Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-09-19

Aot No. Is2.l
JOINT RESOLUTION

Amending drtcie LOO oi 'no
tution OF the State Of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Louisiana. ma
ioriiy Of both Houses concurrins'
That at the next general election fof
Copgresrmen to be held in this Stats
on the first Tuesday in the month OF
November, 1902. that there shall DC
subm itted to The qualified electors o.
this State, an amendment TO Article
1853 of the Constitution Of this State.
20 that the same shall read as follows.
to-wit:
Article 156. ALI valid warrants IT,
sued for saIaries and authorized ex'
penses of the offices OF the clerks OF
the Civil District Court, Register Of
Conveyances and Recorder of Mort
cages for the parish of Orleane, OF tbs
Clerks of the City Courts OF the city
Of New Orleans, and for salaries o.
the Clerks of the Court of Appeal.
? hich are payable out OF the special
judicial expense fcnd provided for by
Article LAG Of the Constitution OF 1879,
as amended, and which shall be out.
standing and unpaid at the date oi 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 clpims against the revonues
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 issuedi
and the city of New Orleans is re-
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 value Of said warrants. in
such denominations as the said Board
Of Liquidation shall recommend. and
shall be 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 cent
per annum interest. payable semi-ar.
nually, and represented by interest
coupons at sched thereto. the frst oi
said coupons payable January 1st.
1899, said bonds to be known as Ju-
dicisl Expense Fund Bonds. and to be
signed by the Mayor and Comptroller
of the City Of New Orleans, aud de-
livered to the Board OF Liquidation oi
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. and any
appropriation or o her provision there
for made by the State or city
shall be null and void. 4 here shall
be stamped across the face Of said
bonds the words: Issued in accord
ance with Article l56 Of the Oonstitu-
ton Of Louisiana OF 1894" The
Clerk Of the Civil District Cosrt, Reg.
lister of Oonyeyances and Recorder Of
Mortgages ser the Parish Of Orleans.
and the Clerks Of the City Courts oi
New Orleans. shall keep accurate and
detailed accounts in books to be used
exclusively for that purpose Of all fees
and charges collected in their offices.
respectively. and they shall furnish.
daily 10 the City Comptroller, tran.
scripts Of said accounts duly certified
BY them or By their authority, and
said officers shall also daily pay inte
the Treasury Of the City Of New Or
leans the whole amount of fees and
charges so collected. From thu
amounts thus paid into the Oity
Treasury the Treasurer shall set apar,
and reserve twenty per cent out Of
which shall fist be paid the expenses
necessary for the preparation and OK.
ecution of the aforesaid bonds. and
thereafter the came shall be used
sole'y and exclusively to retire the
bonds issued in payment Of said Ju.
dicial Expense Fund warrants and iu.
forest thereon, and the certificates Of
the Comptroller hereinafter author.
i4ad; and upon the second Tuesday in
December and June Of every year
the said Treasurer shall pay ssid
amounts SO reserved, and also the
amountA recaived from .ha rs;...t c,