The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1876-09-16
OFFICIAL.

Ih6 Amendments 70 tn5 OVnstbuduA'
mo. &c.
An act to amend the constitution of the
State of Louisiana.
Re II 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
he proposed and entered upon the respective
Journals of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives. with the yeas and nays tAkefl
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 IN the
State in which 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 pe6nfe
NAV vote for or against each SIhendfHeffs
separately. i. e: First proposed aIaehd-
ment, " For approval" or !" Against nPI
prevail and in like manner as TO the others
and if u majority of the voters. as said efee-
ton, shall approve and ratify stfefi anteRd-
ment or amendments, the same sifHfl bio ap-
propriately numbered. and become part
| of the constitution, and be roeIaTFfeA as
sueli by the Governor and Secretary OF
! State.
| /, Tie expenditures of each session of tho
| General Assembly for per diem and mileage
| of members. fer payment of officers and
/ employees, and for co ntingent expenses, shall
not exceed ttfe sum OF one hundred and
seventy five fhoHsapd dollars; and members
| of the General Assembly shall receive Eve
dollars day sinring their attenda nee, and e
mileage of twenty-five cents a mile Tor act
/ ual distance from the eourt-honse of their
respective parishes to the State Capitol.
| 2 The last sentence in article sixty-six of
| the constitution, which reads as follows. to-
/ wit: - If any bill shall not be returned by
/ the Governor within five days after it Rhail
| have been presented to him, it shall be
! law in like manner as if he had signed it,
unless the General Assembly by adjourn
ment prevent its return, in which case 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 as to read ms follows,
to-wit: 'sIf any bill shall not be returned
by the Governor within five days, not in
GLIDING Sundays, after it shall have been
| presented to him, it shall be u law in like
manner as if he had signed it, nniess the
General Assembly by adjournment prevent
its return in which case it shall not be u
law unless signed AID promulgated within
twenty days after said adjournment
3. The judicial powers heretofore vested
in parish courts are hereby abrogated and
withdrawn. The district courts OF the State.
outside of the parish of Orleans, shall have
original jurisdiction in all civil eases When
the amount i'll dispute exceeds one hundred
dollars exclusive of interest, and appellate
jurisdiction over cases decided by justices of
| the peace when the amount in dispute ex-
ceeds fifty dollars, exclusive of interest. In
criminal eases their Jurisdiction shall be un-
limited. aud they shall have full jurisdiction
oyerlhatters of pro bate and succession. 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 III civil
cases whep, without reference TO interest,
the amount in dispute does not exceed ono
, hundred dollars, with p0wer to pronounce
judgment for that amount. aud such interest,
: not to exceed eight per cent, per annum, as
may be proved. and shall have in addition
T, to the criminal jurisdiction HOW vested in
!, them, all such criminal Jurisdiction rs is now
vested in parish courts. Clerks of the dis
| triet courts shall have power to grant writs
! of arrest, attachment, representation, proyis
iunal seizure and injunction; to receive and
. probate wills; to appoint administrators
: executors. euratDrs, tutors and under-tutOrs
. in cases in which no opposition shall be
made; to llomoiogate accounts, tableaus and
schedules of debts when no opposition ID
= made thereto, their judgments being only
prima faoie evidence OF correctness to gram
: olders directing sale OF property belonging
to SUGGESTIONS or minors, and to grant order,
+ of seizure and sale by exeeutory process, and
: shall receive such fees therefor as may b,
, provided by the General Assembly.
9 A. The Governor shall receive salary o
7 six Thousand dollars annually, payabl,
l quarterly, on his own warrant.
: ). No fees or perquisites of Office shall b.
9 allowed to or received by the Treasurer
;, Auditor, Attorney General, or by distric
y attorneys.
t lsigned) Ed. EsTILETTE,
= Speaker of the House of Representatives
:, lSignedl G. G. ANTOINE.
= Lieutenant Governor and President of tn
y Senate. t
g A true copy: P. G. DESLONDE,
Z. Secretary of State,
= The foregoing was received in the Office 3
e the Secretary of State July II, 1876, and
= = made public IN accordance with article IA
- OF the State constitution, which provides:
= Any amendment or amendments to thi
40 constitution may be proposed in the Senat
or House of Representatives, and if tho sam
u shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the men
n beers elected to each house. such propose
y amendment or amendments shall DO entere
Us on their respective journals, with the YES
and nays taken thereon; and the Seeretar
of State shall cause the same to be pubhshc
- three months before the next general Gle,
ton for Representatives in tile General A
sefnhly. IN at least one newspaper in ever
parish IN the State in which a newspap,
IS, shall be published. And such propose
st amendment or amendments shall be submit
p ted to the people at said election and if
er majority OF the voters at said election sha
approve and ratify such amendment ,
til amendments, the same shall become a. pa
g. OF this constitution. II more than OF
oh amendment shall be submitted ut one tim
they shall be submitted in snch manner an
NJ form that the people may vote for or again
70 each amendment separately
81 r. G. DEsLoNDE,