The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-11-01
Senate Bill No. 81
Act No. 1927
JOINT RESOLUTION

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bly If the State of Louisiana, q ma.
jcrity of both Houses concurrinG.
That at the next general election fol
| Congressman to be held in this State
on the first Tuesday in the month OF
November, 1902, that there shall be
subm itted to The qualified electors o.
this State, an amendment to Article
l53 of the Constitution Of this State.
20 that the same eLall read az follows.
| to-wit:
Article 156. All valid warrants is
sued for salaries and authorized ex
penses of tho Offices Of the clerks Of
the Civil District Court, Register Of
Ccnveyances and Recorder of Mort
cages for the parish Of Orleans, o. rhs
Clerks of the City Courts OF the city
Of New Orleans, and for salaries Of
the Clerks of the Court Of Appeal.
? hich are payable out Of the special
judicial expense fnnd provided for by
Article Jag Of Tie Constitution OF 1879,
rs amended, and which shall he out.
standing md unpaid at The date OF the
adoption Of this constitution. or whiok
shall be issued for the current month
in which this Constitution is adopted,
are hereby declared to be valid and
subsis.ing cloims against tho revenues
Of the respective Offices upon which
said fund was nado 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 he issued;
and the city OF New Orleans is re.
CURED, within three manths from the
adoption of this ion, to pro.
vide for said warrants or claims, hy
the issuance Of bonds in tho sum Of
Two hundred and twenty-five thous.
and dollars, or so much thereof as
muy be necessary; said bonds shall be
for the facc v1lue of eail warrants, in
such denominations es the suid DcsYd
Of Liquidation shall recommend, and
shall be datel July lst 1893, and
made payable twenty-five years after
date, or earlier, a: the option Of said
Board, and shall bear four per cent
per annum interest payable scm!-an.
nually, and represented by iEtoreat
coupons at ached thereto. tho fret Of
said coupons payable January 1st
1899; said bonds to be known as Ju.
dicial Expense Fund Bonds, and to be
signed by the Mayor and Comptroller
Of the City Of New Orleans, und do
lfvelrd to the Board OF Liquidation Q!
the City Debt and shall lie counter.
signed by tho President aud $, cretnry
of said Board and issued by said
Board to the holders Of said warrants
upon surrender u Same. Nci;hcr the
State Of Louisiana nor tie City Of
New Orleans shall ever be Liable for
the payment OF sid bonds Nor the in.
teres: thereon, except from the spec.
ial fund herein provided for, and any
appropf iation or . her provision there
for male by The State or city
shall he null aud void. There stall
DO stamped across the f,co Of said
bonds tho words: LISTED in accor;i.
ance with Article lJ6 VI The Const:tl.
ton Of Louisiana vi lS0a." The
Clerk OF the Civil Disir;c: CoSrt, Reg.
lister of Conveyancss aud Recorder 81
Mortgages for the Parish Of Orleans,
and the Clerks of the City Courts Of
New Orleans, shall keep accurate and
OoldbOu 0CCOuuto Al DOOkS 10 DC USeQ
exclu-ively for that purpose Of all foe,
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 tbeic authority, aud
suid officers shall also daily pry irta
tue Treasury of the City Of New c.
leans the whole amount of fees anu
charges SO collected. From the
amounts thus paid into the City
Treasury the Treasurer shall set apart
ind reserve tweuty per cent out d
which shall first DO paid the expensea
necessary for the preparation and ex'
ecuiiOn Of The aforesaid bonds, aud
thereafter the came shall be used
solo'y and exclusively to retire the
bonds issued in payment Of said Ju.
dicial Expense Fund warrants aud in
forest thereon, and the certificates OF
the Comptroller hereinafter suthor.
iEsd; and upon tho second Tuesday in
December aud June Of evory year