The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1878-09-14

contractor, after the service has been rem
dered or contracted for; changing any par
ish seat, or creating new parishes, except
by the assent ofthe majority of the quail
fed electors of the parish, or parishes, to
be affected in all other eases. where
general law can be made applicable, no To-
cal or special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary of
seven thousand dollars per aunum, payable
quarterly, on his own warrant.
Strike out article fitty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a
salary which shall be double that of a men,
Der of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article tiftyseven.
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented t. the Governor
if he approve it, he shall sign it if he does
not. he shall return it, with his objections,
to the house in which it originated. which
shall enter the objections at large upon its
journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If,
after such reconsideration. two thirds of all
the members 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 re-consdered, and if ap-
proved by two two thirds of the members
present in tht house, it shall be 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 be 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
70, ~, oil ha laxv in II maj
if he had signed it, unless the General As
sembly, by adjournment, prevent its re-
turn in which case, within thirty days
the Governor shall file the same. with his
objections thereto. in the office of the Secre-
tary of State and give public notice there
of otherwise it shall become law, as if he
had signed it. The Secretary of State shall
communicate said objections and bill SO de-
posted 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 power to veto one or more items
in any bill appropriating money, embrac-
ING distinct items, willie 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 be void unless repasSed according
to the rules and limitations prescribed for
tue passage VI OIltT DIilS O\cC Tue uONcT-
nOr'S veto.
Strike out article sixty six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or
perqusiteS OF office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in a
supreme cnult, district courts, and i'll JUS
tees of the peace. The district courts shall
have original jurisdiction in all civil cases
where the amount i'll 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, III civil
suits from justices of the peace. when the
amount i'll dispute exceeds ten dollars, ex-
elusive of interest. The Justices OF the
peace shall be elected by the electors of
each parish i'll the manner and with the
qualifications to he determined by the Gen
| er;i Assembly. They shall hold office for
the term of two years. and their cOmpensa
ton shall he fixed by law. Their .iurisdlc-
| 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-
eeed ten dollars, exclusive of interest. They
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 furtherance 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, eighhty seven, eighty eight.
eighty nine, ninety one and one huddred
and thirty three.j
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive salary of seven thousand dol
lars per arnum, 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 tho
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 Il plurality of qualified
electors thereof. For each district there
shall shall be one district court. except i'll
in the parish of Orleans, in which the Gen
cral Assembly may establish as many dis
tfttC courts as tue piUilC iHttItSt iHal lt
quire, not to exceed the number now a,l-
thorized by existing laws. except by 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 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 incumbenry Vt any Judge. The
+; number of districts in this State shall not
| be less than forty nor forty five. The Gener
al Assembly shall provide by law for at
| least four terms annually OF the district
court in every parish The General Assem-
bly, shall have power to create circuit
courts, to he constituted by grouping the
| district judges into circuits. and composing
| the circuit court of the judges of the dis
trict courts within such circuits. To direct
| the place or places of meeting OF said cir
cult courts so constituted, and to vest said
circuit courts with appellate jurisdiction
from the district courts within the circuit
where the amount involved exceeds one
hundred dollars ($l00) exclusive of inter
est, aud do-s not exceed five hundred dol
lars t$5OO) exclusive of interest. The Gene
raj Assembly shall have power by two
thirds vote of all the members elected Il
both houses to restrict the appellate Jilris
diction of the Supreme Court to causes
where the amount involved exceeds ont
thousand dollars ($l00o] exclusive OF inter
est and in case of such RESTRICTION: INT
circuit courts SO to be created shall hav'
appellate jurisdiction of the class OF case
thus excluded from the appellate Jnrlsdlc