The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-08-26
OFFICIAL.
Amendments to the ConstituSs

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An act to amend the Constitnt;ss
the State of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the Senste and nj
of Representatives of the STAT
Louisiana in General Assemble
vened, two-thirds of the memh.,
each house agreeing thereto. Thai A
following amendments be proposs5 b
entered upon the respective jaurn.lsI
the Senate and House of Repress.s
tives, with the yeas and NAYS ~
thereon, and the Secretary of ~
shall cause the same to he pnl5;,,/
three months before the next rs..
election for Representatives n Il
General Assembly, in at least one No.
paper in every parish in the Stat B
which newspaper shall be publ;sS.
and said proposed amendments shajIJ
submitted to the people, at said II
ton, in such manner and form that r
people may vote for OF against -
amendment separately, 1. e.: First \,
posed amendment, For approval
against approval" and in like man,
as to the others; and maioritv
voters, at said election, shall AMIN
and ratify such amendment or AM,
ments, the same shall be appronriat.
numbered, and become a parf a =
constitution, ard Ne proclaimed a. =.
by the Governor and Secretary 81 So
1. The Expenditures of each sssis
of the General Assembly for per ~
and mileage of members, for PAWN
of officers and lemgloyes, and for -
tingent expense, shall not exceed =
sum Of one huHdred and seventy 4
Thousand dollaIs and members Of y
General Assembly shall receive 4
dollars day during their attendsps
and o mileage Of twenty cents mi
fOt actual distance from the court bow
of their respective parishes to the 81
Capitol.
z. The last Sentence in article ist
six of the constitution, which reads
follows, to wit; "{f any bill shall
be returned 6y the Governor witI
five days afterit shall have been 3
sented to him, It shall be law in
manner as ifhehad signed it, unlexi
General Assembly by adjournment =
vent its return, i'm which case the
bill shall be returned on the first
OF the meeting of the General Ar
bly, after the expiration of saia &
days, or be law, shall be amendd
as to read as tdlows, to wit III Z
bill shall not be- returned BY the G.
ernOr within five days, not includi
Sundays, after it shall have been b
sented to him, it shall be law III 4
manner as ifht had signed it, unleaf
General Assembly by adjournment =
vent its return in which case it p
not be law Unless signed and pros
gated within twenty days after z
5. The judicial powers heretoi
vested in pariih courts are hereby ia
gated and withdrawn. The Dsti
Courts of the State, outside of the %
ish of OrleanI, shall have Original
risdictiOn in all civil cases when Z r
exceeds one hundred doll
exclusive of interest, and appelk {
ever cases decided By n
5lces Of the ptaee whe1t the sum in Y
p,ite exceeds i.ty dollars, exclusive g
fnt-I1fiinal cases their jnd 4
LECTION shall be unlimited, and IL
hall have full jurisdiction over matt .
If probate and succession. Each
,aid district Judges shall receive . :,
Try of four thousand dollars annual
payable quarterly on his own warn 4
Justices Of The peace shall have jig
fiction in civil cases when, without z
ierence to interest, the amount in 2 n
pute does nat exceed one hundred Z
airs; with power to pronounce ju 9
nent for that amount. and such IN n
sst, not to exceed eight per cent
snnum, as may be proved, and = .
have, in addition to the criminal ju n
fction now vested in them, all 9 8
criminal jurisdiction as is-now vested =
parish courts. Clerks of the distn =
caIrts shall have power to grant y
Of arrest, attachment, sequestr5n 0
provisional seizure and iniunctioni a
receive and probate wills; to app
Administrations, executors. curse 2
tutors and under-tutOrs in case
which no opposition shall be made;
homOlOgate accounts, tableafu y
schedules Of. debts when no oprof a
is made thereto, their Judgments
priIpa fiicie evidence of cOrrectnso; o
grant orders directing sale Of pre- 4
TO SUGGESTIONS or minof1 !,
to grant orders Of seizure and - y
executes5- process, aud shall re- d
such fees therefor as may be prov !,
by the General Assembly. v
4. The Governor shall receive : n
AIRY of six thousand, dollars ann
payable quarterly, ON his own We &
5. No fees or perquisites OF y
shall be allowed to OF received p :
Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney Co q
Dr by district attorneys. In
(Signsd) z. ID. ESTILETIh
Speaker of the House of Represents q
(Sigred) C. G. ANTOINE
Governor and Presllep
the Senate. w
A true copy P. G. DESLONy ~
Secretary Of -