New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-03
OFFICIAL.
the AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

AN ACT to amend the constitution Of the
State of Louisiana.
BE 1t 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 be
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
Representatives in the General Assembly,
in at least one newspaper in every parish
in the State in which . newspaper shall be
published, 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 amend.
ment separately, !. E: First proposed
amendment, For approval, or Against
approval" and in like manner as to the
others: and if majority Of the voters, at
said election, shall approve and rstify such
amendment or amendments. the same shall
be appropriately numbered, and become
part Of tho constitution, and be pro.
claimed as such by the Governor and Sec
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 sum OF one hundred
and seventy-fve thousand dollars; and
members of the General Assembly shall
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 as fol-
lows, to wit: "If any bill shall not be
returned by the Governor within five days
after it shall have been presented to him,
it shall be law in like manner as it he
had signed it, unless the General Assem-
bly, by adjournment prevent its 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 said five days, or be q law" shall be
amended go as to read as 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 q law in like manner as
| if he had signed it, unless the General AS
| semDly 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 sh heretofore vested TED
Il
Withdrawn. The 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.
terest. In criminal cases their Jurisdiction
shall be I'M mited, and they shall have full
| jurisdiction over matters of probate and sue.
cession. Each of said district judges shall
| receive a salary of four thousand dollars
annually, 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 hundred dollars, with power to pro-
| nounce Judgment for that amount, and such
interest, not to exceed eight per cent per
annum, as may be proved, and shall have,
| in addition to the criminal jurisdiction now
vested in them, all such criminal jurisdic.
ton as is now vested in parish courts.
Clerks of the district courts shall have
power to grant writs Of arrest, attachment,
| sequestration, provisional seizure and in
junction; to receive and probate wills; to
| appoint administrators, executors, curaters
| tutors and under.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
and sale by executOry process, and shall re
ceive such fees therefor as may be provided
by the General Assembly.
4. The Governor shall receive salary o.
six thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly, on bis own warrant.
5. No fees or perqusites OF office shall Of
allowed to or received by the Treasurer
attorneys.
| lSigned) E. D. ESTILETTE,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives
lSigned) &C. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
A true COPY: Pc. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State
The foregoing was received in tho Office
of the Secretary of State July IL, 1876. anc
is made public in accordance with article
l47 OF the State constitution, which pro
vides:
ANY amendment or amendments t.
this constitution may be proposed in tn!
Senate or House Of Representatives, ant
if the same shall be agreed to by two
thirds of the members elected to eacl
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amendments shall be entered on theil
respective journals, with the yeas and nay
taken thereon; and the Secretary OF Statt
shall cause the same to be published, thret
months before the next general election to-
Representatives to the General Assembly
in q, least one newspaper in every parish j.
the State in which q newspaper shall b.
published. And such proposed amend
ment or amendments shall be submitted t
1 %ba of a
ty Of the voters at said election shall sp
prove and ratify such amendment o
amendments, the same shall become par
of this constitution. If more than on
amendment shall be submitted at one time
they shall be submitted in such name
and form that the people may vote for o
against each amendment separately.
P. G. DESLONDE,
Secretary Of State.