Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-09-07

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shall receive for the second session
in that year salary of only two hun.
drsd and fiffy dollars ($25W and
actual travelling expenses by the
nearest practicable rontr. nat to *.
cecd fifty dollara ia5Ol for any "ne
member. The regular biennial sess.
ion shall nat exceed ninety days in
duration. unless by vote of two.
thirds of the mcml..rs elected tO
each house Of the General Assembly.
(Strike ont article thirty.nine.)
Nwmbcr Fire.
The General Assembly shall not
pass any local ar special law chang.
ing the venue IN criminal cases.
changing the manner of persons 'cei :
timating children, vacating roads.
streets. or alley. RENTING fines.
penalties, and forfritnrrs. or refund.
moneys legally paid into the treas.
ury; affecting the estates If minors.
or persons under disability. exempt.
ing property from taxatiOn. creating
any monopoly: lrcalizing the unnn.
thorized ar invalid acts If any officer
or agent of the State, or of amy par.
ish or municipality; granting any
extra compensation to any public
officer. agent. or contractor. after the
service has been rendered or con.
tracfcd for: changing any parish
seat. or creating new parishes. cx-
cePt hy the assent of the majority of
the qualified electors If the parish.
Or parishes, to be affected in NIL
other cases. where general law car,
H made applicable. no local or spe-
cial law shall I've rnsscd.
Number Sir.
The Governor shall receive n salary
ofseven Thousand dollars per nnnnm.
PAYABLE quarterly. on his own warrant.
(Strike ont article fifty-six.)
Number Scren.
The Lieutenant Governor shall re-
ceive q salarywhich sl,alll,eflouble that
Of n member Of the General Assembly.
(Strike ont article fifty.seven.)
Number Eight.
Every bill which shall have passed
both houses shall be presented to the
Governor II he approve il. he shall
sign il ; if he does not. he shal! ~.
turn it. with his objections. to the
house in which il originated. whicl,
shall enter the objections Mt large
upon its Journal. and proceed to re-.
consider II. II, after snch recOnsid-
Grafton, two.thirds of all the memb-
ers present in that hOnse shall agree
to pass the bill, il shall w. sent. with
the objections, to the other house,
by which il shall likewise le recon.
si'lcred, and IL approved by two
thirds of the mcml'ers present in that
house. II shall le law. Bnt in snch
cases the vote of both houses shalt
lr determined by yeas and nays, and
the names Of memlers voting for ov
against the bill shall br entered npon
the journal of each housc respective.
~. If any hill shall rot I've returned
by the Governor within five days
after It shall have been presented ia
him. il shall be law, in like manner
ms if he had signed il, unless the
General Assembly, by adjournment,
prevent its return /; in which caae,
within thirty days, the Governor
shall Rle the same. with his object.
ions thereto, IN the office Of the Sc.
cretary Of State, and give pnhlie nat.
lee thereof otherwise it shall beeo.
me q law, M IL he had signed II. The
Secretary If State shall commnnicate
snid objections and hill ~ deposited
tO the house in which Il originated
on the first day Of the meeting Of the
next General Assembly. who shall
act upon the same m above provided.
The Governor shall have power tO
veto one or more itcms in any Till
appr"priating money, embracing
distinct items, while approving 9th.
er portions of the bill, and the part
or parts Of the hill approved shall I've.
come law, and the item or itcms Oi
appropriations dissapproved shall bs
void, unless Iepassrd according Ia
the rules and limitations prracribed
for the passage Of other Hills ovev
the Governors veto.
(Strike Ont article sixty.six.)
Nwmber Nine.
No officer, whose salary Il fixed by
the constitution, shall I've allowed
any fees ar perQuisitrs of Office.
Nwmber 5em.
The judicial power shall Ike vest.sl
In supreme court, district cOnrta,
and in juatices of the peace. The
district courts shall have original
Jurisdiction in all civil caars where
the amount in dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive of inter.
eat. In criminal cases, and in all
probate matters, their Jurisdiction
shall I've unlimited. They shalt have
appellate Jurisdiction, in civil snits
from justicrs Of the peace, when the
amount In dispute exceeds ten doll.
ara. exclusive Of i,tercst. The Just.
ices Of the peace shall I've elected by
the electors of each parish in the
manner and with the qualifications
to be determined by the General