The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-09-28


objections and bill so deposited t. the house In
which il originated on the first day of the meet
ing of the next General Assembly, who shall
sc upon the same rs above provided. The
Governor shall have power 10 veto one OF more
4 items in any bill appropriatiug money. embra-
+ eng i<tnct TENS, white ap rowing other r r
iions of the BILL and the part parts of the bill
approved shall become law, and the item OF
items Of app,op iatious disapprovsd shall be
void, unless repassed acco,ning TO the rules and
limitations prescribed for the pass lEre of other
i bids over the tioyernor's veto.
i fStrike out article sixty-six3
4 NUMBER NINE
\ No officer, whose salary is fixed by the con.
stituiio,., shall be allowed any fees or pcrqnis
ties OF Office.
1 NUMBER TEN.
4 The judicial power shall he vested in a
| preue court, district courts, ann in justices u
the peace. The district co.trt, shall have criy
/ inal jurisdiction in all civil cases where the
amount in dispute exceeds one hundred dollars,
exclusive Of interest. In crinlina' eases. and in
all PROBATE matters, their jurisdiction shall be
unlimited. They shall have appellate Iurisdic-
ton, in civil suits from ju stices of the peace,
| when the auo mt in dispute exceeds ten dollars,
exclusive of interest. The Justices of the peace
shall he elected by the elect rs of each PARISH
| in the manner aud with The qualifications to be
| determined by the 6eneral Assembly. They
! shall held Office ter the term Of two ysirs. and
/ their roupe nsat;on shall he fixed ny law Their
! jurisdiction in civil cases shall not exreed one
! hurired dollars, exclusive of interest subject
to an appeal to the district court in all eases
when the amount in dispute shall exceed ten
dollars. exclusive Of interest They shall have
sach criminal ju isdetion shall be con erred
by law. The Gsneral Assembly shall have
faN ,,t
the rilht 10 grant .nth orders and d. such acts
as may be deemed neees saryi for the turtherance
Of the administration of Justice. In all eases
the powers thus granted shall be specified and
determined.
[-trikeo cut ARTICLES ssventvst1ree, eightv-ive,
eightyssix, eighty seven. eighty eight eighty
nine, nine yrone and one hundred and thirty
three)
NUMBER ELEvEN.
The Chief Justice of The Supreme Court shall
receive salary of seven th.susand dollars per
aunun, and inc Associate Justices o the SUI
pteme Court shall each receive salary six
thous1n'l five hundred doliIrs ner annum, pay
able quarterly on their warrant. /
suHaKR TWELVE. /
The General Asse IDLY shall divide the State
into judicial districts, which shall remain un
changed for f8nr years and for each district |
a plurality of ne luaiified electors thereof FOR
each district there shall be one district court, /
except in the parish of Orleans, in which the !
General Assembly mav establish many dis
trict courts as the public interest ma require,
not TO exceed the number now authorized hy |
existing laws except by two thmls vote of all /
the members cleo ed to both branches Of ihe
General Assembly. Until otherwise pr"virie6
ny law, the distr CT courfs now ex sting in the |
l.,Fl Il.
t'resent conferred by law; no redistretine o.
change shall be made SO ast take effect during
the Rcambency Of ans nudge. line n4nlber OF
districts IN t state shall not tee less AN
thirty nor more tban forty five. The Ge 9erl
Assembly shall provide Ivy law FOR al e1st four
terms annually of the district court in every
parish. The zen raj Assembly shall have
power to create circuit courts, Ia be constituted
by grouping the district judges into circuits
aud composing the crcuit court of the Judges
of the district courts within su h circuits. IT,
direct tae place or places of meeting Of sail
circuit courts SO constituted, and TO vest said
circuit courts with appellate Jurisdiction irnm
the district courts within the circuit where the
amonnt Involved exceeds hundred dollar.
(SlaC) exclusive OF interest, and docs not ex>
coed five hundred dollars (S50O) exclusive OF ia
terest. TIE General A mbly shall have power
by two-thrtis vote o. all the members elected
To both honseS, to restrict the appellate Juris-
iicti0n of the Supreme Court to causes where
the Amount involved exceeds one thausand
{Sl0G0) exclusive of interest; and in ease OF
such restriction, the eircu, courts so to be GREE
atsd shall have appellate Jnrigdiction of The
class OF case thus exc usied from the appellate
of the Supreme Court. The clerks
OF the district courts shall be elected by the
qualified voters OF their respective parishes and
shall hold their office for tour years.
{atrike out article eghtyshree.l
suaBsR THIRTEEN.
Each of the district Judges shall receive a
salary, to be Fixed ny law, which, excent in the
parish of Orleans shall 1T be less han two
thousand dolllrs, nor more than three thousand
dollars per annnr payable quarterly on his
'wn warrant, a d which shall not be increased
nor diminished during his term of office He I
mnst be citizen of The United statss, over the
age Of tw n,y>fve years, and have res ided in
the State and pra -iieed Law therein for the
space Of two years next preceding his election.
The judges OF the district eonrts shall hald
their office for the term of frar years In the +
parish of Orleans the annual ga airy of the dis
triet Judges shall not exceed five thousand dol
Lars TO be paid as above provided.
tsirise out article eighty-four.) /
NUMBER FouarRss. H
In lien of the Office of district attorney estab.
lished by article ninets@two of the constitution
OF 1858, there shall be elected. by the aualif I'd
voters of each parisa, a States attorney there's
for. who's al be a citizen of the United States,
and who shall haze been a resident of the State,
and a praciici z and daily licensed attorney at
lam. fur at least t,so years. He shall reeeive
salary from the State OF not less than three nor
more than seven hundred dollars per AMMAN,
TO he provided by law upon the basis of repre-
seiitsti0n IN the ilsuse Of Rep, esenraiiyes, and
payable quarterly on his own warrant He
shall be ~offici, attorney of the parish, and
receive spch salary therefron as may be fixed