The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-03-08
OFF'ICI-AI-
amendments to the Con.
StitutiOR Of the state
Of Louisiana.
State of Louisiana.

SUaUe OF Louisiana.
FFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
In pursuance of Art. 256 of the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana,
publication is hereby given TO the
electors of the state of the proposed
amendments to the Constitution of the
State, concurred in by two-thirds of
all the members elected to each House
of the General Assembly of this State,
at its regular session held in the city
of Baton Rouge in 1882, and which
are required to be published in two
newspapers published in the parish of
Orleans, and in one paper in each
other parish of the State in which a
newspaper is published, for three
months preceding the next election
for Representatives, at which time the
said amendments shall be submitted
to the electors for their approval or
rejection; said amendments appear
more fully in Acts Nos. rs, ll3 and
1875 of the regular session of the Gen
eral Assembly held in 1882, which are
officially published for the information
of the electors, and winch will be sub
mitted to them for their approval or
rejection at the next general election,
to be held on Tuesday, the 22d day of
April, A. d. 1884, lit being the Tues
day next following the third Monday
in April) in such a manner and form
that the electors may vote for or
against each amendment, separately
and If a majority Of the electors, vot-
ing at SAID election, shall approve and
ratifv all or either of said amend
mcnts, then such amendment or
amendments or either of them so ap-
proved and ratified shall become
part of the Constitution.
ACT NO. 76.
OF the Regular Session of 1882 Amendment
to Articles of the State Debt Ordinance Of
the Constitution of 1879.
Amendments No, i.
STATE DEBT.
ARTICLE l. "Be ii ordained BIZ the
r people Of the State Of Louisiana, as
propided 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 (ls80) and four
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 "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, 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 (ls80) and four
per centum per annum thereafter
and said Treasurer or agent shall in-
dorse or stamp on said coupons the
following words: "Interest reduced
to two per centum per aunum," or,
Interest reduced to four per centum
per annum," as the case may be.
ACT NO. Il8.
OF the Regular Session of 2-Amendment
to Article Jag of the Constitution of the
State Relative to Fees and Charges, to be
Paid by Stamps in the Pariah of Orleans.
Amendment No. =.
ART. If6. CAN fees and charges
fixed " law for the various CIviI
IC'or.tsHeF the parish of Orleans, and the
Register of C nVeyS..e,c-f.0a d Recorder
of Mortgages of said parish, shall
ennre to the State, and all sums real I
lied therefrom shall be set aside and |
held rs 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 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
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.p Z ..saaa argos
ACT NO. 1875.
OF the Regular Session of lS82-Amendmentd
to Article 81 Of the Consultation Of the
State, Relative to the jurisdiction Of the
Supreme Court
Amendments Nc. o.
ART. 81. "The Supreme Court, .ex-
cspt in cases hereinafter provided
shall have appellate jurisdiction only,
which jurisdiction shall extend to AL
cases when the matter in dispute, or
the fund to be distribated, whatever
may be the amount therein claimed,
shall exceed two thousand dollars, ex-
clns'" of interest; to suits for di-
'orce and separation from bed and
board; to suits for nudity of mar
mage; to suits involving the rights 10