New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-26
OFFICIAL.
THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION


THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
An act to amend the constitution of the
State of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the State of Louisiana
in General Assembly convened, twO-thirds
OF the members of each house agreeing
thereto, That the following amendments be
proposed and entered upon the respective
journals of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, with the yeas and nays taken
thereon, and the Secretary of State shall
cause the same to be published three
months before the next general election for
Representatives in the General Assem- bly,,
in at least one newspaper in every parish
in the State in which newspaper shall be
published, and said proposed amendments
shall be submitted to the people, at said
election, in such manner and form that the
people may vote for or against each amend
ment separately, t. e.: First proposed
amendment, '.For approval, or Against
approval" and in like manner az to the
others: and if majority Of the voters, at
said election, shall approve and ratify such
amendment or amendments, the same shall
be appropriately numbered, and become
q part OF the constitution, and be pro.
claimed as such by the Governor and Sec
rotary Of State.
l. The expenditures Of each session of the
General Assembly for per diem and mileage
of members, for payment Of officers and
employees, and for contingent expenses,
and seventy-fve thousand dollars; and
members of the General Assembly shall
receive five dollars day during their at
tendance, and a mileage of twenty cents .
mile for actual distance from the court
house Of their respective parishes to the
State Capitol.
2. The last sentence IN article sixty-s,x
of the constitution, which reads as fol-
lows, to wit: eff any bill shall not be
returned by the Governor within five days
after it shall have been presented to him,
it shall be . law in like manner as if he
had signed it, unless the General Assem-
bly, by adjournment prevent its return,
in which case the said bill shall be re-
turned on the first day of the meeting IF
the General Assembly after the expiration
of said five days, or be law" shall be
amended SO a. to read ss follows, to wit:
IF any bill shall not be returned by the
Governor within five days, not including
Sundays. after it ehsll have been presented
if he had signed it, unless the General As
sembly by adjournment prevent it's return.
in which case it shall not be law unless
signed and promulgated within twenty
DAYS after said adjournment"
3. The judicial powers heretofore vested
in parish courts are hereby abroga;ed and
Withdrawn. The district courts of the
State, outside the parish of Orleans, shall
have original jurisdiction in all civil cases
when the amount in dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, and
las ia1; ma doaiAnA hv
justices OF the peace when the amount in dis
pute exceeds fifty dollars, exclusive of in
terest. In criminal casee their jurisdiction
shall be IN mited, and they shall have full
Jurisdiction Jver mattere of probate and suo.
cessien. Each of said district judges shall
receive q salary of four thOnsand dollars
annually, payable quarterly on biz
own warrant. Justices of the peace
shall have jurisdiction in civil cases
the amount in dispute does not exceed
ono hundred dollars, with power to pro-
nOunce Judgment for that amount, and such
interest, not to exceed eight per cent per
annum, as may be proved. and shall have,
in addition to the criminal jurisdiction now
vested in them, all euch criminal jurisdic-
ton as is now vested in parish courts.
Clerks of the district courts shall have
power to grant writs of arrest, attachment,
seQu0SCr0tlOn, provisional SEIZURE anu III
junction; to receive and probate wills; to
appoint administrators, executors, curaters,
tutors and under-tutors in cases in which
no opposition snail be made; to homOlogate
accounts, tableaus and schedules of debts
when no opposition is made thereto, their
judgments being only prima face evidence
of correctness; to grant orders directipg
sale of property belonging to SUGGESTIONS
or minors, and to grant orders of seizure
and sale BIZ executOry process, and shall re.
ceive such fees therefor as may be provided
BY the General Assembly.
4. The Governor shall receive salary CT
six thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly, on his 0Sn warrant.
5. No fees or perquisites of Office shall be
allowed to or received by the Treasurer,
Auditor, Attorney General. or by distric,
attorneys.
(Signed) E. D. ESTILETTE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
(Signed) c. C.ANTOlNE,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
A true COPY: Pc. DESLONDE,
Secretary Of State