The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1876-11-04
OFFICIAL.
The Amendments to the Constitution.
mo. 90.
A., ut 70 o,nnrd thu titr,tinn, of tho

An act to amend the constitution of the
State of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the State of Louisiana
in General Assembly convened, two-thirds
of the members Of each house agreeing
thereto, That the following amendments
he proposed and entered upon the respective
Journals of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, 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 for Repre-
sentatives III the General Assembly in at
least one newspaper IN every parish IN the
State i'll which a newspaper shall be pub
lished, and said proposed amendments shall
be submitted to the people, at said election,
in such manner and form that the people
may vote for against each amendment
separately. !. G.: First proposed amend
ment /" For approval" or Against ap-
prevail and in ike manner as to the others
and if majority of the voters, al said cleo
ton, shall approve and ratify such amend-
ment or amendments, the same shall be ap-
propriateiy numbered, and become part
OF the constitution, and be proclaimed as
such Ivy the Governor and Secretary 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, shall
not exceed the sum OF one hundred and
seventy five thousand dollars; and members
of the General Assembly shall receive five
dollars day during their attendance, and u
mileage of twenty-five cents mile for act
ual distance from the courthouse of their
respective parishes to the State Capitol.
.. The last sentence in article sixty-six of
the constitution, which reads as follows to-.
wit (: . If any bill shall not be returned by
the Governor within five days after 1T shall
have been presented to him, it shall be Il
law in like manner as if he had signed il,
unless the General Assembly by adjourn
| nlent 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 sud live days, or be Il law,
shall be amended SO as to read is follows,
to-wit: = Ii amy bill shall not be returned
by the Governor within five days, not in
Guiding Sundays, after it shall have been
presented to him, it shall be d law in like
manner as if he had signed it, unless the
General Assembly by adjournment prevent
its return, in which ease it shall not be u,
law unless signed al.d prolnul gated within.
| twenty days after said adjournment"
g. The judicial powers heretofore vested
in parish courts are hereby abgogated and
| withdrawn. The district courts OF the State,
! outside Of the parish OF Orleans, shall have
! original jurisdiction in all civil cases when
| the amount i'll dispute exceeds one hundred
| dollars, exclusive OF interest, and appellate
/ jurisdiction over cases decided By justices Of
| the peace when the amount IN dispute e&
! ceeds fifty dollars, exclusive OF interest In
criminal eases their jurisdiction shall be I'M
| limited, and they shall have 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 III civil
eases wher. without reference to interest
Il
hundred dollars, with power to pronounce
Judgment for that amount aid such interest,
| not to exceed eight per cent. per annGIn, as
| may be proved and shall have in addition
to the criminal jurisdiction now vested in
them, all such criminal jurisdietionas is now
vested in parish courts. Clerks of the dis
trict courts shall have power to grant writs
| of arrest attachment, sequestration, proyis-
iOnal seizure and injunction; to receive and
| probate wills; to appoint administrators,
| executors, cufaters, tutors and undeF-tutors
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
nrima facie evidence of correctness; to grant
oIders directing sale of property belonging
to SUGGESTIONS or minors, and to grant orders
of seizure and sale by exeeutGry process. and
shall receive such fees therefor may be
provided by TIE General Assembly.
4. The Governor shall receive ii salary of
six Thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly, on his own warrant.
D. No fees or perqusites of Office allal be
allowed to or received by the Treasurer,
Auditor, Attorney General, or by district
attorneys.
(Signed) E. D. ESTILETTE,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
tSigned} G. e. ANTOINE.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
A true copy: z. G. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State.
The foregoing was received in the Office of
the Secretary of State July Il, 1876, and is
made public IN accordance with article I47
of the State constitution, which provides:
Any amendment or amendments to this
constitution may be proposed in the Senate
or Houseof Representatives. and if the same
shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the men,
bers elected to each house, such proposed
amendment or amendments shall beentered
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 gen yral cleo
ton Tor Representatives in the General AS
semhiy, IN at least one newspaper in every
parish IN the State in which newspaper
shall be published. And such proposed
amendment or amendments shall be submit
ted TO the people at said election: and if %
majority of the voters at said election shall
approve and ratify such amendment or
amendments. the same shall become a 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. DBSLONDE,
augl2@m Secretary of State
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