Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1876-07-29
OFFICIAL.
THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
An act to amend the constitution of the Stat
of Louisiana.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House o
Representatives of the State Of Louisiana II
General Assembly convened, two-thirds o
the members of each house agreeing thereto
That the following amendments be proposes
and entered upon the respective journals o
the Senate and House Of Representatives
with the yeas and nays taken thereon, ant
the Secretary of State shall cause the sam,
| to be published three months before the mex
general election for Representatives in tn,
General Assembly, in at least one newspape
in every parish in the State in which news
paper shall be published. and said PROPOSED
amendments shall be submitted to the peo
| pie, at said election, in such manner ant
form that the people may vote for or agains
each amendment separately, I, C.: First pro
posed amendment, "For approval, O,
against approval" and in like manner Al
to the others; and If majority of the voters
at said election, shall approve and ratify sacl
amendment or amendments, the same shal
be appropriately numbered, and become {
part Of the constitution. and be proclaimed
as such by the Governor and Secretary o.
State.
/. The expenditures of each session of thu
General Assembly for per diem and mileage
of members, for payment of officers and EN-
ployes, and for contingent expenses, shal
not exceed the sum of one hundred and
seventy-fve thousand dollars; and members
of the General Assembly shall receive fve
dollars day during their attendance, and Q
mileage of twenty cents a mile for actual dis
tance from the courthouse of their respective
parishes to the State capitol.
2. The last sentence in article sixty-six oi
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
like manner as II he had signed II, unless the
General Assembly by adjournment 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 q law" shall be amend
ed so as to read as follows. to wit: "If any
bill shall not be returned by the Governor
within five days, not including Sundays, after
1t shall have been presented to him, 1t shall
be law in like manner as If he had signed
1t, unless the General Assembly BY adjourn
ment prevent its return, in which case i
shall not be o law unless signed and pr0mul-
gated within twenty days after said adjourn
ment."
B. The judicial powers heretofore vested
in parish courts are hereby abr0gated and
Withdrawn. The district courts of the State,
outside the parish of Orleans, shall have orr
ginal Jurisdiction in all civil cases when the
amount in dispute exceeds one hundred dol
lars, 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 cnsea their Jurisdiction shall be un-
limited, and they shall hsve full Jurisdiction
over matters Of probate 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 In civil
cases when, without reference to interest, the
amount in dispute does not exceed one hum
dred dollars, with power to pronounce judg-
ment for that amount and snch interest, not
to exceed eight per cent per annum, as may
be proved, and shall have, In addition to the
criminal Jurisdiction now vested in them, all
such criminal jurisdiction ns Is now vested
In parish courts. Clerks Of the district courts
shall have power to grant writs Of arrest, at
tachment. sequestratiOn, provisional seizure
and injunction to receive and probate wills;
to appoint administrators. executors, curat-
ors, tutors and under-tutors In cases in which
no opposition shal(7le made; to homologate
accounts, tableats and schedules of debts
when no opposition is made thereto, their
judgments being only prima facie evidence
of correctness; to grant orders 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 as may be provided by the
General Assembly.
4. The Governor shall receive salary Of
six thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly, on his own warrant.
S. No fees or perquisites Of Office shall be
allowed to or received by the Treasurer,
Auditor, Attorney General, or BY district
attorneys.
fSigned) E. d. EST1LErTE,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
iSigned) G. G. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate
A true copy: Pc. DESLONDE,
a Secretary Of State. :.