The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-01


lin substance it provides the meth
Isod of approval and veto of bills by
the Governor; the passage OF bills
I,ever a veto, and for the weteof any
part of aJbill, and the approval OF
the rest oft
The ninth provides thar no officer
whose salary lis fixed Ebg the consti-
tuition shall he ailswEs8 amy fees or
Prerequisites of aofftse.
The tenR vests tine judicial power
lin a supreme court, district courts
and justices of Tire peace. LIT gives
the district courts unlimited jurls-
dictioa in criminal and probate
matters; original jurisdiction in all
civil eases where the amount in dis
iputa exceeds one hundred 'dollms
Exclusive of interest; and appellate
iatisdietion in slIits brought before
Justices of the peace when the
amount In dispute exceeds ten dol
lars exclusive of interest. Justices
of the peace are ito ase e&eeted by
the people, i'm the manner and with
the qualifications to be dssermined
by the General Assembly; their.
term of office lis two years, and
their compensation lis to be fixedby
law. Their jurisdiction in evil
cases shall not exceed one hundred
dollars, exclusive of interest; their
,crin,imas jurasdictionto besonferred
ayy law. The General Assembly
shall have power to vest in clerks
of district courts the right to grant
such orders and do such acts as
may he deemed necessary for the
administration of justice; the pow
ers so granted to he specified aud
determined.
The eleosxH fixes the salaries of
fLe Chief Justice aud of the Asso-
eiate Justices of the Supreme
Court; that of the Chief Justice at
81 900 per annum, and thatofeach
of the Associate Justices ut S6, 500
per annum.
The taoegth says the General AS
sembly shall divide Che State into
not less than thirty nor more than
forty five judicial districts, which
shall not be changed for four years
and NO change shall take effect
during theincnusseney y!jadge-
There shall be one district court in
each district except in the parrish
of Orleans, in Which there may he
as many asthe tpublicinterests may
require, not to exceed the present
number, except by q twoithirds
vote of the members Of both houses
of the General Assembly. The dis
tfiet judges shall be learned in the
law, tatt0rneys at law 'overithe,age
ofitweHty-fiNe years, and shallhave
resided in the State, and practiced
law therein, for two yearsnext pre-
.ceding their election. They shall
he elected by the people, to serve
four years. There shall be at least
-four terms of the district court an
lnually each parish. nhetGeneral
Assembly shall have power ITO Gre
ate circuit courts, Ibg grouping the
district judges Judicial districts ~
Into circuits, and composing the
circuit court 0f the judges of the
district courts within such circuits;
to fix the places Of holding the cir
cult courts, and lowest them with
appellate jurisdietion from the dis
ttriet courts within Observation-Disclosures
the amount Involved exceeds f1OG
exclusive Of interest and does not
exceed $500 exclusive of interest
The General Assembly shall have
power. 10y "a itwo-shirds sotesqflboth
Ehouses, ito restrict the appellate
ljurisdiction Of the Supreme ConrI
lltocases where the apouptiinyolvet