The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-07

providing Tor Iundlng certain uspto,
issuance of bonds and levy of spe-
cial taxes by the city of Shreveport.
Act No. 2O3, Il thirteenth on the
ballot, authorizing the Orleans levee
board to build Iynd maintain levees
along Lake Po1tchartrain and the
canals and bayous tributary to the
lake.
Act No. 252, sixteenth on the bal
lot. amending article 1873 of the con-
stitution so as tR give the judges OF
the civil district court Of Orleans par
ish Joint CUSTODY and control of the
judicial expense Nund for that parish.
AS the foregoing proposed amend
ments will operate in and affect the
cities of New ORLEANS and Shreveport
exclusively, and Rere framed and SUBJ
mitted in respon to local needs and
demands. there build seem to be no
good reason whyTahe voters of the re-
mainder of the STATE should not mark
their ballots "fol@ all the six PROPOSE
tons.
In the second a&roup we place the
following six plAeposed amendments
which we assum will meet with the
concurrence of ILL., great mass of the
states voters ubn the mere state
ment of the purposes and scope Of the
respective measuAes:
Act No. IS, sS-ond on the ballot,
repeating the fifth section Of article
118, which confnhs the juvenile court
system to parishes containing cities of
over 1000 inhabitants. If the amend
ment is adopted, as it should be, this
admirable Judicial reform, which has
been found beneficial wherever tried,
may be enjoyedfb all the parishes
without any increase of taxation.
| Act No. 101, seventh on the ballot,
increasing the fnlaximum pension
which may be graEated to Confederate
veterans from 81 to ss25 per month.
Act No. 115, linth on the ballot.
amending articleIH8 BY adding river
improvement disssets, harbor inn
provement DISTRICTS and navigation
districts to the exemptions from the
provision prohibiting the general as
senbly from creating corporations or
changing their charters.
Act No. 1874, tenth on the ballot,
authorizing the board of control Of
the state penitentiary to issue serial
fifteen year notes to the amount Of
100000 for funding and retiring it's
floating Indebtedness. and providing
for payment of the interest and prin-
cipal Of the obligations without any
increase of taxation.
Act No. 249, fourteenth on the bal
lot, requiring every railroad and
other corporation organized and do
ing business undeIg the laws of Lou
isiana to maintain q general office in
the state.
Act No. 253, seventeenth on the
ballot, exempting from state, parish
and municipal taxa Jon, but not from
harbor, wharf or d her port dues, all
vessels engaged n overseas COM
merce or trade and domiciled in
Louisiana port.
None of the foregoing six meas
ures involves any raising of the pres
ent rate of taxatioF nor the levy of
any special tax, AM we can conceive
OF no serious objection to be urged
against the approval of the entire
group.
The third and final group of propo-
sitions comprises THOSE most likely to
beget discussion and differences of
opinion among the states electorate
though several ought not to do So
and these, for lack Of space and time,
we shall merely mention by number
and name today, deferring the con-
sideration of their details until next
week:
Act No. %, third On the ballot, ad-
ding river transportation lines to the
public improvements for which the
taxpayers of parishes, wards and
municipal corporations may vote spe-
cial taxes.
Act No. 81, sixth on the ballot,
restoring the provision Of the constitu-
ton by which women are eligible to
hold the office of factory inspector
and any office connected with educa-
tional, eieemosynary, penal and cor
rectional systems of the state or any
political division thereof.
Act No. 155, eleventh on the bal
lot, putting sheriffs, clerks of court
and assessors on a salary basis in lieu
of fees
Act No. 1853, twelfth on the ballot,
relative to assessment and taxation
and substituting a board of state af-
fairs for the present state board of
have received the unanimous indirse-
power to separately assess property
tor purposes of state taxation.
Act No. ZIG, fifteenth on the bal |
lot, authorizing the taxpayers of par
shes, wards and municipalities to
vote special taxes not to exceed ten |
mills nor to run more than ten years
n aid of local fairs.
Act No. 271, eighteenth on the bal
OF, amending article 287 SO as to add |
@ the list of persons to whom rail-
,,oads may give free transportation of
icers and employees of the depart
nents or institutions OF this state es-
and created for the dissent
lation Of knowledge relating to scien-
ltic agriculture.