The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-05-21
the committees schedule to fhe eco

the committees schedule In me e~o-
vention.
The COMMITTEES also agreed TO es-
empt property owned by Tulane Uni
versty The French Opera House
and Touro lnfirmary al New Orleans
Mr. Pleasant gave notice ef motion
To- reconsider this feature Of exemp-
ton.
Other exemptions granted were the
property Of agricultural OF parish
fairs and public libraries The com
mittee refused 10 allow exemptions on
raw material in process ~ course NJ
manufacture. and school books in
the hands Of dealers Action On the
EXEMPTION of steamship companies do
miciled In Louisiana was deferred un-
~ later
The taxation committee decided TO
the support and maintenance Of the
greater agricultural college special
order The proposition to impose
three quarters of q mill for the other
state educational institutions was
made q special order At the same
time, and the two issues will he con
sidered Jointly but voted upon sepa
rateiy
Although defeated in their efforts
to prevent the passage of the Pueh
ordinance authorizing municipalities
10 own Ice factories. many Of the ice
men are still in Baton Rouge, hoping
that some way may he found to recon
alder the ordinance and extract some
Of Its constitutional teeth" Chances.
however, appear to he slim. "a q ma
ioritv vote of all members elected
would he 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 aud placing Judge
elect Winston Overton on the bench
"a one Of the new associate Justices
The other new associate Justice IL to
be elected within four months after
the adoption OF the constitution.
The committee also adopted 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 10
years Retirement Of judges who
have served continuously twenty
years or more on the bench is made
compulsory when they reach the ass
Of rs years.
The committee plan for the su-
preme Court In part follows:
The Justices Of the Supreme Court
now In oftice shall remain In office
until the slst day OF December of the
year In which the term for which
they were elected would have ex-
pired, and shall be accredited to the
districts Of their domiciles as herein
outlined
THE Justice from the Third Su-
preme Court District, az II existed un.
der the constitution Of 1919. shall be
indicted Into office immediately after
the adoption Of the present constitu-
ton and shall serve as Justice from
the Third Supreme Court District a.
created by the present constitution
until the 31st day of December, 1894
and one Justice shall be elected from
the Second Supreme Court District, as
herein outlined, within four months
from the adoption of this constitution,
at 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 compression
al election In the order In which
their terms expire, as provided here
In. Every term shall expire ON De
cember 81 OF Tn elast year thereof In
| case Of death, impeachment or re-
moval from office Of any Justice, when
the unexpired term = less than two
years, the vacancy shall be filled by
selection by the court of a Judge Of
one Of the Courts Of Appeals from .
Supreme Court District other than
that in which the vacancy shall oc-
| cur.