The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1876-11-18
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-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-
scntatyes III the General Assembly in at
least one newspaper IN every parish IN the
State in which newspaper shall be pub
lishetl, and said proposed amendments shall
be submitted to the people. Mt said election,
in such manner and form that the people
may vote for or against each amendment
separately, i. E.: First proposed amend
ment For approval" or Against APP
prevail, and in like manner as to the others !;
and if a majority of the voters, at said elee-
ton, shall approve and ratify such amend
ment or amendments, the same shall be APP
| propriately numbered. and become part
of the constitution, and be proclaimed as
| such by the Governor and Secretary Of
| State.
| l. The expenditures of each session of the
General Assembly LOT per AtttIi dIlti ulIiod9c
! of members, for payment Of officers and
| employees, and for co ntingent expenses, shall
not exceed the sum of one hundred and
Isseyeuty five thousand dollars and members
| of the General Assembly shall receive five
/ dollars 4 day during their attendance. and "a
mileage OF twenty five cents a nile for act
ual 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 az follows, 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 Is
| law in ike manner as if he had signed il,
unless the General Assembly by ;ldjourn-
| nielit prevent its return, III winch case the
said bill shall be returned on the first day
of the meeting OF the General Assembly after
the expiration of said five days, or be Il law
shall be amended so al to read as follows,
to-wit II any 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 a law in like
| manner as if lie had signed it, unless the
General Assembly by adjournment prevent
its return, in which ease it shall not be a
law unless signed aid promulgated within
| twenty days after said adjournment
B. The judicial powers heretofore vested
! ii parish courts are hereby abrogated and
withdrawn. The district courts of the State,
outside of the parish OF Orleans, shall have
original jurisdiction in all civil cases when
tile amount in dispute exceeds one hundred
4 dollars, exclusive of interest, and appellate
jurisdiction over cases decided by justices of
the peace when the amount in dispute ex-
ceetls fifty dollars, exclusive OF interest In
criminal eases their jurisdiction shall be un-
limited, and they shall have full jurisdiction
over matters of probate and succession. Each
| of said district judges shall receive IL salary
of four thousand dollars annually, payable
: quarterly on his own warrant. Justices of
IL 4
cases whep, without reference TO interest,
the amount in dispute does not exceed one
hundred dollars, with power to pronounce
Judgment for that amount, aid such interest,
not to exceed eight per cent. per annum, AZ
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 VI its
, of arrest, attachment, sequestration, provis-
ional seizure and injunction; to receive and
: probate wills; to appoint administrators,
: executors, curatofs. tutors and under-tutors
in eases 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
prina tacie evidence Of correctness to grant
oiders directing sale of property belonging
to SUGGESTIONS or minors, and to grant orders
! of seizure and sale by eSeeutory process, and
/, shall receive such fees therefor as may be
t provided by the General Assembly.
A. The Governor shall receive a salary of
six thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly, on his own warrant.
: 5. No fees or perquisites of Office shall be
!, allowed to or received by the Treasurer
Auditor, Attorney General, or by distric,
attorneys.
: (signed) E.. EsJILETTE,
9 speaker of the House of Representatives
Z (Signedl G. G. ANTOINE.
| ,kl.., u.
A true copy: P. G. DESLONDE,
Secretary Of State.
The foregoing was received in the office Of
|, the Secretary of State July II, 1876, and il
made public in accordance with article III
. of the State constitution, which provides:
: ANY amendment or amendments to this
!. constitution may be proposed in thu Senate
i or House of Representatives., and if the same
&C shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the mem
4 bers elected to each house, such proposed
:, amendment or amendments shall be entered
on their respective journals, with the yen,
: and nays taken thereon; and the Secretary
of State shall cause the same to be published
three months before the next general cleo
ton for Representatives in the General As
{, sembly, in at least one newspaper in ever
parish IN the State in which newspape
shall be published. And such proposed
amendment or amendments shall be submit
r. ted to the people at said election and if
majority of the voters at said election shall
approve and ratify such amendments O
amendments, the same shall become pa4
+. of this constitution. If more than on
amendment shall be submitted at one time
they shall be submitted in such manner an,
form that the people may vote for or agains
each amendment separately.
p. G. DESLONDE,
augie 1n Secretary Of State.