Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-08-24


ting fines, penalties, and forteitures, or
refunding moneys legally paid into the
treasury; effecting the estates of minors,
or persons under disability, exempting
property from taxation, creating any mo-
nopolies, legalizing the unauthorized or
invalid acts of any officer or agent OF the
State, or of any parish or municipality
granting any extra compensation TO any
public officer, agent, or contractor, after
the service has been rendered or contract
ed for changing any parish seat, OF Gre
ating new parishes, except by the assent
of the majority Of the qualified electors
Of the parish, or parishes, to be affected;
in al! other cases, where a general law
can be made applicable, no local or spe-
cial law shall he passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary
of seven thousand dollars per annum,
payable quarterly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article titty-slX')
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
a salary which shall be double that of
q member Of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article fifty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Eyery bill =. hich shall have passed
both houses shall be presented to the Gov
ernor if he approve 1T he shall sign 1t
if he does not he shall return it,, with
his objections, to the house in which it
originated, which sahll enter the object
ions at large upon its Journal, and pro-
ceel to reconsider it. II after such re-
considerations, two thirds Of all the men,
bers present in that house shall agree to
pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the
otjec tions to the other house, by which
it shall likewise be recOnsldered, and IT
approved by two thirds of the members
I, Sh0n 0No 1s.N
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 he 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 to him, l6 snail De
unless the General Assembly, by adjourn
ment prevent it's return in which case,
| within thirty DAYS, the Governor shall
| file the same, with his objections thereto,
| in the Office of the Secretary of State,
| and give public notice thereof otherwise
| it shall become a law, as it he had signed
it. The Secretary of State shall comlnu-
nicate said objections and bill SO deposit
ed to the house in which it originated on
| the first day of the meetingof tho next
General Assembly, who shall act upon
| the samo us above provided. The Gov
ernor shall have power to veto one or
more items in any bill appropriating mon-
ey, embracing distinct items, while ap.
proving other por! ions of the bill, AMI
The part or parts of tho bill approved
| shall become law, and the items OF APP
| propriation dis;lpp proved shall be void,
! unless rcp:issed according to the rules
and Limitations prescribed for the pas
sare of other bills over the Governors s
| veto.
(Strike ont article sixty-siN.)
! NUMBER NINE.
| No officer. whocs salary is fixed by the
constitution, shall bc allowed amy tees Or
perQuisites OF office.
| NUMBER TEN.
| The judicial power shall be vested in a
supreme cou: t, district courts, and III JUS
tices OF the peace. The disttlct courts
shall have original jurisdiction i'll all civ
| il cases where the :lmeunt Ill dispute OK
ceeds one hundred dollars, exclusive OF
| interest, In criminal cases, and in all
| probate mat ters, their jurisdiction shall
be unlimited They shall have appellate
jurisdiction, in civil suits FROM Justices OF
! the peace, when the amolnt III dispute
exceeds ten dollars, exclusive OF interest
The Justices of the peace shall be elected
bv the electors of each parish i'll the man
ncr and with the qualifications to be do
| termined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold office for tho term of two years
and their compensation shall hc fixed by
law. Their juris ictlon in civil cases
shall not exceed one hundred dollars, cN
elusive of interest, subject to an appea
to the district court in al! cases when thu
amount in dispute shall exceed ten 90!
lars, exclusive Of interest. They shal
have such criminal jurisdiction as shal
be conferred by law. The General Assem-
bly shall have power to vest in the clerk
of the district courts the right TO gram
such orders and do such acts as may b'
deemed necessary for tho furthcrancc o
the administration ofjustIce. In all case
tho power thus granted shall be spccllle'
and dctprmi ined,
(Strile out articles soventy-three, eigl
tyetivc, eighty. six, eighty seven, eighty
eight, eighty-nine, Mnety-unp an4 on
hundred and thirty -thrcc.)
NUMBER EIEvEN.
Tho Chief Justice of tho Suprcm
Court shall receive y salary of sevel
thousand dollars pcr ;innum, and the AS
sociate Justices of tho Supreme Cour
shall each receive n salary of six thous
and five hundred dl'llars per amman, pay
able Quarterly oa their own warrant,
NUMBER TwEIVE,
The General Assembly shall divide th
State into indicial districts, which shall
ruuaiu unchanged for four years, and TO