The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1876-10-21
OFFIGIAL.
The Amendments to the Constitution.
No. sc.

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
lie 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 Repre-
sentatives IN the General Assembly in at
least one newspaper Ill every parish i'll the
State i'll which IA newspaper shall be pub
lished, 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 amendment
separately, !. e.: First proposed amend
ment f" For approval" or - Against APP
prevail and in like manner as to the others;
and if a majority of the voters. ut said cleo
tion shall approve and ratify such amend
ment or amendments, the same shall be ap--
propriately numbered. and become IA part
of the constitution, and be proclaimed as
such by the Governor and Secretary of
State.
/. The expenditures of each session of tho
General Assembly for per diem and rlileage
of members, for payment of officers and
employees, and for contingent expenses shall
not exceed the sum OF one hundred AMI
seventy five Thousand dollars; and members
of the General Assembly shall receive five
dollars Il day during their attendance, and II
mileage Of twenty-five cents a mile for act
nal distance from the courthouse of their
respective parishes to the State Capitol.
2. The last sentence in article siNty-sx of
the constitution, which reads as follows to-
wit: +" Ii any bill shall not be returned by
the Governor within five days after it shall
have been presented to him, it shall be Is
law in like manner as if he had signed it,
unless the General Assembly by adjourn
nlent prevent its return. i'll which the
said bill shall be returned on the first day
of the meeting of the General Assembly after
the expiration of said five days, or he Il law"
shall be amended 40 to read as follows,
to-wit . 1t any bill shall not be returned
by the Governor within five days, not in
eluding Sundays, after it shall have been
presented TO him, it shall he law in like
manner if he had signed it, unless the
General Assembly by adjournment prevent
its return, i'll which case it shall not be u
law unless signed AID promulgated within
twenty days after said adjournment
3. The judicial powers heretofore vested
in parish courts are hereby sbrogated and
withdrawn. The district courts of the State,
outside Of the parish of Orleans, shall have
original jurisdiction i'll all civil cases when
the amount III dispute exceeds one hundred
dollars. exclusive of interest, and appellate
jurisdiction over cases decided by justices of
the peace when the amount in dispute ex-
eeeds fifty dollars, exclusive OF interest In
criminal cases their jurisdiction shall be un-
limited, and they shall have full jurisdiction
over matters of probate and succession Each
of said district judges shall receive salary
of four thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly on his own warrant Justices of
the peace shall have jurisdiction III civil
cases whep, without reference to interest,
! the amount in dispute does not exceed one
hundred dollars, with power to pronounce,
| Judgment for that amount, AID such interest,
not to exceed eight per cent. per annum, AZ
| may be proved. and shall have in addition
to the criminal Jurisdiction now vested in
| them, all such criminal jurisdiction as is now
vested in parish courts. Clerks of the dis
| trict courts shall have power to grant writs
of arrest, attachment sequestration provis-
ional seizure aud injunction to receive and
| probate Wills to appoint administrators,
executors. eurat0rs, tutors and unter-tutors
| in cases in which no opposition shall be
made to homologate accounts, tableaus and
| schedules OF debts when no opposition is
made thereto, their judgments being only
prima facie evidence of correctness to grant
orders directing sale of property belonging
/ to SUGGESTIONS or minors. and to grant orders
of seizure and sale by exeeutory process, and
shall receive such fees therefor as may be-
| provided by the General Assembly.
| 4. The Governor shall receive u salary Of
six thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly, on his own warrant.
5. No fees or perquistes of Office shall be
allowed to or received by the Treasurer,
Auditor, Attorney General, or by district
attorneys.
(Signed) E. d. EsTILETTE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
t (Signed) G. G. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
A true copy: P. G. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State.
The foregoing was received in the office of
the Secretary of State July II, 1876, and is
| made public in accordance with article III
of the State constitution, which provides:
/ Any amendment or amendments to this
constitution may be proposed in the Senate
or House of Representatives, and if the same
shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the mem
bers elected to each house, such proposed
amendment or 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 the next general elec-
ton tor Representatives in the General AS
sembly, In at least one newspaper in every
] parish IN the State in which a newspaper
shall be published. Aud such proposed
| amendment or amendments shall be submit
ted to the people at said election and if N
| majority of the voters at said election shall
approve and ratify such amendment or
| amendments. the same shall become part
of this constitution. If more than ono
amendment shall be submitted at one time,
they shall be submitted in such manner and
form that the people may vote for or against
each amendment separately.
/ p. G.. DESLONDE.
augi2-AR Secretary OF State.