The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-10-12

other portions Of The bill, and TIT
part or parts of the bill approved
shall become law, and the item OF
items Of appropriations disap
proved shall be void. unless re
passed according to the rules anC
limitations prescribed for the pas
sage of other bills over the Cover
nor's veto.
(Strike out article sixty six.)
| NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fxed
b. the constitution, shall be allow
ed ally fees or perquisltes Of Office
| NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be
vested in supreme court, district
courts, and in justices of the peace
The district courts shall have ori
ginai jurisdiction in all civil cases
where the amount in dispute OK
cceds one hundred dollars, excIu
siye 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. The
justices Of the peace shall be elect
ed by the electors Of each parish
in the manner and with the quail.
fcations 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 in
civil cases shall not exceed one
hundred dollars, exclusive of in.
terest, subject to an appeal to the
district court in all cases when the
amount in dispute shall not exceed
ten dollars, exclusive of interest.
They shall have such criminal ju
risdicticn 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 Go such acts
as may be deemed necessary for
the furtherancc Of the administra.
ton Of justice: In all cases the
power thus granted shall be specl,
fed and determined.
Strike out articles seventy
three. eighty-ive, eighty-six, eigh-
ty-seven, eigty eight, eighty-nine,
ninety.one and one hundred and
thirty three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the SUI
preme Court shall receive a sala-
ry of seven thousand dollars per
annum, 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 di-
vide the State into judicial dis
tricts, which shall remain unchang-
ed for four years. and for each dis
trict one judge, learned in the law,
shall be elected bv a 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 inter
est may require, not to exceed the
number now authorized by exist.
ing laws, except by q two-thirds
vote Of all the members elected to
both branches of the General AS
sembly. Until otherwise proyi
ded by law, the district courts
now existing in the parish Of Or
leans shall have the jurisdiction at
present conferred by law; no redis-
tr.cting or change shall be made
so as to take effect during the in
cumbency Of any juage. The num-
bcr Of districts in the State shall
not be less than thirty nor more
than fcrty-fve. The General AS
sembly shall provide by law for at
least foor terms annually Of the
district court in every parish. The
General Assembly shall have pow.
er to create circuit courts, to be
constituted by grouping the dis
trict judges into circuits. and com.
posing the circuit court of the
:;nGges Of the district courts with
in such circuits. To direct the
place or places Of meeting Of said
circuit courts SO constituted, and
to vest said circuit conrts with ap-
pelIate Jurisdiction from the dis
trict courts within the circuit