The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-08-08
Constitutional Amendments

house in which it originated on the first day of
the meeting 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
embracing 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 disapproved
shall be void unless repassed according to the
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage OF other bills over the Governors veto.
Strike out article sixty-siX.)
NUMBER NINE
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the
Constitution, shall be allowed any fees or
perqulsites of office.
NUMBER TEN.
The Judicial power shall be vested in a
Supreme Court, District Courts and in JUS
tees of the Peace. The District Courts shall
have original jurisdiction in all civil cases
where the amount in 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, 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 the
manner and with the qualifications to be
determined by the General Assembly. They
D,
and their compensation shall be fixed by law
Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall not
exceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of
interest, subject to an appeal to the District
Court III all cases when the amount in dispute
shall exceed ten dollars, 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 as may be deemed necessary
for the futheranee of the administration of
Justice In all cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
Strike out articles seventy three, eighty
live, eighty-six. eighty seven, lightweight,
eighty nine, ninety one and one hundred and
thirty -three.l
NUMBER ELEVEN
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
shall receive salary Of seven thousand dol
lars per annum, and the Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court shall each receive "a salary
Of six thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly on their own warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the State
into judicial districts, which shall remain
unchanged for four years. and for each district
one judge, learned in the law, shall be elected
by 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 interest may
lied by existing laws, except by a two-thirds
vote of all the members elected to both
branches of the General Assembly. Until
otherwise provided by law, the District Courts
now existing in the parish of Orleans shall
have the jurisdiction at present conferred by
law; no redistrieting or change shall be made
so as to take effect during the incumbency of
any judge. The number of districts in the
state shall not be less than thirty nor more
than fort -fiye. The General Assembly shall
provide by law for at least four terms annually
of the District Court in every parish The
General Assembly shall have power to create
Circuit Courts, to be constituted by grouping
the di 5trict judges into circuits, and composing
the Circuit Court of the judges of the District
Courts within such circuits. To direct the
place or places Of meeting of said Circuit
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 interest and does not exceed
five hundred dollars t$500) exclusive of interest
The General Assembly shall have power. by a
tWo-tblfds vote OF all the members elected to
both Houses, to restrict the appellate ,jurisdc-
ton of the Supreme Court to causes where the
amount involved exceeds one thousand dollars
$1,000 exclusive OF interest; and in case of
such restriction, the Circuit Courts so to be
GEtstou SHstAt HtNt dpelIdIe JufiStucIloH Oh the
| class OF cases Thus excluded from the appellate
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The clerks
of District Courts shall be elected by the
qualified voters of their respective parishes,
and shall hold their Office for four years
tstrike out article eighty-three.)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each OF the District Judges shall receive a
salary, to be fixed by law, which, except in the
| parish of Orleans, shall not be less than
| two Thousand dollars, more than three
| thousand dollars per anuum payable quarterly
| on his own warrant, and which shall not be
| increased nor diminished during his term of
| Office. He must be a citizen of the United
States, over the age of twenty-five years, and
have resided in the State and practiced law
| therein for the space of two years next pre-
ceding his election. The Judges of the District
| Courts shall hold their Office for the term of
four years In the parish of Orleans the annual
salary Of the district judges shall not exceed
five thousand dollars, to be paid as above
provided
Strike out article eightyfour)
| NUMBER FOURTEEN
| In lieu of the office of District Attorney,
established by Article ninety-two of the Con
stitution of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters of each parish, u States
Attorney therefor, who shall be citizen OF
the United States, and who shall have been q
resident of the State, and practicing and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
| years. He shall receive a salary from the State
of not less than three nor more than seven
hundred dollars per annum, to be provided by
law upon the basis of representation in the
House of Representatives, and payable quar-
terly on his own warrant. He shall be ero6fet
attorney of the parish. and receive such salary
therefrom as may be fixed by the parochia
authorities, not to exceed seven hundred dol
lars per annum. He shall, moreover, receive
such fees of office as may be allowed by law
In the city of New Orleans the States attorne,
shall receive such compensation from the city
in addition to the salary above provided, a.