New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-16
|0RI{llkb WEDNH sRsk Z AUGUST t.. 1916

IT, - end m ssEstary e staey. ehah
c31tB ~ a1&6,a q 10, IuKl1uhHd three
NAnahi AeS6Ee IL n6xt general electipa for
RepreoeA1aivoosih,th the Genesals Assembly,
ID q" l6ast do1el nowtpap0t in every parish
10 The St4tA i4 which ) aewspaper, shall b.
pahliaAd. cd Said proposed ,AmAad2eots
shan Se ssenittsd 2 ses Pespls. a. said !
ipSspA pAJ yota fof 81 81 sikss Sxch aiSend.
ment separately, 1. q: FIRST proposed
autendmegh "for approval or Against
i approval" .an4 lin Ike manner % 10 the
Others; and II > majority Of tie WEARS, ct,
said election, shall approve and ratify snch
amendment or amendments, the same shall
be appropriately numbered, and become
part OF the constitution, and be pro,
oaaiaeGa s sach by the Governor and Sse-
f..1Ae expenditure Of each session of the
General Assembly for per diem and mileage
ct me0oera, for payment Of ofEcers and
employees, and for contingent expenses,
shall mot exceed the SUN of ono hundred
and SeveneysAve Thousand dollars: Snd
members Of the General Assembly shall
receive five dollars q day. daring their IT.
tendanc2 sad mileage OF twenty cents .
mile Tor actusi distance from the court
house Of their respective parishes to tho
State Capitol. .ls,r'y, .-4p
e. Thealast sentence in article sixty-six
Of the constitution, which resds - fol-
lows, TO- Wit: "lf any bill shall not be
returned BY tho Governor within i've days
after II shall have been Psessnted to him,
it shall be . law in like mapnef 90 II lie
had signed II, unIees the General Assem-
bly, BY adjournment prevent it, return
in which case the said bill shall be re-
turned on the first day of the meeting Of
the General Assembly after the expiration
Of sai1 i've days, or be law" shall be
amended so 40 to read a. follows, to Wit:
IF any bill shall not be returned by the
Governor within i've days, not including
Sundays. after it ehall have been presented
to him, 10 shall be Law in like manner a.
if he had signed it, unless the General AS
sem6iy oy adjournment prevent its return.
IN which case IL shall not be law unless
eignedN and promulgated within twenty
DAYS after said adjournment"
3. The judicial powers heretofore vested
in parieh courts are hereby abr0gated and
withdraw. Tho district courts Of the
State. 0utside the parish Of Orleans, ahalI
have original Jurisdiction in oil civil eases
when the amount in dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive Of interest, and
appellate jurisdiction over cases decided by
justices ct the peace whom the amount il Ais.
pute exceeds fifty dollars, exclusive Of In
terest In ,riminal cases their iurisdictiQn
thall be nm pftsd,. and they shs1l have fpll
Jurisdiction 3yef matters Of probats ed suo-
cession. Each Of said district judges shail
receive salary Of four thousand Aollarl
Annually, payable quarterly on his
own variant. :. Justices Of. 49, lpooso
shall have Jurisdiction in eivaa caeee
when,, without reference to intUrNgt,
the GnoHnt p disputA does not ex6Ged
on hundred 60llAfs, With power 10 pro.
nounQo j14Gmoot fnR that auoaAt, and each
isterest sQese exceed. eight Per cent per
Ann1ms - my b proved. and shall hkSe,
In addiHnA 70 he .afininal Jurisdiction now
vested in them, all such criminal jarisaic,
ton - = row vested in parish .courta
power to 0fAat Nrits OF Arreet, attAch0ent,
sequestratio1, pEoSisi0Aal seisure and in,
junction; . receive and probate Wills; TO
appoint administrator executors, curaters,
tutors and under.tutore in cases in which
no opposition shall be made; to honologste
Aco0unte, tabfeaus and schedules Of debts
when no 9pposition 10 made thereto, thur
judgments being. only prima taoie evidence
OF correctness; TO grant ofdeRs disestng
ses Ct to
and colo BY axeeutOry process. and shall re-
oeive such fees therefor - may be provided
by the General Assembly. s5
4. The Governor shall receive q salary Of
six thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly, ON his own warrant.
5. No tees or perquisites of Office shall be
Allowed to or received by the Treasurer,
Auditor, Attorney General, or by district
attorneys.
(Signed) e. D. ESTILErTE,,t
Speaker Of the House of Rspresen. atives.
(Signed) &C. ANTOINE,
Lieutensnt Governor and President Of the
Senate.
A true copy: Pc. DESLONDE,
9 al Secretary Of Stats.
The foregoing was received in the Office
of thA Secrutsry of State July II, 1876. and
- made public in accordance with article
47 OF the State constitution. which pro-
Any .amsndment or. amendments to
this Constitution may be proposed in the
Senate or House Vi Representatives., and
IF the same shall be agreed to by two
thirds Of the member elected to each
house, such proposed amendment OF
amendments shall be entered ON their
respective journals, with the yeas and nays
taken thereon; and the Secretary OF State
shall cause the same to be published, three
months before thu next general election tor
Representatives to the General Assembly,
in q least one newspaper in every parish In
the S1ate in which . newspaper shall be.
published. And such proposed amend
Dent or. amen dments shall be submitted to
the people at said election; and II u MAORI.
q Ia al tssas~o 1>x.h