The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-10-07
OFFICIAL.
Amendments to the Constitution.

w. 10.
An act TO amend the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana.
BE it enacted by the Senate aud House
of Representatives of the State of
Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, tw0-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 kepresenta-
tives. with the yeas anil nays taken
thereon, and the Secretary of Sfltc
shall cause the same To be published
three months before the next general
election for Representatives in the
General Assembly ,iuat least one news
paper in every parish in the state iii
which newspaper shall be published,
and said proposed amendments shall be
submitted tosthe people. at said cleo
ton, in such manner and form that tho
people may vote for or against each
amendment separately, i. e.: First go
posed amendment, For approval or
Against approval" and in like manner
as to the others; and majority of
voters, ut said election, shall approve
AMI ratify such amendment or amend
nsenis, the same shall be appropriately
numbered, and become a part of tho
constitution, and be proclaimed as such
by the Governor and Secretary of State.
: /. The expenditures of each session
of the General Assembly for per diem
aud mileage of members, for payment
of officers and employees, and tor COLI
tingeut 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 attendance,
and mileage of twenty cents "A mile
fot actual distance from the court house
of their respective parishes to the state
capitol.
=. The last sentence in article sixty.
six OF the constitution, which reads as
foftpws, To wit: ''If any bill shall not
be returned by the Governor within
five days after it shall have been pre-
scented TO him, it shall be law in like
manner as ii be had signed it, unless the
Genera. Assembly by adjournment pre-
vent its return, in which case the said
bill shall he retusIled on the first day
of the meeting OF the General Assem-
bly, after the expiration of saia five
rs to read as follows, to wit !: ''If any
bill shall net be returned by the Gov
crnor within five days, not including
sundays, after it shall have been pres
scented To him, it shall be law in like
manner as if he had signed it, unless the
General Assembly by adjournment pre-
vent its return, in which case it shall
not be a law unless signed and promnl-
gated within twenty days after said
s. The Judicial powers heretofore
vested in parish courts are hereby abro-
gated and Withdrawn. The District
courts of the State, outside of the par
isl. of Orleans, shall have original ju-
risdiction in all civil cases when tho
amount exceeds one hundred dollars,
exclusive of interest, aud appellate
jurisdiction over cases decided bS JUS
tees of tue peace when the sum in dis
pute exceeds fifty dollars, exclusive of
interest. In criminal cases their jurls-
diction shall be unlimited, and they
shall have full jurisdiction over matters
of probate and succession. Each or
said district judges shall receive a sal
AIRY of four Thousand dollars annually,
payable quarterly on his own warrant.
Justices OF the peace shall have juris-
diction in civil cases when, without re-
ference to interest, the amount i'll dis
pute does not exceed one hundred dol
lars with power to pronounce judg-
ment for that amount, and such inter-
est, not TO exceed eight per cent per
;annuIu, as may be proved, and shall
have, III addition to the criminal juris-
dictIon now vested in them, all such
criminal Jurisdiction as is now vested in
parish courts. Clerks of the district
courts shall have power to graft srits
of arrest, attachment, sequestrr;ion,
provisional seizure and injunction; to
receive aad probate wills; to appoint
administrators, executors, curatOrs,
tutors and under-tutors in cases in
which no opposition shall be made; to
honolOgate accounts, tableaus and
schedules of dcDts wnen no opposition
is made thereto, their judgments being
prima ficie evidence OF correctness; to
grant orders directing sale of property
belonging to SUGGESTIONS or miiiOls, anu
to grant orders oi seizure and sale BY
execu.ory process, and snall receive
such fees therefor as may be provided
by the General Assembly.
A. The Governor SHALL receive q sal-
AIRY of six thousand dollars annually,
pa, able quarterly, on his own warrant.
.. No fees or perquis.tes Of office
shall be allowed to or received by the
Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney GENERAL.
or by district attorneys.
,oisned) Il. ID. ESTILETTE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signcd) T.. =. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President. of
the Senate.
A true copy p. q. DESLOSDE,
Secretary of State.