New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-18
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OFFICIAL.
THE AMENDMENTS TO the CONSTITUTION

me AMENDMENTS TO THE Constitution
An cot to amend the constitution Of to
State Of Louisiana.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the State Of Louisiana
in 0eneral Assembly convened, tw0-thirds
Of the members Of each house agreeing
thereto, That the following amendments be
proposed and entered upon the respective
journals Of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, with tho yeas and nays taken
thereon. and the Secretary Of 6tste shall
cause the same to be published three
Representatives in the General Assembly,
IN ct least ono Newspaper in every parish
in the Stats 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 against each amend.
ment separately, /. &: First proposed
amendment, For approval, or against
approval" and In like manner a. to the
said election, shall approve and ratify such
amendment or amendments, the same shall
DO appropriately numbered, and become
. part of the constitution, and be pro.
claimed as such by the Governor and SEQ
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,
and seventy-dve thousand dollars; and
members of the General Assembly shall
receive five dollars Q day during their at-
tendance, and mileage OF twenty cents .
mile for actual distance from the court
house Of their respective parishes to the
State Capitol.
2. The last sentence IN article sixty-six
of the constitution, which reads % fol-
lows. to Wit: If any bill shall not be
after It shall have been presented to him,
it shall be . law in like manner - if he
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 tho first day of the meeting of
the General Assembly after the expiration
of sid five days, or be . law" shall be
amended 90 - to read ~ followA to Wit:
IF any bill shall not be returned BY the
Governor within five days, net including
Sundays, after it shall have been presented
to him, it shall be law in like manner -
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 arc hereby abrogated 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 d0llaEs, 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 be I'm mited, and they shall have full
cessien. Each Of said district judges shall
receive salary Of four thousand dollars
annually, payable quarterly on his
own warrant. Justices Of the peace
shAu have jurisdiction in civil Gases
when, without reference to interest,
the amount in dispute does not exceed
ono hundred dollars, with power to pro-
nounce judgment for that amount, and such
interest, not to exceed eight per cent per
in addition to the criminal jurisdiction now
vested in them, all such criminal jurisdio-
ton a. 10 now vested In parish courts.
CLERKS of the district courts shall have
power to grant writs of arrest, attachment,
sequestratiOn, pr0visional seizure and in
junction; to receive and probate wills; to
sppoint administrator, executors, curat0rs,
tutors and under.tutors in cases in which
no opposition snail be made; to homologate
accounts. tableaus and schedules Of debts
when no opposition il made thereto, their
judgments being only prima fscie evidence
Of correctness; to grant orders directing
sale Of property belonging to successions
or minors, and to grant orders of seizure
and sale by executOry process, and ehall re-
ceive such fees therefor as may be provided
by the General Assembly.
4. The Governor shall receive q 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
lSignedl Ed. ESTILETTE,
Speaker of the House of Representativ
(Signed) &C. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
A true copy: Pc. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State.
The foregoing was received in the Office
of the Secretary of State July II, 1876. and
il made public in accordance with article
l47 OF the State constitution. which pro-
vfdes:
Any amendment or amendments to
this constitution may be proposed in the
Senate or House Ut representatives, ana
if the came 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
Representatives to the General Assembly,
in .. least one newspaper In every parish in
the State in which . newspaper shall be
published. And such proposed amend
ment or amendments shall be submitted to
the people at said election; and if q MAORI
ty Of the voters at said election shall ap-
prove and ratify such amendment or
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,
Secretary Of State.
STEAMSHIPS.
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD.