The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-10-26

part or parts Of the bill approve
shall become law, and the item q
items of appropriations disaE
proved shall be void. unless n
passed according to the rules an
limitations prescribed for the pa;
sage Of other bills over the Cove
nor's veto.
(Strike out article sixty.six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixe
BY the constitution. shall be allow
ed ally fees or perquisltes Of Office
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall b
vested In supreme court, distric
courts, and in justices of the peace
The district courts shall have orr
ginal jurisdiction in all civil case
where the amount in dispute ex
cceds one hundred dollars, exclu
sive of interest. In criminal ca
ses, and in all probate matters
their jurisdiction shall be unlimi
ted. They shall have appellate
jurisdiction, in civil suits from jus
tices of the peace, when the
amount iL dispute exceeds ten dol
lars. exclusive of interest Tht
justices of the peace shall be elect
ed by the electors of each parish
in the manner and with the quail
fications to be determined by the
General Assembly. They shall
hold Office for the term two years
and their compensation shall be
fixed by law. Their jurisdiction il
civil cases shall not exceed one
hundred dollars, exclusive of in
terest, subject to an appeal to the
district court 10 all cases when the
amount in dispute shall not exceed
ten dollars, exclusive of interest.
They shall have such criminal ju
risdiction 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 lie deemed necessary for
the furtherance of the administra.
ton of justice. In all cases the
power thus granted shall be specl'
fed and determined.
(Strike out articles seventy.
.hree. eighty-6ve, eighty-six, eigh.
;y-seven, eigty eight, eighty-nine.
,inety.one and one hundred and
hirty-three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Su-
,reme Court shall receive a sala-
y of seven thousand dollars per
lnnum, and the Associate Justices
# the Supreme Court shall each
'eceive a salary of six thousand
i've hundred dollars per annum,
payable quarterly on their own
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall di
'lde the State into judicial dis
riots. which shall remain unchang.
d for four years, and for each dis
riot one jndge, learned in the law,
hall be elected by a plurality of
Qualified electors thereof. For
'ach district there shall be one
district court, except in the parish
# Orleans, in which the General
Assembly may establish as many
district courts as the public inter-
st may require. not to exceed the
lumber now authorized by exist
ng laws; except by a two-thirds
'ote of all the Numbers elected to
10Th branches OF the General As.
emily. Until otherwise provi.
ed by law, the district courts
ow existing in the parish of Or
cans shall have the jurisdiction at
resent conferred by law; no redis.
r.cting or change shall be made
o as to take effect during the in.
umbency of any junge. The num-
er Of districts in the State shall
ot be less than thirty nor more
han forty-6ve. The General As
emily shall provide by law for at
east foor terms annually of the
istrict court in every parish. The
}eneral Assembly shall have pow
r to create circuit courts, to be
onstituted by grouping the dis
rict judges into circuits. and com.
osing the circuit court of the
ldges of the district courts with.
, such circuits. To direct the
lace or places of meeting of said
ircuit courts so constituted, and
} vest said circuit courts with ap-
elIate Jurisdiction from the dis.
rict courts within the circuit