The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-10-28

Tudrn, Almost all the leading &c
publican organs admitted the oH;l.r
lnor" or l,':a distinctly. Grant |'.u-
$"(t S";l i'll III" ia;loN4 ji'r'1A} inter-
yitW tent tir rlrcti5n would hr v.r\
close if Indiana did Lot g Republican,
though Il" expected not only ln!iA1a,
h!. also West 'ir~ir;~. The p1on-
lem ia settled. Every State has to
dAv a Democratic Governor, like
California, Sew York. Ne" Jersey,
OK Connecticut, will cost it> rl'rtoi1;
vote for 'Ti;Arn and Hendricks. We
vii? not only have a '*''|iA %"'ih
n'it near y u solid North as we'll.
JOSEPH PULITZER.
V" publish the following act q
amend mrnts to the constitution to \"
voted upon at the next general r|tc-
tio,'. We hope tho citizc,'t of oar
ra,i<!s vii! give these amendments Il
calcfnl reading and act with fill
knowledge in voting upon them:
IN act to amend the constitution Of
the United States Of Louisiana.
BE it enacted by tho Senate and
House ot Representatives. Of the State
of Louisiana III General Assembly
cOnvrurn, two.(hirls Of the members
nf each house agreeing Thereto. That
tie following amendments be pro-
posted AID rnt'r,d upon the respect
i've Journals Of the State and House
Of Representatives,, with TIE yeas and
nays taken thereon, and the Scr1e
tavy of State shall cau,c the same to
I be published three months before The
next general election for Represent
ati:cs in the General Assembly, in at
least one newspaper in every parish
in the State in which a newspape!
s|'al| be Published, and said proposed
amendments shall be submitted to
the people, at said election, in such
manner and form that the people may
vote for or against each amendment
separately, It.: First proposed amend
mcnt, "Fnr APPROVAL or against
approval, aud in like manner rs 70
the others, and if a majority of the
voters &, sai,. rlt elton, shall approve
and ratIiy such amendment or amend
mcnt Or an'rn'l'nnn;s, the same shall
be appropriately numbered, aud be-
come q part Of the constitution, and
be proclaimed as such Us tho Governor
aud Secretary of State.
|. The expenditures of each session
of the General Assembly for per diem
and mileage of members, for pay
mcnt Of officers and employees, and
for contingent expenses, shall not ex-
coed the sum of one hundred and SOW
cnty five thousand dollars and mem
beers OF the General Assembly shall re-
criyo five dollars day during their
attendance, and mileage of twenty
cents y mile for actual distance from
the courthouse of their respective par
isles to the State Capitol.
:. The last sentence in article sixty
six Of the constitution, which reads
as follows, to wit: "lfany hill shall
not be returned by the Governor
within five days after it shall have
been presented to him, it shall be 4
law in like manner asst he had sigued
it, unless tho General Assembly by
adjournment prevent its return, in
which case the said bill shall bo re-
turned OH tho first day of tho meet
ing of the General Assembly after the
expiration of said five days, or be a
law,' shall be amended 80 as to read
rs follows, to-wit: "lf any bill shall
not be returned by tho Governor
within five days, not including Sun
day, after it shall have been present.
ed to him, it shall 10 a law in like
manner as he had signed it, unless
tho General Assembly by adjourn.
mcnt prevent its return, in which!
case it shall not DO u law unless siSn'
ed and promulgated within tWonty
days after said adjournment"
3 The judicial powers heretofore
vested in parish courts are hereby
abroyatcd and withdrawn. The DIS
tlict courts of the State, outside the
parish of Orleans, shall have origin
al Jurisdiction IN i'll civil cases when
tho amount in dispute exceeds ""(
hundred dollars, exclusive Of interest
land appellate jurisdiction over case:
decided by justices of the peace whc'
the amount in dispute exceeds fit.
dollars, exclusive of interest. II
criminal cases their jurisdiction shall
be unlimited, and they shall have ful
jurisdiction over matters of probat
and succession. Each of said distric
iuducs shall receive u salary Of fol
Thousand dollars annually, payab|
quarterly on his own warrant. Jos
tees of the peace shall have juris'll(
elton in civil cases when without re
ference to interest, tho amount
, ,iisputc docs not exceed one hundrc
. dollars, with power to pronount
f Judgment for that amount, and s"e
interest, Dot to cxcrcd'r'Sht per cen
, per annum, AS may hc proved, ar
> Shall have in addition To the rlimi"
{ jurisdiction as is now vested III pa
i,h courts. Clerks of the di>1tl
c,lrrts shalt have power to t,rH
if writs of arrest, attachment, s1unc
q ,,u,ion, provisional *"izrrc and ,
# junction to receive ar,} rlrA:.e wi.
4 to appoint administrators, exrc"'"
curators, tutors and un0cr-tutniS :,
i eases in which no opposition Shall
y, made to homologato accounts,
,, hlranx ard schedules OF debts VIII
i. no opposition is made thereto, III
" Judgments Icing o"ly pima ia
:, evidence Of cet,vctGcSs ; to graft