The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1878-09-28


isll seat, or creating new parishes, except
by the assent ofthe majority of the quail
fled electors Of the parish or parishes, to
be affected in all other eases, where IL
general law can be made applicable, no To-
oal or special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary of
seven thousand dollars per annum, payable
quarterly. on his own warrant.
strike out article iitty-six.l
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
salary which shall be double that of lnem-
Der of the General Assembly.
iStrilse ont article titty-seven.
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor +;
il he approvc it. hr shall sign il i! he does
net. he Shall return ii, with his objections,
70 the house in which it originated, which
shall enter the objections at large upon its
ionrn;,l and proceed to reconsider ii. II.
altc, such reconsideration. two thirds of all
the members present i'll that house shall
/, agree to pass The bill II Shall he sent with
the objections to the othrr !,onsc, Ivy which
Il shall likewise be re-con.ltitrci, and il ap-
proved hv two twu thirds o.! the nelnb. rs
present in thet house. il shall be law. But
il. s1rh cases the vote nt both houses shall
be determined by yeas ami nays, and the
names of members voting for or against the
bill shall be entered upon the journal of
each house respectively. If any bill shall
not be returned by the Goyernor within
five days after it shall have been presented
to him it shall he Il law in like manner us
if he had signed it, unless the General As
selnbly. by adjournment. prevent its re
turn III which ease. within thirty days
the Governor shall file the same. with his
objections thereto. Ill the office OF the Sccre-
tarv OF State, aud give public notice there
of otherwise it shall become q law, as if he
| had signed it. The Secretary OF STATE shall
| communicate said objections and bill so de
| noSittd to the house in which it originated
! on he first dav of the meeting of the next
| General Assembly, who shall act upon the
| same as above provided. The Governor
| shall have power to veto one or more items
| in any bill appropriating money, embrac-
| ING distinct items, While approving other
+ portions Of the bill, and the part or parts of
! the bill approved shall become law and the
item or items of appropriations disapprov
! ed shall he void, unless repassed according
| to the rules aud limitations prescribed for
| the passage OF other bills over the Cover
| Hor'S veto.
Strike out article sixty siN.l
NUMBER NINE.
No officer whose salary is fixed by the
constitution. shall be allowed any fees or
! neruuiSites OF office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in
supreme cnut, district courts, and IL JUS
! tices OF the peace. The district courts shall
have original jurisdiction i'll all civil cases
where the amount i'll dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive OF interest. III
criminal eases. and i'll all probate matters,
their jurisdiction shall be unlimited. They
shall have appellate jurisdiction, III civil
suits from justices ot the peace, when the
amount in dispute exceeds ten dollars, cN-
elusive OF interest. The justices OF the
peace shall be elected by the electors OF
each narish in the manner and with the
| uual lIticatiouS to he determined by the Gen
eral Assembly. They shall hold ot!ice for
the term of two wears, and their compcnS..
ton shall he fixed by law. Their jurisdir-
tion in civil cases shall not exceed one hun
dred dollars. exclusive of interest, subject
to au appeal to the district court in all ca
ses when the amount in dispute shall eX
ceed ten dollars, exclusive Of interest. They
shall have such criminal jurisdiction 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 t.eemed necessary for the turthcrance of
the administration OF justice. In all cases
| the power thus granted shall be speclfed
and determined.
| (Strike out articles seventy three, eighty
five. eighty six, eighty seven, eighty eight,
eighty nine, ninety one and one huddred
and thirty three,)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
| hall q of thnnSanI dol
lars per apnum, and the Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court shall each receive a
salary of six Thousand five hundred 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 i'll the law.
shall be elected by Il plurality of qualified
/ electors thereof For each district there
shall shall be one district court. except in
i'll the parish of Orleans, in which the Gen
eral Assembly may establish as many dis
trirt courts as the public interest may re
aure, not to exceed the number now au-
thorzed by existing laws. except 10y two
thirds vote of all the members elected to
both branches Of the General Assembly Tn
til otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing i'll the parish o1 Or-
leans shall have the jurisdiction at present
conferred by law +: no redistricting or
cIange shall be made SO as To take effect
during the incumbency ut any Judge. The
number of districts iii this State shall not
be less than forty nor forty five. The Gener
al Assembly shall. provide by law ior at
i, least four terms annually OF the dlstric'
court IL every parish. The General Assem-
bly, shall have power TO create circuit
courts to be constituted by grouping the
district Judges into circuits. and composing
the circuit court Of the judges OF the dis
trict courts within such circuits. 10 dlrrc'
the place or places OF meeting OF sald CIR
emit courts So constituted. and to vest Salo
circuit courts with appellate jurisdiction
from the district courts within the circul'
where the amount involved exceeds one
hundred dollars (SlOG) exclusive OF inter
, est. and does not exceed five hundred dol
:, lars 5000 exclusive OF interest. Inc Gene
+, raj Assembly shall have power by a two
> thirds vote of all the members elected u
= both houses. to restrict the appellate J'lfis
: diction of the Supreme Court TO cause
;, where the amount involved exceeds on
, thousand dollars $1,000 exclusive OF inter
- est. and in case of such RESTRICTION. TIT
: circuit courts SD to be created shall nav
:, a,,prl,ate jurisdiction OF the class OF case
, thus excluded from the appellate Jhrisdlt
>. ton of the Supreme Court. The CLERKS o
y the district courts shall be elected by t1