The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-23
OFFICIAL.
Amendments to the Constitution

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Be itenacted by the Southland House
of Representatives of the State. of
Louisiana in, General Assembly con
vened, two-thirtls OF the -megabersof
each house agreeing thereto, That the
following amendmentsl,e proposed ana
entered upon the respective journals of
the Senate and House of Representa-
tives, 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 lin at least one news
| paper in every parish in the state in
which newspaper shall be published
| and said proposed amendments snail be
| submitted to the people, at said cleo
| ton, in such manner and form that the
| people may vote for or against each
amendment separately, j. c.: First pro-
posed amendment, For approval, or
Against approval" and in likRnanner
as to the others; and majority of
voters, at said election, shall approve
and ratify sudi5auis ndment or ,amsnd-
ments, the.sN6f sail be apprcpraes
numbered, h} eepme part Of the
constitutions q VI proclaimeba as such
by the Governor dnd ISeeretstx OF state.
l. The expenditures of .eAcH session
of the General Assembly fonpN disp
and mileage Of,members, for Isiyment
of officers aud femgloyes, and Tor con-
tingent expenses, shall Not exceed the
sum of one hundred and seventy-hve
thousand dollars /; and members of the
General Assembly shall receive five
dollars day; during their attendance,
and a mileage of twenty cents mile
fot actual distahcxfrom 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
follows, to wit: ''If any bill shall not
be returned by the Governor within
| five days after it shall have been y1t-
scented to him, it shall be a law mike
manner as if he had signed it, uii1ess the
General Assembly 10y adjournment pre-
vent its return, i'll which case the said
| bill shall be returned on the first day
of the meeting of the General ASSEM-
| bly, after the expiration of saia five
| days, or be Il law, shall be amended So
rs To read as tUilows, to wit: "If any
| bill shall NOT he returned by the Gov
ernOr within five days, not including
| Sundays, after it shall have been pre-
| scented to h m 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 ii shall
not be law unless signed and promul-
gated within twenty days after said
adjournment
3. The judicial powers heretofore
vested in parish courts are hereby abrO-
gated and Withdrawn. The District
| Courts of the State, outside of the par
ish of Orleans, shall have original jul
ristiction ia al civil cases when the
amount exceeds one hundred dollars,
exclusive of interest, and appellate
| jurisdiction over cases decided by JUS
tees of the peace when the sum in dis
pute exceeds fifty dollars, exclusive of
interest. In criminal cases their juris-
diction shall he unlimited, and they
shall have full i,fftsdiction over matters
of probate and Succession. Each of
said district judges shall receive SAL
ary-of four Thousand dollars annually,
payable quarterly on his own warrant.
Justices of the peace shall have juris-
dicti0n in civil cases when, WITHOUT re-
ference to interest, the amount in dis
| pute does not exceed one hundred dol
lars with power IT, pronounce judg-
ment for that amount, and such inter-
est, not to exceed eight per cent per
annum, as may be proved, and shall
have, in addition to the c. iniinal iuris-
diction now vested in them, all such
criminal jurisdiction as is now vested i'll
parish courts. Clerks of the district
courts shall have power to grant writs
of arrest, attachment, sequestrrtiOn,
provisional seizure and INJUNCTION to
receive and probate wills; to appoint
administrators, executors, curatOrs,
tutors and under-tutOrs in cases in
which no opposition shall be made; to
homologate accounts, y,tableaus and
schedules Of debts whenssp opposition
is made Thereto, their Judgments being
prima facie evidence of correctness; To
grant orders directing sale of propertt
belonging to SUGGESTIONS or minors, and
to grant orders OF seizure and sale by
eXecutory process, and shall receite
such fees theretOrs as may be provided
by the General Assembly.
4. The Governor shall receive sal.
airy of six thousand dollars annually
payable quarterly, on his own warrant.
| D. No fees or perquis.tes of office
shall be allowed to or received by thu
Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General
or by district attorneys.
(SignedD l.. ID. ESTlLETTE,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives
(Signed) c. o.. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor aid President o.
the Senate.
A true copy. P. G. DESLONDEs
Secretary of State
Y g
Il The foregoing3 was receivdi ip'th,
Office of the Secl4tAry of State Jug. IL
1879, and is madsPdblic in accord sne'