New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-21
OFFICIAL.
the AMENDMENTS TO the CONSTITUTE

6tate Of Louisiana.
Be 1t enacted BY the Senate and House of
Representative Of tho State Of Louisiana
in General Assembly convened, two-thirds
Of the members Of each house agreeing
thereto, That the following amendments be
proposed and entered upon the respective
journals Of tho Senate and House of Repre-
seatAtives, With the yeas and nays taken
thereon, and the Secretary Of Stste shall
cause the same to DO published three
months before the next general election for
In ct least ono Newspaper In every paEish
in the State In which Newspaper shall Do
published, and sid propeoe6 amsndments
shall b sub1itted % TIE people, ct said
election, In such mAnnee end form that the
people may vote for or against each amend
neat sepasatsly, 1. O.: First proposed
a0endDsot, "For approval, or against
approval" and in Ike manner - to tho
other.; and II . majority Of tho voters, at
ed sd'sss :: e. =. r:s : zach
b appropriately numbered, and become
. part Of the constitutien, and Be pro.
claimed g su6h BY tie GovsEnor and Sec
rotary d 6tose. .'t =
/. mo expenditures OF cash session of the
General Assembly for Per diem and mileage
Of memboga, for payment 1t olhcers and
employees, and for contingent expenses,
shal not sxoeed the sum Of one hundred
ne0bers Of the General Assembly shall
receive Ave dollars day during their st.
tendance, and mileage OF twenty cents .
mile for actual distance from the court
house Of their respective parishes to the
State Capitol.
2. The Last sentence in article sixty-six
Of tho constitution, which reads a. 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 - If he
bly, BY adjournment prevent its 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 90 - to read - follows, to wit:
IF any bill shall not be returned by the
Governor within five days, not including
Sundays, after it shall have been presented
to him, 1t shall be law in like manner a.
sembly BY adjournment prevent its return.
in which case 1t shall not be law unless
signed and promulgated within twenty
DAYS after said adjournment"
s. 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Withdrawn.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 al civil cases
whom the amount in dispute exceeds one
appellate jurisdiction over cases decided by
justices of tho peace when tho amount in dis
pute exceeds fifty dollars, exclusive Of in.
terest. In ,riminal cases their jurisdiction
shall be I'm mited, and they shall have full
Jurisdiction Jver matters of probate and sue.
cessien. Each of said district judges shall
receive salary of four thousand dollars
annually, 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, a. may be proved, and shall have,
in addition to the criminal jurisdiction now
vested in them, all such criminal jurisdic-
ton - is now vested in parish courts.
Clerks of the district courts shall have
power to grant writs of arrest, attachment,
sequestration, provisional seizure and in
junction; to receive and probate wills; to
appoint administrator, executors, curatOrs,
tutors and under-tutors in cases in which
NO opposition snail be made; to h0mologate
accounts, tableaus and schedules of debts
when no opposition is made thereto, their
judgments being only prima facie evidence
Of correctness; to grant orders directing
sale of property belonging to successions
OF minors, and to grant orders Of seizure
and sale by executory process. and shall re.
ceive such fees therefor - may be provided
by the General Assembly.
4. The Governor shall receive 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 district
attorneys.
(Signed) e. D. ESTlLEiIh,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
1Sioned) C. C. ANTOINE,
lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
A true copv: Pc. DESLONDE,
Secretary Of State