The Opelousas courier., 1884-03-08

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or either of said amendments, then such
amendment or amendments or either
of them so approved and ratified shall
become a part of the Constitution.
ACT NO. rs
Of the Regular Session of 1882
d mendmeRt to the articles of the
State Debt Ordinance of the Constit@-
ton Of 1879.
Amendment NO. !.
STATE DEBT.
ARTICLE /. "Be 1T ordained by the
people Of the State of Louisiana, as
provided By lao, That the State Debt
Ordinance be amended SO us to read as
follows: That the interest to be paid
on the Consolidated Bonds of the State
of Louisiana. be, aud is hereby fixed at
two per centum. per annum for five
years, from the first day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and
eighty, Cls80) and four per cent per
annum thereafter, payable semi an.
nually aud there shall be levied an
aunualtax sufficient for the full pay
ment of said. interest, lot 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 re
duced to two per centum per annum
for FIVE years, from January list, one
thousand eight hundred aud eighty,
and four per cent per annnm there
after.1
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. n 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 n for Eve
years from January LIST, oDe thousand
eight hundred and eighty (1680) and
four per centum per annum thereafter"
and said Treasurer or agent shall
indorse or stamp on said cou-
pons the following words "In-
terest reduced to two per eentum
per annum,'' or, Interest reduced to
four per centum per annum,D as the
case may be.
ACT NO. ll3
OF the Regular Session of 1882
amendment to article 146 of the Con-
situation Of the State Relatiue to Fees
and Charges to be Paid by Stamps In
the Parish of Orleans.
Amendment NO q.
Arr. LAG. .sAll fees and charges
fixed by law for the various Civil
Courts of the parish of Orleans, and
for the Register of Conveyances and
Recorder of Mortgages of said parish,
shall enure to the State, and all sums
realized therefrom shall be set aside
and held as a special fund, out of
which shall be paid, by preference,
the expenses of the Clerk of the Civil
District Court, the Clerks Of the city
Courts, the Register of Conveyances
and Recorder of Mortgages of the par
ish of Orleans /; provided that the
State shall never make any payment
to any Sheriff, Clerk, Register of Con-
yeyances 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 1o5
OF the Regular Session of 1882
amendment to article 81 Of the Con
stiitution Of the State, Relative to the
jurisdiction Of the Supreme Court.
Amendment no. ..
ART. 81. 1.-THE Supreme Court, ex-
eept 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 ameunt therein claimed,
shall exceed two thousand dol
lars, exclusive OF interest to suits
for divorce and separation from bed
and board to suits for nullity of
marriage to suits involving the rights
to homesteads ; to suits for interdic-
tion and to all cases in which the
constitutionality or legality of any
tax, toll or impost whatever, or of any
fine, forfeiture or penalty imposed by
d municipal corporation shall be in
condensation, whatever may be the
amount thereof, and in such cases the
apDeal on the law and the facts shall