New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-24

.1Rt Amf HpAsN1s TO THE CONSTITUTION

1Re AMENDMENTS TO TIE CONSTITUTION
An ct b amend the eonstitutiea. Of the
State Of Louisiana. 5s.'
Ds it enacted BY tho Senate and House Of
Rsptesentstivss Of the 6tsts Of Louisiana
in General Assembly convened, two thirds
OF the members OF each house agreE ing
thereto, That the following amendmeats be
proposed and entered upon tho seepeotive
journals Of the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives, With the yeas and nays taken
sasss the ca@s to b puSiishsa three
months before tho next general election Tor
Representatives in the General Assembly,
in at least ono nowspaper In every parish
in the State tn which . ne wepaper shall be
published, and eaid proposed smendmenss
shall be submitted to the people. at said
electiop, In snch manner and form that the
people may vote for or agsinst each amend.
mont separatscly, I: 9: First proposed
approval" and in like manner - TO the
othere: and If majority of the voters, 1t
said election, shsll spprove and rasify such
amendment or AMENDMENTS, tho same sAAll
be appropriately numbered, and become
. part Of the constitution, and be pro.
claimed 40 such by the Governor and Sec
roC8fv OF state.
l. The expenditures Of each session of the
General Assembly for per diem and mileage
Of members, for payment Of ofBcefs and
employees, and for contingent expenses,
shall not exceed the sum of ono hundred
and aeventy-fve thousand d0llars; and
members of the General Assembly shall
receive i've dollars day during their At
tendance, and Q mileage OF twenty cents .
mile for actual distance from the court
house Of their respective parishes to the
State Capitol.
3. Tho last sentence IN article aixty-six
Of the constitution, which reads 40 fol.
lowe, to Wit: "If any bill shall mot be
returned by the Governor within five days
after it shall have been presented TO him,
it shall DO Q Law in like manner - il he
had signed it, unless the General Assem-
bly, by adjournment prevent ite return,
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 30 a. to read ~ follows, to Wit:
IF any bill shall not be returned BY the
Governor within i've days, not including
Sundaye, after It shall have been presented
to him, it shall be . law in like manner ~
if he had signed it, unless the General A.
sembly BY Adjournment prevent its return.
| In which case 1t shall- not be . Law unless
0RQeO ana QEOWUl&0VkV WIkU10 bW00Vy
days after said adjournment"
3. The judicial powers heretofore vested
In parish conrts, are hsreby 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 ii die
4 A~01 ~ en-
terest In criminal cases their jurisdiction
shall be I'M mited, and they shall have FUN
Jurisdiction Jver matters Of probate and sac
cessien. Each Of said district judges shan
receive . salary Of four thousand dollars
annraliy, payable quarterly on his
own warrant. Justices Of tho pesce
shall have jurisdiction in civil casee
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 PEI
annum, ~ may be proved. and shall have,
| in addition to the criminal jurisdiction nov
| vested in them, all such criminal juriSdio-
| ton a. 10 now vested in parish courts.
| CLERKS Of the district courts shall have
| power to grant writs Of arrest, attachment,
| seQuestratiOn, provisional eelsure and IN
| junction; to receive aud probate willie; to
i
( tutors and uRder.tut0rs in caaes In which
| no opposition small be made; 10 hOm0lOgste
accounts, tableaus and schedules OF debts
! when no opposition ia made thereto. their
| judgments being only prima faOie evidence
| Of correctness; to grant orders directing
sale Of property belonging TO successions
| or minors, and to grant orders Of seizure
and sale BY execntory process. and shail r.
| oeive such fees therefor q may be provided
1 49,
| A. The Governor shsll receive salary 81
six thousand dollsrs annually, payable
| quarterly, on his Own warrant.
S. No fees or perquisites Of "fioe shall b<
| allowed to or received by the Treasurer
Auditor, Attorney General, or BY distric
(Signed) E. D. EsTILEPTE,
Speaker Of the House Of Regress%tsdves
ssns Governor g :aS Psesdent Of tn.
A true copy: Pc. DESLONDE,
| Secretary Of Stste
The foregoing was received in the Ofic
of the Secretary of State July IL, 1876. ana
10 made public in accordance with artjctt
i47 ct the State constitution. which pro
videe:
| Any amendment or amendments t.
this constitution may he proposed In tn.
Senate or House Vi Representatives,, are
if the same shsll be agreod to By two
thirds of the members elected to eacl
house, such proposed amendment q
amendments shall be entered on thei
respective journals, with the yeas and nsy'
taken thereon; and the Secretary OF Stat
.shall cause the same to be published, thres
months before the next general election to-
Representatives to the General Assembly
in a. least one newspaper in every parish II
the State in which q newspaper shall b
published. And such propOeed amend
ment or amendments shall be submitted q
the people at said election; and it major
ty Of the voters at said election shall OF
prove aud ratify such amendment o
amendments, the same shall become . par
of this constitution. If more than on
amendment shall be submitted at one time
they shall be submitted in such manne
and form that the people may vote for o
against each amendment separately.
p. G. DESLONDE,
Secretary Of State.
SPECIAL NUriUES.
Tho members of tic diff erent Uni0
Sabbath Schools are especially i'vited to y
tend CONVEX tion of the &c ools. which will ?