Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-10-03
PROPOSED : AMENDMENTS.
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said money will buy or redeem, pref
erence being given to holders offering
at ths lowest rate; and all such bonds
SO purchased or redeemed shall be by
said Board Of liquidation Immediate
ly 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
same is derived, Including 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 tn
be paid by the City of New Orleansi
aud the surplus of said eighty per
cent, 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-
ed. But If said eighty per-c cent dur
ing the Fix months ending. July Slst,
or January 31st of any year, should
prove inadequate to pay said salaries
and expenses. the Comptroller shall
prorate the deficit among those emit
tied to payment, aud shall issue GER
tifcates therefor in sums not Jess than
ten dollars, which shall bear interest
at the rate of four per cent per aunum
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
An 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, and in all cases such disburse-
msnts and ell salaries shall be paid by
the Treasurer of the City of New Or
leans upon warrants drawn against
taid iund By the Comptroller of said
city, approved, SO far as the Owl
District Court is concerned by the
presiding Judge thereof. for the office
OF Recorder of Mortgages and the Office
of Register Of Conveyauces, by the
Mayor OF the City of New Orleans,
aud for the offices of the respective
city courts by the judge or judges
thereof aud for the officers Of the
Court OF Appeal by one of the judges
thereof. Until the full aud final pay
ment Of all said bonds and certificate:
hereinbefore provided for the salaries
of the employees of the various Offices
hereinafter named shall remain a
now fixed by law, and there shall be
no increase in the number OF en-.
ployees now authorized by Law fol
the Offices OF recorder Of mortgages o,
register of conveyances, unless other
wise ordered by the Civil District
! Court sitting en- banc; and the mum
Der of employees of the Civil District
Court shall be as determined by ma
jor;ty Of the judges thereof. The
clerks of the first and second city courts
until the organization of the city
courts, hereinbefore provided for, MAJ
each appoint with the approval of tbs
judges thereof, an additional deputy
clerk at fifty dollars per month, bui
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
inbefore named shall have the righi
to 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 secont
Tuesday in February and August Of
each year, with whatever amount ha:
been paid to said board by the treas
urer as herein provided, shall, after
paying the interest, pay said bonds
in numerical order. After the pay
ment of all of said bonds, the twenty
| per cent, reserve herein provided, anC
any surplus of the remaining eight
per cent. shall be used by the CITY
treasurer in paying the certificates
Lerein provided for, if any, in tn,
oder of their issue When saiC
Judicial expense fund bonds aud com.
pi Uller certificates, il any Of the lat
Ter shall be issued, shall have beer
retired and cancelled, the salaries anC
expo nses of the various officers effect
ID by this article and the revenue O
sail officers shall be regulated ant
| d;spos d of as may be determined b,
the General Assembly. This articl,
shall take effect from the last day o
the current month in Aich this con
stitation is adopted, and all amount
arising from the Judicial expense fund
which shall remain in the hands CT th
| 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
above referred to-.
| ISigned.1 j. Y. SANDERS,