Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-09-05
PROPOSED : AMENDMENTS.
Continued from LIST page.)

provided, as many of said bonds as
said money will buy or redeem, pref
erence being given to holders Offering
at the 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 salaryt
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 to
be paid by the City of New Orleans;
aud the surplus of said eighty per
cent, if any. shall be paid by the
Treasurer to the said Board of Lrqui.
dalton, and shall be used to redeem
or pay said bonds and certificates as
hereinbefore and hereinafter provid-
ed. But if said eighty per cent dur
ing the six months ending July 31st,
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, and shall issue GER
tifcates therefor in sums not less than
ten dollars, which shall bear interest
at the rate Of four per cent per annum
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.
All 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-
ments and all salaries shall be paid by
the Treasurer of the City of New Or
leans upon warrants drawn against
said fund by the Comptroller of said
city, approved, SO far as the Civil
District Court is concerned by the
presiding Judge thereof. for the office
of Recorder of Mortgages and the Office
of Register of Conveyauoes, by the
Mayor of the City Of New Orleans,
: and for the offices of the respective
city courts by the Judge or judges
thereof and for the officers Of the
Court OF Appeal by one Of the judges
thereof. Until the full and final pay
ment of all said bonds and certificates
hereinbefore provided for the salaries
of the employees Of the various Offices
hereinafter named shall remain o.
now fixed by law, and there shall b
! no increase In the number OF EN-
/ ployees now authorized by law 70
the offices of recorder of mortgages o
/. register of conveyances, unless other
wise ordered by the Civil Distric
. Court sitting en- banc; and the mum
Der of employees of the Civil Distric
a Court shall be as determined by ma
: jority of the judges thereof. Th
n clerks of the first and second city court
q until the organization of the cit
:. courts, hereinbefore provided for, ma
~ each appoint with the approval OF tn
, Judges thereof, an additional deput
clerk at fifty dollars per month, bu
no other employees, nor larger sa
9 aries than those now fixed by Law
a shall be allowed to the city courts
!. The said Board of Liquidation herr
~ dnbefore named shall have the rigf
o TO reject any and all bids made for tn
h redemption of bonds issued as hereil
"a above provided, and should there b
mo bids, or none accepted, then sal
> Board of Liquidation, on the seoor
E Tuesday in February and August
70 each year, with whatever amount hi
il been paid to said board by the trea
i urer as herein provided, shall, AFT,
paying the interest, pay said bono
in numerical order. After the pa
of ment of all of said bonds, the twen
40 per cent. reserve herein provided, al
any surplus of the remaining eigh
" per cent, shall be used by the Cl'
v treasurer in paying the certihcat
sr herein provided for, II any, In &
or order of their issue. When sa
iudicial expense fund bonds and COZ
nt uller certificates, il any OF the IL
ut ter shall be issued, shall have be-
o. retired and cancelled, the salaries al
Is expe nses of the various officers efie'
- ed by this article and the revenue
said officers shall be regulated a.
% dispos, d of as may be determined
a. the General Assembly. This artit
d. shall take effect from the last day
the currept month in which this co
q. stitution is adopted, and all amour
arising from the Judicial expense FUR
,of which shall remain in the hands ct
state Treasurer on that date, shall
id h., him tn the Board of Liquid
tie lion of the City Debt. and be used
oh said board as part of the funds here
St above referred to.
a. Isicned.l ]. Y. SANDERS,
~ Sneaker of the House of Represent
tiyes.