Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-08-17
NAPOLEONVIILE. La. SATURDAY AUGUST II, 1873.
NuaBER EIGHT.

houses shall be preseuteu to the Governors
il he approve it, he shall sign it; If he
does not, he shall return it, with his objec-
tions. to the house in which it originated,
which shall enter the objections at large
npon its journal, and proceed to reconsider
it. Ii, 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, oy which it shall likewise be recon-
sidered, aud ii apprnped by two-t thirds Of
the members present in that house, 1t shall
be law. But III such eases the vote of
both houses shall be determined by yeas
and nays. and the nalIies Of members y0t-
ing for or against the bill shall be entered
upon the journal of each house respective
ly. 1T any bill shah not be returned by the
Governor within five days after it shall
have been presented to him, it shall be n
law, in like manner as if be had signed it,
unless the General Assembly, by adjourn
ment, prevent its 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 pubic notice thereof; otherwise it
shall become q law, as ii he had signedit.
The Secretary of State shall communicate
said objections and bill so deposited to the
house III which it originated on the first
day of the meeting of the next General
Assembly, who shall act upon the same as
above provided. Tho Governor shall have
the power to veto one or more items in
any bill appropriating money, embracing
distinct items, while approving other por-
tions of the bill, and the part or parts of
the bill shall become law, aud the item OR
items of appropriations disapproved shall
be void, unless repassed according to the
rules and limitations pseseribed fer the
passage of other bills over the Governor 8
veto.
(Strike out article sixty-six.l
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the
shall be allowed any fees or
perquisites 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 III dispute exceeds ten dollars, ex-
elusive of interest. The justices of the
peace shall be elected by the electors OF
each pari h in the manner and with the
to be determined by the
General Assembly They shall hold office
for the term of two years, and their COM
pensati,n 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
in all cases when the amount in dispute
shall exceed ten dollars, exclusive of inter
est. They shall have such criminal juris-
diction us shall he conferred by law. The
General Assembly shall have power to vest
in the clerks of the districtcourts the right
to grant such orders and do such acts as
may be deemed necessary for the further
ance of tho administration of Justice. In
all cases the power thus granted shall be
specified and determined.
(Strike ont efesserenty-three eighty
five, eiglfty-six, eighty seven, eighty glit,
ninety-one and one hundred
aud thirty three.l
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive q salary of seven thousand
dollars per annum, and the Associate JUS
tices of the Supreme Court shall each re-
ceive salary of six thousand five hundred
dollars per annum, payable quarterly on
their own warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the
State into judicial districts, which shall re-
main unchanged for four years, and for
each district one judge, learned i'll the law,
shall be elected by 4 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 intesest may require,
rot to exceed the number now authorized
by existing laws, except by two-thirTls
vote of ;tll the members elected to both
branches of the General Assembly. Until
otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing in 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 incubency of any judge. The
number of districts III the State shall not
be less than thirty nor more than forty
1--WE. The General Assembly shall provide
by law for att least four terms annually of
the district court III every parish. the
General Assembly shall have power To-
create circuit courts, to be constituted by
grouping the district judges into circuits,
and composing the circuit court of the
Judges of the district conrts within such
circuits. To direct the place or places of
meeting of said circuit courts so constitute
I'd, and to vest said circuit courts with
appellate jurisdiction from the district
courts within thecircuit where the amount
involved exceeds one hundred dollars
sl00) exclusive OF interest, and foes not
.xceed five hundred dollars l$J00) excln
i've of int rest. The General Assembly
'hall have power, by two-thiris vote of
III the members elected to both houses, To
.estrict the appellate jurisdiction of the
supreme Court TO causes where the amount
involved exceeds one thousand dollars