New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-01
OFFICIAL.
The AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

An act to amend the constitution CT 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 be
proposed and entered upon the respective
iourn als of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentativee, 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, i. 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 ratify such
amendment or amendments, the same shall
be appropriately numbered, and become
part Of the constitution, and be pro.
claimed as such by the Governor and Sec
retary 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 dollare; and
members of the General Assembly shall
receive five dollars day during their at
tendance, and a mileage OF twenty cents
mile for actual distance from the court
| house Of their respective parishes to the
| State CapitOi.
.. The last sentence IN article sixty-six
of the constitution, which reads ss 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 il he
| had signed it, unless the General Assem-
| bly, by adjournment prevent its return,
| in which case the ssid bill shall be re-
turned on the fret day of the meeting Of
| the General Assembly after the expiration
| of said five days, or be law shall be
| amended go az to read as follows, to wit:
IF any bill ehall not be returned by the
| Governor within five days, not including
Sundays, after it shall have been presented
| to him, it snail be law in like manner AS
| if he had signed it, unless the General As
sembly by adjournment prevent its return.
| in which CAGE it shall not be law unless
| signed and promulgated within twenty
days after said adjournment
8. The judicial powers heretofore vested
| in parish courts ara hereby abrOgated and
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 un mited, and they shall have full
jurisdiction over matters of probate and suc.
IT, 10 S,,I nhnl
receive q 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 pei
anpum, a. may be proved, and shall have
in addition to the criminal jurisdiction now
vested in them, all such criminal jurisdlo
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; tt
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, theil
judgments being only prima facie evidence
of correctness; to grant orders directing
sale of property belonging to successionI
or minors, and to grant orders OF seizure
and sale by execut0ry 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 his own warrant.
5. No fees or perG uisites of Office shall 81
allowed to or received by the Treasurer
Auditor, Attorney General, CT by distric
attorneys. acknowledgements
Speaker of the House of Representatives
| (Signed) G. G. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of thu
Senate.
A true COPY: Pc. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State
The foregoing was received in the of5c
of the Secretary OF State Jolly IL, 1870. am
; is made public in accordance with artiol
l47 Of the State constitution, which Pre-
} vides:
ANY amendment or amendments t
this constitution may be proposed in tn
Senate or House Ut Representatives, ant
if the same shall be agreed to by two
thirds of the members elected to eac
house, such proposed amendment 0
amendments shall be entered on thei
respective journals, with the yeas and nay
f taken thereon; and the Secretary OF Stat
shall cause the same to be published, tire
months before the next general election to
Representatives to the General Assembly
in a. least one newspaper in every parish i
the State in which newspaper shall b
published. And such proposed amend
ment or amendments shall be submitted +
: the people at said election; and If a major
ty Of the voters at said election shall az
prove and ratify such amendment o
amendments, the same shall become pa'