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yorsity The French opera House
and Touro Infrmary at New Orleans.
Mr. Pleasant gave notice Of a motion
70 reconsider this feature OF eXemp-
ton.
Othcr exemptions granted were the
property of agricultural or parish
fairs ana public libraries. The com
mittee refused 10 allow exemptions on
raw material in process or course OF
manufacture. and school books in
the hands OF dealers Action on the
exmption Of steamship companies DO
miciIed in Louisiana was deferred un-
til later
The taxation committee decided to
make the proposed half a mill tax for
the support and maintenance OF the
greater agricultural college a special
order. The proposition to impose
three-quarters of mill for the other
state educational institutions was
made a special order at the same
time, and The two issues will be con
sidered jointly but voted upon sera-
rately.
Although defeated in their efforts
to prevent the passage of the Pugh
ordinance authorizing municipalities
to own ice factories many OF the ice
men are still in Baton Rouge, hoping
that some way may be found to recon-
slider the ordinance and extract some
of IT'S constitutional teeth Chances,
however, appear to be slim, as a ma
jority vote OF all members elected
would be required under the rules to
reconsider and ordinance that has
gone through the stage of final pas
sage.
The Judiciary committee adopted
the subcommittee plan of making the
judges of the Supreme Court elective,
continuing the present supreme
judges in office and placing Judge
elect Winston Overton on the bench
as one of the new associate justices.
The other new associate justice is to
be elected within four months after
the adoption of the constitution.
The committee also adopted a plan
providing that any judge who has
served twenty years continuously on
the bench will have the privilege Of
retiring on a pension at the age of 70
years. Retirement of judges who
have served continuously twenty
years or more on the bench is made
compulsory when they reach the age
Of IS years.
The committee plan for the SUI
preme Court in part follows:
The justices OF the Supreme Court
now in office shall remain in office
until the 31st day of December OF the
year in which the term for which
they We're elected would have eX-
! pired, and shall be accredited to the
districts OF their domiciles as herein
outlined:
The Justice from the Third Su,
I preme Court District, as it existed un-
der the constitution of 1913, shall be
inducted into office Immediately after
/ the adoption Of the present constitu-
! ton and shall serve as justice from
the Third Supreme Court District as
created by the present constitution
until the 3lst day of December; 1884 :;
and one justice shall be elected from
! the Second Supreme Court District, tS
herein outlined within four months
from the adoption of this constitution
at a special election to be called by
! the governor for that purpose, whose
term shall expire on December 81.
/ 1923. Thereafter, and beginning with
/ the year of 1922, justice shall be
elected at every regular congression-
al election in the order in which
their terms expire, as provided here
in. Every term shall expire on De
cember q of tn elast year thereof In
! case Of death, Impeachment or re-
moval from office of any Justice, when
the uneXpired term is less than two
years. the vacancy shall be filled by
selection by the court of judge OF
one of the Courts OF Appeals from a
Supreme Court District other than
that in which the vacancy shall oc.
cur.
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