The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-08-19
OFFICIAL.
Amendments to the Constitut;

Amendments to the Constitutn
An act to amend the Constitut;os
the State of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Ha..|
of Representatives of the Stats
Louisiana in General Assembly -
vened, two-thirds of the member
each house agreeing thereto, That r
following amendments be proposed -
entered upon the respective journal. p
the Senate and House of kepress,s.
tives, with the yeas and nays tsks|
thereon, and the Secretary Of ST.
shall cause the same to DO publish.s|
three months before the next eens,S|
election for Representatives in ~
General Assembly, in ut least one nss,]
paper in every parish in the STATE n
which newspaper shall be publish,1|
and said proposed amendments shalIS
submitted to the people, at said e]fs]
ton, in such manner and form that M
people may vote for or against 49,
amendment separately, i. g.: First prsI
posed amendments, For approyHl.f
Against approval" and in like mann
rs to the others; and q majority ?
voters, at said election, shall appfsV|
and ratify such amendment or ameul|
ments, the same shall be appropriatel1
numbered, and become q part of ~
constitution, and be proclaimed as sud
by the Governor and Secretary Of St,ir|
l. The expenditures of each &Ssis5
of the General 4kseembly fol -. dirl
and mileage Of members, for payne
of officers and employees, and fof ~
tingent expenses, shall not exceed ~
sum of one hundred and seventeen
thousand dollars and members Of ~
General Assembly shall receive 6vl
dollars q day during their ATTENDING
and o mileage Of twenty cents mil
fot actual distance from the court hon.
of their respective parishes to the Stst1
Capitol.
Z. The last sentence in article sixtxI
six of the constitution, which reads :
follows, to wit: If any bill shall n
be returned by the Governor with
five days after it shall have been m
sented to him, it iliall be law in IL
manner as if he had signed it, unlestA
General Assembly by adjournment ~
vent its return, in which. case the ~
bill shall be returned on the fiut =
Of the meeting Of the General Assgy
bly, after the expiration of saio IN
days, or be law, shall be amendsda 4.
as to read rs follows. to wit: 'lf N
h.1l dali h., tim px1 l.xx< 1<.A ~
erpor within five days, not includi4f
Sundays. after it shall have been phi
sented to him, it shall be law in i'll
manner as ifhe had signed it, unless u
General Assembly by ;djournmsUt pn
vent its return, in which case it bal
not be a law unless signed and pronnl{
gated within twenty days after ~
adjournment" II
5. The Judicial powers heretofd
vested in parish courts are hereby slss}
gated and withdrawn. The Distid
Courts of the State. outside of the pasI
ish of Orleans, shall haye original
risdiction in all civil cases when Z
amount exceeds one hundred dollar
exclusive of interest, and appelht
jurisdiction over cases decided by ju
tees of the peace when the sum in d.
pute exceeds fi:ty dollars, exclusive
interest. In criminal cases their jun
diction shall be unlimited, and ths1
shall have full jurisdiction over mate
Of probate ana SUCCESSION. ESQ
said district judges shall receive =
airy of four thousand dollars annuaI|
payable quarterly ON his own warr1
Justices of the peace shall have Jun
dictiOn in civil cases when, without
ference to interest, the amount In
pute does not exceed one hundred q
lars; with power to prohouace Jua
ment for that amount, and such INK
est, not to exceed eight per cent T.
annum, as may be proved, and en-
have, in addition to the criminal jui
diction now vested in them, all y.
criminal Jurisdiction as is now vested
parish courts. Clerks of the distz
courts shall hske power to grant y
Of arrest, attachment, sequestrras
provisional seizure and injunctioni
receive aud probate wills; to Apo
administr3y ton, executors, curatq
eu1VAo on ~ ulutoA~ooSoAD ~
which no opposition shall be made
homologafe accounts, tableaus
schedules of debts when no oppossc
is made thereto, their Judgments b
prims facie evidence Of cOrrectrosi
grant orders directing sale of prop
belonging To SUGGESTIONS or minors
to grant ortlse1 Of seizure and ~
executory ukooess, and shall rsa1
such fees t6j cefor ~ may be prov
by the Gehs4 Ii Assembly.
4. The Gokernsr shall receives
airy of six housand dollars annn
payable iqus terly, on his own wan
s. No fe9 or perquisites OF
shall be faiowed to or received y
treasurer auditor, Attorney Con
or by district attorneys.
(Signedll Z. d. ESTILETIANI
Speaker d the House of Representa-
(Signe&) G. q. ANroln5,
Lieutenab bit Governor and Presides
the Sci late. n,u
A 'laslsep1- r- ss,1 DssIo q g
The foregoing was received 2
,eesaA Il ~ Secretary Of State Ju,y
1sz6 a,h ia made public in necOro