St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-11-09

4 VIC OF
invalid acts OF any officer or agent OF the
State, or of any parish or municipalitv
granting any extra compensation to any
| public officer, agent or contractor, after
the service has been rendered or con.
tracted for; changing sny parish seat. or
creating new parishes, except by the as
sent of the majority of the qualified elec-
| tors OF the parish, or parishes, to be
| affected; in all other cases, where a gem
eral law can be applicable, no local or
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive a saIarv of
seven thousand dollars per annum, pay
able quarterly. on his own warrant.
tStrike out article fifty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN
The Lleutenant-Governor shall receive
a salary which shall be double that of
member of the General Assembly.
|. (Strike out article fifty-seven.
NUMBER EIGHT =
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Cover
nor; if he approve it he shall sign it: if
he does not he Shall return it, with his
objections, to the house in which it orig
mated. which shall enter the objections
at large upon its jouyuai, and proceed to
reconsider it Ii, er such reconsider
alton, two-thirds of ali the members pre-
sent IN that house shall agree to pass the
Dill. 1t shall be sent, with the objections,
to the other house, by which it shall like
wise be reconsidered, and if approved by
two-thirds OF the members present in
that house, II shall be law. But in such
cases the vote of both houses shall be de.
lad hx4
names OF members voting for or agains. |
the bill Shall be entered upon the Journal |
OF each house respectively. Ii any bill |
shall not be returned by the Governor
within five days after it shall have been
presented to nim,.it shall be, a. law, in
Ike manner as II Ire 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 his objections thereto, in the
'mee OF the Secretary of State, and give
ouoilc notice thereof; otherwise it shall
become a law, as if he had signed it.
The Secretaryo Of State shall coinmuni-
ate said objections and bill SO deposited
o the mousse IN which 1T originated ON the
lfss day OF the meeting of the next Gen.
nal Assembly, who shall act upon the {
ne Same as above provided. The Gov
rnor shall have power to veto one or J
,ems IN any bill appropriating money,
mbraclng distinct items, while approx t
lS other portions of the bill, and the t
art o. parts of the bill approved shall I
ecome law, and the item or items of t
preparations disapproved shall be void, r
Mess repassed according to the rules
I'd limitations prescribed for the passage
other bills over the Governors veto.
tStrlke out article eighty-six.)
NUMBER NINE. G
No oficer. whose salary is fixed by the e
shall be allowed any ees or a
requisites of Office. a
NUMBER TEN 81
The Judicial power shall be vested in a
preme court district courts, and in to
stlces OF thepeace. The district courts 81
all have original jurisdiction in all M
Ill cases where the amount in dispute hl
ceeds one hundred dollars, exclusive vi
interest In criminal cases, and in ia
probate matters, their jurisdiction ar
I'LL be unlimited. They shall haveap- IA
Late jurisdiction, in civil suits from tn
'tices OF the peace, when the amount tn
dispute exceeds ten dollars, exclusive tn
interest The justices of the peace do
vi be elected by the electors Of each re-
'ish in the manner and with the quail lo'
'tlons TO be determined by the General lea
'embly. They shall hold Office for the su
N OF two years, and their compensa- dit
4 shall be fixed 10y law Their iuris ma
ton IN civil cases shall not exceed one ele
ldred dollars, exclusive of interest. of
Ject to an appeal to the district court OFT
MI cases when the amount in dispute /.
II not exceed ten dollars, exclusive of
crest. They shall have such Grim. aal rec
sdiction as shall be conferred by law. int
} General Assembly shall have power he
vest in the clerks of the district ces
rts the right to gran such orders and lud
'uch acts as may be deemed necessary the
the furtherance of the adm Illustration law
ustice In all cases the power thus the
tied shall be specified and deter win,
ed. - q
trike out articles seventy-thr@ eigh-
We, eIghty-six, eighty-seven, eighty L
I, etghty-nine, ninety-one ana one mel
dred anu thirty-three. the
NUMBER RLHvES. n the
le Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ord;
receive a salary OF seven thousand /
lrs per annum. and the Associate viii
ices Of the Supreme Court shall eacn 1875
We salary of six thousand five hum goiI
dollars per annum- payable quar- trici
on their own warrant thor
NulIsER TwELyE.s erin
e General Assembly shall divide the peae
into Judicial districts, which shall Sc
in unchanged for four years; and shall
ach district one judge, learned in nor