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ACT No. 4. AN ACT Relating to the Board of Administrators of the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans; declaring and continuing said Board as a body corporate; providing further financial assistance to said Board in the demolition of presently unsuitable buildings and the construction of a new Hospital and appurtenant buildings, as well as the furnishing and equipment thereof and the reconstruction, repair and/or improvement of any of its existing buildings and/or facilities; authorizing the erection of such temporary and ad interim buildings and/or facilities as may be necessary; authorizing the borrowing of additional money or funds and the issuance and sale of additional bonds or other obligations for the construction of buildings and facilities for the purposes hereinbefore and hereinafter specified, to an amount not to exceed Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000.00) ; providing that bonds in excess of said sum of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000.00) may be issued and sold by said Board under certain conditions, and that such limitation of amount of said bonds shall not apply in the event that, in accordance with any act of Congress, any loan may be negotiated by said Board, for the purpose of this act, from the United States of America, or any agency thereof, on a plan of repayment of a portion of the principal annually without interest; authorizing the pledge of revenues and/or other funds and avails to secure the payment of said bonds or obligations; providing for the continuance of fees, charges, rates, fines, penalties, licenses or other funds presently dedicated, those which may be dedicated, and those funds dedicated to the use of the Hospital by the provision of Act 10 of the First Extraordinary Session of 1935, and providing for the disposition and application of any unused balance of said dedication; and authorizing an agreement with the Federal Government by the Board of Administrators for a loan and/or grant for the use of the Hospital for the purposes of this Act.
Approved by the Governor: June 15th, 1938, 11:45 a. m.
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ACT No. 5. AN ACT To amend and re-enact Section 11 of Act 10 of the First Extraordinary Session of 1935, as amended by Act No. 88 of 1936, entitled: "An Act to levy an annual franchise tax on all corporations for the privilege of carrying on, doing business, the exercising of their charters, or the continuance of their charters, within this State; to provide for reports to the Secretary of State by said corporations, and providing for the determination and summary collection of said tax; providing for the exemption of certain corporations; providing for the seizure and sale of property of delinquent tax debtors hereunder; providing funds for the enforcement of this Act; providing penalties for failure to comply with the provisions of this Act; providing for a lien and privilege on the property of delinquents, and providing for the disposition of said tax when collected."
Approved by the Governor: June 15, 1938, 11:46 a. m.
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ACT No. 12. AN ACT Making an appropriation to defray the ordinary expenses of the Government; to pay the interest on the public debt; and to support public schools and public charities in the State of Louisiana; to build and repair public levees; to maintain the State Penitentiary and other State departments for the year commencing July 1, 1938, and ending June 30, 1939, and for the year commencing July 1, 1939, and ending June 30, 1940.
Approved by the Governor: June 30, 1938.
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ACT No. 154. AN ACT To provide for the additional compensation of the attorney designated by the Attorney General of the State of Louisiana to represent the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans, in. the collection of fees and charges due said hospital.
Approved by the Governor: July 2, 1938.
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ACT No. 289. AN ACT To provide an effective method for the collection of fees and charges due for treatment of patients in any of the Charity Hospitals of the State, when the imposition of such fees and charges are authorized by law; prescribing remedies and procedure, and repealing all laws in conflict herewith.
Approved by the Governor: July 6, 1938.
