The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-10-26
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ACE. NO. 1873.

ACT. NO. 1873.
House Bill No. 22S. BY Mr.. Barrett.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana grant
ing the City of New Orleans an ex-
tension of time for the commencement
and completion of the construction of
a bridge or tunnel across the Missss-
ippi River, under Act No. 68 of 1916.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana. two
thirds of all the members elected to each
house concurring, that subject to the rati-
! cation and approval of the electors of the
| State, the Constitution of the State be
amended by Incorporating therein the fol-
| lowing provisions, to-wit:
All the rights. franchises and immuni-
| ties granted to the City of New Orleans
under Joint Resolution of the General As
| semby of the State of Louisiana granting
| to said city the power to construct, equip,
| maintain and operate bridges and tunnels
across, the Mississippi River at or near
New Orleans and to do various acts Incl
dental thereto and to the operation gem
orally of the Public Belt Railroad system
of the City of New Orleans. being Act No.
6S of the Session of 1918, subsequently
adopted as, and now constituting. a part
| of the Constitution of the State, shall
| continue and exist only upon the con-
| dtion that the construction of the bridge
or tunnel authorized under said consti-
| tutional provisions shall be actively be-
gun not later than three years after the
existing state of war between the United
| of ria nd md
Austro- Hungarian empires shall have
terminated and the fact and date of such
termination shall have been ascertained
and proclaimed by the President of the
| United States and shall be completed
within five years from the date of the
commencement of the work. All and
every one of the provisions of the afore-
said Joint Resolution are hereby ratified
| re-affirmed and declared in full force and
| effect, save as to the period of time for
the commencement and the period of time
for the final completion of the construc-
ton of said bridge or tunnel, which periods
are hereby extended as aforesaid.
Section 3 Be it further enacted, etc.
/ That the amendment proposed by this
act shall be submitted to the electors OF
the State for their approval or rejection
at the Congressional election to be held
on the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day in the month of November, 1918; and
there shall be printed on the official bal
lots to be used at said election the words
For the sproposed amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana
granting the City of New Orleans an ex-
tension of time for the commencement and
completion of the construction of a bridge
or tunnel across the Mississippi River
and the words:
Against the proposed amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana
granting the City of New Orleans an ex-
tension of time for the commencement and
completion of the construction of a bridge
or tunnel across the Mississippi River
and that each elector shall indicate or
the ballot cast by him. as provided by the
general election laws of the State, whether
he Totes for or against the proposed
amendment.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD
Speaker of the House of Representatives
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate
Approved: July 10. 1918.
R. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.