New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
Amendments to the Constitution.

Amendments to the Constitution,
The following are the amendments to the
constitution to be accepted or rejected by
the people at the coming election. They
are published now, az passed by the Gen
eral Assembly, for the information Of the
public:
Amendment No. 1.-The expenditures Of
each session of the General Assembly for
per diem and mileage of members, for pay
nent of officers and employees, and tor con.
tiDgept expenses, shall not exceed the sum
OF $l75,00O; and members of the General
Assembly shall receive S. day during
their attendance, and a mileage OF twenty
cents q mile for actual distance from the
courthouse Of their respective parishes to
the State Capitol
Amendment No. 2-The last sentence in
article sixty-six of the constitution, which
reads ss 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 be law in like manner as
if he had signed it, unless the General
Assembly by adjournment prevent its re-
turn, in which case the said bill shall be re-
turned on the first day of the meeting OF
the General Assembly after the expiration
of said five days, or be law" shall be
amended 80 as to read as follows, to wit:
IF any bill shall not be returned by the
Governor within five days, not including
Sundays. after it shall have been presented
to him, it snail be law in like manner az
if he had signed it, unless the General As
sembly by adjournment prevents it's return,
in which case it shall not be law unless
signed and promulgated within twenty
days after said adjournment"
Amendment No. 3-The judicial powers
heretofore vested in parish courts are hereby
abrogsted and Withdrawn. The district
courts of the State, outside of the parish O1
Orleans, shall have original jurisdiction in
all civil cases when the amount in dispute
exceeds $l00, exclusive of interest, and ap
pellate jurisdiction over cases decided by
justices OF the peace when the amount in
dispute exceeds $50, exclusive of interest
In criminal cases their jurisdiction shall be
unlimited, and they shall have full jurisdic
ton over matters Of probate and succession
Each of said district judges shall receive 8
salary of $4,000, payable quarterly on hi
own warrant.
Justices of the peace shall have jurisdic
| ton in civil cases when, without reference
| to interest, the amount in dispute does not
exceed 500, with power to pronounce iudg
ment for that amount, and such interest
| not to exceed eight per cent per annum, al
may be proved, and shall have in addition
lO luo CTlIulu6l JuIlsulCllUu AOW' Nootou Al
them, all such criminal jurisdiction as ii
| now vested in parish courts.
Clerks of the district courts shall have
power to grant writs of arrest, attachment
sequestration, provisional seizure and in
| junction; to receive and probate Wills; t.
| appoint administrators, executors, curatsrs
| tutors and under-tutors in cases in which
| no opposition shall be made; to homOlogat'
| accounts, tableaus and schedules of debt
| when no opposition is made thereto, tn
judgments being only prima facie evidence
| of correctness; to grant orders directing
sales of property belonging to succession
| or minors, and to grant orders of eeizur
and sale by executory process, and shall re
ceive such fees therefor as may be provided
| by the General Assembly.
| Amendment No. 4.-The Governor shal
receive a salary of six thousand dollars
annually, payable quarterly, on his owl
warrant.
| Amendment No. 5.-No fees nor pei
| quisltes of Office shall be allowed to or r.
| ceived by the Treasurer, Auditor, Attol
ney General, or by district attorneys.