The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-09-20
Senate Bill No. "a.
Act No. 1927
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Amending Article 1856 of the Coosti
tuition of the State Of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Louisiana, ma
jority 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 Of
this State, an amendment to Article
1855 of the Constitution Of this State,
70 that the same sball read az follows,
to-wit:
Article 158. All valid warrants is.
sued for salaries and authorized e1.
penses of the Offices of the clerks OF
the Civil District Court, Register Of
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 for by
Article 146 Of the Constitution of 1879,
as amended, aud 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 cloims against the revenues
Of the respective offices upon which
said fund was made 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 be issued;
and the city of New Orleans is 70.
quired, 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 velue of said warrants, in
such denominations as the said Board
of Liquidation shall recommend, and
shall be dated July LIST, 1893, and
made payable twenty-five years after
date, or earlier, at the option Of said
Board, and shall bear four per cent
per aunum interest payable semi-an.
nually, and represented by interest
coupons at ached thereto, the first OF
said coupons payable January LIST,
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, and de.
livered to the Board of Liquidation OF
the City Debt and shall be counter,
signed by the President aud s. cretary
of said Board and issued by said
Board to the holders of said warrants
upon surrender OF same. Nei her the
State of Louisiana nor the CITY Of
New Orleans shall ever be liable for
the payment of sid bonds nor the in.
terest thereon, except from the spec
hi fund herein provided for, and any
appropriation or her provision there
for made by the Stu.e or city
stall be null aud void. here stall
be stamped across the face Of said
bonds thu words: Issued in accord
ancc with Article t5G Of tho Constitu.
ton of Louisiana Of 1885," The
Clerk of the Civil District Court, Reg.
ister of Conveyancss aud Recorder OF
Mortgages for the Parish Of Orleans,
aud the Clerks Of the City Courts Of
New Orleans, shall keep accurate and
detailed accounts in books TO be used
exclusively for that purpose Of all fee.
and charges collected In their Offices.
respectively, and they shall furnish,
daily to the City Comptroller, tran
scripts of said accounts duly certified
10y them or by their authority, aud
said officers shall also daily pay into
the Treasury of the City Of New Or.
leans the whole amount of fees and
charges SO collected. From the
amounts thus paid into the City
Treasury the Treasurer shall set apart
and reserve twenty per cent out OF
which shall first be paid the expenses
necessary .or tie preparation and ex.
ecution of the aforesaid bonds, and
thereafter the same shall be used
solely and exclusively to retire the
bonds issued in payment Of said Ju.
dicial Expense Fund warrants and iu-