The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-14

Be it enacted By the Senate and House Of
Representative Of me State Of LOuisIaus in
General Assembly convened, tWC-thiFds Of the
members Of each house agreeing thereto, That
the following srendmeuts be proposed and
entered upon the respective journals Of the
State and House Of Representatives, with the
yeas and nays taken thereon and he Secretary
Of State shalt cause the same to be published
tBYee months before the nGxt general election
for Representa-. ives in the General Assembly,
in at east one newspBp in every parish in
the State in hirh newspaper shall DO gub
lished aud said proposed am. ndments shall be
submitted to the people, at said election, IL
such a manner sad form that the people may
vote for or against each amendment. & FIR
approval or Against approval" and in like
manner as to the others and if majority Of
the ter8, at said election, shall approve an
ratify uch amendment or amendments, the
same shall be ap. roprist ly Numbered, and be,
come a part Of the constitution, and be pro
claimed as such by the Governor a.d Secretary
of State.
Amendment No. The expenditures Of each
session If the General Assembly for per diem
ard miIesge Of members, for payment Of officers
or employees, aud tor contingent expenses shall
not exceed the sum Of $I75,. 90 ; and members
Of the General Assembly shall receive S. "a day
during their attendance, aud 8 mileage of
twenty GEMS a mile for actual distance from the
courthouse of their respective parishes 10 the
~rate Capitol.
Amendment No. 2-The last sen ence in
article six y one of the constitution which
reais as foil Ws, to wis: eff ang bill shall not
lie returned ny the Governor within FIVE days
after it shall have been presented to him, it
hall be a law in like manner as it he had
signed it, unless the Geueral Assembly by ad-
iournm prevent its return, in which case the
said bill shall DO returned on the dTst dsy uf
the meeting of the General Assembly after the
expiration of said five days, or be q law" shall
be ameE del so as 70 read as follows, to wit /:
- If any bill shall not be returned b, the Iovs
ernor within fve days. not including Sundays,
after il shall have been presented to him, it
sh II he a law IN like manner as if be bad
signed it, unless the General Assembly by ad
iournmeUt preven- its return in which case ii
shall NOT De aU unless zigBe1 and prOmHl~
cared within twenty Gays after said adjourn
ment."
Amendment No. 2-The ju 'icial powers here
tofOre vested in parish cou'ts are hereby abro'
gated and WtthdTaWn. The District courts Of
the State out ids thr Pari h OF Orleans. shall
nave or giuaI jurisdiction iu all civil cases
elusive Of iu'eresl ann appellate jucisdic ion
over cases decided by The justices Of the peace
when the ar, nat j.. dispute exceeds $50, ex
elusive Of interest In criminal eases their iuFis-
dictis.n shall BE- un United and hey shall have
full iu isdicfiCn over matters Of probate au'
succession. Each of said district judges shall
receive a salary of $4,000, a nu8ll,, pa able
Quarterly on his own warrant.
Iustires If the peace shall have jurisdiction in
civil races when. without reference to interest.
the amount in dispute does I ex ted One hun
dred dollars, with power 20 pronounce jadg
ment for bat amount, and such interest, not to
exceed ght per cent. per aunum, ~ may be
proved, and shalt have, in addition to the Grim
inal Jurisdiction now vested in then, all such
criminal juris iction as is now vested in pa ish
rourts.
Clerks Of the district courts shall have power
to grant writs of arrest, attachment, sequestrnS
ton, provisional seizure and injunction to
receive and probate wills t0 appoint admins
tratOrs, executors, euraroFs, tutors and under
tutors in cases in which no opposition hall be
made; to hOmO1Ogate accounts, tsbleaus and
sch .dules of debts when no opposition is made
thereto, the Judgments being only pPma taeia
evidence of correctness; to grant order d rect
ing salCs Of property belonging TO sueesssions
tR mi Ors, and to grant orders Of seizure and
sale bY exeeutOry process, and shru receive
suCb fees therefor as shall Be provided BY the
GeuaFalAssemb y.
Amendment No. 4-The Governor shall re
eaive q salary of six thousand dollars, annu~
ally, PAYABLE quarterly, on mis- own warrant.
Amendment No. 5--NO fees or psrqui>iteS
of Office sbal be allowed to OF received by the
Treasurer. Auditor, Attorney General, or dis
trict attorneys. -
(iRnsdl 3. d. EsT1LkFEb'
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
(SigUed c. L. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
P. G. DESL0NDE,
Secretary Of State.