St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-07

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The Governor shall have power to veto one or
more items in any bill appropriating money,
embracing distinct items, while approving otler
nortiOns Of the bill, and the part parts Of the
bin approved shall become law, and the item or
items OF appropriations dsapproved 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-slN)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer. whose salary IS fixed bv the con
sttutOn shall he allowed any fees or peFHit-
sites nt otlice.
NUMBER TEN.
The iu,]icia! power shall he vested ii il su.
nIene court ii;trict courts. aud i'll justices or
The peace. The district courts shall have OFT
.-inal jurisdiction in all civil cases where the
amount in Ills, ,ute exceeds one hundred nolitfS
exclusive Of Interest. In criminal cases. and
in iii probate. matters. their jurisdiction sl,u
be unlimited. They shall have appellate JlllS
dlctiOu in civil suits from Justices of The peace,
when the amount ndislute exceeds ten doll1is
exclusive Of interest. The justices of the peace
shall he elected by the electors OF each PARISH
in the manner and with the qualifications TO be
Determined by the General Assembly Iht'y
Snau A0ld office for the term o. two years and
t!eir cOiu, ,cnsation shall I've fixed by law lhcT
Jurisdiction in civil cases shall not exceed one
hundred dollars. Exclusive oi Interest, Subject
! t, au appeal to tile district CONT i'll ali eases
! when the amount i'll DISPUTE shall eA"ech ten
| dull;uS, exclusive OF interest IltE S1lall nave
s;,.l criminal jurisdiction DIS shall he COM erred
| ht. law The General Assembly shall nave
power 10 vest in the clerks of the district courts
Me right 10 grant sllci. orders ana DO SucE acts
AZ NAV BE- drrcd necessary for the furtlltiH'i'"
of The atllnll,s' ration Of justice. IN all CASES
H.. power tI.rt, granted shall b, specified ana
d tcrIninctl .,e
=; sIItN-,i, cigEty-s.vcn. eighty eight, eighty
! nine nnc lone and hundred and thirty
j thrce.)
! The hicf Justice of the Supreme Court shall
! a s9I nj Thousand dollars per
! a1;n1m and the Associate Justices OF the SUI
I,ltnle Court shall each receive a salary OF SIX
i thousand five hundred dollars per alinllii, pay
able quarterly on Their own warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
/ The General Assembly shall divide the State
into judicial districts, which shall remain rli-
l,h,n~ed for four years and tor each district
! one nudge. learned i'll the law, shall be cie"tcu
! bv a 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 dis
trict courts rs the public interest may require,
not to exceed the number now authorlzed ny
eyistjuy laws except by a tWOthirdS vote Of
nj the members elected to both branches Of the
(icuCrai Assembly. Until OtherWlse proVluGd
I l,y law the district courts now existing i'll the
parish of Orleans shall have the jurisdiction at
present conferred by law; no redlstrlctln@ or
change shall be made so as to take effect dhrnS
tlie inc.tlubency OF any Judge. The number OF
districts III the State shall not DE less than
thirty nor more than forty-tiye. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for at least four
terms tntfEItS III tilt hStIltt Soill II ~ ti
parish The General Assembly shall have
bower to create circuit courts, to be constituted
by grouping tbs district Judges INTO circuits:
and composing the circuit cOurtof the judges OF
Tie district courts within such circuits. To direct
the place or places of meeting OF sad circuit
courts 50 constituted, and to vest SAID circuit
courts with appellate jurisdiction from the dis
trict courts within the circuit where the amount
involved exceeds one hundred dollars $1,000 eX-
elusive of interest. and does not exceed nVe nun
dred dollars $500 exclusive Ofinerest. TheGcn-
| aralA Assembly shall have power. by tWO-tnlfuS
vote OF all the members elected to both houses
! TO restrict the appellate jurisdiction or the
| Supreme Court to causes ahore me amount IN
VOWED exceeds one thousand dollars $1,000 eN-
elusive of interest and i'll case OF such rcStfc-
, ton the circuit courts SO to be created snail
have aupellate jurisdiction OF the class OF eases
Tins excluded from the appellate jurisdiction
J ynte Of all the members elected to both houses,
to restrict the appellate jIatlot."it Or thG SUI
pre,ue 0urt to causes where the amount Ill
vnlved exceeds one thousand dollars $1,000 rN-
elusive of interest and in case OF such resfrlc.
ton. the circuit courts so to be created snail
have appellate jurisdiction of the class of cases
thus excluded from the appellate jurisdiction
Of the Supreme Court. The clerks OF the dis
trict courts shall he elected BY til" qnaItte,G
voters OF their respective parishes, ana Shal
+ hold their office for four years.
Strike out article eighty three)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
! Euch of the district Judges shall receive 4
| saary. to be tiN+l by law. which, except II the
! parish Of Orleans, shall not he less than two
thousand dollars. nor more than tlltH thousand
dollars per annllln. payable quarterly Oh Hls
! own Warrant, and which shall not Inc Increased
nor dismissed during his term OF office. He
must lie = citizen OF the United States, over
the ;,g.; of twenty-five years, and have resided
in the state and practiccd law thelein ,"l The
space OF two years next preceding his election
., The Judges of the district courts shall hold
their Office for the term of four years. In tht
! parish of Orleans the annual salary OF the dlS
,, trict judges shall not exceed fly" thousand dol
| lars, to be paid as above provided.
fStriRn ont article ci9lttY-fGur.l
{ NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the office of district attorney. eS
I tahshc,l by articls ninety-tWo OF the c0n5tltlt
l ton If 1868, there snail bc elected. by the quail
fed voters Of each parish. Il states attorney
} therefor. WhO shall be Il citizen Of the tnt@t
States, and who shah have been ii resident OF
: the State. ana a plactcjng and duly Licensed
: attorney at law, for at least two years. HI
: shall receive salary FROM the State of not less
than three nor more sEan seven hundred do.
lars per annuin, to be provided by law upon the
basis of repI stNtatiOn IL the House OF Repre-
sentatives, and payable quarterly on his Owl
warrant He Shall Ne er-Dtfcio attorney Of Tho
parish, and receive such salary therefrom a.
may be fixed by the par0cEial authorities, not
: to exceed seven hundred dollars per annuin
He shall. moreover, receive such fees of office
as may be allowed by Iaw. In the city of New
Orleans the States attorney shall receive sIci
! compensation from the city, in addition to the
, salary above provided as may be established
by law. He snail be elected at the same time
with the Judges of the district courts, and sllal
hold his office for the term OF four years.
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
IL every case where the judge may be refused
7 and when hE is not personally interested i'll the
, matters il, condensation, he shall select a law
yer having the necessary qualifications reQuret
? or Judge OF his court to try such cases; an;
the General Assembly shall provide by law FOL
J the trial of those cases in which the judge may
he personally interested, or when he may bt
absent or refuses to act.
Strike out article ninety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
| In order to provide for the establishment o
the judicial system created by the above amend
ments, and to prevent the evils OF an interreg
num- it is hereby ordained by the people O
Louisiana.
Fsrst-That the General Assembly. which
meets the first Monday in JANUARY 1879 shall
l in accordance with the foregoing amendments
} Immediately redistrict the State, and provide
for the authority Of clerks and the election ant
criminal jurisdiction of justices of the peace.
tSecond-That as soon as the Legislature shall
have acted as aforesaid, the Governor shall by
proclamation call an election for justices of thu
: peace for each parish except the parish o
Orleans, and for district judges in each district
, created by the redistricting, where one or more
: parishes have been added, or taken from thu
existing judicial district, and for State attor
neys, as above provided, except in the .parist
of Orleans, where the district attorney for the
parish shall be State attorney. This election
shall be held on the same day throughout the
State, which day shall not be less than sixty
nor more than ninety days after the passage OF
said act, The terms of the officers elected. a
said election shall expire at the general election
of 1880, and the limitation on the change OF dis
tricts, oftener than once every four years, shall
not be considered having effect before the
general election of 1880
Third-That the judicial system, as estah
lished by the constitution of 1868. shall remain
in force until the expiration of the thirtietl
, day after said election, excluding from the com
putation the day of the election
Fourth-The adoption Of these amendment:
shall not vacate the offices of the present clerks
, of courts in each parish.
NUMBER SEVENTEEN.
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