Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-08-03

cret0ry OF state, ana give pnbIlc not
Ice thereof; otherwise Il shall becO.
me a law, m II he had signed It. The
of State shall communicate
said objections and bill 40 deposited
to the house in which it originated
on the frat day Of the meeting Of the
next General Assembly, who shall
act npOn the same m above provided.
The Governor shall have power Ia
veto one or more items in any bill
apprOpriating money, embracing
distinct items, while approving 9th.
or portiona of the bill, and tho part
or parts Of the bill approved shall he-
come law, and the item or it~ns oi
appropriations dissapproved shall be
void, unless repasaed according "a
the rnles and limitations prescribed
for the passage Of other bills over
the Governors Peto.
(Strike oat article sixty -six.)
Nxmbev Nine.
No officer, whOse salary II fixed by
the constitution, shall be allowed
any fees or perQniaites Of Office.
Nwmber Ten.
The judicial power shall he vested
In q supreme court, district courts,
and in Justices IT the peace. The
t1strict courts shall have original
Jurisdiction In all civil cases where
the amountin dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive Of inter-
cat. In criminal cases, ard in .sSl
probate matters, their jurisdiction
shall be unlimited. They sh,.lI have
appellate Jurisdiction, IN .eisil snits
from Justices of the peace, when the
amount in dispute exceeds ten doll
ara, exclnsive 0f i,,icrest. The just.
ices of the peace shall he elected by
the electors cf each parish In the
manner ard with the qualifications
70 be determined by the General
Assembly. They ahall hold "fiics
for the next term of two years, and
their eompenaasi0n ahall bs 6xed by
law. Their jurisdiction in civil cases
shalt not exceed one hundred dollars,
exclnaive Of interest, sHbjeet t6 the
court 10 al cases when the
amount in dispute shall exceed ten
dollas, exclnsive Of interest. They
shall have snch criminal Jurisdiction
"a shall be conferred by law. The
General Assembly shall have power
to veat In tho clerks Of the district
courts the right to grant zach orders
and do such acts a. may b deeuseh
necessary for the farthersnce q the
admiuistratioa Of justice. In all %.
aea the power thns granted shaal b
aReeined and determined.
(Strike out articles seventy three,
eiehty five, eighty sig, eighty.seveu,
eighty eight, fighty-nine, ninety-ene
and one hnwdtra and thirty.three.)
Nsahfv Elsves.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Conrt ahall receive . salary of seven
thousand dollars per annnT, aud the
Associate Justices Of the Swpgome
CWurt shall each receive q sa)asy Of
aix thousand I've hundred dollass per
annum, payable quarterly o. their
Own warrant.
Nwmbsr Icelre.
The General Assembly aha1l dov3-
ae the State intO Judicial diatsiels,
which ahall .remain unchanged -
lomr years, and for each district see
indRe, learned in the Law, ahalD -
elected by . plurality Of qualified el-
ectOrs Thereof. For each distsiet
tl,ere shall - one district eesst, e..
cert In the parish Of Orleans, in
which the General Aaaembly may
establish - many district courts 40
the public interest may reqnire, not
Ia exceed the number now anthosis-
ed by existing laws, except by 4
two-thir1a vote of all the memhers
elected tn bath branehes II the Gen.
eral Assembly. Until etheswiae pro-
vided By law. The diatsiet courts now
existjue u the pariah of Orleans shall
have tho Jurisdiction st present con.
lcrred BY law; Notwithstanding or
change shall Be made sO - to take
effect daring the incmmbency Of any
iudee. The pmmber Of iistricta In The
State shall mot h. len than thirty nor
moro than fosty- Ave. Tho General
Assembly hall provide BY law for at
least Soar tesms annually II the die
tvict eonrt IN every parish. The
Gemeral Assembly shall have power
to cspate circuit courts, 10 b coasti-
tinted By grouplng the district judges
intU elseaita, and eomposlae Ne eir-
emit eoUrt - the jsdics II the dis
trict coarts within ssch elrsaita. To
direct the place a. ploess a meeting
d said eivcait enasls - eoostjtated,
asd n vsst aaid e1vu~it eourts VIII
appollate juriaaietjoa fto@ ~ dlst-
tsjet courts within ~ elreult Whege
he amount isvo)veA Gseee1s suo
hundred dsSllsss (oDoo) eselsalve- n
lotsrest, end does MT escre4a Av6
hundred 6ollass (oS00) e1Dlusive q
interest,". The Gsaegul Assembly
shsll Nave pewsr, by . two-thisJls
vote af all The membsSs eoso1eo -
18th hosoes, b pestvjet ~ spp5lhfe
juSjsdicelsa of tue SwPsone Cewvt ~
causes vAese TIE sn0ant ibvolved