The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1876-11-11
OFFICIAL.
Tie Amendments to the Constitution.
no 96.


no. 96.
An act to amend the constitution of the
State of Louisiana.
BE il enacted by the Senate and House of
REPRESENTATIVES OF the State of Louisiana
in General Assembly convened, two-thirds
of the members of each house agreeing
thereto That the following amendments
lie proposed and entered upon the respective
! Journals OF the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, with the yeas and nays takeH
| thereon and the Secretary Of State shall
| cause the same to be published three months
| before tie next general election for Repre-
| scntatives III the General Assembly in at
| least one newspaper in every parish i'll the
! State iii which u newspaper shall be pub
/ Iished and said proposed amendments shall
/ be submitted to the people, at said election,
in suGll manner and form that the people
may vote for or against each amendment
sepaiatelv, l. e: First proposed amend
nent, :" For approval, or Against APP
| prevail and in like manner as to the others;
| aud if a majority of the voters, ut said elec-
| tion. shall approve and ratifY such amend
ment or amendments. the same shall be ap-
| rropriately numbered, and become part
/ Of the 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 and mileage
| of members. for payment OF officers and
employees, and for contingent expenses snail
not exceed the sum OF one hundred and
seventy five thousand dollars; and members
Of the General Assembly shall receive five
dollars day during their attendance, and p
/ mileage OF twent y-tiye cents Il mile for act
ual distance from the courthouse OF their
respective parishes to the State Capitol
/ =. The l;.at sentence i'll article sixty -SiX of
! the constitution, which reads as follows, to-
wit: = Ii any bill shall not be returned by
| the Governor within five days after it shall
I have been presented to him, ii shall be u
| law in like manner as if he had signed it,
/ unless the General Assembly by adjourn
ment prevent its return, in which ease The
said biiI shall be returned on tie first day
of The meeting OF the General ASSEMBLY after
the expiration OF said five days, be Il law
shall lie amended TO read us follows,
tu-wit II amy bill shall not bc returned
! by the Governor within five days, not III
| Guiding SUNDAYS, after it shall have been
presented 10 him, it shall be law III like.
manner if he htd signed it. unless the
| General Assembly by adjournment prevent
| its return. in which ease it shall not be 1t
law unless signed AID promulgated within
| twenty days after said adjournment
! 3. The judicial powers heretofore vested
/ in parish courts are hereby abrag;gted ansl
withdrawn The district courts of the State
outside Of the parish of Orleans, shah have
original jurisdiction III all civil cases wipIt
/ the amount III dispute exceeds one hundred
dollars. exclusive of interest, and appellate
jurisdiction over eases decided nv justices Of
! the peace when the :tplonnt in dispute e>-
! cccds fifty dollars exclusive ri interest. In
criminal eases their jurisdiction afs!! he un-
limited, and they shall have full jurisdiction
| 0vermatters OF PROBATE and succession. Each
of said district judges shall receive a salary
! of four thousand dollars annually. payable
/ quarterly ON mis- own warrant. justices of
the peace shall have jurisdiction iii civil
| eases wheP, without reference. to interest
| the amount in dispute does not exceed ellu
hundred dollars. with power to pronounce
Judgment for that AMOUNT al Il sHeh interest,
not TO exceed eight per cent. per annum, as
may be proved and shall have iii addition
to the criminal jurisdiction now vested in
them. all such criminal jurisdiction as Is now
vested i'll parish courts. Clerks of the dis
trict courts shall have power to grant writa
OF arrest, attachment, representation, provis-
ional seizure and Injunction; to receive and
probate wills; to appoint administrators,
executors, curaters, tutors and Ilnder-tuto;s
i'll cases i'll which no opposition shall be
made: to ilnnlulogate accounts. tableaus and
schedules OF debts when no opposition is
made thereto, their judgments being only
prilna fRcie evidence ri correctness; 10 grant
orders directing sale Of property belonging
| to succcssions or minors, and to grant orders
of seizure and sale by exeeutery process, aud
shall receive such fees therefor as may be
provided by the General Assembly.
4. The Governor shall receive II salary of
six thousand dollars annually, PAYABLE
quarterly, on his own warrant.
;. No fees or perqusites of office shall be
allowed to or received by the Treasurer,
Auditor, Attorney General, or by district
/ attorneys.
| tSgnedl E. D. EsTILETTE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
tSigned) e. G.. ANTOINE
Lieutenant Governor and President of thu
Senate.
A true copy: p. G. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State.
The foregoing was received i'll the office of
the Secretary OF State July II, 1876. and is
made public III accordance with article l47
of the State constitution, which provides:
Any amendment or amendments to this
constitution may he proposed in the Senate
or House of Representatives, and it the same
shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the meEl,
beers elected to each house, such proposed
amendment or amendments shall lie entered
on their 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 cleo
ton for Representatives in the General AS
sembly, III at least one newspaper in every
parish III the State III which Il newspaper
shall be published. Aud such proposed
amendment or amendments Shall be submit
ted to the people ut said election and If IL
| majority OF the voters at said election shall
approve and ratify such amendment or