen IN
North Dakota. and the Roosevelt can
didacy is a damper on the progressivos
In that State on this account, since
the story that Roosevelt refused to
prosecute that trust is thoroughly be
lievcd there, on Mr. Hansbrough Is
aVermept