Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-08-03

NUMBER EIGHT.

IdoVo t1oIf lIc olidli I6tufH Il, Will HIS Oiitc
tinns. to the house i'll which it originated
which shall enter the objections at larg,
upon its journal, and proceed to reconsidel
it. 1t, after such reconsideration, two
thirds of all the members present in tha
. house shall agree to pass the bill it sllal
) be sent, with the objections, to the Other
! house, oy which it shall likewise be recon
Fsidered, and if approved by two-thirds Of
= the members present in that house, it shall
be law. But in such cases the vote 01
both houses shall be determined by yeas
and nays. and the names of members vot.
/ ing for or against the bill shall be entered
upon the journal of each house respective
ly. It any bill shall not be returned by the
Governor within five days after it shall
have been presented to him, it shall be a
law, in like manner as if he had signed it,
unless the General Assembly, by adjourn
ment, prevent its return in which case.
within thirty days, the Governor shall file
the same, with his objections thereto, in
the office of the Secretary of State, and
give public notice thereof; otherwise it
shall become law, as if he had signed it.
The Secretary of State shall communicate
said objections and bill SO deposited to the
house in which it originated on the first
4 day of the meeting of the next General
Assembly, who shall act upon the same as
above provided. The Governor shall have
the power to veto one or more items in
any bill appropriating money, embracing
distinct items, while approving other por
tions of the bill, and the part or parts of
the bill shall become law, and the item or
items of appropriations disapproved shall
be void, unless repassed according to the
rules and limitations psescribed for the
passage of other bills over the Governors
veto.
| tStrike out article sixty-six.l
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or
perquisites of office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in
supreme court, district courts, and in jus
tices OF the peace. The district courts shall
have original jurisdiction in all civil cases
where the amount in dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive of interest. In
criminal cases, and in all probate matters,
their jurisdiction shall be unlimited. They
shall have appellate jurisdiction. in civil
suits from Justices of the peace, when the
amount in dispute exceeds ten dollars, ex-
elusive of interest. The justices of the
peace shall be elected by the electors of
leach pari h in the manner and with the
IL
General Assembly. They shall hold office
for the term of two years, and their COM
pensation shall be fixed by law. Their
jurisdiction in civil cases shall not exceed
one hundred dollars, exclusive of interest,
subject to an appeal to the district court
in all cases when the amount III dispute
shall exceed ten dollars, exclusive of inter-
est. They shall have such criminal juris-
diction as shall be conferred by law. The
General Assembly shall have power to vest
in the clerks of the district courts the right
to grant such orders and do such acts as
may be deemed necessary for the further
ance Of the administration of justice. In
all cases the power thus granted shall be
specified and determined.
(Strike out articles seventy-three, eighty
five eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-elght,
eIghty-nIne, ninety one and one hundred
and thirty-three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive a salury of seven thousand
dollars per annum, aud the Associate JUS |
tees of the Supreme Court shall each re-
ceive II salary of six Thousand five hundred
dollars per annun, payable quarterly on
their own warrant.
NU3IBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the t
State into judicial districts, which shall re-
main unchanged for four years, and for
each district one judge, learned in the law,
shall be elected by plurality of qualified I
electors thereof. For each district there
shall be one district court, except in the
parish of Orleans, in which the General
Assembly may establish as many district
courts as the public intesest may require,
not to exceed the number now authorized
by existing laws, except by a two-thirds
vote of all the members elected to both
branches of the General Assembly. Until
otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing in the parish of Or
leans shall have the jurisdiction at present i
conferred by law; no redistrieting or Ii
change shall be made SO as to take effect i
during the incubency of any judge. The
number of districts in the State shall not /.
be less than thirty nor more than forty
i've. The General Assembly shall provide
by law for at least four terms annually of
the district court in every parish. The
General Assembly shall have power to /
create circuit courts, to be constituted by :
the district judges into circuits. +
aud composing the circuit court of the /
Judges OF the district conrts within such ii
circuits. To direct the place or places of {
meeting of said circuit courts so constitute y
III, and to vest said circuit courts with /
tpptIIdtC lTUUl iIl6 UlSGl1ct
courts within the circuit where tire amount :
involved exceeds one hundred dollars !
$l00l exclusive of interest, and focs not i
,aceed five hundred dollars l$500) exclu- !,
i've OF int rest. The General Assembly :
hall have power, by two-thirtis vote of Q
ii lie members elected to both houses, to h,
estriet the appellate jurisdiction of the n
supreme Court to causes where the amount 4
involved exceeds one Thousand dollars
$iUJtl1 exclusive of interest; and in case !.
/ such restriction, the circuit courts so to
e created shall haveappellate jurisdiction
f the supreme Court. The clerks of the
istrict courts shall be elected by the n
uitiified voters of their respective parish
). and shall hold their office sor four
ears.
tStrike out article eishty-three.l :.
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each of the district judges shall receive
salary, to be fixed By law, which, except q
q the parish of Orleans, shall not be less t.
han two thousand dollars, nor more than Fl
hree Thousand dollars per annum, payable
riarterly on his own warrant, and which
hail not be increased nor diminished dur
g his tern cf o9ss. Ee must 20 citizen Of