New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-02

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thereon, and the Secretary of State shall
cause tho same to DO published three
months before tho next general election for
Representatives in the General Assembly,
in 1t leaet ono newspaper In every parish
In the State in which Newspaper shall be
published, and ssid proposed amendments
shall b submitted to the people, ct said
election, in such manner and form that the
people may vote for or against each amend.
ment separately, 1. g.: First proposed
amendment, "For approval, or "A9ainst
approval" and in like manner - to the
others; and if . majority of the voters, ct
said election, shall approve and ratify such
amendment or amendments, the same shall
be appropriately numbered, and become
. part of tho constitution, and be pro-
claimed - such by the Governor and Sec
Rotary Of State.
l. 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 tho sum Of one hundred
and seventy-6ve thousand dollars; and
members Of the General Assembly shall
receive five 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 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 a. If he
had signed it, unless the General Assem-
bly, BY adjournment prevent its return,
in which case the said bill shall be re-
the General Assembly after the expiration
of said five days, or be . law" shall be
amended 30 a. 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, it shall be law in like manner as
if he had signed it, unless tho General As
sembly by adjournment prevent its return.
in which case it shall not be . law unless
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Withdrawn.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
terest. In criminal 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
ono hundred dollars. with power to pro
nounce judgment for that amount. and such
interest, NOT to exceed eight per cent per
annum, ~ may be proved, and shall have.
in addition to the criminal jurisdiction now
vested in them, all such criminal jurisdic-
ton - il 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.tut0rs in cases In which
NO opposition snail be made; to homologate
accounts, tableaus and schedules Of debts
when no opposition il made thereto, their
judgments being only prima fscie evidence
Of correctness; to grant orders directing
sale of property belonging to successions
or 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.
S. No fees or perquisites of Office shall be
allowed to or received by the Treasurer,
Auditor, Attorney General, or by district
attorneys.
(Signed) ID. ESTILETTE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) C. 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 tho Secretary of State July II, 1876. and
is made public in accordance with article
l47 of the State constitution, which pro-
vides:
Any amendment or amendments to
this constitution may be proposed in the
Senate or House of 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 their
respective journals, with the yeas and nays
taken thereon; and the Secretary OF State
shall cause the same to be published, three
mOnfha before the next general election tor