The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-07-09
BIG TASK OF LAWMAKERS.
Legislature Must Frame Laws to
Conform to New Constitution.

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A huge task will confront tn
legislature when it meets in extr
session on September 6, to adopt law
to conform to the new constitution
| Many changes have been made il
the organic law and enabling
acts will have to be enacted
to carry the changes into effect. Th'
following are some Of the subject
relative to which laws will have to b,
passed:
| Providing for a Legislative bu
| reau, consisting of one member Of
each house and a representative OF
the attorney general.
PRONUNCIATION of acts of the Leg
islature and the printing of laws.
Providing for roads of necessity
through private land.
Regulating the. use of natural gas
and prohibiting the waste of that
product.
Defining the powers and duties OF
| the Public Service Commission.
cations.
Defining the duties of the State
| Board Of Charities and Corrections.
Providing for state, parochial and
municipal boards of health.
Prevention Of the spread of the
pink boil worm and other crop pests.
Defining the duties and powers of
the state fire marshal.
Relating to the affairs Of the New
Orleans Dock Board.
Defining the duties and powers of
the state bank commissioner.
Providing for the construction and
maintenance of highways.
Regulation of traffic on roads and
| highways.
Providing for the appropriation
of road building material
appropriation of rights Of way
for public roads.
| Reorganization of the courts.
Appropriations to cover increased
salaries Of judges, district attorneys
and other public officials.
Regulation of suffrage and cleo
| tions.
Provision for the selection of reg
| istrars of voters and defining their
duties.
Providing. for new registration
of voters throughout the state.
| Passage of a new corrupt practice
| act
Providing for the recall of public
| officials
Impeachments and removals from
| office.
Defining the powers of the State
| Tax Commission,
Classification of property for tax
alton
| Taxation of Inheritance.
| Regulating exemption of property
| from taxation.
| Recasting occupation license taxes.
| Regulating the sale Of property for
non-payment of taxes
| = Providing for land maps in par
ishes.
Regulating the taxation of rail-
road rolling stock.
Prohibiting the issuance of process
to restrain the collection of taxes.
Exemption from municipal taxa
ton Of new homes valued at $4,000
or under in cities of 10000 popula-
tion or over.
on natural resources. q
Exemption of natural gas pipe
lines from taxation for ten years.
Defining the duties and powers
of the State Board of Education.
Prescribing the duties of the state
superintendent Of education.
Regulating homestead exemptions.
Providing for the organization of
parish school boards
Providing governing bodies for
state educational institutions.
Retirement fund for aged and IN
capaciated school teachers.
Defining corporations and cor
porate rights.
Requiring domestic and foreign
corporations to maintain offices in
the state. q
Providing optional forms of par
lsh government.
Limiting special taxes in parishes
and municipalities.
Regulating the issuance of bonds
or the incurring of debt by subdivi-
sions of the state.
Permitting parishes and munich
palities to- vote taxes for utilities.
Empowering municipalities to own
and operate ice factories.
Providing increased clerical help
for some Of the state departments
and offices.
Authorizing the New Orleans
Sewerage and Water Board to sell
water to adjoining parishes.
Regulating the New Orleans Pub
lie Belt Railroads.
Authorizing the construction of
a bridge across the Mississippi river
at New Orleans.
Empowering municipalities to zone
their TERRITORY.
Regulation of riparian rights.
Creation of drainage districts.
Providing for levee boards and
levee districts.
Permitting cooperation with the
federal government in land reclama-
ton.
Authorizing the Orleans Levee
Board to build sea wall along Lake
Pontchartrain.
Reorganization of the State militia
and providing for a state constabu-
larry.
Providing for the safe-keeping Of
military records and war relics.
Providing pensions for Confeder-
ate veterans.
Providing pensions for mothers.
Prohibiting trusts and combines. |
Providing for the purchases of the
Carondelet Canal at New Orleans.
Prohibiting aliens ineligible to cit
izenshlp from owning land in Louis
lana.
Providing a civil service system
In cities of 100000 inhabitants or |