The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-03-22

amendments or either OF them so APP
proved and ratified shall become Il
part of the Constitution.
ACT NO. IS.
OF the Regular Session of 1SS2--Amendment
TO Articles OF the State Debt Ordinance Of
the Constitution of 1879.
Amendment NO, L.
STATE DEBT.
ARTICLE l. "Be ii ordained By the
people Of the State Of Louisiana, as
pr0Vided By LGW, 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 (l8SO) and four
per centum per annum thereafter,
payable semi.annually and there shall
be levied IN 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
mum thereafter"
ART. 2. "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, rs the case
may be, shall indOrsc or stamp thereon
the words Interest reduced to two
per Centum per annum for five years
from January lst, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty (l8S0) and four
per Centum per annum thereafter"
and said Treasurer or agent shall in
dOrsc or stamp on said coupons the
following words: Interest reduced
TO two per centum per annum," or,
interest reduced to four per centum
per annum," as the case may be.
ACT NO. lib.
OF the Regular Session oE lSS2-Amendment
to 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. =.
ART. Jag. "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 rs a special fund, ont 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 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-
veyGnces 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. l25.
OF the Regular Session of Amendment
to Article 81 Of the Constitution Of the |
State, Relative to the Jurisdiction of the |
Supreme Court !
Amendment No. q.
ART. 81. "The Supreme Court, en-
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- |
voroe and separation from bed and
board; toasuits 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 any fine, for
feiture or penalty imposed by a mu-
nieipal corporation shall be in CON
hesitation. whatever may be the araaant