The St. Mary banner., 1902-10-04
Senate Bill No. 81.
Act No. 1927
JOINT RESOLUTION

JUN hEOOA ~ AAON
Amending Article 156 of the Consti.
tuition of the State of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the General Assem-.
blv Of the State of Louisiana, ma
iority of both Houses concurring,
That at the next general election for
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 S.ate, an amendment to Article
156 Of the Constitution of this State.
70 that the same shall read az follows,
to-wit:
Article 156. All valid warrants is.
sued for salaries and authorized ex.
penses of the offices OF the clerks Of
the Civil District Court, Register OF
Conveyances and Recorder Of Mort
pages for the parish Of Orleans, of the
Clerks Of the City Courts of the city
of Now 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, and which shall be ont.
standing und 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 clsims against the revcnues
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 tc
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 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 vGlue of said warrants, in
such denominations as the said Board
of Liquidation shall recommend, and
shall be dated July 1st, 1898, 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 and St secretary
Of said Board and issued by sold
board to the holders of said warrants
upon surrender Of same. Nel;ber the
State Of Loui.i luna nor the City u
New Orleans sAull ever be liable fox
the payment Of Sid bonds nor the in.
tersst thereon, except from the spec.
, ial fund herein provided for, and any
appropriation or her provision there.
for made by the Stale Or city
shall bs null aud void. there stall
bs stamped across the face Of said
bonds the words: Issued in accord.
auce with Article 1856 Of tho Constitu.
tion of Louisiana oi 1895" The
Clork of the Civil Uls,ric. Court, Reg.
lister of Conveyances aud Recorder ot
Mortgages for the Parish Of Orleans,
and tho Clerks Of the City Courts o.
New Orleans, shall keep accurate and
detailed accounts in books TO be used
exclusively for that purpose OF all fee'
and charges collected in tdeir offices.
respectively, and they shall furnish,
daily to the City Comptroller. tran
scripts Of said accounts duly certified
by them or by their authority, and
said officers shall also daily pay int
the Treasury of the City of New Or
leans the whole amourt of fees ant
charges SO collected. From tht
amounts thus paid into the Cit,
Treasury the Treasurer shall set apar
and reserve twenty per cent out O
which shall first be paid the expense:
necessary for the preparation and OK
ecution vf .he aforesaid bonds, ant
thereafter the same shall be uset
solely and exclusively to retire tn
bonds issued in payment of said Ju
| dicial Expense Fund warrants aud in
forest thereon. and the certificates o