AN ACT to authorize the Board of Liquidation, in its discretion, to use the surplus of the general fund for the purpose of retiring any valid bonds and Auditor's warrants of the State and to prescribe the duties of said board and of the State Treasurer in the premises.

SECTION 1. That the Board of Liquidation be and it is hereby authorized and empowered, at its discretion, to apply the surplus of the general fund to the purchase or payment of such valid bonds and Auditor's warrants of the State as to it may seem to the best interests of said State. The Board of Liquidation is authorized to fix the time and manner in which the surplus aforesaid shall be used in so sinking and extinguishing the public debt, and shall give notice thereof, by advertisement, and said board is hereby vested with full power and discretion to determine what valid debt, if any, shall be so paid or purchased and extinguished, and at what rate, provided that said rate shall not exceed fifty cents on the dollar of the principal of any indebtedness other than new consolidated bonds and "Constitutional Bonds" of the State. The said board shall keep a record of all indebtedness retired under the provisions of this act and shall publish a list of all obligations so retired, and of the price paid therefor. The said board shall cancel and deface all obligations retired by it, and keep a record of such cancellations; provided, that the amount of baby bonds redeemed under this act shall not exceed the sum of one million two hundred and eighty-one thousand four hundred and seventy-two and 52-100 dollars ($1,281,472.52), and the Auditor's warrants redeemable under this act shall not exceed the sum of twenty-one thousand and two and 37-100 dollars ($21,002.37) issued against the revenues of 1878 and previous years shown by the Auditor's report. Provided, also, that nothing in this act shall be construed so as to bind the State for the payment of the baby bonds and warrants herein referred to, or make the State liable therefor in any way beyond the stipulations contained in House Bill 463 by Mr. Michel.

SEC. 2. That for all indebtedness retired by the Board of Liquidation under this act payment shall be made by the State Treasurer on the order of the board, attested by the president and secretary.

SEC. 3. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect from .and after its promulgation.

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LIMITING TIME FOR FUNDING CLAIMS UNDER ACT 3, 1874. Act 75, 1894, p. 88.

AN ACT fixing the time when the funding of claims under Act 3 of 1874 shall cease.

SECTION 1. That all persons holding claims against the State of Louisiana, fundable under Act 3 of 1874, shall present and file such claims with the Auditor of Public Accounts on or before the first day of January, A. D. 1896, and upon their failure to do so the Board of Liquidation shall not have the right to fund any claim not presented and filed within the time herein prescribed.

It being the purpose and intention of this act to fix a time within which claims must be filed for funding under said Act 3 of 1874.

SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect from and after its passage and that all laws or parts of laws in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and they are hereby repealed.

STATE FLOWER.

Act 156, 1900, p. 239.

AN ACT to designate the magnolia as the State flower. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That the magnolia be and the same is hereby selected and adopted as the State flower.

STATE INSURANCE BOARD.

STATE TO CARRY ITS OWN INSURANCE-FUND THEREFOR. Act 155, 1902, p. 289.

AN ACT to provide for the State carrying its own insurance, to create a State insurance fund, and to repeal all laws inconsistent or in conflict therewith.

["State Insurance Board"-Authority, etc.]

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That from and after January first, 1903, the State of Louisiana may carry its own insurance on all buildings and other property belonging to the State, and used by the various public and charitable institutions and by other officers and agents. All insurance on State buildings and other property belonging to the State, hereafter shall be under the control and supervision of a board to be known. as the "State Insurance Board," to be composed of the Governor, Auditor and Treasurer, who are authorized to use their discretion as

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to whether or not insurance shall be maintained thereon. In the event that the board shall deem it wise for the State to carry its own insurance on any or all of its buildings, the State treasurer shall open an account, to be known as the "State Insurance Fund," and it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to make a record of all policies that are then in force on State buildings and to charge and collect from each institution an amount equal to the premium that would be necessary to renew and continue the same at their expiration. The Board of Administrators, or other officers in charge of State buildings and institutions may increase or decrease the amount of insurance carried on any of the buildings under their charge, with the consent of the said State Insurance Board. It shall be the duty of the Board of Administrators or other officers in charge of the various public institutions in this State, to promptly remit to the State Treasurer, to be deposited in the State insurance fund, the amount of premiums necessary to maintain the insurance on the buildings in their charge, whenever called upon by the State Treasurer so to do.

[Appropriations for Premiums Go to Insurance Fund, etc.]

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That the amount of money thus deposited to the credit of the State insurance fund, shall be under the control of the Governor, Auditor and Treasurer, and in case a loss by fire is sustained by any institution, the said officials shall have the right to draw on said fund, to make good the loss to the institution up to the amount of insurance in force at the time of the loss.

[Investment of Fund.]

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That all money which may be in the treasury to the credit of the State insurance fund, in the discretion of the Governor, Auditor and Treasurer, may be invested in bonds of the State of Louisiana, or in bonds of any of the regularly authorized levee districts of the State. All interest collected on bonds so purchased shall be paid into the treasury, to the credit of the insurance fund.

[Disposal of Investments to Pay Fire Losses.]

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That in case a loss by fire occurs, and there is no sufficient money in the treasury to make good the loss, by reason of the investment above authorized, the Governor, Auditor and Treasurer shall have the right, without further legislative action, to dispose of said bonds for cash, which shall be paid into the treasury and drawn against as provided in Section 2.

[Repealing Clause.]

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws or parts of laws contrary to or in conflict with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Act 90, 1900, establishing a State museum, etc., printed under title "Education,'' p. 686.

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STATISTICS.

3644. Commissioners of Emigration to collect and publish, in English, French and German, etc., certain information, etc. See Sec. 1733.

3645. Annual publication by Commissioner of Emigration; contents thereof, etc. See Sec. 1735.

[Compilation of Map.]

3646. The Governor is hereby authorized to appoint a special engineer, whose duty it shall be, under his direction, to compile a geographical, historical and statistical map of the State; said map not to be less than five feet by three feet in size, to contain such information as the Governor in his judgment may direct, and before publication to receive his sanction and autographic approval (Act 166, 1868, 226).

[Copyright of Map-Compensation of Engineer.]

3647. The special engineer thus created shall receive no regular salary or compensation for his services, but shall be bound by the terms hereinafter to be made as a part of the provisions of this act.

[Copyright Vested in Engineer; His Compensation.]

3648. The copyright of said map shall be vested in the especial engineer, and he shall receive from the State, on the completion of the work, the sum of twenty dollars per copy for each map, to be furnished as per schedule to follow, and for the purpose of aiding in the expenses of engraving and publication. But the said engineer shall be required to enter into good and acceptable bond and security, in the full sum received, for the delivery to the State, without further compensation than that which is hereinbefore and hereinafter provided and for the use and benefit of the State, of such number of the copies of said map as will carry out the following schedule for distribution, viz.: the Secretary of the State, to whom the maps will be delivered, shall cause three copies to be furnished to each parish in the State, to become the property of said parish, and for use respectively in such offices as the parish authorities may direct; also shall furnish one hundred copies to the Superintendent of Public Education, to be dis

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tributed to the different public schools throughout the State as the Superintendent may order and direct. He shall also supply the different State offices at the capital each with a copy, and shall be furnished such additional copies as will enable the Governor to exchange for maps of the other States and Territories of the United States, and maps so received in exchange shall become a part of the property of the State Library.

[Parish Officers to Assist Engineer.].

3649. It shall be the duty of the different parish officers throughout the State to afford said engineer every facility for obtaining such information as he may require in the compilation of said work.

[Manner of Payment for Work.]

3650. On the completion of the work the Governor shall authorize the Auditor to issue his warrant for the sum to be received under the provisions of this act.

VITAL STATISTICS-REPORT BY PHYSICIANS, ETC., TO HEALTH OFFICER-TO STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Act 162, 1900, p. 245.

AN ACT to provide for the gathering and compilation of vital statistics in the State of Louisiana, the parish of Orleans excepted; providing penalties for its violation, and repealing all laws in conflict with the same.

[Physicians and Midwives to Report Births and Deaths to Health Officer, etc.]

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That from and after the promulgation of this act it shall be the duty of all physicians and midwives throughout the State of Louisiana, the parish of Orleans excepted, to file with the health officer of every parish a quarterly record of the births and deaths which may have occurred in their practice and in the event of death, setting forth the cause therefor, and that in the event of there being no health officer the record shall be filed with the coroner of the parish wherein the births or deaths occur.

[Health Officer to Make Quarterly Return to State Board of Health.]

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That it shall be the duty of said health officer, or of the coroner if there shall be no health officer, to make a quarterly return of said vital statistics, to the secretary of