Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-09-26

Aot No. lsa.)



tuition Of the stats Of Louisiana
Be it enacted by the General Assem-
biy of the State Of Louisiana, ma
iority Of both Houses eoncurrine'
| That at the next general election foi
Congressman to be held In this Stats
on the first Tuesday in the month o.
November, 1902. that there shall ..
subm itted to the qualified electors o
this State, an amendment to Article
158 of the Constitution Of this stsse'
70 that the same shall read as follows
to-wit:
Article l66. All valid warrants ~
sued for salaries and authorised ex'
| penses of the offices Of the clerks o.
the Civil District Court. Register o.
Conveyances and Recorder Of Mort
cages for the parish Of Orleans, OF the
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 fund provided Tor by
Article 146 Of the Constitution of 1879,
as amended, and 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 clsims against the revenues
of the respective Offices upon which
said fund was made dependent.
The holders Of said warrants mag
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 10 be issued
Iand- tho city Of New Orleans Is re.
quired. within three months from the
adoption of this Constitution. 10 pro.
vide for said.. d..warrants or claims, By
the issuance OF bonds in the sum Of
Two hundred and twenty-five thous'
and dollars, or 80 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
tshall be dated July lat, 1885, end
made payable twenty-five years after
date. or esslier, at the option ef- said
Board, and shall bear four per cent
per annun interest payable selni-an-
nually, and represented by interest
coupons at ached thereto. the first Of
said coupons payable January let.
1895 said bonds to be known e. Ju-
dicisl Expense Fund Bonds. and to be
signed6y the Mayor and Comptroller
Of the City Of New Orleans, and de-.
livered to the Board Of Liquidation Of
the City Debt and shall be counter.
signed BY the President aud 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 oi
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. aud any
appropriation on her provision there.
for made by the State or city
shall be null and void, there stall
be stamped across the face Of said
bonds the words; Issued in accord.
ance with Article l58 Of the Consiitu.
ton Of Louisiana OF l89S.p The
Clerk Of the Civil Disirics Cosrt, Reg.
lister Of Conveyances and Recorder Of
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 focs
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 inie
! the Treasury Of the City Of New Or
leans the whole anourt Of fees and
charges so collected. From ths
snounts thus paid into the Oit,
Treasury the Treasurer shall set apart
and reserve twenty per cent out o,
which shall Arst be paid the expense,
necessary Tor the preparation and sr.
! ecutfon OF the aforesaid bonds. and
! thereafter the sans shall be n..a
{ solely and exclusively to retire a..
I bonds issued in payment Of said Ja.
dicial Expense Fund warrants and io.
forest thereon, and the certificates q,
J, the Comptroller hereinafter Autbox,
} ized; and upon the second TUESDAY, d
!, December and June Of every ve.,
. the said Treasurer shall psv .,;1
amounts 80 reserved, and aI,o th.
amounts recsived from ihe Civil sb.,
: ID, 70 the Board Of Liquidation q IS,
City Debt, until ell - bond. bs,s;,