Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-08-03

shall it authorize any parish mr. municipal
ANY debt; prOcided, that this shall not
prohibit the issue of new bonds in ex-
change for old bonds, where the debt Or
rate of interest is not increased.
| NUMBER FOUR.
| The members Of the General Assembly
shall be paid q salary of five hundred
dsllars ($5OO) per session, aud actual
travelling expenses by the nearest practi-
cable route, not tO exceed fifty dollars
($5O) for any one member; propided, that
if two sessions are held in the same year
they shall receive for the second session
in that year salary of only two hum
dred and fifty dollars ($25O) and actual
travelling expenses by the nearest practi-
cable route, not to exceed fifty dollars
(S5O) for any one member. The regular
biennial session shall not exceed ninety
days in duration, unless by vote of two
| thirds of the members elected to each
house of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article thirty-nine.)
| NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass
any local Or special law changing the
Venue in criminal cases, changing the
manner of persons legitimating children,
vacating roads, streets, or alleys, remit
ting fines, penalties, and forfeitures, or
refunding moneys legally paid into the
treasury affecting the estates of minors,
or persons under disability, exempting
property from taxation, creating any me-
nopolies, legalizing the unauthorized OF
| invalid acts of any officer or agent of the
State, or of any parish or municipality {;
granting any extra compensation to any
public officer, agent, or contractor, after
the service has been rendered or contract
ed for; changing any parish seat, or Gre
of the majority of the qualified electors
of tie parish, or parishes, to be affected /;
| in all other cases, where . general law
can be made applicable. no local or spe.
cial law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX
The Governor shall receive a salary
Of seven thousand dollars per annun,
payable quarterly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article tifty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
a salary which shall he double that Of
a member Of the General Assembly.
(Stcike out article fifty -seyen.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed
ernor; if he approve it, he shall sign it;
/ If lle does not he shall return it, with
his objections, to the house in which it
originated, which shall enter the object
ions at la.ge upon its journal, aud pro-
ceed to reconsider it. If, after such re-
bers present in that house shall agree to
pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the
| objections, to the other house, by which
it shall likewise be recOnsidered, and if
approved by two thirds of the members
present in that house, it shall he a law,
But in such cases the vote of both houses
shall be determined by yeas and nays.
and the names Of members voting for or
against the bill shall he entered upon the
journal of each house respectively. If
| any bill shall not be returned by the
Governor within five days after it shall
| have been presented to Linn, it shall be
law, in like manner as if he had signed it,
unless the Genelal Assembly, by adjourn
| ment, prevent its returc; i'll 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 u law, rs if he had signed
it. The Secretary of State shall commu-
nicate said objections and bill so deposit
| ed to the house in which it originated OH
| the first day of the meeting OF the next
General Assembly, who shall act upon
| the same us above provided The Cover
nor shall have power to veto ono or
more items in any bill lpproprilting mon
| ey, embracing distinct items, while ap-
| proving other portions OF tho bill, and
| the part or parts of the bill approved
| shall become law, and the items of APP
preparations disapproved shall be void,
| unless rcpassed according to tho rules
and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage of other bills over the Governors
veto.
(Strille out article sixty y-six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the
| constitution, shall be allowed any fees or
| perquisites of office.
NUMBER TEN.
Tho judicial power shall be vested in Il
| supreme court, district courts, and in u.s.
| tices of the peace. Tho district courts
| shall have orig ginal jurisdiction in all civ
| il cases where the amount in dispute OK
! ceeds one hundred dollars, exclusive of
| interest. In criminal cases, and in all
probate matters, their jurisdiction shall
be unlimited. They shall have appellate
| the peace, when the amount in dispute
exceeds ten dollars, exclusive Of interest.
The Justices of the peace shall De elected
| by the electors OF each parish in the mall
ner and with the qualifications to be de-
te1mined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold Office for the term of two years,
and their compensation shall |e fixed by
law. Their jurisdiction in civil cases
shall not exceed one hundred dollars, eX-
| elusive of interest. subject to an appeal
! to the district court in all cases when the
amount in dispute shall exceed ten dol
lars, exclusive of interest. They shall
have such criminal jurisdiction as shall
be conferred by law. The General Assem-.
bly, shall have power to vest in the clerks
of the district courts the right to grant
such orders and do such acts rs may be
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