The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1878-11-09
THIBODAUX. LM. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9m1 1878.

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lsh seat, or creating new parishes, except
| ty the assent the ma iority of the quail
fled electors of the parish, or parishes, to
be affected in all other cases, where a
general law can be Taae applicable, no 10
oal or special Law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary Oi
seven thousand dollars per annum, payable
quarterly. on his own warrant.
Strike out article fittysix.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a
salary which shall be double that Of MEM
Der OF the General Assembly.
tStrike out article tilty-seven.
NUMBER EIGHT
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall he presented to the Governor :;
if he approve it. he shall sign it if he does
not, he shall return it. with his Objec: ions,
to the house in which it originated. which
shall enter the objections at large upon its
journal, aud proceed to reconsider it. If,
after such reconsideration. two thirds of all
the members present i'll that house shall
agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, with
the objections, to the other house, by which
it shall likewise be re-considered, and if ap-
proved by two Two thirds of the membc RS
present in tbs house. it shall he law. But
iu such cases the vote of both houses shall
be determined by yeas and nays, and the
names Of members voting for or against the
bill shall be entered upon the journal of
each house respectively. If any bill shall
not be returned by the Governor within
five days after it shall have been presented
to him, it shall be law in like manner as
if he had signed it, unless the General AS
sembly, by adjournment, prevent its re
turn in which case, within thirty DAYS
the Governor shall file the same. with his
objections thereto. in the office of the Secre-
tary of State, and give public notice there
of otherwise it shall become law, as if he
had signed it. The Secretary of State shall
communicate said objections and bill so de
posted to the house in which it originated
on the first day of the meeting of the next
General Assembly, who shall act upon the
same as above provided. The Governor
shall have power to veto one or more items
in any bill appropriating money, embrae-
ing distinct items, willie approving other
portions of tho bill and the part or parts of
the bill approved shall become law and the
item or items of appropriations disapprov
ed shall be void, unless repassed according
to the rules and limitations prescribed for
the passage of other bills over the Cover
nOr's veto.
(Strike out article sixty six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the
| constitution, shall be allowed any fees or
perquisites of office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in a
| supreme court, district courts, and in JUS
| tices of the peace. The district courts shall
| have original jurisdiction in all civil cases
where the amount in dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive Of interest. In
criminal cases, and in all probate matters.
their jurisdiction shall be unlimited. They
shall have appellate Jurisdiction, in civil
suits from justices Of the peace, when the
amount in dispute exceeds ten dollars, eX-
| elusive OF interest. The justices of the
peace shall be elected by the electors of
| each parish in the manner and with the
| qualifications to be determined by the Gen
| eral Assembly. They shall hold office for
! the term of two years, and their cOmpensa
tion shall he fixed by law. Their jurisdic-
| tiOn in civil cases shall not exceed one hun
dred dollars, exclusive of interest, subject
| to au appeal to the district court in all ca
, ses when the amount in dispute shall ex-
ceed ten dollars, exclusive of interest. They
shall have such criminal jurisdiction 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
be ceemed necessary for the iurtherance of
the administration of justice. In all cases
the power thus granted shall be specified
and determined.
(Strike out articles seventy three, eighty
five, eighty six, eighhty seven, eighty eight.
eighty nine, ninety one and one huddred
and thirty three.j
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive salary OF seven thousand dol
lars per apnum, and the Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court shall each receive "A
salary Of six thousand tiee hundred dollars
per annum, payable quarterly on their own
warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the
State into judicial districts, which shall re-
main unchanged for four years, and for
each district one judge, learned in the law.
shall be elected by plurality of qualified
electors thereof. For each district there
shall shall be one district court, except in
in the parish of Orleans, in which the Gen
eral Assembly may establish as many dis
trict courts as the public interest may re
uuirc, not to exceed the number now au-
thorized by existing laws. except 10y two
thirds vote of all the members elected to
both branches If the General Assembly. I'm
til otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing in the parish of Or
leans shall have the jurisdiction at present
conferred by law /; no redlstricting or
change shall be made so as to take effect
during the incumbeney Ut any judge. The
number of districts in this State shall not
be less than forty nor forty five. The Gener
al Assembly shall provide by law for at