New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-26
'OFFTCIAL.''
THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
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in General Assembly convened, two-thirds
Of the members of each house agreeing
thereto, That the following amendments DO
proposed and entered upon tho respective
journals Of tho Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, with the yeas and nays taken
thereon, and tho Secretary Of State shall
cause the same to be Published three
months before tho next general election for
Representatives, in the General Assembly,
in the State in which . Newspaper shall be
published, and said proposed amendments
shall be submitted to the people, ct said
election, in such manner and form chat the
people may vote for or against each amend
ment separately, i. &: First proposed
amendment, "F0r approval, or "Against
approval" and in like manner % to the
others: and if . majority of the voters, at
said election, shall approve and ratify such
be appropriately numbered, and become
. part Of the constitution, and be pro.
claimed ~ such by the Governor and SEQ
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,
shall not exceed the SUN Of one hundred
and seventy-fve thousand dollars; and
receive five dollars . day during their at-
tendance, and 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-six
of the constitution, which reads a. fol-
lows, to Wit: ''If any bill shall not be
sfser Il sh:Il i have been pre.ented to hi%
it shall be 4 Law in like manned "a if he
had signed it, unless the General Assem-
blv bv adiournment prevent its return.
in which case the said bill shall be re-
turned on the first day of the meeting of
the General Assembly sitter the expiration
of said five days, or be . law" shall be
amended 20 - to read - follows, to wit:
IF any bill shall not be returned by the
Governor within five days, not including
Sundays, after it shall have been presented
to him, it shall be law in like manner ~
if he had signed it, unless the General As
sembly by adjournment prevent its return.
in which case it shall not be law unless
signed and promulgated within twenty
DAYS after said adjournment
g. The judicial powers heretofore vested
in parish courts are hereby abrogated and
withdraw. Tho 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
appellate jurisdiction over cases decided by
justices of the peace when the amount in dis
pute exceeds fifty dollars, exclusive of in.
forest. In criminal cases their jurisdiction
shall be I'm mited, and they shall have full
jurisdiction Jver matters of probate and sue
cessien. Each Of said district judges shall
receive . salary Of four thoussnd dollars
annraay, payable quarterly ON me-
own warrant. Jus1ces OF tne peece
shall have jurisdiction in civil cases
when, without reference to interest,
the amount in dispute does not exceed
enc hundred dollars, with power to pro
n0unco Judgment for that amount, ana sucn
interest, not to exceed eight per cent per
annum, - may DO proved. and ehal have.
vested in them, oil such criminal jurlsdlc'
ton - is now vested in parish courts-
Clerks of tho district courts shAll nave
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