The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-01

opieetiOns and bill so deposited to the house
which IL originated on the firstday6f the meet
ing of the next General Assembly, who ~sbal
&C upon the same as above provided. III,
Governor sfiasi have power 10 veto one or nor,
items IA ans b II approJ~isting uio:ew ena bra.
eng distinct i,emss wii sp rowing Other r,
tons VI tie IN. andfsesPsrt ofss fts Of tie bi
approved shall become Law, and the item OF
items Of arp op iatioas disapproved shall b.
void unless repaased aeee dag to the rules md
Limitations prescribed for the passage of other
bills over the Gorernpr'- veto.
tstrlke cut article slxty.six.J 49,
sUNsEs NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by tho con.
stitutio shall be allowed any fees or perquis.
ties Of office.
KUxBsR TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in su-
preme courI, district courts, and In justices %
The peace. phe district courts shall have orig
inal Jurisdiction in All Hyil cases where the
amount 10 dispute seeeds one fiesdred dollars,
exclusive Of interest. In criminal eases. aud In
all probate matters, their jurisdic ion shall be
unlimited. They shall have appellatssuf isdic-
ton, 10 civil suits firm ju. tices Of the pezce,
when the amount 10 dispute exceeds ten dollars,
exclusive of interest. The ju tices of eipesce
shall DO elected by the elect re- of each parish
Id tho manner aud with the qualifications to be
d,tefinised by the General Assembly. They
shall hold~office for the FERN of two years, and
their eompe nsusion shall he fixed by law Their
Jurisdiction in civil eases she'll not exceed on
bandred dollar, exclusive of interest, subject
to hn appeal to the district court In all eases
when the amount In dispute shah exceed tan
dollars, exclusive of Interest. They shall have
such criminal jurisdiction ss shall bescon err.d
ny law. he General Assembly shall have
-
the right 10 grant snah orders and do sach acts
as 'siey be deemed necessary for the lurtherance
OF tie a,issdi srstiun Of ja tee. La oil eases
the p1we thus granted shall DO specified anu
determined.
trike out srticlssseventys 9Th zee, eghty-fve,
eghty.six, eighty >seysn eighty~eight, eightye
pine, nine Sene and one hundred and pbirt,
three,)
EUsBEE EERvRs.
The Chief Justice Of the SuprAsno Court shall
receive o salary # seven til ,usand dollars per
unnum, and he Associate Justices o the SUI
pr me Court shall zach ecsiye q salary . six
lhoas md live hundred dollars erannam, pay-
able quarterly on thsir CIV warrant.
NuMsER TWELVE.
The Genefsl Asse bly, shall divide the State
into Judicial districts, which SHAH tremain un
changed for four years and for each district
one Judge, learned in the law, shall ie elected by
9 plura II, If he qualified electors the eof for
ehcb district there shall DO one district court,
except 10 the parish of Orleans, in which the
eenerifl Assembly @ty establish as many dis
trict courts as the public interest ma, require,
not to exeesdthe Hesabes now as ahorired by
xisipg laws except by q twe-thirds vote of all
the members eiected to both braaohes of the
General Assembly. Until otherwise proyi ed
by law. the distr &c courts now eK ST ng in the
parish Of Orleans shall have the jurisdlction at
J recent conferred by law; no redistfictipg o.
change shall be made 80 as take edeet during
the ineun cheney OF any Judge. The nsuiber Of
aistricts 10 t state shall not De less 'taau
thirty nor more than forty-fye. The Ge' srsi
Assembly shall provide by law for at least tour
terms annually of the district court 10 every
parish The Gen raj Asse..bly 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
IF the xistrdct courts within such circuits. 10
iirect the plsce OF places Of meeting of said
,ircuit courts 50 constituted, and 70 vest said |
:ireuit courts with appellate jurisdiction from |
he district courts within the circuit where thu |
,mouat iuVolSed exeeeds one hundred dollar |
$iAG) exclusive OF IN crest, aud does not ex. |
Iced five hundred dollars $500 exclusive of in
crest. 9Ae General Ass nbiy shall have power,
~ twortbrds vote ol al the members elected
o both houses. to restrict che appellate Juris- /
lietiou of the supreme G..,,ra to causes where /
he amount involved exceeds ons thousan
$1,000 exclusive of isterest; and in case a |
ueh restriction. ne circuit courts 40 10 bs erss
ted shall have appellate Jur dictIon of the |
lass OF case thus exc uded from the appellate
Jurisdiction Of the Supreme Court. The clerks
4 the distr ct courts shall be elected BY the
uali6ea voters Of sheir respective parish Il. and
nall hold their ofice for four years.
(strike out article eigatysthsee.l
g, n.. s.,a
Each Of ths disrict sndges shall receive
larry, 70 be liked ~ iaw, which, except IN the
arish Of 0r,eaas shali p ( be less han two