The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-18
Senate Bill No. "a.
Act No. 1927
JOINT RESOLUTION

Amending artlc16 100 OF Inc COnetl'
tusion Of the State of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the General Assem-.
bly, of the State of Louisiana, q ma.
jority of both Houses concurriug,
That At the next general election for
Congressman to be held in this State
on the first Tuesday in the month OF
November, 1902, that there shall be
subm tilted to the qualified electors ei
this State, an amendment to Article
1856 of the Constitution Of this State.
70 that the same shall read as follows,
to-wit:
Article 1853. All val. warrants il.
sued for salaries and authorized ex.
penses of tho Offices of the clerks @,
the Civil District Court, Register OF
Conveyances and Recorder of Mort
cages for tho parish OF Orleans, OF tn.
Clerks Of the City Courts Of the -it5
of New Orleans, and fsf saiaries Of
the Clerk. of the Court of Appeal.
, hieA are payable out OF the special
judicial expense fund provided for by
Article LAG of the Constitution of 1879,
rs amended. end Which shall be ont.
standing and unpaid at the date Of the
adoption of this constitution, or which
shall be issued for the current month
in which this Constitution is adopted,
are hereby declared to be valid and
subsisting clsims against the revenues
Of the respecties Offices upon which
said fund was made dependent.
The holders OF said warrants may
present them within six months after
the adoption of thi. Constitution tc
the Board u Liquidation Of tho City
Debt, and receive therefor the bonds
hereinafter authorized to be issued /;
and the city of New Orleans is re-.
quired, withia three months from the
adoption Of this Constitution, TO pro.
vide Tor said warrants OF claims, BY
the issuance of bonds in the sum oil
Two hundred and twenty-five thous.
and dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary; said bonds shall hs
for the face vllue of said variants, ID
such denominations A. the said Board
Of Liquidation shall recon m end, and
shall be dated July 1st 1885, and
made payable twenty-five years after
date, or earlier. at the option OF said
Board, and shall bear four per cent
per annum interest payable semi-an.
nually, and represented by interest
coupons at ached thereto. tie first OF
said coupons payable January LIST,
1899; said bonds to be known as Ju.
dicial Expense Fund Bonds, and to be
signed by the Mayor and Comptroller
of the Olts Of Nsw Orleans, and de.
livered to the Board Of Liquidation Of
the City Debt and shall be counter.
sigued by the President and Secretary
Of said Board aud issued by said
Board to the holders Of said " arrants
upon surrender of same. Nei her the
State Of Loutiana nor the City .!
New Orleans shall ever he liable for
the payment OF sid bonds nor the in.
terest thereon, except from the spec
iai fund herein provided for, and any
appropl ia,ion or her provision there
for maio by the State or city
shall he mill aud void. there STALL
b- stamped across The face of said
bonds the words: Issued in accord.
anco with Article 1856 Of the Constitu.
ton Of Louisiana Of 1898" The
Clerk OF tho Civil Ulsilic. Co :rt, Reg.
ister of Conveyances anl Recorder Of
Mortgages for the Parish of Orleans,
and the Clerks of the City Courts d
New Orleans, shall keep accurate and
detailed accounts in books 10 be used
exclusively for that purpose Of all fee'
and charges collected III taeir offices.
respectively, and they shall furnish.
daily to the City Comptroller. tran
scripts OF said accounts duly certified
by them or by their authority, and
said officers shall also daily pay int
tho Treasury of the City Of New Or
leans the whole amount Of fees and
charges 80 collected. From the
amounts thus paid into the City
Treasury tho Treasurer shall set apart
and reserve twenty per cent out Of
which shall hrst be paid tho expenses
necessary ior the preparation and o..
ecution of tho aforesaid bonds, and
thereafter the sams shall be used
solely and exclusively to retire the
bonds issued in payment Of said Ju.
dicial Expense Fund warrants aud in-
forest thereon, and the certificates OF
the COMPTROLLER hereinafter author