Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-08-10

nor shall it authorize any parish or mu-
nicipal corporation to issue any bond or
create any debt; prorided, that this shall
not prohibit the issue of new bonds in OK
change for old bonds, where the debt or
rate of interest is not increased.
NUMBER FOUR.
The members of the General Assembly
shall Ibe paid IL salary OF five hundred dol
lars ($5OO) per session, aud actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practicable
route. not to exceed fifty dollars (5O) for
any ono member; prOrided, that if two
sessions are held III the same year they
shall receive for the second session in
that year u salary of only two hundred
and fifty dollars (25O) and actual travel
ing EXPENSES by the nearest practicable
route, not to exceed fifty dollars (5O) for
any ono member. The regular biennial
session shall not exceed ninety days i'll
duration, unless by vote of two-thirtls of
the members elected to each house OF the
General Assembly. ..a -,
(Strike out article thirty-nine.)
NUMBER FIVE.
The General Assembly shall not pass
any local OF special law changing the
manner of persons legitiInating children,
vacatiny roads, streets, or alleys, remit
ting fines, penalties and fOrteitures, or
refunding moneys legally paid into the
treasury; affecting the estates of minors,
or persons under disability, exempting
property from taxation, creating any mo-
nopoly, legalizlng 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
tho service has been rendered or contract.
ed for; changing any parish seat, or crea-
ting new parishes, except by the assent
Of the majority of the qualified electors
of the parish, or parishes, to he affected; ;
III all other cases, where u general law
can he made applicable, no local or spe.
cial law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIN.
The Governor shall receive n salary of
seven thousand dollars per aunum, paya-
BILE quarterly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article tifty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
/. salary which shall be double that Of Il
lnember OF the General Assembly.
(Strike out article tifty-seven.j
NUMBER FIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed
both houses shall be presented to the
Governor; if he approve it, he shall sign
it !; if he does not, he shall return it, with
his objections, to the house i'll which it
originated, which shall enter the object
ions at large upon it's Journal. and pro-
ceed to reconsider it. If, after such re-
consideration, two thirds of all the mem
bers present III that house shall agree to
pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the
objections, to the other house, by which
it shall likewise De recOnsiuered, and it
approved by two-thirGs of the members
present in that house, it shall be Il law.
But III such cases tue vote OF both houses
shall bc determined by yeas and nays,
against tho bill shall be entered upon the
Journal Of each house respectively. If
any bill shall not be returned by the Gov
ernor within five days after it shall have
been presented to him, it shall be IL law,
in like manner as if he had signed it, uu-
less the General Assembly, by adjourn
ment, prevent its return; in which case,
within thrifty days, the Governor shall
file the same, with his objections thereto,
in the Office of the Secretary ofState, and
give public notice thereof; otherwise it
shall become IL law. us if he had signed it,
The Secretary of State shall communi-
cate said objections and bill so deposited
to the house in which it orig mated Oh
the first day of the meeting OF the next
General Assembly, who shall act upon
the sumc rs :,bove provided. The Cover
nor shall have power to veto one or more
items in amy bill appropriatinS money,
embracing distinct itenls, while APPROX
iuS other portions Of the bill, and the
part or parts of tho bill approved shall
become law, and the item or items of APP
preparations disapprOvetl shall be void,
unless repassed according to the rules and
limitations prescribed for the passage of
other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article siNty-siN.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the
constitution, shall De allowed any fees or
perIusites OF office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in Il
supreme court, district courts, and JUS
tices Of the peace. The district courts
shall have orr giual jurisdiction in all civ
il cases where the amount in dispute ex-
ceeds one hundred dollars, exclusive of
interest. In criminal cases, and III all
probate matters, their jurisdiction shall
lie unlimited. They shall have appellate
jurisdiction, in civil suits from justices of
the peace, when the amount in dispute
exceeds ten dollars, exclusive of interest.
The Justices of the peace shall be elected
by the electors of each parish IN tho man
ner and with the qualifications to be de-
termined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold Office for the term OF two years,
and their compensation shall be fixed by
law. Their Jurisdiction in civil cases
shall not exceed ono hundred dollars, eN'
elusive of interest, subjec to an appeal to
tho district court i'll all cases when the
amount in dispute shall exceed ten dol
lars, exclusive of interest. They shall
have such criminal Jurisdiction as shall
be conferred by law. The General Assem-
bly, shall have power to vest in the clerks
of the district courts the right to grant
such orders and do such acts us m;ty be
deemed necessary for the furtheranco OF
the administration of justice. In all cases
tho nnwer thus GRANTED shall be Specitied