The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-02
OFFICIAL.
Amendments to the Constitution
An act to amend the Constitution ~
the State of Louisiana.

All ac1 W aInonu the constitution Of
the State of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hons
of Representatives of the State Of
Louisiana in General Assembly eon
vened, two-thirds of the members az
each house agreeing thereto, That ths
following amendments he proposed and
entered upon the respective journals Of
the Senate and House of Represents
tives, with the yeas and nays taken
thereon, and the Secretary of Stat
shall cause the same to be published
three months before the next general
election for Representatives in thu
General Assembly, in at least one news.
paper in every parish i'll the State in
which a newspaper shall be published
and said proposed amendments shall b.
submitted TO the people, at said elec-
ton, in such manner and form that the
people may vote for or against each
amendment separately, j. e.: First pru-
posed amendment, For approval or
against approval" and in like manner
as to the Others; and majority Of
voters, at said election, shall approve
and ratify such amendment or amend
ments, the sailfe shall be apbropriately
numbered, and become part of the
constitution, and be proclaimed as 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 and emgloyes, and for con-
tingent expenses, shall not exceed the
sum of one hundred and seventy-6ys
thousand dollars and members of the
General Assembly shall receive five
dollars day during their attendance,
and a mileage of twenty cents mile
fot actual distance from the court house
of their respective parishes to the State
Capitol.
2. The last sentence in article sixty
six of the constitution, which reads rs
follows, to wit: ''If any bill shall not
be returned by the Governor within
five days after it shall have been pre-
scented to him, it shall be law in like
manner as ifhe had signed it, unless the
General Assembly by adjournment pre-
vent its return, in which case the said
bill shall be returned on the inst day
of the meeting of the General Assem-
bly, after the expiration of sai0 five
days, or he law, shall be amended %
as to read as follows, to wit IF auy
bill shall not be returned by the Gov.
ernor within five days, not including
Sundays, after it shall have been prs-
scented to HIM, it shall be a law in liks
manner as if he had signed it, unless the
General Assembly By Adjournment pre-
vent its return, in which case it shall
not be u law unless signed and promul-
gated within twenty days after said
adjournment"
8. The judicial powers heretofon
vested iii parish courts are hereby abro-
gated and withdrawn. The District
Courts of the State, outside Of the par
ish of Orleans, shall have original jp
risdiction in all civil cases when ths
amount exceeds one hundred dollan
exclusive of interest, and appellate
! jurisdiction over cases decided by jus
tices of the peace when the sum in dis
pute exceeds fifty dollars, exclusive q
interest. In criminal cases their jurF-
dictiOn shall be unlimited, and thq
shall have full jurisdiction over mates
of probate and succession. Each 9
said district judges shall receive sal
airy of four thousand dollars annually
payable quarterly on his own warrant
Justices of the peace shall have jurit
diction in civil cases when, without n
ference to interest, the amount in dis
pute does not exceed one hundred dor
lars; with power to pronouuce JUDI
ment for that amount, and such inter
est, not to exceed eight per cent pr
annun, as may be proved, and slsu
have, in addition to the criminal jurle
diction now vested in them, all sach
criminal jurisdiction as is now vested "
parish courts. Clerks of the distrid
courts shall have power TO grant vnp
of arrest, attachment, sequestrrsloh,
provisional seizure and injunction; 70
receive and probate wills; to Aprons
administrators, executors, curato.1
tutors and under-tutOrs in cases u
which no opposition shall be made; y
homologate accounts, tableaus en-
schedules of debts when no opposi'io.
is made thereto, their judgments BENZ
prima facie evidence of CORRECTNESS; Y
grant orders directing sale of propok'
belonging TO SUGGESTIONS or minors,
to grant orders OF seizure and sale
eyecutory process, and shall recew1
such fees therefor rs may be pro''o
by the General Assembly. !,
4. The Governor shall receive - g
airy of six thousand dollars annusit
payable quarterly, on his own warrs ~
/, 5. No fees or perquisites OF on
shall be allowed to or received ny
Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney Gene's'
or by district attorneys.
| (Signed) ED. ESTILETTE.
Speaker of the House of Representative
| (Signed) C.. q. ANTOINE, -,
Lieutenant Governor and Presldent
| the Senate.
! A true copy P. G. DESLOSDh,
| Secretary of Stats
The foregoing was received n ~
Office of the Secretary Of State July ~
1876, and is made public in aeeordases
with article l47 of the State const'ia'
ton, which provides: !.
An amendment or amendments
this constitution may be proposea =
the Senate or House of Representative,
and if the same shall be agreed 70 y
two-tbirds of the members ei0os