Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-08-10
NrMBrR LIGHT.

houses shall ie presented tn the Governor;
If he approve il. he shall sign it; il he
does not. he shall return it, with his 0blee-
tons. to the house in which it originated,
which shall enter the objections at large
upoG lis snirnal. aud proceed to reconsider
it.. il. aite. stch reconsideration, two
thirtss of all the members present in that
huusc sls,.i i,;s;ac Ia pass the bill ut shall
be sent with sh, al .ieetions, to the ether
kuuse, ay gkirit4f slal! likewise be recon-
5sidered, an,i N appfeyed by two-thirds OF
The members present i. tat house, it shall
he i, l:sN. But i! sath casts the vote of
both houses shall IL determined by yeas
and nays. and the nantes ef members vot-
ina foisor against the hill shah be entered
upnl ihe .ian.nal of each house 'Iesnectiye-
ly. II al.S bid sl1aH no; ne returned by the
Governor witlli.ia i've days after IL shall
have been presented TO lima, it shall be n
law, Unlike nlanner as il 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
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 p0r-
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 pseseribed for the
passage of other bills over the Governors
veto.
tStrike out article sixty-six.
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or
pereuisites Of Office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in a
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
each pari Ii in the manner and with the
qualifications to be determined by the
General Assembly. They shall hold Office
for the term of two years, and their COM
Ipensatinn 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 in dispute
shall exceed ten dollars, exclusive of inter
est. They shall have such criminal .iuris-
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
anee 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, eightyeight.
eighty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred
and thirty -three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive salary of seven Thousand
dollars per annun1, and the Associate JUS
tices of the Supreme Court shall each re-
CC1N 2 d Stl1ttly Vi Ella IN At1U01 GU
dollars per annum, payable quarterly on
their own warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide The
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
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 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
conferred by law; no redistricting or
change shall be made so as to take effect
during the incubency of any judge. The
number of districts in the State shall not
be less than thirty nor more than forty
five. 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 canstitu-ed hv
grouping the district judges ilto circuits.
and composing the circuit court Of th,,
judges of the district courts within sIcii
circuits. TO direct the place or places O.
meeting Of said circuit courts so constitute
ed, and to vest said circuit courts with
appellate jurisdiction from the district
courts within the circuit where the amount
involved exceeds one hundred dollars
t$l00) exclusive of interest and does not
exceed five hundred dollars tS500) excli.
sive of int rest. The General Assembly
shall have power. by two-thirds vote OF
all the members elected to both houses, 10
restrict the appellate jurisdiction OF the
Supreme Court to causes where the ain0nnt
involved exceeds one thousand dollars
tSle09l exclusive of interest; and in case
81 such restriction, the circuit courts so to
be created shall lhayeappellate jurisdiction
OF the Supreme Court. The clerks OF the
district courts shall be elected by the
qualified sosSts Of their respective parish
e., an,i siialI hold their office Tor four
years.
lsinke Qua article eighty-three.)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each of the district judges shall receive
salary, to be fixed by law, which, except
in the parish of Orleans, shall not be less
than two thousand dollars, nor more than
flrae fh0l1aand daIara 1las. a,aD4afsa 11arai,is.