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ACT NO. 66.

Senate Bill No. Al, BY Mr.. Robert.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 140
OF the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, relative to the First City
Criminal court Of the City of New
Orleans and tire Second City Criminal
Court Of the City Of New Orleans.
Sections1. BE it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds OF all the members elected to each
House concurring, That Article 40 OF the
Constitution OF the state OF Louisiana be
amended so Is to read as follows:
Article l4e. There shall be In the City
az &kw Orleans two inferior criminal
sn0Afu 10 be known respectively ss the
FirSt City Criminal Court of the City of
New Orleans and the Second City Crimi-
mi Court OF the City OF New Orleans. each
Of which shailsb be presided over by one
Judge and which shall have jurisdiction
within the territory hereinafter presarib-
ed. for the trial without jury and the pun
sshment or al offenses against the state.
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ACT NO. 4a.

House Bill No. 23 BY Mr.. McEachern.
i JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article 257
of the Constitution relative to the
State Educational Institutions and the
maintenance of same. Ill
Section /. Be IL resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
two-thirds of all the members elected to
each house concurring, That an amend
ment to Article 257 of the Constitution OF
the State of Louisiana be submitted to
the qualified electors of the State for their
approval or rejection at the Congressional
election to be held on the first Tuesday
next following the first Monday in No
vember, of 1878 said proposed amendment
TO be as follows:
Article 257. The Louisiana State Nor
NAL School. established and located at
Natchitoches: the Louisiana Industrial In
stitute, established and located at Ruston;
the Southwestern Louisiana Industrial In
stitute. established and located at La
fayette: and the Southern University for
the education of persons of color, are
hereby recognized: and the Genera AS
sembly is directed to make such appro-
priations from time to time as may be
necessary for the maintenance, support
and Improvement of these institutions
Section g. Be it further resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of LOUISE
ana, two-thirds of all members elected to
each house eoncurring. That the official
ballot to be used at said election shall
have printed thereon the following words:
For the proposed amendment to Article
257 OF the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, relative to the State Educa-
tional Institutions and the maintenance
of same and Che words: Against the
proposed amendment to Article 257 of
the Constitution OF the State of Louisiana,
relative TO the State Educational Insti-
buttons and the maintenance of same"
And each elector voting shall indicate on
said ballot az provided by law. whether
he votes for or against the proposed
amendment.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD, 4
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
FERNAND MOUTON.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved: June %. 1918.
- r. 6. PLEASANT,
Governor OF the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES j. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
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ACT NO. 1871.

ACT NO. 1871.
House Bill No. 265 BY Mr. Eastman.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana. linn
iting the rate OF State. parish, NUM-
cipal, public board, and special tax
alton.
Section /. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana. two
thirds of all the members elected to each
House corcurring, That an amendment to
the Consh -Ition of the State of Louisiana
be proposed and submitted to the quail
fed electors of the State, for adoption or
rejection, as follows, to-wit:
l. The State tax on all property what
ever. except those taxes otherwise pro-
vided for in this Constitution. including
public roads, and public debt and the
interest thereon shall not exceed, In any
one year, three mills on the dollar Of It's
assessed valuation provided that II the
proposed amendment TO the Conslitu -
ton levying special annual state tax 1or
the support of the public schools. OF one
and one half mills, submitted by the Gen.
eraI Assembly for adoption or reJectlon at
yember, 1918. shall not be adopted. then
the limitation OF three mills hereinabove
specified shall be fixed at four mills.
q Except as otherwise provided In tins
Constitution. no parish, parish of Or
leans excepted), municipal, levee or pub
lie board tax. for all purposes whatever,
shall exceed In any one year nVe mlIs OF,
the dollar of assessed valuation provided ed
that where any municipality is, by Its
charter or by> law, exempt from the pay
ment of parish taxes. it may levy tax
rate in any one year at not exceeding ten
mills on the dollar of assessed valuation;
the police juries of the several parishes
and boards af trustees and municipal
councils of incorporated cities and towns
Parrish of Orleans excepted) shall levy,
collect and turn over to the parish school
boards of their respective parishes, for
the support of the public schools of their
respective parishes, cities or towns, the
proceeds of one and .one-half mills. in
stead Of the three mills provided in Ar
ticle 255 OF the Constitution, and under
conditions therein set forth.
The State good roads tax of one -fourth
of one mill levied under Article 291 of the
Constitution is hereby fixed at one eighth
of one mill and the Confederate veterans
pension tax of one mill levied under Ar
ticle 1903 of the Constitution is hereby
fixed at one-half of one mill; and said
taxes shall constitute, and be, a part of
the three mills hereinabove first specified.
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
ACT NO. %,


THE HAAS POWELL BILL
House Bin No 242 BY Mr.. Hughes
Chairman of the Committee on Regis
tration and Election Laws. Substitute
for House Bill No. So, by Mr.. Powell.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana con-
ferring the right of suffrage and grant
ing the right to hold office to women.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
two thirds of all the members elected to
each house eoncurring, that the following
Amendment TO the Constitution be sub
mitted 10 the qualified electors of the State
for their adoption or rejection at the Con
gressional Election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in the
Month of November. 1918, as follows:
That women may become electors and
vote, under requirements provided by law
for men, and the Constitution and laws
shall be construed accordingly; provided
that, in order that women may vote In
1919. it shall not be necessary for them tc
have paid two. poll taxes. but the payment
of the 1918 pell tax shall be sufficient
be effective after the adoption Of sAs
amendment.
Section 2. BE it further resolved, ETC.,
That this proposed amendment shall be
submitted at the Congressional Election as
aforesaid, and on the official ballots to be
issued at said election there shall be
placed the words For the amendment
granting suffrage toN women" and the
words Against the amendment granting
suffrage ito women" and each eiectoI
shall indicate as provided in the general
election law of the State, which of the
propositions he votes for
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved June co. 1918.
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy;
JAMES y. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
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EERNANn Mn11roN

Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved: July 9, 1918.
r. G. PLEASANT
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JAMES j. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
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ACT NO. 1f6.

House Bill No. 233, BY Mr.. Nix.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
A joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to Article 100 of the Constitution
Of the State of Louisiana, relative to
judicial officers for the Parish OF Or
leans.
Sectiona1 BE II resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds Of all members of each house cor.
curing, That the following amendment
be submitted to the electors of this State
for theirsapproval or rejection, at the cleo
ton to be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November. 1918.
Article $780, Except as herein otherwise
provided, the judicial officers OF the Parish
of Orleans. and of the City of New Orleans
shall be learned I'm the law, and shall have
resided and practiced law or shall have
judicial position in this State for five
years: and shall have been actual resi-
dents Of the City Of New Orleans for at
least two years next preceding their cleo
ton or appointment. The General AS
sembly of the State Of Louisiana may as
public interest requires, provide for the
trial of cases by an interchange of said
judicial officers, as well as by appointment
of Judges Ad Hoe; in case Of vacancy in
an Office till said office be filed, and to
act for and in the stead of any judicial
officer who by reason of disability. or any
cause whatsoever is prevented fran hold
ing Court.
Judges Ad Hoe shall be selected from
licensed attorneys at law who shall possess
the same qualifications required for the
judicial officers for whom they act, their
compensation shall be provided for with
out expense to the State of Louisiana. and
be paid by the City Of New Orleans, or out
OF the judicial Expense Fund Of said
Parish.
Section 2. Be IT further resolved, etc,
That the foregoing amendment to the Com
stitution-of the State Of Louisiana be sub
The herald., 1918-05-23
THE BLIND AND THE MUTILATED
Bv DR.. ESTHER LOVEJOY

IN the wears to come this war will prove blessing to the
blind world being evolved. Nature has at least
one extraordinary in for those who lose any
of the five ordinary The blind feel things that not
within reach They conscious OF vibrations that are not
perceptble to seeing
The sightless learn read very quickly by the Baie
method 1t is interesting watch the face of blind
as his fingers pass the appraised dots OF Bae book
and his mind perceves the mysteries recorded there fol- him.
They have special senogaphc machines and special print
ing presses Books and magazines translated into the
written language of the sightleSs.
Men blinded in battle acquiring great skill in the
textile arts as mouders and in other industries where
highly developed of touch essential to good work
The higher type of blind have great personal
charm Their souls the surface They pc
cuiay beloved people, and their carvoyance makes them
conscious of the kindness and affection with which they
regarded Naturally they react to it. Perhaps that why
they usually seem SO happy and cheerful.
Unfortunately there forms of mutilaton which
have the opposite effect When knows that he is
pusve every and child who looks upon him;
when he shrnks from the reflection of his dsfgured
face in the mirror and hudde at the strange sound of his
voice. he wants to die.
great deal is being done for these mutilated men.
They being retted with and legs Plastic surgery
is doing its part too the of restoring palaes teeth
and facial contour and the American Red Cross in Paris
attempting make life lvable for them by providing
masks which restore their original features They will be
useful members of society," but theoul of more
than service Life and liberty precious possessions
the pursuit of happiness the dearest right of Wea
all alike We want go through life with the illusion
that the blue bird of happiness just within reach and this
illusion is almost impossible to the disfgured man.
1t the sacred duty of all those who have been bene
fitted by their sacrifice leave nothing undone to restore
their usefulness to employ every their men,
tai and physical powers and the charm of personalities to
the end that their lives be enriched rather than mpoy
erished by the fortunes of war;
The herald., 1918-05-23
AT OUR HOUSE
Eyes OBue and Tousehead Learn About the Red Cross
By JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS

We have talked 1t over at our house.
Talked it over as we have never talked
it over before. We did not want Eyes
O'Blue to know about 1t, nor did we
want 10 lay any part Of the worlds
heavy burden upon the heart of Tousle-
head. We have taught them that the
world is a good and beautiful place,
but last night, gathered beneath the
light in the humble little parlor at our
house, we talked 1t over between US
Eyes O'Blue and Touslehead were told
that, while the world is good, it is not
all good that there are men who have
started out to enslave the world and
who In the furtherance of that ambi-
ton have done awful things.
Gradually as the tale was told they
drew nearer until we sat with our
arms about them. We told them of
hands hacked from baby wrists, OF
death rained from the sky upon help
less little ones, of murder rising from
the seas green deeps to feed upon
helpless mothers and babies.
And then we told them how these
splendid soldier boys we see every
day are going to the far front to fight
and, IL need be, die to keep this hor-
ror from our land. We told them OF
burns and wounds and suffering.
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And THEY'VE told them of the Red
Cross.
We had number Of Red Crosses In
our windows, but they had not known.
We told them of the bandages and
supplies needed to allay suffering.
We told them of the noble women who
are giving their lives to the binding
up of hurts of the boys in khaki.
We told them of the great need of
money with which to carry on the
work Of mercy,
Then Eyes O'Blue in a voice which
choked with pity for the distressed
spoke of her savings, and Touslehead
clapped her hands at the thought.
This morning / went to the bank
and withdrew their savings, $63. %, and
they are to be put to work-to a bet
ter work than they have been doing.
At our house for the duration Of the
war we expect to keep the days." we
expect to wear cobbled shoes and
patched clothing, and If we ever hest
tate in our sacrifice shall see the
faces of Eyes O'Blue and Touslehead
as, with tears on their cheeks, they
smiled at the thought Of the help they
might be to the Red Cross.
Are you helping us to carry the Red
Cross?
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space Of a few hours Home Service
had driven poverty from the absent
soldiers home.
The whole aim and object Of Home
Service is to protect the welfare of the
soldiers family while he Is away and
to maintain as far as possible the
same standards Of home life that pre-
vailed while he was at home. More
than this, when the standard of living
is low 1t is the duty and the opportu-
nifty Of Home Service to raise the
standard.
Think Of what It means to John
Madison and his legions of comrades
in khaki and In blue to realize that In
their absence their loved ones will be
safeguarded as carefully and as con-
stantly as they themselves would have
done. Think what 1t means to the
morale of these brave lads to know
that whatever may happen in the per-
lis Of warfare the future OF their fami-
lies will not be jeopardized.
The herald., 1918-05-23
FIGHTING SISTERS
OF FIGHTING men
Twenty Thousand Nurses Now
Enrolled in American
Red Cross.

OF the eighty odd thousand register
ed trained nurses in the United States
about 10000 have enrolled as Red
Cross nurses, volunteering their serv.
ices at the front, In environments and
hospitals or in any other needed ca
pacities. This enrolment is the nurs-
ing reserve of the United States Army
Nurse Corps and the United States
Navy Nurse Corps, and from 1t will
also be drawn contingents for service
under other allied flags than our own.
The enrolment goes on at the rate of
1000 volunteers a month. On a basis
of an army of million men over 3d.
600 nurses will be required for active
duty in the present year.
Up to the last of February over
1000 nurses had been actually detailed
to duty or were ready for immediate
mobilization. So it is seen that there
are none too many, in view of the re-
quirements Of the service, since be-
tween time of enrolment and actual
assignment to duty the nurse must un-
dergo a period Of special study and
training for war service, and the work
of organizing and mobilizing this
"army of mercy" is no small thing.
A Nurse Is a Soldier.
Surgeon General Gorgas has 6alled
upon the Red Cross to supply 5000
nurses for the Army Nurse Corps by
June 1, and If this quota is forthcom-
ing the total number detailed will
have reached 1900. So the mobiliza-
ton Of another $4,000 to $4,000 by
Jan. 1, 1919. will be a big problem to
solve.
Now, nurse is soldier. She Is
recognized officially by the govern.
ment and included In those eligible
for soldiers and sailors war insur.
ance. A nurse goes into actual danger
Of wounds and death by shell fire and
bomb explosion. Her work is arduous,
exacting, calling for the finest quail.
ties of mind and heart. She Is the
right hand of the surgeon.
So, because nursing is primarily a
woman's job, the war nurse is proper
ly the peculiar responsibility of the
women Of America. While the trained
nurse is urged to volunteer the risk
Of her life at the front, the American
woman at home is commanded by ev-
cry dictate Of patriotism and humanity
to support her fighting sister,"
The nurse fights pain, disease and
death, making her sacrifice with amaz-
ing cheerfulness and enthusiasm.
The herald., 1918-05-23
JOHN MADISON'S FAMILY

When John Madison sailed for
France there were no indications that
his family would suffer in pecuniary
way while he served his country. Johns
father was earning good wages. Johns
younger brother, Henry, driver, was
helping out the family budget.
Then Johns father was stricken with
pneumonia. His earning power stop
ped. Henry met with an accident II
John had stayed home he could have
carried his mother and little sisters
through the crisis But John was with
Pershing overseas. Must his family
suffer restitution?
The Madison family's dilemma was
reported to the Red Cross and prompt
ly placed In the hands of Home Serv-
ice. AS a result the best medical at
tention was secured for Johns father
and brother. Immediate funds were
placed in the mothers hands to pro-
vide for the household as before the
family ncome stopped. In the brief
The herald., 1918-05-23
How Would You Get Rid
OF Miles of Barbed Wire?
One of the Many Problems the Red Cross
Has to Meet

Have you ever thought what strange
and battling problems must come I'D tc
the Red Cross workers when they start
out to rebuild French town-just the
problem Of the barbed wire, for in.
stance? This letter tells it:
I'VE have nearly every day about
half a dozen German prisoners work.
Ing amongst US, who are escorted In to
work In the morning by a poilu and
called for I'm the evening. They ap-
pear quite harmless, but we have too
many evidences all around US to prove
that their race is quite to the contrary.
You should see the barbed wire
miles and miles of it. How any one
could ever get through It, let alone I'M
der fire, is beyond me. It's usually
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coiled and stretched around iron stakes
or crosses about four feet long. and
the whole thing makes a waist high
mass sometimes Is or 20 feet wide.
There are really acres of It around
here, and when you think how many
strips of 1t there are, stretching from
Belgium to Switzerland-why, it's go
Ing to be real problem after the war
to get 1t all up and out of the way. I
bet a lot of people walk into it through
the snow this winter.
We came across unexploded shells
now and then and hand grenades Of
various shapes and sizes also but, be-
lieve me, we leave them alone. There
are four On the wall in our back yard
and several in field near by"
The herald., 1918-05-23
The Red Cross Answers
By THEODOSIA GARRISON
OF the ViQiIantes.

Dear God to leave this sheltered
10 give my service to world
To heal the wounds Of broken
To lend my hands the manned, u.o the blind
10 give woman back her dead
But will do this for you" said Red
Nay but there little that and fair
burned bleak
II might bring its people back before
The saunch roof the decent about the door
If l might lift a frightened
But will do this for of Red
"You heal the wounded you guide the blind
You may bring comfort and to humankind
III so within your sheltered place
The strength within
Through from by
l fail but fail me"-said the greatC Crosse Red
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-08
RELIGIOUS TOLERATION

Great Britain has sent a Jew to rep
resent her at Washington.
Lord Reading, Rufus Daniel Isaacs,
the successor to Sir Cecil Spring
Rice, is the son of small merchant
"a London Jew. Isaacs himself be-
gan life as a cabin boy. Later he
studied law, became the most famous
advocate in England, entered Parlia-
ment, became solicitor general, was
knighted and promoted to attorney
general and cabinet officer, was made
chief justice of England and is now
the British ambassador to America.
How he compares with that other
famous British Jew, Benjamin Dis
raelii
Whether or not it is just, it GER
tainly is a fact that a Jew is handi-
capped in public life because of his
racial inheritance. He is met by an
active and living race hatred. This
must be combated and overcome. 1t
is only the exceptional man, Jew or
Gentle. who can do this. The Jew
who attains to a certain public posi-
ton is a stronger man than the
Christian who reaches the same
place. He has had harder fight, he
has had to overcome more obstacles,
he has gone through a fiercer flame
that has demanded a more critical
test.
England has sent Lord Reading to
this country because he has proved
himself worthy. He has shown in the
past that he can meet difficult sit
uation and cope with it successfully.
At this time, when the relations be-
tween our Nation and the mother
country are of vital importance, Lord
Reading has been selected as the most
capable man in all the British Empire
to handle these relations. What a
tribute to the real worth of that Lon
don merchants son!
Americans, even the most bitter,
should rejoice that he finds on our
shores. in our capital, in the highest
tribunal of our land, brother of his
who has also risen from the ranks
and who is reckoned among the
mighty-Louis Brandeis.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-08
OUR FONDNESS FOR FRANCE

Shortly after General Pershing ar
rived in France with the American
expeditionary forces he visited the
tomb of Lafayette. With a great
crowd assembled to hear and see the
American general, this leader of our
forces did not make long, prepared
speech, but merely lifted up his
arms and said, Lafayette, here we
are
This statement typifies the Ameri-
can attitude toward France. Since
the Revolutionary War, when lovers
of freedom and democracy in France
gave up their lives of ease and COM
fort to fight by the side of the
Americans who were battling for
their freedom against the tyrannical
rule of George III, we have felt that
we owe France debt of gratitude.
When France was troubled few
years later and a call was made to
America to help her fight for liberty,
many Americans thought that this
country should have gone to her aid.
But that was an internal fight-not
one against an outside foe. America
wisely stayed out of mixing in a
family quarrel.
But this war is different. France
has been attacked by a relentless
military machine which hoped to
crush her. England rushed to her
aid. America followed
American troops are now training
in France to help keep France the
liberty loving country that it is. More
troops will be sent as soon as they
are trained and there are sufficient
transports to carry them across the
Atlantic. America is trying to pay
that debt that she has owed for almost
a century and half and is trying to
pay it with compound interest.