The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-08-30
Senate Bill No. 81.
Act 40. 1872.

.\c, No. 1922
Joint RESOLJ- rIO\
Amending Article 50 OF the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana.
Be il enacted by the General Assem- bly, 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. 1909, that there shall be sub
i,,itted the qua lifted electors of this State
an anendmen, to Article 1876 of the Consti-
tuition OF this State, that the same shall
read follows, to-wit:
Article I5O. All valid warrants sSuc
for salaries and authorized expenses of the
Offices of the clerks of the Civil District
Court, Reg lister of C0nvcyanccs and Re
corder Of Mortgages for tine 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 out of the special judicial
pcnse fund provided for by Article 14o of
the Constitution of 1879, as amended, and
which shall be outstanding and unpaid Il;
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 subsst-
ing claims against the revenues of the
spectvc offices upon which said fund WIS
made dependent.
The holders of said warrants may present
them within six months after the adoption
of this Constitution: to the Board of Iiquda-
ton of the City Debt, and receive therefor
the bonds hereinafter authorized to be is
sued: and the City of New Orleans is
qurcd, within three months from the adnp-
ton OF this Constitution, to provide for SAID
warrants Or claims, by the issuance of bonds
in the sum of Two hundred and TWEEN ty-hve
thousand dollars, or 50 much thereof may
be necessary: said bonds shall be for the
face value of said warrants. in such denonli
nations as the said Board of Liquidation
shall recommend, and shall be dated July I,
1898, and made payable twenty five years
I.,Et u rlitNr ,,,o3i, IF S,iH
| Board, and shall bear four per cent per
| mum interest. payable semi annually, anG
| 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 Orleans, and delivered to the
Board Of Liquidation of the City Debt and
| shall be countersisned 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
| bonds nor the interest thereon, except from
the special fund herein provided for, and
| any appropriation or other provision there
fo- IL. rdc by the State or city shall be null
| and void. There shall be stamped across
| the face of said bonds the words: ''Issued
in accordance with Article $50 Of the Con
s,ituton OF Louisiana OF 1885, The Clerk
of the Civil District Court, Register Of Con-
vcyanccs and Recorder of Mortgages for the
Parish of Orleans, and the Clerks of the
City Courts of New Orleans, shall keep ac-
curatc and detailed accounts in books to be
used exclusively for that purpose of all fees
and charges collected in their offices, re-
spcctvely. and they shall furnish, daily, to
the City Comptroller, transcripts of said &C
counts duly certified by them Or by their
authority, and SAID officers shall also daily
pay into the Treasury of the City of New
Orleans the whole amount of fees and
charges collected. From the amounts