The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-10-05

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other portions of the bill, and tn
part or parts of the bill approved
shall become law, and the item o.
items Of appropriations disap
proved shall be void. unless re
passed according to the rules anc
limitations prescribed for the pas
sage Of other bills over the Cover
nor's veto.
(otrike out article sixty six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed
by the constitution, shall be allow
ed any fees or perquisltes Of Office
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be
vested in supreme court, district
courts, and in justices of the peace.
The district courts shall have ori.
ginal jurisdiction in all civil cases
where the amount in dispute ex-
cceds one hundred dollars, exclu-
sive of interest. In criminal ca
ses, and in all probate matters,
their jurisdiction shall be unlimi-
ted. They shall have appellate
jurisdiction, in civil suits from JUS
tices Of the peace, when the,
amount iL dispute exceeds ten dol
lars, exclusive of interest. The
justices of the peace shall be elect
ed by the electors of each parish
in the manner and with the quail
fcations to be determined by the
General Assembly. They shall
hold office for the term two years,
and their compensation shall be
fixed by law. Their jurisdiction in
civil cases shall not exceed one
hundred dollars, exclusive of in
terest, subject to an appeal to the
district court IN all cases when the
amount in dispute shall not exceed
ten dollars, exclusive of interest.
They shall have such criminal ju.
risdiction as shall be conferred by
law. The General Assembly shall
have power to vest in the clerks
of the district courts the right to
grant such orders and do such acts
as may he deemed necessary for
the furtherance Of the administra-
ton of justice. In all cases the
power thus granted shall be specl.
lied and determined.
(Strike out articles seventy.
three. eighty-6ve, eighty-six, eigh-
;y-seven, eigty eight, eighty-nine,
linety.one and one hundred aud
hirty-three.
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Su-
)reme Court shall receive a sala-
y of seven thousand dollars per
lnnum, and the Associate Justices
# the Supreme Court shall each
eceive salary of six thousand
i've hundred dollars per annum,
'ayable quarterly on their own
warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall d.
ide the State into judicial dis
riots, which shall remain unchang-
d for four years, aud for each dis
rict one judge, learned in the law,
hall be elected by a plurality Of
ualified electors thereof. For /
ach district there shall be one [
istrict court, except in the parish 1
f Orleans, in which the General
assembly may establish as many
istrict courts as the public inter I
st may require, not to exceed the +
umber now authorized by exist I
lg laws, except by two-thirds S
ote of all the members elected to s
9th branches of the General AS. j
,mb!y. Until otherwise provi- s
ed by law, the district courts S
ow existing in the parish Of Or Q
ans shall have the jurisdiction at n
resent conferred by law; no redis- v
citing or change shall be made t.
as to take effect during the in
'mbency of any judge. The num-
er of districts in the State shall
ot be less than thirty nor more t,
ian forty-five. The General As c
mbly shall provide by law for at a
asst four terms annually of the t,
strict court in every parish. The b
eneral Assembly shall have pow.
to create circuit courts, to be s,
instituted by grouping the dis d
let judges into circuits. and com, a
'sing the circnit court of the q
dges of the district courts with. +,
such circuits. To direct the II
ace or places Of meeting of said e]
rcuit courts so constituted, and oI
vest said circuit courts with an.
llate jurisdiction from the dis. o.
let courts within the circnit 9,