The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-10-02
NUMBER FIVE.

CALLING tho 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 contracted for; changing any Par
isli seat, OF creating new Parishes, eX-
cept by the assent of the majority of
the qualified electors of the Parish, or
Parishes, to be affected: in all other
cases, where a general law can be
made applicable, no local or special
law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive a salary
of seven thousand dollars per annum,
payable quarterly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article fifty six.)
s NUMBER SEVEN. ~ t.3.
The Lieutenant Governor shall re-
ceive salary which shall be double
that of a member of the General
Assembly. 9aE 1aI ,t. F.
Strike out article, fifty-seven.) Et.
NUMBER EIGHT. ...rr.
Every bill which shall have passed
both houses shall be presented to the
Governor; if he approve it. he shall
sign it; if lie does not, he shall return
it, with his objections, to the house in
which it originated, which shall enter
the objections at large upon its jour
nal, ard 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 he sent, with the objections, to
the other House, by which it shall like
wise he reconsidered, and if approved
Ivy two thirds of the members present
in that House, it shall he Il law. But
in snch cases the vote Of both Houses
shall he determined by yeas and nays,
and the names of members voting for
or against the bill shall be entered
npon the journal Of each House respcc-
Itively. If any bill shall not he re-
turned hy the Governor within FIVE
days after it shall have been presented
to him. it shall he law, in like man
nef as If lie had signed it, unless the
General Assembly, by adjournment,
prevent its return; in which case,
within thirty days, the Governor shall
file the same, with Ills objections
thereto, in the Office of the Secretary
of State, and give public notice there
of; otherwise it shall become law,
as if he had signed it,. The Secretary
of State shall communicate said objec-
tons and bill so deposited to the
House in which it originated on the
first day of the meeting of 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 disap-
proved 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 sixty-six.)
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NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by
the Constitution, shall he allowed any
fees or perquisites of Office ,y. ..t.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested
in supreme court, in district courts,
and in justices of the peace. The dis
trict courts shall have original juris-
diction in all civil cases where the
amount in dispute exceeds one hun
dred dollars, exclusive ofinterest. In
criminal cases, and in all probate mat
tiers, their jurisdiction shall be unlimi-
ted. They shall have appellate juris-
diction in civil snits from justices of
the peace, when the amount in dispute
exceeds ten dollars, exclusive Of in
terest. The justices of the peace shall
be elected by the electors of each par
ish in the manner aud with the quail
fications to be determined by the Cen
erai 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 one hundred dollars, ex-
elusive of interest, subject to an appeal
to the district court in all cases when
tile amount in dispute shall exceed ten
dollars, exclusive of interest. They
shall have such criminal jurisdiction
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 do
such acts as may be deemed necessary
for the furtherance of the adminstra-
ton ofjustice. In all cases the power
thus granted shall be specified and de-
termined. 'l'' s1'
{Strike out articles seventy three,
eighty-five, eighty-six, eighty seven,
eighty eight, eighty mine, ninety-one,
and one hundred and thirty three
'it NUMBER ELEVEN.
Tile Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court shall receive a salary of seven
thousand dollars per annum, and the
Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court shall each receive salary of six
thousand five hundred dollars per an
num-, payable quarterly on their own
warrant. tt5..sf.a
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 he elected by a pln-