The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-09-04

in number to the congress
ional districts of the State, to the Gov
rnor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer,
Attorney General and Secretary OF State,
ne member from each congressional
district for the term of four years, and
he General Assembly shall fix the COM
,ensation of said Board.
Signed) ]. Y. SANDERS,
SPEAKER of the House of Representatives.
SiRned) ALBERT ESTOPINAL,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
Approved: July 9th, A. D. 1902.
w. w. HEARD, ...
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
"A ' JOHN HIT 7. MICHEL, |
Secretary of State.
Act No, 1921 Senate Bill No. "a.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Article 156 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly |
of the State of Louisiana, a major
ity of both Houses concurring, That at |
the next general election for Congress
men to be held in this State on the first
Tuesday in the month OF November,
1902, there shall be submitted to the
qualified electors of this State an
amendment to Article 1855 OF the Consti-
tuition of this State, SO that the same
shall read as follows, to-w1t:
Article t56. All valid warrants issued
for salaries and authorized expenses OF
the Offices of the clerks of the Civil Dis
trict Court, Register of Conveyances and
Recorder of Mortgages for the parish OF
Orleans, of the Clerks of the City Courts
of City of New Orleans, and for salaries
of the Clerks of the Court of Appeal,
which are payable out of the special
judicial expense fund paovided for by
Article 146 of the Constitution of 1879, as
amended, and which shall be outstanding
and unpaid at the date of 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 claims
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 hereinar-
ter authorized to be issued; and the City
of New Orleans is required, within three
months from the adoption OF this Con-
stitution, to provide for said warrants or
claims, by the issuance of bonds in the
sum Of two hundred and twenty five
thousand 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
be dated July list, 1888, and made payable
twenty-five years after date, or earlier,
at the option Of said Board, and shall
bear A per cent. per annum interest,
payable semi-annually, and represented
by interest coupons attached thereto,
the first OF said coupons payable January
1st, 1899; said bonds to be known as
Judicial Expense Fund Bonds, and to be
signed by the Mayor and Comptroller OF
the City of New Orleans, and delivered
to the Board of Liquidation OF the City
Debt and shall be countersigned by the
President and 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 of New Orleans shall ever be liable
for the payment of said bonds nor the
interest thereon, except ftom the specia
fund herein provided for, and any ap.
preparation OF other provision therefo
made by the State or city shall be null
and void. There shall be stamped across
the face of said bonds the words: "Issu
ed in accorcance with Articles 156 of tn
Constitution of Louisiana Of 1885," TIL,
Clerk of the Civil District Court, Reg
!, lister of Conveyances and Recorder Q
Mortgages for the Parish of Orleans an,
the Clerks of the City Courts of New Or
leans, shall keep accurate and detaile
accounts in books to be used exclusivel
, for that purpose of all fees and charge
, collected in their Offices, respectively
} and they shall furnish, daily to the Cit
} Comptroller transcripts OF said account
i duly certified by them or by their au
( thority, and said officers shall alsy dali
pay into the Treasury of the City OF Ne
} Orleans the whole amount of fees an
I charges so collected. From the amount
I thus paid into the City Treasury tn
r Treasurer shall set apart and resery
, twenty per cent out of which shall fir
! be paid the expences necessary for tn
/ plOp6A cVlOu aAN OACCuUlOA Va VAC sAOAc
said bonds, and thereafter the same sha
s be used solely and exclusively to retil
i the bonds issued in payment of said ],
r dicial Expense Fund wsrrants and il
terest thereon, and the certificate of Il
), Comptroller hereinafter authorized; ar
+ upon the second Tuesday in Decembt
J, and June of every year the said Trea
: urer shall pay said Treasurer shall pa
}, said amonsts 90 reserved, and also Il
amounts received from the Civil Sheri
: to the Board of Liquidation of the CT
Debt, until all the bonds herein author
:, lied have been retired or paid; and (
e the second Tuesday in FEBRUARY and A,
e. gust of every year, said Board of Liqu
dation, in accordance with rules to
adopted and made public by it, sha
5. after paying the semi interest
said bonds, purchase or redeem with gu,
# money thus set apart as may have acc
INFLATED, and with the surplus of &
remaining eighty per cent as hereinaft
provided, as many of said bonds as ga
). money will buy or redeem, preferen
being given to holders offering at t
lowest rate; and all such bonds so pu
n IN l. ~ =