The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-22

State and rive public notice thereof; otherwise
it-shal become alaw, as If he had Signed it.
The Secretary of State shall communicates said
objections and bill SO deposited to the house III
which it originated on the first day of the meet
ing of the next General Assembly, who shall
&C, upon the same as above provided. The
Governor shall have power 10 veto one or more
items in any bill appropriating money, embra
cling distincti,ems, white ap rowing otherp'r-
tions. of toe bill and the part or parts of the bill
approved shall become law, and the item or
items Of appropriations .disapproved shall he
void uv1 less repassed acco ding to the rules and
limitations prescribed for the passage of other
bill. over thu Governnr's veto.
(Strlke out article sixty.six.J
NUMBER MINK.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the con'
stiutio,, shall be allowed any fees or perquis-
ties oil office.
NUMBER TEN.
The Judicial power shall be vested in su-
preme eour district courts, and in justices q
the peace The district conrt> shall have orig
inal jurisdiction in all civil cases where the
amount in dispute exceeds one hunfre dollars,
exclusive of interest. In criminal cases anil III
all probate matters, their jurisdiction shall be
unlimited. They shall hive appellate Jurisdic-
ton, in civil suits from justices Of the peace,
when the ao,o mt 10 dispute exceeds ten dollars,
exclusive of,iuterest. The Justices of the peace
shall be elected by the elect rs of each parish
in the manner and with the qu ,liiicationS to be
determined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold Office Tor the term of two years, anu
their compe nsatiOn shall he liked by law Their
jurisdiction in civil cases shall nat 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
-. -. cln4lII| AasNKfs
such criminal ju' sdiction rs shall be conerreo
by law. The Gen raj Assembly shall have
power to vest in the clerks of the district c@urts
the right to grant such orders and do such acts
as may be deemed necessary for the Iurtherance
of the administration of justice. In all cases
the powers thus granted shall be specified and
determined.
strike out articles seventyathree, eighty~ive,
eighty.six, eighty -seyen. lightweight. eighty
nine, nine yeone and one hundred and thirty
three
NUMBER ELEvBN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall
receive q salary of seven thousand dollars per
innum, and Inc Associate Justices OF the Sus
preme Court shall each receive salary o. SIX
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, pay
able quarterly on their ow' warrant.
N MyER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the State
into judicial districts, which shall remain un
changed for tour yeas, and for each district
one Judge, learned in the law, shall te elected by
plurality of ne qualified electors thereof ror
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 as the public interest NAV require,
not to exceed the number now authorized by
Existing laws. except by two-thirds vote OF al
the members cleo ed 10 both branches of The
General Assembly. Until otherwise provitied
by law. the district courts now ex sting in the
parish of Orleans shall have the Jurisdiction at
crescent conferred by lazy; no redistrictinE or
change shall be made SO as takeehect during
the ncumbency Of any nudge. The namber OF
districts in t o state shall not Ave less than
thirty nor more than forty-fiye The Ge.err
Assembly shall provide by law FOR at least four
terms annually Of the district court in every
parish. The Gen raj Asse."bly shall have
power to cT1aie circuit courts, IT, be constituted
by grouping the district Judges into circuits
and composing The circuit court Of the Judges
of the district courts within such eirenis. To
direct tAe place or places OF meeting of sahi
circuit courts 20 constituted, and 10 vest sand
circuit courts with appellate jurisdiction from
the district courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dollars
($lnG). exclusive of interest, and does not cx>
coed five hundred dollars tS5oo) exclusive OF ia
teresl' = hss sua'i
~ h,,.h bonssS 70 res,r;ct tho ,nnell.te mis-
d;.t;on # tbe Snnreme C,nrt to 'cau.es where
tho a,,,ornt ;n,nlvsd axcaads one ,bnmsond
($l000) exclusive of interest; and in ease OF
such restriction, the circuit courts so to be ere
ai.ss If aase th,s W. Ned from the .,nell,re
,,,r;s,,;.,;on If The Snnre,aa Court The clerks
- 49, d;st. =, ao,r,s shalI he aIae,ed nv Tho
naI;soa aoss.s ~ ,hs;r ,,.,sbas and