St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-11-29
CONSTITUTION
REVISED AND
C()nvEN
ENDED
EDov7ssOR IS MADE FOR The
I N5BUE OF BONDS FOR G5
STATE DEBT.
IRE MARSHAL GIVEN
JURISDICTION N ORLEANS

INK WAn6HAl 0Jvu
JURISDICTION IN ORLEANS
- Parker Antitrust Amendment
sweeps tho Convention By
Vote o. - 20 n.
when Mr.. Harvey e. Ellis return
- from the Constitutional Conven-
0en last week he expressed himself
- we'll pleased with what had been
accomplished, and especially 90 that
0e very dimcult matter Of limiting
NE proceedings to the intent Of the
all had been 30 we'll supported.
Mr. Ellis said that the Convention
V1s made up Of very high order OF
intellect and accomplished great
deal Of work In the limited time. Mr..
0llls was on the very important COM
0ittee ON style and revision, Of which
1lr. W. o. Hart was chairman, and
whom Mr.. Ellis, Gays. did prQdigi-
treat service to the convention. In
appreciation OF this Mr.. Hart was
presented with . handsome silver
eaSe, Mr.. Ellis being chosen to make
the presentation. The rewriting OF
the Constitution and the elimination
Of conflicting and dead matter, al
though an immense task, Is Of great
importance and will simplify an un-
derstanding of the laws.
Baton Rouge, Nov. 19.-When the
Constitutional Convention adjourned
It 10 o'clock tonight the end Of its
labors was In sight To-day witness
"a the final passage Of the main State
debt ordinance. Tho Patterson anti
trust amendment swept the conven-
Zion, 40 to s3E ana. tonight the Hart
Style and revision committee began
eoa4i4eI1n9 IN, open convention the
new constitution Of 1913, article by
aTtieie, adopting them - read and
considered.
The dock board warehouse bond
amenlment, made the special order
tor to-morrow; the IRE marshal or
dinanoe y amended, the second sew
orago ahd water board amendment
and the Dubuisson corporation char
tor ordinance, four in all, are now
before the convention with favorable
committee action. and all will be
passed.
By special action tonight the an
tiQuated system Of enrolling consti-
tutions Of the State by hand was
eliminated, and the hnal draft Of the
constitution Of 1918 will be printed.
The convention will finish its Ia
bors Saturday and adjourn sine die.
Baton Rouge Nov. by :
unanimous vote, 70 to D, the Con-
Stitutional Convention at 1850 o'clock
this afternoon adopted the State debt
ordinance, the main object for which
thu convention was called. Eight
members were absent, three OF whom
had been directed BY the convention
70 accompany the body Of John l.
fAef to the home IN Coushatta. The
vote stood:
For adoption Blanchard, presf-
don't: Butler. Alexander, Bankston,
BAroua1e. Berry, Boatner, Broussard,
Burke. Carver, Carville. Clayton,
Clinton, Cole, DonssAn, Dubuisson.
Elam. Ellis, Richland: Ellis, st. Tam
many: Estopinal, Evans. Everett.
Teliau, Fleury. FIournoy. Freidrichs.
0erlick, Gordon, Hart, Holstein. Jof-3
frion. Johnson, Judice. Koppel. Kro-
nenbefeer. Labafre. Liable, Laycock,
Leopold. Madison. Marks. Martin,
4eDougall. Mooney. Moss. Nix. o.
Connell. G. D. O'Conner, James o.
Conner. Patterson, Pearce. Penning-
ton, Ponder. Provosty. Richardson,
Roberts. Rownd, Sims. Smith, Sterl-
ing. B. p. Sllivan. J. p. Sullivan, Teal.
Thornhill. Tooks. Vial. vidrine,
voegtle, Walker. whitehead. Wood
II.
Absent charles j. rheard. Eu-9
gene Dumes. W. H. Hodges, Jr., Ued
L. Keiser, ]. II. Kennedy, ]. j. Lewis.
Plactdo 1onti. W. n. Wallace To-
tal 8.
Minor Changes Made.
Only minor changes were made In tie
State debt amendment after 1t carne
from the committee on State debt,
Of which H. n. Carver. Of Nat1hitoch-
q, was chairman. and as printed in
FULL In Sundays Picayune. It gives
10 the State Board of Liquidation en-
larged powers in handling the re-
Of the 11.1OS,3OO wiz ch
Ialls due, Jan. !, 1914; It provides
Tor 4 longlterm, fifty-oneyer 1 1-2 per
TENT serial bond. and also a short
'erm per cent bond Of not over hve
Ieers duration In case 1t Is iml ,os-
'ible to negotiate the entire bond Is
'ue ~ Jan. ]: It sets aside I 1920
Mills to be devoted to the payment Of
no interest on maturing bonds, but
that this fixed tar must be
J. part OF the mills constitut lonal |
IVY and must not increase tn, tax
ate on the people of the State.
Provision was written In the bill.
owever. that will guardIagainst any
oesible shrinkage Of as3essme ats OF !
be State, and in the evnt such should
Appen, the auditor of the st ate is
Empowered to levy such special tax
olls for the State debt to meet the
lterest and maturing bonds or the
tate debt.
Besides the bankers. lawyers. ac-
'ey1eo and mathematician that have Il
orked on this measure, bond ex-
srte hae been here from New York,
neinnatl. Chicago and other places
ID have dissected and analysed the
'dinance, al Of whom have pro-
'unc.d It waterproof and fully able {
stand any test. 9
Under its inviting provisions, 1t is q
~ predicted that the iong-term
md issue will be sold at around It
LEI or 50, and that It will not be j,
cessary to negotiate the short-term d
nds. I.
NJ nsas,as ~ $4,000 70 the 3,