The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1876-10-28
OFFICIAL.
The Amendments to the Constitution.
mo. Sc.

state OF louisiana.
Be it 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 amendnents
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 Repre-
sentatiyes III the General Assembly IN at
least one newspaper in every parish III the
State in which u newspaper SHALL be pub
lished, 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 amendment
separately, /. First proposed amend
ment, i" For approval" or Against ap
prevail" and in like manner as TO the others !;
and if a majority of the voters, at said cleo
ton, shall approve and ratify such amend-
ment or amendments, the same shall be APP
propriately 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, shall
not exceed the sum OF one hundred and
seyenty-fiye thousand dollars; and members
of the General Assembly shall receive fve
dollars a day during their attendance, and a
mileage OF twenty-five cents a mile for act
ual distance from the courthouse of their
respective parishes to the State Capitol
.. The last sentence in article siXty-eix of
the constitution, which reads as follows, 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 he
law in like manner us if he had signed il,
unless the General Assembly by adjourn
ment prevent its return, in which ease the
said bill shall be returned on the first day
of the meeting of the General Assembly after
the expiration of said five days, or be u law. -
shall be amended SD ny to read as follows,
to-wit: !" II any bill shall not be returned
by the Governor within five days. not in
Guiding Sundays, after it shall have been
presentedto him, it shall he law in like.
manner as if he had signed it, unless The.
General Assembly by adjournment prevent
its return, in which case it shall not be u
law unless signed and promulgated within
twenty days after said adjournment
3. The judicial powers heretofore vested
in parish courts are hereby abrogatcd and
withdrawn. The district courts of the State,
outside OF 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 III dispute ex-
ceeds fifty dollars, exclusive of interest. In
criminal cases their jurisdiction shall be I'M
limited, aud they shall have full jurisdiction
over matters of PROBATE and succession. Each
of said district judges shall receive d salary
of four thousand dollars annually, payable
! quarterly on his own warrant. Justices of
| the peace shall have jurisdiction III civil
| cases wher, without reference to interest,
| the amount Ill dispute does not exceed one
| hundred dollars with power to pronounce
| it1fo hut II
not to exceed eight per cent. per iinnum, as
may be proved. and shall have in addition
to the criminal jurisdiction now vested in
them, all such criminal jurisdiction as is now
vested in parish courts. Clerks of tho dis
trict courts shall have power to grant writs
of arrest, attachment, sequestration, proyis-
ional seizure and injunction to receive and
probate wills; to appoint administrators,
| executors. curators, tutors and under-tutors
in cases in which no opposition shall be-
made to honlologate accounts, tahleaus and
schedules of debts when no opposition is
made thereto, their judgments being only
| Drima facie evidence OF correctness; to grant
oiders directing sale of property belonging
to SUGGESTIONS or minors, and to grant orders
of seizure and sale by executory process, and
shall receive such fees therefor lis 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.
5. No fees or perquisites of office shall be
allowed to or received by the Treasurer,
Auditor, Attorney General, or by district
| attorneys.
iSignsd) ID. ESTILETTE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) G.. &. 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 IL, 1876, and is
made public i'll accordance with article I47
of the State constitution, which provides:
Any amendment or amendments to this
constitution may be proposed in the Senate
or House of Representatives., and if the same
shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the menu
bers elected to each house, such prop osed
amendment or amendments shall be 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, in at least one newspaper in every
parish in the State IN which Il newspaper
i shall be published And such proposed
amendment or amendments shall be submit
ted to the people ut said election; and if u
majority of the voters ut said election shall
approve and ratify such amendment on
amendments, the same shall become part
| of this constitution. If more than one
amendment shall be submitted at one time,
they shall be submitted in such manner and
form that the people may vote for or against
each amendment separately.
p. G.. DESLoNDE,
/ augl2-3m Secretary of State.