The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1876-09-23
OFFICIAL.
The Amendments to the Constitution.
mo- &C.

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, two-thirds
of the members of each house agreeing
thereto, That the following amendments
he 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 III the General Assembly in at
| least one newspaper in every parish in the
| State in which a newspaper shall be pub
| lshed, and said proposed amendments shall
| be submitted to the people, mt said election,
| in such manner and form that this people
may vote for or against each amendments
separately, /. e: First proposed amend
| ment, For approval" or Against APP
prevail, and in like manner as to the others
and if % majority OF the voters, at said cleo
| ton, shall approve and ratify such amend
ment or amendments, the same shall be APP
propriately numbered. and become part
of the constitution, and be proclaimed as
such by the Governor and Secretary of
| State.
]. The expenditures of each session of thtY
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 five thousand dollars; and members
| of the General Assembly shall receive five
| dollars day during their attendance, and
mileage of twenty-five cents a mile for act
ual distance from the courthouse of their
| respective parishes to the State Capitol.
| 2. The last sentence in article si1ty-six of
/ the constitution, which reads as follows, to-
| wit: Is Ii any bill shall not be returned by
| the Governor within five days after it shalt
/ have been presented to him, it shall be
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unless the General Assembly by adjourn
l ment prevent its return, in which case 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 be law"
4 shall be amended SO as to read as follows,
| to-wit: 8 If any bill shall not be returned
| by the Governor within five days, not in
cluding Sundays, after it shall have been
presented to him, it shall be u law in like
| manner as if he had signed it, unless tho
General Assembly by adjournment prevent
its return, in which case it shall not be 9
law unless signed aid promulgated within
twenty days after said adjournment"
g. The judicial powers heretofore vested
in parish courts are hereby abrogated and
| Withdrawn. The district courts of the State,
outside of the parish of Orleans, shall have
original jurisdiction in all civil cases when
the amount i'll 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-
ceeds fifty dollars, exclusive of interest. In
criminal cases their jurisdiction shall be I'M
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 in civil
| cases wher, without reference to interest,
the amount in dispute does not exceed one
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jud gment for that amount, and such interest
not to exceed eight per cent. per annum, rs
| may be proved and shall have in addition
to the criminal jurisdiction now vested in
them, all such criminal jurisdiction as is now
vested i'll parish courts. Clerks of the dis
! trict courts shall have power to grant writs
| OF arrest, attachment, sequestration, provis-
ional seizure and Injunction to receive and
probate wills; to appoint administrators,
executors, curators, tutors and under-tutors
in cases III which no opposition shall be
made; to homologate accounts, tableaus and
schedules of debts when no opposition ia
F 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 executory process, and
shall receive such fees therefor as may be
provided by the General Assembly.
, 4. The Governor shall receive salary OF
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quarterly, on his own warrant.
5. No fees or perquisites of Office shall be
, allowed to OF received by the Treasurer
Auditor, Attorney General, or by district
attorneys.
(Signedl E. D. ESTILETTE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
tSigned1 G. C. ANTOINE.
!, | Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
A true copy: p. G. DEsLoNDE.
= Secretary of State
! The foregoing was received in the Office o.
4 the Secretary of State July II, 1876. and il
made public in accordance with article LII
| OF the State constitution, which provides:
L ANY amendment or amendments to thi
Q constitution may be proposed in the Senat,
e or Houseof Representatives, and if the sam,
e shall be agreed to by tvso-thirds of the men,
bers elected to each house, such prop oseC
:, amendment or amendments shall beenteret
on their respective journals, with the yeai
and nays taken thereon; and the Setretar,
OF State shall cause the same to be published
three months before The next general cleo
ton for Representatives in the General As
sembly in at least one newspaper IN ever,
a parish IN the State in which uewspape
J, shall be published. And sucL propose,
t amendment or AMENDMENTS shall be submit
y / ted to the people at said election and if
r majority of the voters at said election shall
approve and ratify such amendment o
+ amendments, the same shall become par
!, OF this constitution. If more than on
h amendment shall be submitted at one time
they shall be submitted in such manner an,
L form that the people may vote for or agains
9 each amendment separately
p. q. DEsLoNDE,
Il alTI Secretary nj Stare