New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-29

Representatives IN the General Assembly,
in ct least ono newspaper in every parish
in the State in which newspaper shall be
published, and said proposed amendments
shall be submitted to the people, ct said
election, in such manner and form that the
people may vote for or sgainst each amend
ment separately, !. 6: First proposed
amendment, 'FOr approval, or against
approval" and in like manner a. to the
others; and if q majority of the voters, ut
said election, shall approve and rstify such
amendment or amendments, the same shall
be appropriately numbered, and become
. parS Of the cOnstitutiOn, and be pro.
claimed rs such by the Governor and Hec-
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-fve thousand dollars; and
members of the General Assembly shall
receive five dollars day during their At
tendance, and q mileage OF twenty cents .
mile for actual distance from the court
house If their respective parishes to the
State Capitol.
2. The last sentence IN article sixty -slz
Of the constitution, which reads ss fol-
lows, to wit: iii 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 be
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 first day of the meeting of
the General Ass. emily after the expiration
Of said five days, Or be law" shall be
amended 90 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 promulgated within twenty
DAYS after said adjournment"
3. The judicial powers heretofore vested
in parish courts are hereby sbrOgated 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Withdrawn.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 casrs 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, aud they shall have full
jurisdiction over matters Of probate aud cue
cessien. 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-
nouncs Judgment for that amount, and such
interest, not to exceed eight per cent per
annum, a. 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 conrts.
Clerks of the district courts shall have
power to grant writs Of arrest, attachment,
sequestrstiOn, provisional seizure and in
junction; to receive and probate wills; to
appoint administrators, executors, curatSrs,
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 prims facie evidence
OF correctness; to grant orders directing
sale of property belonging to SUGGESTIONS
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 a salary Of
six thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly, on his own warrant.
5. No fees or perqnlsites of Office shall be
allowed to or received by the Treasurer,
Auditor, Attorney General, or by district
attorneys.
(Signed) E.. d. ESTILETTE,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
(Signed) &C. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
A true COPY: Pc. DESLONDE,
Secretary OF State.
The foregoing was received in the Office
of the Secretary of State July IL, 1876. ana
is made public in accordance with article
l47 OF the State constitution, which pro-
videe:
Any amendment or amendments to
this constitution may be proposed in the
Senate or House vi Representatives, and
if the same shall he agreed to by two
thirds of the members elected to each
house, such proposed amendment VI
amendments shall be entered on their
respective journals, with the yeas aud NAYS
taken thereon; and the Secretary State
shall cause the saine ~ ba published, three
months before the next general election iOr
Representatives. to the General Assembly
| in a. least one newspaper in every parish in
the State in which u newspaper shall De
published. Aud such proposed amend.
ment or amendments shall he submitted to
the people at said election: and il y msjori
| ty Of the voters at said election shall ap
provo and ratity such amendment OF
amendments. the same shall become part
of this constitution. II more than one
amendment shall be submitted at one time
they shall be submitted IN such name.
and form that the people may vote for OF
against each amendment separately.
PIG DESLONDE,
Sacretarv Of State.