The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-06-19
Result Of Extra Session..
Thirty.SiX Acts.


General Assembly adjourned sine
die. The meeting just closed il
the third extra session of the pre-.
sent assembly. 1t met in extra
session in 1912 to pass upon the
work of the Tax Commission. l,
met again in 1918 to order the Con-
etitutional Convention of 1913
which cared for the bonded debt
of the state, The present session
was made necessary by the finan.
cial crisis of the state, the Gov
ernor having vetoed a large part
of the general appropriation bill
passed by the regular session OF
1914 because the measure largely
exceeded the revenues of the state
for the two-year period.
The result from the special ses-
sion is thirty-six acts. The most
important Of these are the Fonte-
not antitrust bills, the Constiu
tional Convention call, and the
appropriation bill. The acts are
as follows:
No. by Leon r Smith. Sem
ate concurrent resolution endor.
sing the course of President Will
son and his administration with
reference to the European war.
No. ply Leon Locke. House
concurrent resolution endorsing
the course of the Wilson admin.
stration with reference 70 the Eu-
ropean war.
No. 3-By Charles A. Byrne.
Appropriating $4,000 to pay the
expenses of the special session.
No. 4-By A. F. Barrow. Sen
ate concurrent resolution petition
ing for clemency for Leo Frank.
No. 5-By Fred j Heintz. House
concurrent resolution authorizing
the transfer of juvenile prisoners
from the penitentiary to the Mon.
roe reformatory.
No. 6-By Simon Leopold
House concurrent resolution au.
thorizing levee boards to spend
not more than $1,000 per year to
send delegates to levce conven-
tons, etc.
No. by L. D. Beale. An acl
amending the charter of Baton
Rouge.
No. Spy T. L. Bowling. AID
act to defioe and prohibit bliud
tigers.
No. 9-By John Dymond. Sen.
ate concurrent resolution memoir
alizing Congress for legislation
and appropriations for flood pre-.
vention.
No. 10-By L. Austin Fontenot |
An act regu atiDg the business Ct |
sugar.
No. 11-By L. Austin Fontenct.
An act to protect trade and com.
merce against monopolies.
No. 12-By l.. Austin Fontenot
An act authorizing special pro-
ceedures for the enforcement o!
the antitrust laws Of the state
No. IL BY Fred j. Htin,z Al
act amending tho New Basi.
Canal acts to authoriz, the BOARD
Of Control of the canal TO regulate
tolls and operate charge accounts
No. 14-By John G. Davey. AL
act giving the Dock Board power
to regulate whaffs tolls, etc.
No. 15-By John C. Davcy, al
act creating civil service board
for apple lnts for executive posi-.
lions in the ware houses aud SINH.
lar utilities operated by the Dock
Board.
No. 16-By Charles Louque,
substitute for a bill by John e
Davey, an act to authorize issu-
ance of bills of ladipg by common
against merchandise il
state. controlled warehouses.
No. 17-By Jas. j. Fortier.
House concurrent resolution petit.
'ioniDg Louisiana's congressman
and senators to take up with the
State Department the matter OF
,itizenship of children born H.
his country Of foreign parcntsge.
No. 10 BY David B. Samuel,
IN act amending the chattel mort.
rage law.
No. 19-H. H. Gordap, an acr
'reating a Rural Banking ano
credit Commission.
No. 2O-By X. B. Butler, an &C
prohibiting corporations from con-
ributing 10 campaign funds.
NO. 2l--By Leon Locke, an &C
'pproving oil leases by the Gov !
rnor.
No. 22-By Fred c. Claiborne,
n act authorizing banks to dis :
cunt time drafts.
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