The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-19
OFFICIAL,
The Amendments to the Com
stitUtiOms
mo. 9G.
An act to amend the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana.

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, wC~thirds Of the
members of each house agreeing thereto, That
the following a. endments be proposed and
entered upon the respective journals Of the
State and House of Representatives, with the
yeas and nays taken theI con, and the Secretary
of State shall cause the same to be published
three months before the next general election
for Representatives in the General Assembly,
in at least one newspap-r in every parish IN
the State in hich a newspaper shall be pub
lished. and said proposed amendments shall be
submitted to tho people, at said election, in
such a manner and form that the people may
vote for against each amendment. For
approval" OF Against approval" and in like
manner as to the Cthers and if a majority Of
the ters, at sail election, shall approve and
ratify uch amendment or amendments, the
same shall be ap, ropriatsly numbered, and be-
come a part Of the constitution, and be pro
claimed such by the Governor and Secretary
of State.
Ame ndment No. THE expenditures of each
session Of the General Assembly for per diem
buA LII Vi luE pdy LHGlt u D4ACSES
or employees. and for contingent expenses. shall
not exceed the sum of $I75,0OO; and members
of the General Assembly shall receive S. day
during their attendanCe, and a mileage of
twenty cents a mile for actual distance from the
courthouse of their respective Parishes to the
State Capitol.
Amendment No. 2-The last sen eence in
artc6 sxry-One of the constitution which
reads as follows. TO wit: IF anv bill shal not
1 ~ -yAt,s
after it shall have been presented to him, it
shall be a law in like manner as IF he had
signed it, unless the General Assembly by ad-
jourDment prevent its return, in which case the
said bill shall Oe returned on the first day of
the meeting of the General Assembly after the
expiration Of said five days, or be law" shall
be amended so as TO read as follows, to wit;
" If any bill shall not be returned by the Cows
ernOr wi bin FIVE days, not including Sundays,
after it shall have been presented to him, it
shall be a law il like manner if he had
signed it, unless the General Assembly by ad
iournment prevents its return in whirh case it
shall not be a law unless signed and promul~
gated within twenty days after said adjourn
ment"
Amendment No. 3-The juIicial powers here
tOfore vested in parish courts are hereby abrOa
gated aud withdrawn. The District courts Of
the State out ide OF the Parish of Orleans, shall
have original jurisdiction in all civil cases
when the amount in dispute exceeds 500, ex-
elusive of interest ana appellate jurisdiction
over cases decided by the justices Of the peace
when the amount in dispute exceeds $50, ex-
elusive of interest In criminal cases their juris-
diction shall De unlimited, and they shall have
full ju isdiction over matters Of probate and
succession. Each of said district judges shall
receive a salary of $1,000, nually, payable
Quarterly on his own warrant
Justices Of the peace shall have jurisdiction in
civil cases when, without reference to interest,
the amount in dispute does not exceed one hun
dred dollars, with power TO pronounce judg
ment for that amount, and such interest, not to
exceed ght per cent. per annum, as may be
proved, and shall have, in addition to the Grim
inal Jurisdiction now vested in them, all such
criminal jurisc ictiOn as is now vested in parish
courts.
Clerks nf the district courts shall have power
to grant writs of arrest, attachment, sequestvas
ton, provisional seizure and injunction to
receive and probate wills to appoint admins
traitors, executors, curatOrs, tutors and under
tutors in cases in which opposition shall be
made to homoogave acec UNITS, tabeaus and
schedules of debts when no opposition is made
thereto, the judgments being only pr'ma tacia
evidence of correctness; to grant orders rect
ing sales of property belonging to SUGGESTIONS
or minors, and to grant orders OF SEIZURE ana
sale by executory process, and shall receive
such fees therefor as shall be provided by the
GeneralAssemb Y.
Amendment No. 4-Tbe Governor shall re.
caive a salary of six thousand dollars, annus
alDv, PAYABLE quarterly, on his own warrant.
Amendment No. 5-NO fees or perquistes
Of office shall he allowed to or received by the
Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, or dis
trict attorneys.
(Signed) E. D. ESTILETTE,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
(Sigued c. c. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
P. G. DEsL0NDE,
Secretary of State.