Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-10-03

Honhto III NJ
Aot No. 1921
JOINT RESOLUTION

Amending Article loo OF tne
tuition OF the State Of Louisiana
Be It enacted by the General Asss1
bly, Of the State Of Louisiana a.
| jority Of both Houses concuzrin@
That at the next general election ic'
Congressman to be held In this 1'a'e
on the first Tuesday in the monsn g
November, 1909, that there shall 2
submitted 10 the qualified electors 2
this State, an amendment to Artio'e
lbs Of the Consultation Of this 6tstA
70 that the same shall resd as foliovh
to-wit:
Article 15o. All valid warrants "
sued for salaries and authorised 80
pensss of the offices Of the clerks q
the Civil District Court, Register o
Convsyances and Recorder Of Most
cages for the parish Of Orleans. Of ths
Clerks Of the City Courts Of The oily
of New Orleans, and for salaries 2
.he Clerks Of the Court Of Appeal
, hich are payable ont Of She specia
Judicial expense fund provided for y
Article ll6 Of tbs Constitution Of 1879,
as amended, and which shall be out
standing and unpaid a The dais q t1<
adoption Of this constitution, or vh'ot
shall be issued for the current montn
in which this Consultation is adopted,
are hereby declared to be valid and
subsiuting 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 ts
the Board Of Liquidation Of the City
Debt, and receive therefor tho bonds
hereinafter authorized 10 be issusdi
and the city of New Orleans is 20
quired, within three months from the
adoption Of this Constitution, TO pro
vide for saidsswarrsnts or claims, By
the issuance Of bonds In the sum oi
Two hundred and twenty-five tho1s'
and dollars, or 80 much thereof Is
may be necessaryi said bonds shall Be
for the face value Of said warrants, n
such denominations as the said Board
of Liquidation shall recommend, and
shall be dsted July 1st. 1898. and
made payable twenty-five years afts,
date. or earlier. at the option Of said
Board, and shall bsaz four per oeni.
per annum interest. payable ssms-sn.
nualIy, and represented By interest
coupons attached thereto, the frat Of
said coupons payable January 1st
1899; said bonds to be known e Ju.
dicial Expense Fund Bonds, and to BE-
signed BY the Mayor and Compsrollsr
Of the City Of New Orleans. and de-.
liyered TO the Board Of Liquidaiion oi
the City Debt and shall be counter.
signed 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 Louisians nor the City oi
New Orleans shall ever be liable for
the payment Of said bonds nor ths In.
terest thereon, except from the spec-
ial fund herein provided for, and any
appropriation or her provision there-
for made by the State or city
shall be null and void. There shall
be stamped across the face Of said
bonds the words: Issued in accord.
ance with Article 156 of the Constitu.
tion Of Louisiana OF l09e.e Tha
Clerk Of the Civil Disirics oosrt. Rez.
lister Of Oonveyancss and Recorder q
Mortgages for the Parish of Orleans
and the Clerks Of the City Courts q
New Orleans, shall keep accurate and
detailed accounts in books TO be uss5
exclusively for that purpose of all fee,
and charges collected In their ofIlcss
respectively. and they shall furnish,
daily 10 the City ComptrolIsr. tran.
scripts Of said accounts duly certieed
BY them or By their suthority. and
said officers shall also daily pay in,a
the Treasury Of ihe City Of New O,
leans the whole amount Of fees ana
charges SO collected. From n.
amounts thus paid into the Git.
Treasury the Treasurer shall set sn,,,
and reserve twenty per cent out q,
which shall first be paid the expense,
necessary for the preparation and ~.
ecution Of the aforesaid bonds. ana
thereafter the same shall be- n.aa
solely and exclusively to retire a.
bonds issued in payment Of said IN.
dicial Expense Fund warrants and i,.
forest thereon. and the cersificas sea =,
the Comptroller hereinafter author,
lied; and upon the oecond TUESDAY /,
December and June Of everv 80
the said Treasurer shall pav ala
amounte m xooa<v.I