New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-03

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OFFICIAL.
the AMENDMENTS TO the CONSTITUTION
An cot to amend the constitution of tho
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 MEMBER of each house agreeing
thereto, That the following amendments be
proposed and entered upon the respective
sentstives, With the yeas and nays taken
thereon, and the Secretary of State shall
cause the came to be published three
months before the next general election for
Representatives in the General Assembly,
in ct least ono newspaper in every parish
in the State in which . Newspaper shall be
published, and said proposed amendments
shall be submitted to tho people. ct 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 - to the
others; and if . majority of the voters, ct
said election, shall approve and ratify such
amendment or amendments, tho came shall
DO appropriately numbered, and become
. part of the constitution, and be pro.
claimed g such by the Governor and SEQ
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 1T
tendance, and mileage of twenty cents .
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 if he
had signed it, unless the General Assem-
bly, by. adjournment prevent it's 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 80 as to read - 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 law in like manner a.
If he had signed it, unless the General As
sembly by adjournment prevent its return.
in which case it shall not be law unless
signed and promulgated within twenty
DAYS after said adjournment"
5. The judicial powers heretofore vested
in parish courts are hereby abrogsted 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
ferest. In criminal cases their jurisdiction
shall be nm mited, and they shall have full
jurisdiction over matters of probate and sue.
oessien. Each of said district judges shall
receive . salary Of four thousand dollars
annually, payable u, sesr'saf!y the On pea a,s
shall have jurisdiction in civil cases
when. without reference to interest,
the amount in dispute does not exceed
ona hundred dollars, with power to pro-
nounce Judgment for that amount. and such
interest, not to exceed eight per cent per
annum, g. may be proved, and snail nave,
| in addition to the criminal jurlsdiction now
vested in them, all such criminal jurisdic-
Zion "A il now vested in parish courts.
Clerka of the district courts shall have
mower to grant wits of arrest, attachment,
seouestration, provisional seizure and m
| junction; to receive and probate wlNei W
aDDOint administrators, executors, CuIaIoES'
tutors and under.tutors in cases IN wnlcn
no opposition shall be made; to homologSto
ACCOUNTS, tableaus and schedules OF oeots
:e "a thaRA6n. Gn6lS
| judgments being only prima facle 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, ana snaii 70,
ceive such fees therefor a. may be PROVIDED
| bv the General Assembly.
a. The Governor shall receive salary OF
ak thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly, on his own warrant. hall hs
allowed to or received by the Treasurer,
Auditor. Attorney General, or by dlstr1c'
att 1SinesS, ED. ESTILETTE,
sneaker of the House of Representatives,
1S;~nedl C.. ANTOINE.
I,ientenant Governor and President OF the
S sFns Cow: Pc. DEsLONDE,
- ~0 0f'' Secretary Of State
The foregoing was received in the office
of the Secretary of State July IL, 1910. ano
ia made public in accordance with artic'e
I47 of the State constitution. when pro
vides: I. s.,+. n
this Constitution may be proposed IN tne
Senate OF House of Representatives., ano
| II the same shall be agreed to BY TWO
| thirds of the members elected to eacn
| house. such proposed amendment OF
| amandments shall be entered on theil
respective journals, with the yeas and nays
teien thereon; and the Secretary OF State
shaiI cause the same to be published, three
T,onths before the next general election Ioi
psrresentatives to the General Assembly
- r. ieset one newspaper in every parish u
~ Stste in which Q newspaper shall Ok
~.rr T And such proposed amend
puv nt or amendments shall be submitted e
tb eD neople ct said election; and II MAJOR. .
tno * tfe voters Ut said election snan ep
H ~ and ratify such s%enam s ~. .,
emendments, tho same e9sn Deoo 49, ~,
~ tn,s constitution. II more tna s t;S "n'
o Q. sndI shall be submitted et one ume
sSS~ .hsiI be submitted IN sucn me En- =
snsSY form s that the people may yose ioF o
sesinst oaoh amendmeut eeP pT IKE
Secretary Of stass.