Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-09-12

act NO. 1O@'J
Joint RESoLUTION

Article l56 OF i'he So'
tuition of the State Of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly Of the State of Louisiana, ms
iority OF both Houses concnrrise'
That at the next general election sof
Oongressmen to lie held in this State
! on the first Tuesday in the month o.
November, 1909, that there shall Dc
| subm ittea to the qualified electors o.
this State. an amendment TO Article
1855 OF the Constitution OF this state
! 20 that the same shall read as follows
| to-wit:
Article I56. All valid warrants H.
sued for salaries and authorized eE'
penses of the offices OF the clerks o.
the Civil District Court. Register Of
Conveyances and Recorder Il Mort
cages for The parish of Orleans. Of the
Clerks 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 special
| judicial expense fund provided for ~
Article 146 Of the Constitution OF 1879,
| as amended, end which shall be out
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 cIsims against the revenues
of the respective Offices upon which
said fund was made dependent
The holders OF said warrants may
present them within six months after
the adoption of this Constitution to
the Board of Liquidation Of the City
Debt, and receive therefor the bonds
hereinafter authorized TO be issuedi
and the city of New Orleans is re-
quired, within three months from the
adoption OF this Constitution, 10 pro
vide for said warrants or clsims, BY
the issuance Of bonds in the sum o.
Two hundred and twenty-five thous.
and dollars, or 30 much thereof as
may be necessary, said bonds shall be
for the face value Of said warrants, In
such denominations as the said Board
of Liquidation shall recommend, and
shall bs dated July lst 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 ssmi-An-
nually. and represented by iuteres,
coupons at sched thereto. ihs frss oI
said coupons payable January lst.
1899; said bonds TO be Known e. Ju-
dioial Expense Fund Bonds. and to be
signed by the Mayor and Comptroller
of the City Of New Orleans. and de.
livered to the Board Of Liquidation Of
the City Debt aud shall be counter.
signed by the President and Secretary
of said Board aud 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 for
the payment Of said bonds nor the in
terest thereon. except from the spec
ial fund herein provided for, and any
appropriation or c'her provision there.
J for made by the state sor city
shall be null aud yvid. there shall
be stamped across the face Of said
bonds the words: Issued in accord
ance with Article 156 Of the Constitu.
tion Of Louisiana oi 1898" Tia
. Clerk Of the Civil District Cosrt. Reg.
. lister Of Conveyances and Recorder Of
Mortgages for the Parish Of Orleans.
and the Clerks Of the City Courts Of
New Orleans, shall keep accurate and
detailed accounts in books to be used
, exclusively for that purpose OF all fees
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, and
said officers shall also daily pay ints
I the Treasury Of the City Of New Or
. leans the whole amourt of fees and
charges SO collected. From IA.
; amounts thus paid into the Oit,
, Treasury the Treasurer shall set sp.r,
and reserve twenty per cent out Of
which shall first be paid the expense,
necessary for the preparation and sx
b ecution of the aforesaid bonds. and
4 thereafter the same shall be ased
{ solely and exclusively to resise IA,
& bonds issued in payment Of said in
!, dicial Expense Fund warrants aud IN
forest thereon, and the certificate. q
}. the Comptroller hereinafter satbor
II lied; and upon the second Tuesday i,
}, December aud June OF every va,
e the said Treasurer shaIl pay sei.
amouuts 30 reserved, and also IN,