New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-25
OFFICIAL.
THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

| mo. 96.
| 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-t 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 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
Representatives in the General Assembly,
| in at least one newspaper in every parish
| in the State in which u newspaper shall be
published, and eaid proposed amendments
shall be submitted to the people, at said
election, in such manner and form chat the
| people may vote for Or against each amend
| ment separately, i. e.: First proposed
| amendment "For approval, or against
approval" and in like manner as to the
| others: and if a majority Of the voters, at
| said election, shall approve and ratify such
| amendment or amendments, the same shall
| be appropriately numbered, and become
! a part of the constitution, and be pro
| claimed as such by the Governor and Soc
rotary of State.
|. The expenditures Of each session of the
| General Assembly for per diem and mileage
| of members, for payment of officers and
employees, and tor contingent expenses,
| shall not exceed the sum of one hundred
| and seyenty-fve thousand dollars; and
| members of the General Assembly shall
| receive five dollars a day during their at
| tendance, and mileage OF twenty cents q
| mile for actual distance from the court
house of their respective parishes to the
| State Capitol.
>. The last sentence in article sixty-six
Of the constitution, which reads as fol
lows, 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 Assem-
bly, by adjournment prevent it's return,
| in which case the said bill shall be re-
| turned on the first day of the meeting of
| the Gene raj Assembly after the expiration
of said five days, or be law" shall be
| amended 30 as to read as follows, to wit:
If any bill shall not DO returned by the
| Governor within five days, not including
| Sundays, after it shall have been presented
to him, it shall be law in like manner as
| 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 promulga within twenty
days after said adjournment"
| 3. The judicial powers heretofore vested
in parish courts are 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 dollars. 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 IN mited, ard they shall have full
Jurisdiction over matters of probate and sue
cessi6n. Each Of said district judges shall
receive salary of four thousand dollars
annrally, 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 hundred dollars with power to pro-
nounce Judgment for that amount, and such
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 jurisdic-
| ton as is now veEted in parish courts.
Clerks CT the district courts shall have
| power to grant writs CT arrest, attachment,
| representation, provisional seizure aud To-
junction; to receive and probate wills; TO
| appoint administrators, executors, curaters,
| tutors and under.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 prlma tacle evidence
| OF correctness; to grant orders directing
sale of property belonging to SUGGESTIONS
or minors, and to grant orders of seizure
and sale by execurory process. and shall re-
ceive such fees therefor as may be provided
by the General Assembly.
| 1. The Governor shall receive salary OF
six thousand dollars annually, payable
| quarterly, on his OIn warrant.
| }. No fees or perqusites OF office shall be
allowed to or received by the Treasurer
Auditor, Attorney General, or by districI
attorneys.
(Signed) E. D. ESTILETTE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signed) c. G. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor anG President OF the
Senate.
A true copy: P. G. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State
The foregoing was received in the office
of the Secretary OF State July IL, 1876. and
ia made public in accordance with article
l47 of the State cons titution. which pro
videe:
ANY amendment or amendments to
this constitution may be proposed in the
Senate or House vi Representatives, and
if the same shall be agreed to by two
thirds of the members elected to each
house, such proposed amendment OF
amendments shall be entered on theil
respective journals, with the yeas and NAYS
taken thereon; and the Secretary o State
shall cause the same 10 be published, three
months before the next general election toI
Representatives. to the General Assembly
in a. least one newspaper in every parish in
the State in which a newspaper shall be
published. And such proposed amend
ment or amendments shall be submitted to
the people at said election; and if a MAORI
ty of the voters a. said election shall ap
prove and ratify such amendment OF
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 OF
against each amendment separately.
p. G. DESLONDE.
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