New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-27
OFFICIAL.
THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ccNSTITUTiC

An act 10 amend me CONSTITUTION C1 Tue
State ct Louisiana.
Be il enacted bv the Senate and House OF
Representatives CT the State OF Louisiana
in General Assembly convened, twC-thlrds
OF the members of each house agreeing
thereto That the following amendments be
proposed and entered upon The respective
Journals Of the Senate and HCuse OF Repre-
ser,a-ices, with the vess and nays taken
thereon. and the Secretary q State shall
cause the same to be published three
months before the Text general election fo7
Representatives in the General Assembly,
IL 1t least one Newspaper in every parish
in the State in which d newspaper shall be
puhlieneG, and sal0 proposed amendments
shall be submitted to tie people, at said
election, in such IDaLnes and form that the
people may vote for or against each aMeId-
ment separately, /. {; First proposed
amendment, For approval. OF against
APPROVAL" ard il Ike manner as to the
otheIs ard Il majority of the voters, at
said election, shall approve snd rati1y such
amendment or amendments, the same shall
be appropriately numbered, and become
paIg OF the CONSTITUTION, and be pro
claimed as such by the Governor and Sec
rotary OF State.
!. The expenditures OF each session Of the
General Assembly tor PEI diem and mileage
vi members, iCr payment OF officers and
shall not exceed the sum Of one hundred
and seveIty-hve thousand dollars; and
members Of the General Assembly shall
receive five dollars d day during their az
tendance, and {. mileage OF twenty cents
mile Tor actual Instance from the court
house Of their respective parishes to The
State Capitol.
= The last sentence n article sixty-slx
Of the constitution, which reads Us fol-
III. r.. she,1 hk.
returned by the Governor within tve days
after it shall have been presented to ill.,
il shall be a law in Ike manner as i tie
had signed I, unless tie General Assem-
bly, by aGjUErnmeE: prevent its return.
in which csse the said bill shall he re-
turEed on the first day of the meeting OF
:he General Assembly after the expiration
Of said i've days, CT be Jaw, shall De
amended so as &c read ss follows, tG wit:
IF any bill shall nct De returned by the
Governor within five days, not including
Sundays. after it shall have been presented
to him. il shall be law in ike manner az
if he had signed it, unless the General AS
eenbly by adjournment prevent Ia return.
in which case it shall rot be law unless
signed and promulgated within twenty
days after SAID adjournment"
3, The judicial powers heretofore vested
in parish courts are hereby abrogsted 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 cases 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 De IN mited, and .Ley shall have full
jurisdiction over matters OF probate and sue
cess.on. Each Of sad district judges shall
receive salary Of four thousand dollars
ann"aRy, payable quarterly on his
own warrant. Justices of the peace
shall have jurisdiction n civil cases
when, wiThOu. reference to interest,
the amount in dispute does not exceed
one hundred dollars. with power to pro
nounce Judgment for that amount, and such
interest, Lot TO exceed eight per cent per
annu,G, as may be proved, and shall have,
in addition 10 .he criminal Jurisdiction now
vested in them, ali such criminal jurisdic-
tiOr as IS now vested n parish courts
Clerks Of the district courts shall have
power 70 grant writs OF arrest, attachment,
sequestration, provisional seizure and in
junction; to receive and probate Wills; TO
appoint administrators. executors, curatsrs.
tutors and underwriters 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 prima facie evidence
of correctness; to grant orders directing
sale CT property belonging to SUGGESTIONS
or minors. and 20 grant orders OF seizure
and sale by execurory process, and shall re-
Ceive such fees therefor as may be provided
by tie General Assembly.
/. Tie Governor shall receive salary Of
six thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly, OF his c~n warrant.
>. 10 ices or peIguisites of office shall be
allowed 10 Or received by the Treasurer,
Auditor. Attorney General, or by district
attorneys.
tSigned) E. D. ESTILETTE,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
tSignedl c. G. ANTOINE,
Senate.
A true copy: P. G. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State.
The foregoing wss received in the Office
Of the Secretary OF State July II, 1876 ana
is made public in accordance with article
li7 OF the State constitution, which pro-
videe:
Any amendment or amendments to
Senate or House uf Representatives, and
if the same shall be agreed to by two
thirds Of the members elected to each
house, such proposed 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 election tor
Represen tatives to the General Assembly,
in a. least one newspaper in every parish in
the State IN which a newspaper shall be
published And sucn proposed amend
ment or amendments shall he submitted to
the people at said election; and il a MAORI
ty of the voters at said election shall ap
prove and ratify such amendment or
the same shall become a part
of this constitution. 1t more than one
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,
Secretary Of State.
Meteorological and River Report.
The following statement of the weather and