Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-10-24
PROPOSED : AMENDMENTS.


sui with the surplus of the r..
"'Ainirg eighty per cent az hersinasts,
provided, as many Of said bonds ..
salo money Wall buy or redeem, pref.
sience being given to holders altering
~ 'ne lowest rate; and all such bonds
~ pufenased'or redsemed shall be BIZ
SAID Board Of Liquidation immediate
y cancelled. and record made there
Ol' From the remaining eighty pc,
GENT OF said fund there shall be paid
monthly the current salaries and an.
penses OF the offices from which the
same is derived, including the salary
oil the docket and minute clerks Of the
Court OF Appeal as now constituted
and until the election Of the CLERK OF
the faid court, as above provided, to-
ge'ner-with such authorized expenses
o. SAID offices as are not required to
be paid BY the City of New Orleans,
aud the surplus of said eighty per
cent II any, shall be paid by the
treasurer to the said Board of L,qui-
Dalton, and shall be used to redeem
or pay said bonds and certificates "a
hereinbefore and hereinafter proyid.
ed. Bat if said eighty per cent dur
ing the Elk months ending July 3lst,
or January 3lst of any year, should
prove inadequate TO pay said salaries
ana expense. the Comptroller shall
prorate the deficit among those enti-
tied to payment, and shall issue GER
tiflcates therefor in sums not less than
ten dollars, which shall bear interest
at the rate OF four per cent per annum
from date, and said interest shall be
paid annually, but the principal Of
said certificates shall be paid from the
funds herein set apart and reserved
only after all the bonds issued In pay
ment OF outstanding warrants shall
have first been redeemed or paid.
All disbursements from said fund
for stationery shall be made upon the
requisition of the officers requiring
same; said requisition to be proved
by the mayor Of the City of New Or
leans, and in all cases such disbulss-
msnts and all salaries shall be paid by
the Treasurer Of the City Of New Or
leans up,n warrants drawn against
laid fund By the Comptroller Of said
city, approved, so far as the Civil
District Court ssconcerned by she
presiding Judge thereof. for the Office
OF Recorder of Mortgages and the ofice
of Register Of Conveyanoes. by the
Mayor Of the City Of New Orleans,
and FOR the Offices of the respective
city courts by the Judge or judges
thereof and for the officers Of the
Court Of Appeal by one of the judges
thereof. Until the full and final pay
ment Of all said bonds and certificates
hsreinbefore provided for the salaries
Of the employees OF the various offices
hereinafter named shall remain Is
now fxed by law, and there shall be
no increase in the number Of en-
pioyees now authorized by law for
the Offices Of recorder Of mortgages or
register Of conveyances, unless other
wise ordered by the Civil District
Court sitting en- banc; and the num-
Der Of employees of the Civil District
Court shall be as determined by Q ma
lority Of the judges thereof. The
clerks of the first and second city courts
until the organization of the cit,
courts, hereinbefore provided for, may |
Zach appoint with the. approval Of tbs |
judges thereof, ON additional deputy
slerk at tfty dollars per month, but |
no other employees, nor larger sal
lries than those now fixed by law,
shall be allowed to the city courts.
The said Board OF Liquidation here
nbesore named shall have the right
o reject any and all bids made for the
of bonds issued as herein
Ibove provided, and should there be
10 bids, or none accepted, then said
Board of Liquidation, on the second
tuesday In February and August Of
zach year. with whatever amount has
,een paid to said board by the treas
lrer as herein provided, shall, after
,aying the interest. pay said bonds
n numerical order. After the paw.
nent of all Of said bonds, the twenty !
,er cent, reserve herein provided, and
ny surplus of the remaining eighty
Ter cent. shall be used by the City
treasurer in paying the certificates
,erein provided for, If any, In the
der OF their issue. When said
udicial expense fund bonds and CON-
. olIer certificates, if any Of the lat
err shall be issued, shall have been
etired and cancelled, the salaries and
xps nses of the various officers effect
d by this article and the revenue OF
aid officers shall be regulated and
ispos d Of as may be determined by
he General Assembly, This article
ball take effect from the last day of
he current month in which this con.
titution is adopted, and all amounts
rising from the ildicial expense fund,
hitch shall remain in the hands Ct the
tate Treasurer on that date, shall be
aid by him to the Board of Liquids.
on of ths City Debt. and be used BY
aid board as part of the funds herein
bo,e referred to.