The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-10-26

Congressional candidates; provided that
if such person were not in such service-he
would be otherwise qualified to partiei-
pate in such elections.
This amendment, If adopted, shall vail
date any legislation enacted at the regu-
lar session of 1918, authorizing military
electors to vote, where such legislation
would be invalid without this amendment.
Section 8. Belt further enacted, ETC.,
That the official ballot to be used in such
election shall have printed thereon the
words: FoF the proposed amendment to
the Constitution, exempting soldiers and
sailors from the payment of poll taxes;''
and the words: 8 gainst the amendment
to the Constitution exempting soldiers
and sailors from the payment of poll
taxes
FERNAND MoUToN,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the,
HEWITT BoUANcHAUD,1
Approved: July 4. Is 1913 L. IN
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
: JAMES j. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
WIS.
SPECIAL SESSION, 1918.
ACT NO. is.
House Bill No. 5. BY Mr.. Alexander.
AN ACT
To provide for the laying out, construc-
ton and maintenance Of the Chef
Menteur and Hammond New Orle-s
ans State Highways; to provide a
8 revenue for carrying out the OBJ
jects and purposes Of this Act: to-
authorize the funding of said rev.
enue into bonds, notes or certifi- 8
ca es Of Indebtedness: 81 IL define the
duties al the Board of uidationa
Of the State Debt of the State ofa
Louisiana. the State Highway Erl-
gineer. the State Treasurer, the Sec
rotary Of State and the State Audi
tor in connection Herewith: and to
provide for. a fiscal agent to whom
the funds shall be let for deposit;
and an act whereas it is intended
to have this act ratified by an
amendment to the Constitution OF
s the State
Section /. Be it enacted by the Gem
erai Assembly of the State of LOUISE
ana, That the Highway Engineer Of the
State of Louisiana is hereby authorized
to let contracts for the construction
and completion of the Chef Menteur
Road. commencing at Peoples Avenue,
il, the Parish of Orleans. and extending
to a place in the Parish of st. Tam
many at the boundary line between the
States of Louisiana and Mississippi, OPP
poste,s or nearly opposite. to Logtown,
in the State of Mississippi which said
road has already, been begun and con-
tracted for, and has been designated as
4 State Highway by the Highway De-
pertinent of the State of Louisiana; and
for the construction of all such bridges
as may be necessary for said road; and
for the construction and completion of
q model State Highway, on such route
as the State Highway Department OF
the State of Louisiana has designated
Or may deem wise to designate, to ex-
tend approximate parallel to the u1i-
nos Central Railroad from Hammond in
to New Orleans, and in the construction
of the necessary bridges upon said high
way provided, that in the construction
OF the said Hammond New Orleans
Highway no natural drain shall in any
way be in the least manner obstrueted;
and provided further, that said Ham
Orleans Highway shall be
provided with culverts or other engineer
ing outlet OF passing the same volume
OF water as Is now passed or in the flu
tire shall be passed by the culverts or
other engineering outlets in the roadbed
Of the Hlino& Central Railroad parallel
to said Ham md New Orleans Highway.
That befoi ANY such contract is let
as herein proA ed. same shall be approx
ed by the Board Of Liquidation Of the
State Debt of the State Of Louisiana
Section 2. Be it enacted, etc, That
in order to provide funds for the con-
struction completion and maintenance
Of the above mentioned highways, the
Secretary. of State from and after the
first .daA ~ January, 1919, shall, as soon
afte& ction as practicable deposit |
with the Vtate Treasurer for the account
ct the( Highway Department of the State
of Louisiana all motor vehicle licenses
collected under the provisions Of Act
No. 100 Of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana for the year 1914, APP
proved July 9, 1914, from the Parishes
OF Jefferson, st. Charles, ST. John the |
BAPTIST, Tangipahoa, St Tammany and
Orleans. and the licenses so collected
shall be paid by the State Treasurer
into a special fund to be known as Estate
Highway Fund No. 2, Chef Menteur and
Hammond New Orleans State High
ways and in addition to the motor We
hicle licenses paid into said State High
way Fund No. 2, Chef Menteur and Ham
lnond- New Orleans State Highways
from the Parishes above enumerated. the