The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-27


thorized; and upon the second Tuesday in
| December and June of every year the said
Treasurer shall pay said amounts so re-
served, and also the amounts received from
| the Civil Sheriff, to the Board Of Liquidation
of the City Debt, until all the bonds herein
| authorized have been retired or paid: and
on the second Tuesday in February and
| August OF every year, said Board Of Ii
quotation, in accordance with rules TO be
adopted and made public by it., shall, after
| paying the scmi-annual interest said
] bonds, purchase or redeem with such money
1 thus set apart may have accumulated.
and with the surplus of the remaining
| eighty per cent rs hereinafter provided,
many of said bonds as said money will buy
or redeem, preference being given to holders
offering at the lowest rate; and all such
bonds SO purchased redeemed shall be
by said Board of Liquidation Immediately
Cancelled, and record made thereof.
From the remaining eighty per cent of said
fund there shall be paid monthly the
rent salaries and expenses of the offices
from which the same is derived, including
the salary of the docket and minute clerks
OF the Court of Appeal, now constituted
and until the election of the clerk of the
said court, as above provided, together with
such authorized expenses of said offices
not required to be paid by the City of New
Orleans; and the surplus of said eighty per
cent, if any, shall be paid by the Treasurer
to the said Board of Liquidation, and shall
be used /" redeem or pay said bonds and
certificates as hereinbefore and hei enafter
provided. But if SAID eighty per cent dur
ing the six months ending July 81, Jam
uary 81, of any year, should prove made
quate to pay said salaries and expenses, the
Comptroller shall prorate the deficit among
those entitled to payment, and shall issue
certificates therefor in sums not less than
ten dollars, which shall bear nterert DIT the
rate of four per cent per annum from date,
and said interest shall be paid annually, but
the principal of said certificates shall he
paid from the funds herein set apart and
served only after all the bonds issued in
e hal
first been redeemed or paid.
All dsburse ments from said fund for sta
tionery shall be made upon the requisition of
the officers requiring same; said requisition
10 be approved by the mayor of the City of
New Orleans; and in all cases such disburse-
ments and all salaries shall be paid by the
Treasurer of the City of New Orleans upon
warrants drawn against said fund by the
of said city, approved. far Is
he Civil District Court is concerned by the
pr residing Judge thereof, for the Office of Re-
'order OF Mortgages and the office of Regis
er of Conveyances, by the Mayor of the CT
y of New Orleans, and for the Offices of the
city courts by the Judge or Judges
hereof and for the officers of the Court of
Appeal by one of the Judges thereof. Until
ne full and final payment of all said bonds
md certificates hereinbefore provided for
he salaries of the employees of the various
offices hereina after named shall remain now
iXed by law, and there shall be no increase
n the numbef of employees nov authoriz ed
~ law for the Offices of recorder of mortga-
res register of conveyances, unless other
wise ordered by the Civil District Court sit
ing en- banc; and the number of EMPLOYEES
# the Civil District Court shall be deter
mined by a majority of the judges thereof
The Clerks of the first and second city courts.
until the orga nization of the CITY cOnrts here.
nbefore provided Tor, may each appoint with
he approval of the judges thereof addi-
ional deputy clerk fifty dollars per month,
'us no other employees, nor larger salaries
han those now fixed by law, shall be allow
d O Board
liquidation hereinbefore named shall have
he right TO re ect any and all bids made for
he redemption of bonds issued hereina-
ove provided, and should there be no bids,
II none accepted, then said board of Liquid
ton, on the second Tuesday in February
nd August OF each year, with whatever
mount has been paid to said board by the
reasurcr as herein provided, shall, after pay
lg the interest, pay said bonds in numerical
rider. After the payment of all of said
onds, the twenty per cent, reserve herein
rovided, and any surplus of the remaining
lightly per cent, shall be used by the City
treasurer in paying the certificates herein
rovided for. If any, in the order OF their is
ue. When said judicial expense fund bonds
nd comptroller certificates, if any of the lat
er shall be issued, shall have been retired
nd cancelled, the salaries and expenses of
he various officers effected by this article and
he revenue of said Officers shall be regulated
nd disposed of as may he determined by the
General Assembly. This article shall take
fleet from the last day of the current month
which this constitution is adopted, and all
mounts arising from the judicial expense
md, which shall remain in the hands of the
tate Treasurer On that date, shall be paid
Y him to the Board of Liquidation of the
ty Debt, and be used by said board part
the funds herein above referred to.
>igned) y. SANDERS.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
>igned) ALBERT ESTOPI\AI-.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved: July 10, A. ID. 1902.
w. w. HEARD,
Governor OF the State of Louisiana.
true copy:
IDII\ I. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.