St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-12
rOFFICIAL.l
Amendments to the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF ST.rr

y, tue State OF the proposed amendment
TO the Constitution of the State. cen
> Cured IN by two-thirds of ali the mem
II bs-s elected to each House of the Gen
q eral Assembly of this State, at its reru
;, lar session held IN The city of Baton
Rouge II l6Ss, AMI which are required
10 be published In two newspapers pub
ilshed IN the parish Or Orleans, and in
Il one paper in each other parish in the
n state III which newspaper Is publish
ed, Tor three months preceding the next
election Tor Representatives,, at who Ii
time the said amendments shall be sub-
mltted to the Electors for their approval
or rejection; sale amendments appear
more fully in Acts Nos. &c, Il3 and I25
OF the regular session of the General As
sembly held in 1882. which are officially
3 published for the information of the
. Electors, and which will be submitted
TO them for their approval or rejection
at the next general election, to be held
on Tuesday. the 22d day of April, A. ID.
: 1881, ut being the Tuesday next follow
ing the third Monday in ApriD in such
a manner and form mat the Electors
may vote for or against each amend
ment. separately; and if q majority of
the Electors, voting at said election.
snail approve and ratify all or either of
SAID amendments, then such amendment
or amendments or either of them so ap-
proved and ratified shall become part
OF the Constitution.
ACTNo. rs
Offhe Regular Session of lSs2-Amend-
ment to the Articles If the State Debt
| Ordinance of the Constitution of 1879.
| Amendment No. 1.
STATE DEBT.
ARTICLE /. BE Il orda ned by The pso.
PIE Of the State cf Louisiana, as brori,ief
by lac, That the State Debt Ordnance
be amended SO as To read as follows.
nat the interest to be paid on the Con- |
solilated bonds of the State of Louisi-
ana, be, and is hereby fixed at two per
cehtum per annum for i've wears. from
the first day OF Js nuary. one thousanl |
eight hundrt aid eighty ISS1D and |
four per centum per unaum thereafter !
payable seml-a nnualIy; aud there shall |
be levied an annual tax sufficient for tbo
fuli payment OF said interest. not ex-
ceedlns three mills, the limit OF State
lax for all purposes being hereby fixed
ri SIX mills. and said bonds and con mons
shall be duly stamped: ..Interest reduced
TO t"o per centum per al NUN for five
years, from January lst, one thousand II
eight hundred aud eighty and four Der
cehtuih per annum thereafter
Akr. :. .'Ihnt the holders of the Con-
soildated bonds may at any time. in or
der that the coupons may be paid. pre- ,
sent their bonds to the Treasurer Of the ,
State, or to agents 10 be appointed by. ,
the Governor, one in the city of New /
ork, and the other IN the CITY of Lon |
don, England, and the said Treasurer {
OF agents, as the case may be, Shall in !
iorse or stamp thereon the words: "In-
lerest reduced TO two per centum Der :
ihnnm Tor i've years from January LIST. I
ohe thousand eight hundred and eighty
loSo) ana tour per centum per annum
thereafter, and said Treasurer or agent
snail lndofse or stamp Oh said coupons
he following words: Interest reduced 4,
D TWO per centum per annum, or, In n
crest reduced to four per centum Der l.
Innum," as the case may be, :,
ACT NO. 113 :.
IL the Regular Session of ISS2-Amend- L
ment TO Article LAG of the Constitution c.
OF the State, Relative to Fees and Il
charges, to be Paid by Stamps in the IL
Amendment No. 9. >.
ART. 1i6. "All fees and chasges fixed =,
y law Tor the various Civil Courts of the a;
arlSh OF Orleans, AMI for the Register ~
GonVeyances and Recorder of Mort !,
ages OF said parish, shall enure to the ~
tate, and all sums realized therefrom n,
ball be set aside and held as a special y,
ma. out of which shall be paid. by -
reference, the expenses of the Clerk OF i;
ne Owl District Court the Clerks of i,
he city Courts, the Register of Convey !
noes and the Recorder Of Mortgages or -
he parish OF Orleans; prorided. that the ];
tate Shall never make any PAYMENT 70 II,
ny Sheriff, Clerk, Register of Convey, -,
aces or Recorder of Mortgages of the II
afish OF Orleans, or any of their a.epu- In
es, for salary or other expenses o. their ~
spectlve offices, except from the spe- in
al fund provided for by this article. av
Ill any appropriation made contrary to so
us provision shall be null and void" ,s
ACT NO. 125 an
the Regular Session of 1SS2-Amend- fol
ment to Article 81 of the Constitution OF
of the State, Relative to the Jurislie. sh
ton of the Supreme Court. fire
"A nenum ent No. 3.
ART. 81. 1.-The Supreme Court except co,
cases hereinafter provided, shall have wr
pellate jurisdiction only, which Juris- inc
ction shall extend to all cases wheE ev,
utter in dispute, or the fund to be dis ce,
buted, whatever may be the amount co,
erein claimed. shall exceed two thou ha,
nd dollars, exclusive of interest; to pre
It's for divorce and separation from sha
and board; to suits for nullity of sal,
.rrlage; to suits involving the rights sue
homesteads; to suits for Introduction; owe
30 all cases in which the constitu- inc
nality or legality of any tax, toll or sal,
post whatever, or of any fine, forfeit Gus
or penalty imposed by municipal sig,
poration shall be in condensation. q
atever may be the amount thereof. -
In such cases the appeal on the law J I
the facts shall be directly from the u
Irt in which the case originated to the
oreme court; and to criminal cases on
.stions of law alone, whenever the
lishment of death or Imprisonment -