New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-17
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 1876
OFFICIAL.
THE AMENDMENTS TO the CONSTITUTION

The AMENDMENTS TO the CONSTITUTION
mo. sc.
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 agree lug
thereto, That the following amendments be-
proposed and entered upon the respective
journals of the Senate and House Of Repre-
sehtatives, with the yeas and nays taken
thereon, and tbs Secretary of State shall
cause the came to be published three
months before the next general election for
Representatives in the General Assembly,
n at least ono newspaper in every parish
In the State in which . newspaper shall be
published, and said proposed amendments
shall be submitted to the people. at said
people may vote for or against each amend
nent separately, {. e: First proposed
amendment, "For approval, or against
approval" and in like manner as to the
others: and if majority of the voters, at
said election, shall approve and ratify such
amendment or amendments, the same shall
be appropriately numbered, and become
part Of the constitution, and be pro.
claimed ss such by the Governor and Sec
Rotary of State.
!. The expenditures OF each session of the
General Assembly for per diem and mileage
OF members, for payment OF officers and
employees, and for contingent expenses,
shall not exceed the sum of one hundred
and seventy-fve Thousand dollars; and
members of the General Assembly shall
receive five 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.
2. The last sentence IN article sixty-sl1
of the constitution, which reads as 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 a law in like manner as if he
had signed it, unless the General Assem-
bly, by adjournment prevent it's return.
in which case the said bill shall be re-
the Genera! Assembly after the expiration
Of eaid five days, or be law" shall be
amended go az 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 ehail not be . law unless
signed and promulgated within twenty
days after eaid adjournment
3. The judicial powers heretofore vested
in parieh courts are hereby abrogsted 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 In dis
pute exceeds fifty dollars, exclusive of in
tereet. In ,rinina! cases their jurisdiction
shall be IN mited, and they shall have full
Jurisdiction over matters Of probate and sue
c-ssien. Each of said district judges shall
receive salary of four thousand dollars
annually, payable quarterly on bis
own warrant. justices of the peace
ehall have jurisdiction in civil cases
when, without reference to interest,
the amount in dispute does not exceed
one hundred dollars, with power to pro-
nounoe Judgment for that amount, and such
interest, not to exceed eight per cent per
annurn, a. may be proved, and shall have,
in edition to the criminal jurisdiction now
vested in them, all such criminal jurisdic-
ton as is now vested in parish courts.
Clerks of the district courts shall have
power to grant writs of arrest, attachment,
seQuest,stiOn, provisional seizure and In
junction.; to receive and probate wills; to
appoint administrators. executors, curatsrs,
tutors and under-tutors in cases iu wh!ch
no opposition shall be made; to hOmOlogate
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
eale of property belonging to successions
or minors, and to grant orders OF seizure
and sale by executory process. and shall re-.
ceive snch fees therefor as may be provided
by the General Assembly.
4. The Governor shall receive salary OF
six Thousand dollars annually, payable
quarterly, on his o~n warrant.
S. No tees or perquisites of Office shall De
allowed to or received by the Treasurer,
Auditor, Attorney General, or by district
attorneys.
(Sgued) E. d. ESTILETTE,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
(Sgned) &C. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President of.the
A true copy: PIG. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State,
The foregoing was received in the Office
of the Secretary OF State July II, 1876. and
is made public in accordance with article
l47 of the State constitution. which pro-
videe:
ANY amendment or amendments to
this constitution may be proposed IN the
Senate or House Of Representatives, and
if the came shall be agreed to by two
thirds of tho members elected to each
house, such proposed amendment or
amendments shall be entered on their
respective journals, with the yeas and nay
taken thereon; and the Secretary State
shall cause the same to be published, three
months before the next general election tor
Representatives to the General Assent bly,
in a. least one newspaper in every parish IN
the State in which q newspaper shall be
published. Aud such proposed amend
ment or amendments shall be submitted to
the people at said election; and it MAORI
ty of the voters at said election shall ap
prove aud ratify such amendment OF
amendments, the same shall become part
Of this constitution. If more than one
amendment ehall be submitted at one time
they shall be enbmItted in such name!
and form that the people may vote for OF
aaainet each amendment separately.
P. G. DESLONDE,
Secretary Of State.
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