Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-10-31
No. A.
Aot No. 1927
JOINT RESoLUrION

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JOINT RESOLUTION
Amending Article 156 Of the Constt
tuition of the State of Louisiana
Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Louisiana, ma
jerity Of both Houses concurrings
That at the next general election fos
Congressman TO be held In this Stats
on the first Tuesday in the month Of
November, 1902, that there shall be
subm itted to the qualified electors Of
this State, an amendment to Articls
166 of the Constitution Of this State.
70 that the same shall read as follows
to-wit:
Article 1b6. All valid warrants b
sued for salaries and Authorised sx
penses Of the Offices of the clerks o.
the Civil District Court, Register oi
Conveyances and Recorder Of Mort
gage for the parish Of Orleans. Of the
Cler 3 Of the City Courts of the city
of New Orleans, and for salaries o.
the Clerks of the Court Of Appeal,
hich are payable out Of the spscisl
judicial expense fund provided for b
Article 146 of the Constitution Of 1879.
az amended, aud which shall be ont
standing and unpaid at the date OF the
adoption Of this constitution, or which
shall be issueikfoy the current month
in which this Constitution is adopted,
are hereby declared to be valid ard
subsisting clsims against the revenuef
Of the respective Offices upon whicf
said fund was made dependent.
The holders Of said warrants may
present them within six months after
ttfadoption of this Constitution ia
the Board of Liquidation Of the City
Debt. and receive therefor the bonds
hereinafter authorized to be issuedl
and the city of New Orleans is re.
QniEed, within three months from ths
Jon 81 this Consultation. to pYo.
vide for said warrants or cisilns. By
the issuance Of bonds in the sum oi
Two hundred and twenty-fivest sthonss
and dollars, or 30 much thereof as
may be necessary; sad bonds shall Be
for the face value Of said warrants, II
such denominations as the said Board
Of Liquidation shall recommend. and
shall be dated July 1st, 1898. 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 seni-An.
nually, and represented by interes,
aaHpons attached thereto, the first ol
sou7ens payable January 1st
H. said bonds to be known a. Ju-
dicial Expense Fund Bonds, and to be
signed by the Mayor and Comptrollez
of the City Of New Orleans, and de-
liyeree to the Board Of Liquidation Of
- eIty Debt and shall be counter.
signed 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 nor the CITY Of
New Orleans shall ever be liable fos
the payment of said bonds nor the In.
terest thereon, except from the spec
ial fund herein provided for, ard any
appropriation or o her provision there
for made by the State OF city
shall be null and void. There sball
be stamped across the face Of said
bonds the words: Issued in accord.
ance with Article l56 Of the Oonstitu.
ton OF Louisiana OF 1893" Ths
Clerk of the Civil District Oosrt. Req.
lister of Conveyances and Recorder q
Mortgages for the Parish Of Orleans.
and the Clerks Of the City Courts oi
New Orleans. shall keep accurate and
detailed accounts in books to be usea
exclusively for that purpose Of ell fee,
and charges collected in their Offices
respectively. and they shall furnish.
daily to the City Comptroller. tran.
scripts Of said accounts duly certified
by them or by their authority. ana
said officers shall also daily pay inta
the Treasury of the City Of New o.,
leans the whole amourt Of fees ana
charges SO collected. From In.
amounts thus paid into the oit,
Treasury the Treasurer shall set spsr,
and reserve twenty per cent on. o,
which shall first be paid the expense.
necessary for the preparation and -.
scutioD OF the aforesaid bonds. .ns
thereafter the same shall be n.as
soie'y and exclusively TO retirs tbs
Ppds issued in payment Of said in.
pal Expense Fund warrants aud IN.
Jest thereon, and the cerlifcnle. a
the Comptroller hereinafter sntho<.
lied; and upon the second Tussd.v <
December and june Of ever 49,
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