The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-04-26
AMENDMENTS.
ACT NO. f6.
ACT NO. rs.
OF the Regular Session of 1sS2-Amendment
to Articles of the State Debt Ordinance Of
the Constitution of 1879.
Amendment No, 1.
STATE DERT.

Amendment No, 1.
STATE DEBT.
= ARTICLE l. BE 1t ordained by tn
people of the State Of Louisiana, a
proUided By lar, That the State Deb
Ordinance be amended SO as to reaC
as follows That the interest to bt
paid on the Consolidated Bonds OF
the State of Louisiana, be, and Is
hereby fixed at two per centum pei
annum for five years, from the first
day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty (l6S0) and foEi
per centum per amman thereafter,
payable semi-annually; and there shall
be levied an annual tax sufficient for
the full payment of said interest, 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 "ln-
terest reduced to two per ceDtum per
annum for five years, from January
LIST, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty, and four per centum per an
num thereafter"
ART g. THAT the holders of the
Consolidated Bonds may at any time,
in order that the coupons may be
paid present their bonds TO the Treas
urer of the State, or TO agents to be
appointed by the Governor, one in the
city of New York, and the other in
the city of London, England, and the
said Treasurer or agents, as the case
may be, shall indorse or stamp thereon
the words Interest reduced to two
per centum per annum for five years
from January LIST, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty (l880) and four
per ccntum per aBnum thereafter"
and said Treasurer or agent shall in.
dorse or stamp on said coupons the
following words: Interest reduced
to two per ccntum per annum," or,
Interest reduced TO four per centum
per annum,' as the case may be.
ACT NO. Il9.
OF the Regular Session of SS2-Amendment
10 Article 146 of the Constitution of the
State Relative to Fees and Charges, to be
Paid, by Stamps IN the Parish of Orleans.
Amendment No. 2.
ART. l46. "All fees and charges
fixed by law for the various Civil
Courts of the parish of Orleans, and the
Register of Conveyances and Recorder
of Mortgages of said parish, shall
ennre to the State, and all sums real
lied therefrom shall be set aside and
held as a special fund, out OF which
shall be paid, by preference, the ex-
penscs of the Clerk of the Civil Dis
trict Court, the Clerks of the city
Courts, the Register of ConveyanceS
and the Recorder of Mortgages of the
parish of Orleans; provided, that the
State shall never make any payment
to any Sheriff, Clerk, Register of Con.
vcyances or Recorder of Mortgages of
the parish of Orleans, or any of their
deputies, for salary or other expenses
of their respective offices, except from
the special fund provided for by this
article, and any appropriation made
contrary to this provision shall be null
and void"
ACT NO. 1875.
Of the Regular Session OF 1SS2-Amendment
to Article 81 of the Constitution of the
State, Relative to the Jurisdiction of the
Supreme Cont
Amendment No. y.
ART. 81. 1.-THE Supreme Court, ex-
cept in cases hereinafter provided,
shall have appellate jurisdiction only,
which jurisdiction shall extend to all
cases when the matter in dispute, or
the fund to be distributed, whatever
may be the amount therein claimed,
shall exceed two thousand dollars, ex-
elusive of interest; to suits for d.
vorce and separation from bed and
board; to suits for nullity of mar
riage; to suits involving the rights to
homesteads; 10 suits for Introduction
and to all cases in which the constitu-
tionality or legality of any tax, toll or
impost whatever, or of any fine, for
feiture or penalty imposed by mu-
nicipal corporation shall be in con
testation, whatever may be the amount
thereof, and in such cases the appeal
on the law and the facts shall be d.
rectly from the Court in which the
case originated to the Supreme Court;
and to criminal cases on questions of
law alone, whenever the punishment
of death or Imprisonment at hard Ia
Dor may be inflicted, or fine exceed
ing Three Hundred Dollars $4,000 is
actually imposed.
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 95.
Of the Constitution Of the State Relative to
the Jurisdiction of Courts Of Appeal.I
Amendment Nc. d.
ART. 85. "The Courts of Appeal,
except in cases hereinafter provided,
shall have appellate jurisdiction only,
which Jurisdiction shall extend in all
;ases, civil or probate, when the mat
er IN dispute or the funds to be dis.
'ributed shall exceed one hundred dol.
ars, exclusive of interest, and shall
lot exceed two Thousand dollars, ex-
'luslve of interest"
AMENDMENT TO ARTICE lol.
n the Consultation of the State Relative to
Trial OF Cases In Courts of Appeal when
Judges Disagree"
Amendment No. s.
ART. l0l. Whenever the Judses
composing the Courts of Appeal shall
'oncnr, their judgement shall be final.
Whenever there shall be a disagree.
nent, the two Judges shall appoint a
awyer having the qualifications for
ndge of the Court Of Appeals Of their
jircuit, who shall aid in the determi-