New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-18
OFFICIAL.
THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

| Inc AMENDMENTS ~ Inc CUNS IIIUl IUT
mo. 90.
An act to amend the constitution of tn,
State of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House O
Representatives of the State of L0uisians
in General Assembly convened, two-thirdl
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 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 fol
Representatives in the General Assembly,
in at least one newspaper in every parish
in the State in which newspaper shall be
published, and said proposed amendments
shall be submitted to the people, at said
| election, in such manner and form that the
people may vote for or against each amend
ment separately, i. e: First proposed
amendment, "FOr approval, or Against
| approval" and in like manner as to the
others: and if majority of the voters, at
said election, shall approve and ratify such
| amendment or amendments, the same shall
| be appropriately numbered, and become
a 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
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 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.
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 fret day of the meeting of
the General Assembly after the expiration
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
6lRueu anu prOmuI&dteU Wltulu twenty
days after said adjournment"
8. The judicial powers heretofore vested
| in parish courts are hereby abrogated 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
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tereet. 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 salary of four thousand dollars
Annually, payable quarterly on his
own warrant. Justices of 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, all such criminal jurisdic-
ton as is now vested in parish courts.
Clerks of the district courts shall have
power to grant writs of arrest, attachment,
sequestration, provisional seizure and in
junction; to receive and probate wills; to
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tutors and under.tutOrs in cases in which
no opposition shall be made; to homologate
accounts, tableaus and schedules of debts
when no opposition is made thereto, their
| judgments being only prima facie evidence
of correctness; to grant orders directing
sale Of property belonging to successions
or minors, and to grant orders of seizure
and sale BY exscutory process. and shall re,
ceive such fees therefor as may be provided
| nv thu Ganara1 Aasemhlv
| 4. The Governor shall receive salary Of
six thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly, on his own warrant.
5. No fees or perquisites of Office shall be
allowed to or received by the Treasurer
Auditor, Attorney General, or by district
attorneys.
(Signed) ED. ESTILETTE,
Speaker of the House Of R sgTeY%s
Lieutenant Governor and ID President Of the
A true copy: Pc. DESLONDE,
Secretary Of State
The foregoing was received in the Office
of the Secretary of State July II, 1876. and
lie made public in accordance with article
lH of the State constitution, which pro
videe:
Any amendment or amendments tt
this constitution may be proposed in ths
Senate or House If 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 nayt
taken thereon; and the Secretary OF State
shall cause the same to be published, three
months before the next general election to-
Representatives to the General Assembly
in q, least one newspaper in every parish il
the State in which q newspaper shall bt
published. And such proposed amend
ment or amendments shall be submitted tt
the people at said election; and if MAJOR
ty Of the voters at said election shall ap
prove and ratify such amendment Of
amendment shall be submitted at one time