New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-24
OFFICIAL.
THE AMENDMENTS TO the CONSTITUTION

mo. 90.
An act to amend the constitution of tn
State of Louisiana
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House q
Representatives of the State of LOuisian
in General Assembly convened, two-third
Of the members of each house agreeinI
thereto, That the following amendments b,
proposed and entered upon the respective
journals Of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, with the yeas and nays takel
thereon, and the Secretary of State shall
! cause the same to be published thre,
months before the next general election fol
Representatives in the General Assembly
in at least one newspaper in every parish
in the State in which q newspaper shall be
published, and said proposed amendments
shall be submitted to the people. at said
election, in such manner and form that the
people may vote for or against each amend
ment separately, L. e: First proposed
amendment, For approval or against
approval" and in like manner as to the
others: and if a majority Of the voters, IT
said election, shall approve and rstify such
amendment or amendments, the same shall
be appropriately numbered aud become
q par: of the constitution, and be pro
claimed az such By the Governor and SEQ.
rotary Of State.
l. The expenditures of each session of the
General Assembly for per diem and mileage
OF members, tor payment of officers and
employees, and for contingent expenses,
shall not exceed the sum Of one hundred
and seventy.6ve thousand dollars; and
members Of the General Assembly shall
receive five dollars day during their at
mile tOr 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 % fol-
lows. to wit: If any bill shall not be
! returned by the Governor within Eve days
after it shall have been presented to him,
it shall be law in like manner az if he
had signed it, unless the General Assem-
bly, BY adjournment prevent it's return,
in which case the said bill shall Do re-
turned on the FIRST day Of the meeting Of
the General Assembly after the expiration
Of said five days, or be a law" shall be
amended so as to read as 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, it shall be Law in like manner as
if he had signed it, unless the General As
sembly by adjournment prevent its return,
in which case it shall not be law unless
signed and promulgated within twenty
DAYS after said adjournment
3. The Judicial powers heretofore vested
in parish courts are hereby sbrogsted and
Withdrawn. The district courts of the
State, outside the parish of O.ieans, shall
nave 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 in dis
pute exceeds fifty dollars, exclusive of in.
forest. In criminal cases their Jurisdiction
shall be IN mi.ed, and they shall have full
Jurisdiction 1ves matters of probate and sue
cessien. Eacn 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 OWL cases
wien, without reference to interest,
the amount in dispute does not exceed
one hundred dollars, with power to pro-
nouncs judgment for that amount, and such
interest, not to exceed eight per cent per
in addition to the criminal jurisdiction now
vested in them, all such criminal jurisdio-
ton as is now vested in parish courts.
Clerks of the district courts shall have
power to grant wr.ts Of arrest, attachment,
ssquestrarion, provisional seizure and in
junction; to receive and probate wills; to
appoint administrators, executors, curaters,
tutors and under.tutors in cases in which
no opposition shall be made; to hOnolOgate
when no oppOsition is made thereto, their
Judgments being only prima facie evidence
OF correctness; to grant orders directing
sale of property belonging to SUGGESTIONS
or minors, and to grant orders of seizure
and sale by exscutOry process. and shall re-
ceive snch fees therefor a. 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 perquisitss of Office shall be |
allowed to or received by the Treasurer,
Auditor. Attorney General, or by district |
attorneys.
Signed, E. D. ESTILETTE,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
(Signed) c. c. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
A true copy: Pc. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State. |
The foregoing was received in the Office |
Of the Secretary of State July II, 1876. and !
ls made public in accordance with article |
lH OF the State constitution, which pro-
vides:
Amy amendment or amendments to |
this constitution may be proposed in the |
Senate or House vf Representatives, and |
i the same shall be agreed to BY two
house. such proposed amendment or
shall be entered on their
respective journals, with the yeas and nays
taken thereon; and the Secretary OF State |
ball cause the same to be published three
months before the next general election for
to the General Assembly,
n a. least one newspaper in every parish in
he State in which a NEWSPAPER shall be
published. And such proposed amend
nent or amendments shall be submitted to
he people at said election; and if MAORI
y Of the voters at said election shall ap-
prove and ratifY aueh amendment or |
the same shall become a part
# this constitution. II more than one
amendment shall Do submitted at one time,
hey shall be submitted in such manner
md form that the manila rn,- rota for or |