The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-28
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

any public officer, agent, or contra ctor,
after the service has been rendered
or contracted for; changing any Par
ish seat, or creating new Parishes, ex-
cept by the assent of the majority of
the qualified electors of the Parish. or
Parishes, to be affected; iu Nil other
cases, where q general law can be
made applicable, no local or special
law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive a salary
of seven thousand dollars per annum,
payable quarterly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article fifty six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall re-
ceive a salary which shall be double
that of o member of the General
Assembly.
Strike out article fifty seven.)
NUMBER FIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed
both houses shall be presented to the
Governor; if he approve it. he shall
sign 1t; if he does not, he shall return
It, with his objections, to the house in
which it originated, which shall enter
the objections at large upon it's jour-
nal, and proceed to reconsider it. II,
after such reconsideration, two.thirds
of all the members present in that
House shall agree to pass the bill, it
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, it shall be law. But
in such cases the vote of both Houses
shall he 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 respec-
lively. If any bill shall not be re-
turned by the Governor within five
days after it shall have been presented
to him, it shall be a law, in like man.
ner as if he had signed it, unless the
General Assembly, by adjournment,
prevent its return; in which case,
within thirty days, the Governor shall
file tho same, with his objections
thereto, in the Office of the Secretary
of State, and give public nstice there.
Of; otherwise it shall become a law,
as if he had signed it. The Secretary
of State shall communicate said objec-
tions and bill so deposited 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 appropriatine
money, embracing distinct items,
while approving other portions of the
bill, and the part or parts of tho bill
approved shall become law. and the
item or items of appropriations disap-
proved shall he void, unless repassed
according to the rules aud limitations
prescribed for the passage Of other
bills over the Governors 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 supreme court, in district courts,
aud ia justices Of the peace. The dis
trict courts shall have original juris
diction in all civil cases where the
amount in dispute exceeds one hun
dred dollars, exclusive of interest. II
criminal cases, and in all probate mat
ters, their jurisdiction shall be unlimi
ted. They shall have appellate juris
diction in civil suits from justices o
the peace, when the amount in disput,
exceeds ten dollars, exclusive of in
terest. The justices of the peace slial
be elected by the electors of each par
ish in the manner and with the quail
fications to be determined by the Gen
eral Assembly. They shall hold offic'
for the term of two years, and thei
compensation shall be fixed by law
Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall
not exceed one hundred dollars, ex
elusive of interest, subject to an appea
to the district court in all cases wbel
the amount in dispute shall exceed tel
dollars, exclusive of interest. The!
shall have such criminal jurisdiction
az shall be conferred BY law. TIL,
General Assembly shall have power t.
vest in the clerks of the district court
the right to grant such orders and d.
such acts as may be deemed necessar.
for the furtherance Of the administra
ton of justice. In all cases the powe
thus granted shall be specified and de
termined.
(Strike out articles seventy three
eighty.five, eighty-six, eighty seven
lightweight, eighty. nine, ninety. one
and one hundred and thirty three.
j, NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Suprem
Court shall receive a salary of seve
thousand dollars per annum, and tn
Associate Justices of the Suprem
Court shall each receive salary of 81
thousand FIVE hundred dollars per az
mum, payable quarterly on their ow
warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divid
the State into judicial districts, wlic
shall remain unchanged for four years
and for each district one judge, learne
10 the law, shall be elected by plu
rality of qualified electors thereof. Fo
each district there shall be one distric
court, except 10 tire parish of Orleans
in which the General Assembly may es
tablish as many district courts as th
public interest may require, not to ez
coed the number now authorized b
existing laws, except by a two third
vote Of all the members elected t
! both branches of the General Assem-
: bly,. Until otherwise provided by Law