The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-06
Senate Bill No. 81.
Act No. 1927

Senate Bill No. 81.
! Act No. 1927
JOINT RESOLUTION.
! Amending Article I56 OF the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana, majority of both
Houses conCurring, 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 sub
mittcd to the qualified electors of this State,
an amentlmen, to Article 1856 of the Consti-
tuition of this State, that the same shall
read as follows, to-wit:
Article 1856. All valid warrants issued
| for salaries and authorized expenses of the
offices of the clerks of the Civil District
Court. Register of Conveyances and Re
coroer of Mortgages for th,: parish of Or
| leans of the Clerks of the City Courts of
the City Of New Orleans, and for salaries
of the Clerks of the Court of Appeal, which
| are payable out of the special judicial ex
| pcnst. fund provided for by Article 40 of
| the Constitution of 1870, IS amended, and
which shall be outstanding and unpaid
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 subsist-
ing claims against the revenues of the
| spective offices upon which said fund
made dependent.
The holders of said warrants may present
| them within six months after the adoption
of this Constitution. to the Board of Liquida-
| tlOn or the lily Debt, ana receive therefor
the bonds hereinafter authorized to be is
sued; and the City of New Orleans is
quired, within three months from the adnp-
| ton of this Constitution, to provide for said
warrants Or claims, by the issuance of bonds
in the sum of Two hundred and twenty-five
| thousand dollars, or 50 much thereof may
| be necessary; said bonds shall be for the
| face value OF said warrants. in such denomi-
nations the said Board of Liquidation
shall recommend, and shall be dated July 1,
| 1898, and made payable twenty five years
after date. or earlier, at the option of said
Board, and shall bear four per cent per
mum interest, payable semi annually, and
! represented by interest coupons attached
| thereto the first of said coupons payable
| January 1, 1899: said bonds to be known as
| Judicial Expense Fund Bonds, and to be
| signed by the Mayor and Comptroller of the
City of New Orleans, and delivered the
| Board of liquidation of the City Debt and
shall be countersigned by the President and
Secretary of said Board and issued by said
| Board to the holders of said warrants upon
surrender Of same. Neither the State of
| Louisiana the City of New Orleans shall
ever be liable tor the payment OF said
| bonds nor the interest thereon. except from
the special fund herein provided for, and
any approp, iation or other provision there
for made by the State or city shall be null
and void. There shall be stamped across
| the face of said bonds the words: '.Issucd
in accordance with Article $50 of the Con
stiiu,ion of Louisiana of 1905 The Clerk
of The Civil District Court, Reg ster of Con-
veyances and Recorder of Mortgages for the
Parish of Orleans, and the Clerks of the
| CITY Courts of New Orleans, shall keep ac-
curate and detailed accounts in books to be
used exclusively for that purpose of all fees
| and charges collected in their offices, re
spectivcly, and they shall furnish, daily, to
the City Comptroller, tranScr pts of said ac-
counts duly certified by them by their
authority, and SAID officers shall also daily
pay into the Treasury of the City of New
Orleans the whole amount of fees and
f-b, tod he
| thus paid into the City Treasury the Treas
urer shall set apart and reserve twenty per
| cent out of which shall first be paid the eN-
| penses necessary for the preparation and OK
| ecution of the aforesaid bonds, and there
| after the same shall be used solely and en-
clusively 20 retire the bonds issued in pay
mcnt of said Judicial Expense Fund war