Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-10-17
PROPOSED : AAEHDHEaTS,
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at the lowest rate; and all such bonds
SO purchased or redeemed shall be BY
said Board of liquidation immt1iate-
~ cancelled. and record made there
Of. From the remaining eighty per
cent Of said fund there shall be PAID
monthly the current salaries and ex-
penses OF the offices from which the
came is derived, iscluding the salary
of the docket and minute clerks OF the
Court OF Appeal, as now constituted
and until the election of the clerk OF
the said court, as above provided, to-
gether with such authorized expenses
Of said Offices as are not required to
be psid by the City of New orleansj
add the surplus of said eighty per
ceni, If any, shall be paid by the
Treasurer to the said Board of LIqui-
dation, and shall be used to redeem
or pay said bonds and certificates as
hereinbefore and hereinafter provid-
cd. But il said eighty per cent dur
ing the tix months ending July Slst,
or January 31st of any year, should
prove inadequate 10 pay said salaries
and expenses, the Comptroller shall
prorate the deficit. among those enti-
tied to payment, aud shall issue GER
tificaies therefor in sums not less than
ten dollars, which shall bear interest
at the rate of four per cent per snnum
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 approved
by the mayor of the City of New Or
leans, aad in all cases such disburse-
ments and all salaries shall be paid by
the Treasurer of the City Of New Or
leans apSn warrants drawn against
aid fund by the Comptroller ofsaid
city, approved, SO far as the Civil
J District Coust is concerned by she
presiding Judge thereof. for the office
Of Recorder OF Mortgages and the Office
of Register OF Conyeyauces, by the
Mayor OF the City OF New Orleans,
aud 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
l.ment of all said bonds and certificates
hereinbefore provided for the salaries
CT the employees of the various Offices
hereinafter named shall remain rs
now fixed by law, and there shall be
no increase in the number of en-
ployees 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 ma
jority of the judges thereof. The
clerks OF the frst and second c::.y courts
until tho organization of the cit,
courts, hereinbefore- provided for, may
each ssF5int with the approval of tbs
i1dg gees thereof, an additional deputy
clerk at fifty dollars per month, but
no other employees, nor larger sal
aries than those now fixed by law,
shall be allowed to the city courts.
The said Board of Liquidation here.
iubefore named shall have the right
10 reject any and all bids made for the
redemption of bonds issued as herein.
above provided, and should there be
no bids, or none accepted, then said
Board Of Liquidation, on the second
TUESDAY in February aud August Of
each year. with whatever amount has
been paid TO said beard by the treas
urer as her Elm provided, shall, after
paying the interest. pay said bonds
in Numerical order. After the pay
meut of oil Of said bonds, the twenty
per ceut, reserve herein provided. anc
any surplus of the remaining eight,
per cent, shall be used by the CITY
treasurer in paying the certificate,
Lerein provided for, il any, in tn,
oder of their issue When sale
Judicial expense fund bonds and com.
pi oller certificates, If any Of the lat
ter shall be issued, shall have been
retired and cancelled, the salaries anG
sxps nses Of the various officers effect
"a by this article and the revenue O
said officers shall be regulated anC
dispos of as may be determined b,
the General Assembly. This articl,
shall take effect from tina last dav O.
the current month in hich this CON
stitution is adopted, and ell smonut
arising from the Judicial expense fund
which shah remain in the hands CT III,
State Treasurer ON that date. shall be
paid by him to the Board of Liquida.
ton Of the City Debt. and be used by
said board as part of the funds hereir
abose referred to.
lSigned.l ]. Y. SANDERS.