New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-04

OFFICIAL.
THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

mo. SO.
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, wo-thirds
OF the members of each house agree ing
thereto, That the following amendments be
proposed and entered upon the respective
| journals of the Senate and House Of Repre-
| sentatives, 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 a newspaper shall be
| published, and said proposed amendments
shall be submitted TO the people, at said
election, in such manner and form chat the
people may vote for or against each amend
| ment separately, ]. G: First proposed
amendment, For approval, or Against
approval" and in ike manner as 10 the
others: and if a majority Of the voters, at
said ction, shall approve and ratliy sucn
amendment or amendments, the came shall
be appropriately numbered, and become
q part of the constitution, and be pro
claimed as such by the Governor and Sec
rotary 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-ive thousand dollars; and
members of the General Assembly shall
receive FIVE dollars day during their at
tendance, and a mileage OF twenty cents q
mile for 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 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 its return.
in which case the said bill shall be re-
turned on the ticst day of the meeting Of
the General Assembly after the expiration
of said five days, or be law" shall be
| amended so as to read as 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 as
| 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 promul gated within twenty
| days after said adjournment"
3. The judicial powers heretofore vested
! in parish courts are hereby abrogated and
| Withdrawn. The district courts of the
| State. outside the parish of Orleans, shali
| 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 IN mited and they shall have full
| Jurisdiction over matters of probate and sue
cession. Each Of said district judges shall
| receive a salary of four thousand dollars
| annrany, payable quarterly on his
| own warrant. Justices ct 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 per
annum, as may be proved, and shall have,
| in addition to the criminal jurisdiction now
! vested in them, al such criminal jurisdic.
| ton as is now vested in parish courts.
| Clerks of the district courts shall have
| power to grant wrlts OF arrest, attachment
| seQuestration, provisional seizure and III
| junction; to receive and probate wills; to
| appoint administrators, executors, curaters
| tutors and under-tutors IN cases IN which
| no opposition shall be made: to homologate
| accounts, tableaas and schedules of debts
| when no opposition is made thereto, then
| judgments being only prima facie evidence
! of correctness; to grant orders directing
sale Of property belonging to euccessions
| or minors, and to grant orders of seizure
| and sale by executory process, and shall re
ceive such fees therefor as may be provided
| by the General Assembly.
4. The Governor shall receive salary OF
six thousand dollars annually, payable
| quarterly, on his own warrant.
). No fees or perquisites of office shall be
! allowed to or received by the Treasurer
| Auditor, Attorney General, or by district
| attorneys.
| Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signed) c. &C. ANTOINE,
| Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
A true copy: P. G. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State
| The foregoing was received in the Office
of the Secretary of State July II, 1876. and
| is made public in accordance with article
| l47 of the State constitution, which pro
| vides:
! ANY amendment or amendments tC
| this constitution may be proposed in the
Senate or House vf Representatives, and
if the same shall be agreed to by two
thirds of the members elected to eact
house, such proposed amendment OF
| amendments shall be entered on theil
respective journals, 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 fol
Representatives to the General Assembly
in q. least one newspaper in every parish il
the State in which 8 newspaper shall bt
published And such proposed amend
ment or amendments shall be submitted tc
the people at said election; and if MAORI
| ty Of the voters at said election shall ap
prove and ratify such amendment OF
amendments, the same shall become par
| of this constitution. 1t more than ont
amendment shall be submitted at one time
they shall be submitted in such manner
and form that the people may vote for o.
against each amendment separately.
| P. G. DESLONDE,