New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-23
OFFICIAL.
THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

The RMt NDMENIS III IHE GUNS lIU liUN
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 ing
thereto, That the following amendments be
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
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
ehall 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, i. 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
be appropriately numbered, and become
q part Of the constitution, and be pro.
claimed as such by the Governor and Sec
retarv 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 mileage of twenty cents q
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 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 law in like manner as if he
had signed it, unless the General Assem-
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 80 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 abrogated 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.
| terest. In criminal cases their jurisdiction
shall be I'M mited, and they shall have full
| jurisdiction over matters Of probate and sue.
cession. Each Of said district judges shall
| 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
in addition 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,
sequestration, 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 homolOgate
| when no opposition is made thereto, thelr
| 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 executOry process. and shall re-
ceive such 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 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.
(Signedj E. D. ESTILETTE,
| Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signed) &C. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
| Senate.
A true copy: Pc. DESLONDE,
| Secretary OF State
| The foregoing was received in the Office
| of the Secretary of State July II, 1876. and
| lH of the State constitution, which pro
videe:
| Any amendment or amendments to
| this constitution may be proposed in the
Senate OF House VI Representatives, and
if the same shall be agreed to by two
thirds of the members elected to each
house, such proposed amendment OF
amendments shall be entered ON theil
respective journals, with the yeas and nay
taken thereon; and the Secretary OF State
shall cause the same to be published, three
months before the next general election to,
| Representatives to the General Assembly
| in a. least one newspaper in every parish in
| the State in which q newspaper shall be
| published. And such proposed amend
ment or amendments shall be submitted to
the people at said election; and if q MAORI
l ty Of the voters at said election shall sp
! prove and rstify such amendment Of
amendments, the same shall become part
of this constitution. If more than one
| amendment shall be submitted at one time
| they shall be submitted in such manner