The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-02-16

ing at said election, shall approve and
ratify all or either of said amend.
ments, then such amendment OF
amendments or either of them so ap.
proved and ratified shall become q
part of the Constitution.
ACT NO. T6.
OF the Regular Session of lSS2-Amendment
TO AffieIes of the State Debt Ordinances soi
the Constitution of 1879.
Amendment No, L.
STATE DEBT.
ARTICLE l. ".Be it ordained BIZ Tie
people Of tie State Of LOHistalaa, as
propided By taw, That the State Debt
Ordinance be amended so as to read
as follows That the interest to be
paid on the Consolidated Bonds of
the State of Louisiana. be. and IS
hereby fixed at two per centum per
annum for five years, from the first
day of January, one Thousand eight
hundred and eighty (lS8O) and four
per centum per annum thereafter,
payable semi-annualIy; and there shall
be levied al 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 In
terest reduced to two per centum per
annum for five years, from January
LIST, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty, and four per centum per an
nuns thereafter"
ART. .. 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 indorsc 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 1850 and four
per centum per annum thereafter
and SAID Treasurer OF agent shall IN
dorSc or stamp on said coupons the
following words: 81 Interest reduced
TO two per centum per sunum, OF,
" Interest reduced 10 four per centum
per annum," as the case may be.
ACT NO. ll3.
OF the Regular Session OF observation-disclosures
to Article 146 OF the Constitution OF the
stats Relative tU-tees and Charges. TO be
Paid by Stamps in the Parish Of Orleans.
Amendment No. 2.
ART. LAG. All fees and charges
fixed by law for the various Civil
Courts Of the parish Of Orleans, and the
Register Of Conveysnces 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-
penses of the Clerk of the Civil Dis
trict Court, the Clerks of the CITY
Courts, the Register of Conyeyances
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-
veysnces 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 10 this provision lShall be mil
and void"
ACT NO. l25.
OF the Regular Session Of ss2-Amendment
to Article 81 Of the Constitution OF the
State, Relative 10 the Jurisdiction Of the
Supreme Court a
Amendment No. 3.
ART. 81. /" The<Sapfeme 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 di-
Vorce and separation from bed and
board to suits for nullity of mar
riage; to suits involving the rights to
hOmesteads; to suits for introduction :;
and to all cases in which the constitu-
tionality or legality of any tax, toll or
impost whatever, or Of anytime, for
fixture or penalty imposed BY mu-
nicipal corporation shall be in con
testation, whatever maybe the amount
thereof, and in such cases the appeal
on the law and the facts shall be di-
reetly from the Court in which the
case originated to the Supreme Court;
and TO criminal eases on questions Of
law alone, whenever the punishment
of death or Imprisonment at hard la
Dor may be inflicted, or "a fine, exceed
ing Three Hundred Dollars $1,000 is
actually imposed.
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IS.
OF the Constellation Of the State Relative to
the jurisdiction Of courts Of Appeal.I
lAnmeaAdAHnNsnt NO. a.
ART. 95. FThe Courts of Appeal,
except in eases hereinafter provided,
shall have appellate Jurisdiction only,
which jurisdiction shall extend in all
cases, civil or probate, whaR tbe mat-
ter ~ dispute or the funds to be de-
shall exceed one hundred dol