To whom the term stranger applies. Magistrates to ex In this case the term strangers applies to such as have no domicile or fixed place of residence in the State. Provided further, That courts may issue their commission to amine witness and any magistrate of the parish, wherein a witness shall reside, to receive his deposi- examine such witness and receive his deposition. tion. Repealing clause. SEC. 2. That all laws contrary to or inconsistent with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. S. P. HENRY, To carry into effect Article 214 of the Constitution of this State relative to the formation of levee districts and the levying of taxes for levee purposes, as amended at the general election of April 17, 1888; to prescribe the manner and provide for the cost of submitting certain district levee taxes to a vote of property tax-payers, as required by said amended Article 214; to except the parish of Orleans from the operation of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act, and to give it effect from and after its promulgation. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State When levee com- of Louisiana, That the levee commissioners of the several levee missioners maylevy districts of this State are hereby empowered to levy at any district levee taxes. meeting at which there is a quorum by a majority vote of the How levee taxation shall be levied. commissioners present at such meeting, all district levee taxes authorized by Article 214 of the Constitution as amended at the last general election. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That whenever the comincreased missioners of any of said levee districts shall deem it necessary to increase the rate of taxation for levee purposes in their districts beyond the limit named in said amended Article 214 of the Constitution, they shall by a majority vote pass a resolution setting forth the reason for an increased rate of taxation, and ordering such rate of taxation as they may deem necessary to be submitted to a vote of the property tax-payers of their districts, as required in said amended Article 214 of the Constitution, on a day to be fixed by them and stated in their resolution, not less than sixty days after the date of the meeting at which such resolution is adopted. The president of the board of levee The president of commissioners shall then transmit, without delay, to the sheriff of each parish lying within, or partly within, such levee distransmit returns of trict, a notice of the order for a vote of property tax-payers, with a certified copy of the resolution in which such order is made. the board of levee commissioners to election. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That upon the receipt of Sheriff's duty. such order and resolution the sheriff of any parish comprised within, or any part of which is comprised within such levee district, shall give due notice, by publication in the same manner as is required by law for the publication of notices of elections, of the time and places at which a vote of the property tax-payers will be taken, which notice and publication shall recite the resolution of the levee commissioners, under which the vote is ordered, and that part of amended Article 214 of the Constitution authorizing such vote of property tax-payers. The said sheriff shall appoint all necessary commissioners for freely and fairly taking and counting such vote, and shall make true and prompt return of the result, these both as to number and value, to the president of the board of levee commissioners. SEC. 4 Be it further enacted, etc., That the assessor of each of the several parishes as aforesaid, shall furnish to the sheriff of his parish a list or lists of all the property tax-payers of his parish entitled to vote under the provisions of amended Article 214 of the Constitution, with the value of their property, and shall assist the sheriff in the ascertainment of the true and lawful vote cast in his parish. Assessor's duty. President of levee turns from sheriffs. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That the president of the board of levee commissioners upon the receipt of the returns commissioners duty from the sheriffs of the several parishes of his levee district, upon receipt of reshowing the result of any vote on a district levee tax submitted to the property tax-payers as hereinbefore provided, shall proceed to canvass and compile the same; and if it shall appear that a majority in number and value of the votes cast by the property tax-payers of his district have been in favor of the tax submitted in accordance with amended Article 214 of the Constitution, he shall certify the same to the Auditor of Public Accounts, and transmit to him the returns received from the sheriff, to be kept on file in the Auditor's office; whereupon the Auditor of Accounts duty. Public Accounts shall cause the tax so levied to be extended upon the tax rolls, and collected in the same manner and under the same regulations as other district levee taxes are collected. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That the expenses of submitting such tax to a vote, as hereinbefore provided, shall be the paid to the several sheriffs upon their own warrant, approved by the president of the board of levee commissioners, out of the funds to the credit of the district in which such vote has been taken. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, etc., That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the parish of Orleans, or to any levee districts wholly within said parish of Orleans. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect from and after its promulgation. Auditor of Public How and by whom expenses of such elections are to be paid. Parish of Orleans excepted. Repealing clause L. F. MASON, Secretary of State. Requesting our Senators and Representatives in Congress to use their best endeavors to pass the educational bill introduced in the United States Senate by Mr. Blair, and popularly known as the "Blair Bill.” Resolution re- Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, questing our Sena- That our Senators and Representatives in Congress convened tors and Congressmen to secure the be requested to use their best endeavors to pass the educational passage of the Blair bill now before the National Legislature, introduced in the bill through Congress. upper branch of that body by Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, and popularly known as the "Blair Bill." Be it further resolved, etc., That his Excellency the Governor The Executives be requested to communicate this resolution to the executives of adjoining States of the adjoining States of Mississippi, Texas, Alabama and asked to co-operate. Arkansas, and asking their co-operation in carrying out the intent thereof. S. P. HENRY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Lieutenant-Governor and President of the Senate. STATE OF LOUISIANA, Office of the Secretary of State. Received in the office of the Secretary of State, this eighteenth day of June, A. D. 1888. The foregoing bill having been submitted to his Excellency Francis T. Nicholls, Governor of this State, for his approval and signature, and the same having not been returned to the House of Representatives, in which body it originated, with his approval and signature, or with his objections thereto, within the time prescribed by the Constitution of this State, the same has become a law by limitation. A true copy from the original : JOS. GEBELIN, Assistant Secretary of State. Assistant Secretary of State. Resolution recom Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, the Senate concurring, That our Representatives and mending the pass- Senators in the Congress of the United States are hereby remen's savings bank quested to use their best endeavors to obtain the passage of the bill by Congress. bill now before the United States Senate, for consideration, age of the Freed known as the Freedmen's Savings Bank bill, which purpose is for the relief of the Freedmen depositors in said bank. Whereas, The Calcasieu river and its tributaries, lying in what is known as the Calcasieu Basin in Southwest Louisiana, flowing through a region rich in mineral, agricultural and timber possibilities, is the natural outlet of an immense scope of country which is being rapidly settled by a class of energetic, intelligent and frugal people; and Whereas, Said river is obstructed at its mouth by two bars which prevent the passage of vessels of large burden and which if removed would open to the commercial markets of the world an immense output of lumber, live stock and grain; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, Preamble. tion of the Calca That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be re- Resolution asking quested to urge upon Congress the passage of an act requiring aid of Congress to the Federal Government, through the proper department, to improve the navigatake measures necessary to remove the aforesaid bars, dredge sien river and its and deepen the channel of said river whenever necessary to tributaries. render the navigation of that river free and unobstructed, and give speedy, direct and safe transit to the commerce of that section, and making an appropriation of money sufficient to carry out the object set forth in this resolution. Be it further resolved, etc., That the Governor be requested to forward a copy of these resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. our Senators and Calling upon our Senators and Representatives in Washingto to use their influence and best endeavors in securing special appropriation for Bayou Macon, in the norther portion of this State. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louisian Resolution urging in regular session convened, That our Senators and Representa Representatives in tives in Congress be and they are hereby earnestly requeste Congress to obtain and urged to use their best efforts to obtain a sufficient appr an appropriation for Bayou Macon.priation by the United States Congress for the purpose of s curing slack water navigation for Bayou Macon and opening up to the Arkansas line by dredging the shoals and construc ing locks. Preamble. Congress request unsold and unenter Requesting our Senators and Representatives in Congress t secure such legislation as will withdraw all public lands i the State of Louisiana from entry except by homestead. Whereas, There are within the borders of this State abou two million three hundred thousand acres of land not ye entered under the homestead and pre-emption laws of th United States; and, Whereas, Increased immigration into Louisiana has made necessary that capitalists be prevented from entering said land for speculative purposes and to the detriment of the publi welfare; and, Whereas, United States Senator Walthall has introduce legislation by which the sale of the public lands of Alabam and Mississippi are restricted to actual homestead settlers therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, SECTION 1. That our Senators and Representatives in Congres ed to withdraw the be requested and instructed to use every effort to secure suc ed public lands in legislation at the present session of Congress as will at onc this State and to se- withdraw the unsold and unentered public lands in this Stat from market, and will secure them for homestead only by actua settlers. cure them for homesteads. |