The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11
benate Bill No. "a
Act Ne. is2.l
JOINT RESOLUTION

. Amending Article 156 of the Cons,
tuition of the State of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the Gener Assem-
= bly, of the State of Louisiana, a m,
!, jority of both Houses concutrin,
That at the Lext general election Il
Congressman to be held in this Stat
on the hrst Tuesday in the month {
November, 1902, that there shall
subm itted to the qualified electors Q
this State, an amendment to Articl
1855 Of tho Constitution of this State
90 that the same shall read as follows
to-wit:
Article 156. All valid warrants ia
sued for salaries and authorized ex
penses Of the ofsces ii The clerks O
the Civil pi-.:ict Court, Registe. o
ConveFsnces and Recorder of Mort
cages for the parish OF Orleans, o: tn.
| Clerks of the City Courts Of the cit,
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 BY
Article JAG Of the Constitution of 1879.
as amended, and which shall be ont.
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 NAV
present them within six months afte,
the adoption of this Constitution to
the Board Of Liquidation of the City
Debt, and receive therefor the bonds
hereinafter authorized to be issued,
and the city of New Orleans is re.
dh.red, within three months from the
adoption Of this Constitution, to pro.
vide for said warrants or claims, by
the issuance Of bonds in the sum OF
Two hundred and twenty-five thous.
and dollars, or SO 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 b. dated July LIST, 1898, and
made payable twenty-five years after
date, or earlier, at the option of said
Board, and shall bear four per cen.
Der annum interest. payable semi-an.
nually, and represented by interest
coupons at ached thereto, the first OF
said coupons payable ia nuary LIST,
1893; said bonds to be known as Ju.
iicial Expense Fund Bonds, and to be
signed by the Mayor and Comptroller
VI the CITY Of New Orleans, and de.
ivered to the Board Of Liquidation Of
he City Debt aud shall be counter.
igned by the President and Secretary
4 said Board and issued by said
'oard to the holders of said warrants
pom surrender vi same. Nsl;h the
tate OF Louisiana nor the City Oh
Few Orleans shall ever be liable for ,
he payment Of said bonds nor the in.
crest thereon, except from the spec.
II fund herein provided for, and any
ppropfintion or her provision there
'f made by the State or city K
lall be null and void. lhere snail :
. stamped across the face OF said !.
onds the words: Issued in accord. {
ice with Article l56 Of the Oonstitu. c
on OF Louisiana OF 169s." The
Jerk OF the Civil Dlsiric: 90 ,rt, Reg. 4
ter OF Oonveyancss aud Recorder Of r
ortgages for the Parish of Orleans, III
i'd the Clerks of the City Courts o, +
sw Orleans, shall keep accurate and r
'tailed accounts in books 10 be used :
clusively for that purpose Of all fee. iB
ID charges collected in tneir Offices. r
spectively. and they shall furnish, 81
lily to the City Comptroller, tran -
ripts of said accounts duly certified -
them or by their authority, and II
i'd officers shall also daily pay int IN
Treasury Of the City OF New Or p
ms the whole amount OF fees and =
argos 80 collected. From the +
counts thus paid into the Oity "a
eaeury the Treasurer shall set apart o
d reserve twenty per cent out Of !.
itch shall first be paid the expe nses t.
cessary for the preparation and OK. re
ation of the aforesaid bonds, and ez
,reafter the same shall be used C
ey and exclusively to retire the \;
nds issued in payment of said in. tn
'ial Expense Fund warrants aud in. sh
est thereon and the corliHcotau ~ | tn