The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1876-10-14
OFFICIAL.
he Amendments to the Constitution,

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/ 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-
1 seHtatiyeS, 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 IN the General Assembly in at
| least one newspaper in every parish III tho
State in which 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 Tor or against each amendment
! separately /. e.: First proposed amend
ment, :. For approval" or Against APP
! proyal, and in like manner as to the others
| and if majority of the voters. ut said cleo
| ton, shall approve and ratify such amend
ment or amendments, the same shall be alp
propriately numbered, and become a part
| of the constitution, and be proclaimed us
! such by the Governor and Secretary of
State.
/. The expenditures of each session of the
| General Assembly for per diem and mileage
/ of members, for payment of officers aud
employees, and for contingent expenses. shall
i not exceed the sum of one hundred and
|
of the General Assembly shall receive five
dollars day during their attendance, and "a
| mileage of twenty-five cents mile for act
nal distance from the courthouse of their
respective parishes to the State Capitol
! .. The last sentence i'll article sixty-six of
| the constitution, which reads as follows to-.
wit :. Ii any bill shall not be returlt Il by
the Governor within five days after it shall
| have been presented to him, it shall be Is
law in like manner as if he had signed it.
| unless the General Assembly by Gionrli-.
nenT prevent its return, in which case the,
| said bill shall be returned on the frat dar
| Of the meeting of the General Assenibl afte
! the expiration of said five days. or be IL law
/ shall lie amended as to read as follows,
to-wit . Ii any Dill shall not be returned
| by tine Governor within five days, not III
| Guiding Sundays. after it shall have been
| presented to him, it shall be a law in like
manner as if he had signed it, unless The
General Assembly by adjournment prevent
/ its return, IN which case it shall hot be b
/ law unless signed and promulgated within
| twenty days after said adjournment
3. The judicial powers heretofore vested
! i'll parish courts are hereby abrogated and
I withdrawn. The district courts of the Stale
outside of the parish of Orleans, shall hi. 70
original jurisdiction i'll all civil eases Wien
the amount in dispute exceeds one hundI ed
! dollars, exclusive Of interest and appellate
/ jurisdiction over cases decided by jus tieea of
! VI
ceeds fifty dollars, exclusive OF inter, at. In
criminal cases their jurisdiction shall be I'M
limited. and they shall have full jurisdiction
oycrmatters of PROBATE and succession. Each
OF said district judges shall receive a salary
OF four thousand dollars annually, paya ole
| quarterly ON his own warrant. justices of
the peace shall have jurisdiction in civil
eases wher, without reference to Interest,"
! the amount III dispute does not exceed one
hundred dollars, with power to pronounce
| jud gment 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 jurisdiction as is now
! vested in parish courts Clerks of the dis
trict courts shall have power to grant writs
/ OF arrest, attachment, sequestIation. pr5vs-
ional seizure and injunction to receive and
/ probate wills; to appoint administrators,
| executors. curators, tutors and under-tutors
III cases in which no opposition shall be-
made to h0mologate accounts, tableaus and
| schedules of debts when no opposition is
made thereto, their judgments being only
! pr1nla 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 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.
.. No fees or perquistes of office shall be
allowed to or received by the Treasurer,
Auditor, Attorney General, or by district
attorneys.
lsigned) E. D. EsTILETTE,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
| (Signed1 G. G. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
true copy: P. G. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State
The foregoing was received in the office of
the Secretary Of State July II, 1876, and is
| made public III accordance with article I47
OF the State constitution, which provides:
Any amendment or amendments to this
constitution may be proposed in the Senate
or House OF Representatives, and if the same
shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the menu
bers elected to each house, such prop osed
amendment or amendments shall be entered
| 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 general cleo
| ton Tor Representatives in the General As
sembly, IN at least one newspaper in every
parish III the State In which a newspaper
shall be published. And such PROPOSED
amendment or amendments shall be submit
ted to the people at said election; and if a
majority OF the voters at said election shall
| approve and ratfy such amendment or
amendments, the same shall become paat
| 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.
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