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OFFICIAL.
Amendments to The COnstitu-
ton of the State of Lou
iSiana.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

In pursuance of Art. 80 of the Constitution
OF the State o. louisiana, publication is hereby
given to the Electors of the State OF the pro
posed amendments to the Constitution OF the
state. concurred i'll by tw" tiiris of AL the
member elected to each House of the Gene
raj Assembly OF this State, a:its esulnr session
held in the city Of Baton Rouge in 1882, and
which are required to be published in two
newspapers published in the ln.risl, ut Orleans
and III one paper i'll each other parish If the
State IN which ii newspaper is published. for
tee months preceding the next elect ION for
Representatives, at which time the said amend
ment shall be submitted TO the Electors tor
their approval or rejection said amendments
appear more fully III Acts Nos. 76, lI3 and
l2o OF The regular session Of the General As
sembly held in 1882, which are officially pub
li~!Ie ed for the information of the Elect. rs.
and which will be submitted to them for their
approval ar rejection at the next general cleo
ton, to be held on Tuesday, the 22I day of
April a. ID. 1881, lit being the Tuesday next
following the third Monday III April in such
a niauncr and form that the Electors NAV
vote tor or against each amendment. separate
~ and ii IA majority Of the Electors. voting
ut said election, shall approve and r;.tify all
ar either OF sad amendments, then such
AM .n,.ihent or amendments or either oil them
SO approved and ratified shall become IL part
vi the Constitution.
ACT NO. &c.
Ut the Regular S. ssion of lS8o-Amendmcnt
to the articles OF the State Debt Ordinance
Of the Constitution Of 1879.
AmendmenC No. 1.
STATE DEBT.
ARTICLE l. "Be it ordained by the people
Of til, State of Louisiana. as provided by law
That the State Debt Ordinance be amended
SO as to read as follows that the interest to
he paid Oh the Consolidated Bonds of the
State OF louisiana, be-. and is hereby fixed at
two per cenfum per annum for five years,
from the first day of January. one thousand
eight hundred aud eighty 1850, and tour Der
ceit"m per ahnnim thereafter, payable semi
annually and there shall be levied al annual
tax sufficient tor the full payment of sand in
~terest, not exceeding three mills, the limit of
State Tax for all purposes being hereby fixed
at SIX mills, and said bonds and coupons shall
be duly stamped Interest reduced to two
per cehtum per annum for five years. from
january LIST. one thousand eight hundred aud
eighty. and four per centuul per aunum there
after,
AkT.2. "Tlat the holders of the Consoli-
dated Bonds may at any time, in order that
the coupons may be paid. present their bond
to the Treasurer oftle State, or to agents to
be appointed by the Governor, one in the ;city
of New York. and thu. other in the city Of JMnl
don, England, and the said Treasurer or
agents, i S the case may he, shall in,lorse or
stamp thereon the words Interest reduced
I" two per ceitnm per annum for five wears
from January LIST, one Thousand eight hun
bred and eighty 1850 and four per eentum
per annun thereafter, and said Treasurer or
agent shall im;lurse Or stamp or said coupons
the following words: Interest reduced to
two per centum per annuin," or, '.Iuteres. re
diced to four per centum per annum," as the
case may lie.
ARTICLE NO. lib
Ut the Regular Session of lS22-Amondment
to Article 1l6 of the Constitution Of the
State relative to Fees and Charges, to lie
Paid by Stamps in the Parish OF Orleans.
Amendment NO.2
ART. lag. "All fees and charges fixed nv
law for the various Civil Courts Of the parish
OF Orleans. and for the Register OF Convey
ances and Recorder of Nor: ia of said par
ish shall enure to the State: and all sums re-
allied thereiram shall he set aside and held
AS u special fund, out of " hich shall he epaid
by preference. the expenses Of the Clerk Of
the Civil District Court, the Clerks of the city
Courts. the Register of Conveyances and Rec
order Of mortgages Of the parish Of Orleans
that the State shall never make any
payment to any Sheriff, Clerk, Register Of
Conveyances or Recorder of Mortgages Of the
Orleans. or any of their deputies, for
or other expenses Of their respective
offices except from the special fund provided
Tor by this article, and any appropriation made