The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-13
Senate Bill No. 81.
Act No. 1922
Joint RESOLJ rION.

J)i.N l>I-'')i~S l'pN
Amending Article $50 OF the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana.
BE. it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana, majority of both
Houses concurring, That at the next general
election for Congressman to be held in this
State the first Tuesday in the month of
November, 1902, that there shall be sub
mittcd TO the qualified electors Of this State,
az amendment to Article 1856 of the Cons,i-
tuition of this State, SO that the same. shall
read a. follows. tD-wit:
Article $50. All valid warrants issued
for salaries and authorized expenses of the
offices of the clerks OF the Civil District
Court. Register of Conveynnces and Re
cor,ler of Mortgages for tn" parish of Or
leans. of the. Clerks Of the City Courts of
the City of New Orleans, and for salaries
of the Clerks of the Court of Appeal, which
are payable gu, of the special judicial
pcnsc tuui provided for by Article 40 of
the Constitution of 1879, amended, and
which shall he outstanding and unpaid
the date OF the adoption of thi, constitution.
Or which shall be issued for the current
month in which this Constitution is adopted.
are hereby dec Jared to be valid and SUI bsst
ing claims against the revenues of the re
sprctivc offices upon which said fund
made dependent.
The holders of said warrants may present
them within sin months after the adoption
of this CONSTITUTIONS: to the Board of l-iquicla
! ton of the City Debt, and receive therefor
the bonds hereinafter authorized to he is
sued: and the City of New Orleans is
| qurcd, within three months from the a'lop-
ton of this Constitution, TO provide for said
warrants Or claims, by the issuance OF bonds
| in the sum of Two hundred and twenty-five
| thousand dollars, or 50 much thereof As may
! be necessary: said bonds shall be for the
| face value OF said warrants, in such denomi-
. nations as the said Board of Liquidation
shall recommc nd. and sh all be dated July 1,
! 1898, and made payable twenty-five years
after date. or earlier, at the option OF said
Board. and shall bear four per cent per an.
mum interest, payable semi annually, and
represented by interest coupons attached
| thereto, the first of said coupons payable
! january I. 1900 said bonds to be known as
| Judicial Expense Fund Bonds, and to be
| signed by the Mayor and Comptroller Of the
! City of New Orlears- and delivered TO the
Boa RI 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 the City OF New Orleans shall
ever be liable tor the payment of said
| bonds nor the interest thereon, except from
the special fund herein provided for. and
any appropriation or other provision there
fo- made by the State or city shall be null
and void There shall be stamped across
the face of sand bonds the words: ''IxSued
in accordance with Article $50 Of the Con
stitutiOn of Louisiana of 1898. The Clerk
of the Civil District Court, Register of Con
veyances and Recorder of Mortgages for the
Parish of Orlcans, and the Clerks of the
City Courts OF New Orleans, snail keep &C
, Curatc and dc tailed accounts in books to bs
used exclusively for that purpose of all fee:
and charges collected in their offices, re
spcctively, and they shall furnish. daily, t.
the City Comptroller, transcripts of said &C
counts duly certified by them by thc
authority, and sad officers shall also dali.
pay into the Treasury of the City of New
Orleans the whole amount OF fees anc
charges 50 collected. From the amount
thus paid into the City Treasury the Treas
: shall set apart and reserve twenty
cent out of which shall FIRST be paid the eN
pcnscs necessary for the preparation and eN
: ccition of the aforesaid bonds, and there
, after the shall be used solely and eN
clusivclv TO retire the bonds issued in pay
mcnt of said Judicial Expense Fund wa,
, rants and interest thereon, and the certii