The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-09-05

,bsa,ians and hill so den - tie at the house
which If oritiuate, or he first day of the meets
ing Of the next General Assembly. who snail
&c upon tine same as above prerIdfu Inc
Governor shall have newer 10 vet" one OF more
items in any bill appropriatng money, embra-
cnp di .tincti ems, viii e ap rov'ng otnef y y
tions oftre bill. and the part OF pa is OF theEbili
approved Shall be.ome law, and I re item or
items of a p ep i;iiious disapprov shall ne
void uniess repassed aeen ding TO the rates aud
limitations preseribrd fur the pass ge OF other
bills over the Cavern r. veto.
fStrike out ariisle sIxtv.sixj
NUMBER NINE.
No office, whosc salary is fixed ny the cons
s,itlttso , shall be allnwe any fees or perquis
ties 0 office.
NU-fBER TEN.
The udicta power shall hr veste M s"'
prenae caiIr district courts and Ia 'ustiee>"
the peace. 'fhe distr'taeoart shall hAFe rl%
inal jurisdiction M all iytl ctse> wh+r the
amount in dispute e zee Il one hGn Re dolt1'S
exclusive IF interest In rri NINA asses a ~ III
all probate matters. lhe,g llfi'die '"'' Sh,i 'e
unlimited. They shall hAec appellate 4iri 'do~
lion. in civil suits fir N ia teas 81 n peac",
when the amo ut in di,puteezcee'is ten do 'hrS,
exclusive of interest The III iiceSot the peace
shall be elected by the eject rs OF caeh phr'Sh
in tue ma Insr and with he gu lihcatmns 10 he
determined ny the Geneta Assembly. Ihel
hail h ,li Office lcr the FERN OF two velfS, ana
their compe .satson shall be fixed ny L'w Their
iurisdieiinn in civil cases shall nat exceed o."
huudred d ,lir>, exclusive OF Interest S'i'Jec'
| to nm apLea to the district court in all cases
when tie auInunt in dispute shall exceed ten
| dollars, exclusive Of interest. They shall have
such criminal ia i>diction Shall be con erred
I Inv law he Gen ra Assembly stall nave
n,,we- 10 vest in the clerks dt ttc districts nris
the ri ant to atant ~ h orders AM d. sa'eh acts
! as may be deemed neccs ,arS for the turtherdhce
of the admin srration of N tire In all cases
the powe : thus granted shAll be specified and
determined.
E,trik cont articles seventy. three es,ty-five
eigEtyysix. eigh y>eeven. eighty-riGht .tfah'N-
nine, nice zone atid one hundred and thirty
three.)
Nu"RER ELEVEN
The Chief Justice OF the Supreme { curt shat
receive a salary Of seven tn ,uslnd dol'ars per
AMMAN, and he Associate Justices the ~
OF me Court shall each eee've a salary o SIN
thousand live hundred dollars or aunum, P w.
able quarterly on their NV warrant.
Nm Err TWELVE.
The General Asse bly, shall divide the State
into judicial district, which shall rema N I'M
changed for lonr yea : and for each "istfci
one lu,lge, learned in the law shah e elected ny
. plurality Of nc qualified elector the cot ror
each district tn re shall be one district coor'
except in the parish OF Orleans, III which The
Gener, Assembly may establish as many DIS
triet courts as tlae public interest ma requ re-
not to exceed the nIBiber now an 'harked by
existing laws except by a two 'lh'FdS vote ~ ~
the members elec ed to both branches OF tn
General Assembly. Until other"i.e pr"vl ed
by law the d,si ca "onrtS now cX st'"g IN the
| o irish nf Orleans shall have tn" j risdc'i"n a
| resent con erred bv law: no redlstlirtn% o
| change sh, be made SO as take eject rnr'nE
| tn incumbency o an, adge- The nan'b+r oi
districts in e tate Shall not he less an
| thirt, nor more than forty live. The Ge er Il
| Assembly shall prnVie ny law 'or at IenStl"nr
terms annually Of the district court Ia ever
! parish The Gen raj Asse...bly shall have
| D iwer to cttae circuit courts, t" DC constituent
! nv grouping tue district Jnlges into circuits,
| aud c0 np0Siug he CT cut court nf the JldgeS
| of the d strict courts withp su h circuits. 4"
i direct tAe place places of meeting ot SANi
| eircuir conrtS 20 constituted, and 20 vest sad
circuit court with appellate iurisdicti6n from
| the district courts within the circuit where the
/ amount Involved exceeds one hundred dollar
4 (S iaG) exclusive of interest, and docs nor e&>
coed five hundred dollars (Sj0n) exclusive .! in~
terest. L etieDrral Ass mply sha i bav" power,
by Il two- thirds vote o all the members elected
deton Of the supreme = nrt to causes where
the amount involved excee.ts on thousand
($l000) exclusive of interest; ami in ease o'
such restriction. the circuit 1Ourt> so to be crs>
i ated shall have appellate Jun dlcton OF lbe
lass of case thus &c u led t,om the appellate
jurisdiction Of the Sh preBe Court. The clerk
OF the listr ct courts shall be elected hy the
qualified voters OF their respective parishes, and
shalt h0ld their office for tour years
(-trike out article eigntyslhree-l
NUNBER THIkrEER.
Each of the district Judges shall receive a
s,l,rV to be tixed by law. which, exeept in the
parsh of Vr.eaDs shall n t be less HIN two
thousand doll u.s. nor p,ore fhan three lhiusan@
dollars per annuu. payable quarterly on Is
mn warrant. d d which shall nut}be increased
lor diminished du-ing bis rim of office lie
must be a citizen of ,1e United Statos, over ih.
age If tW ntysfve years, and have re ided in
the State and pra ticed law therein for The
pace ~ twa years next preceding his election
f1e Judges o! the oistriit courts shall hGd
their pilee for thefierm al f'ar wears In tbs
larish of Orleans The annual "a ary OF the ,s.
: trci ia yes shat not eSceed five thousand dol
Lars "a be paid as above proHiaed
= r(SIrike out article eigh 'y.fopr.)
Il NUMBER FsuREEEg.
/ In lieu of the office ofdstcict attorney, estab-
llisbed by arti;le n betystwoo OF the constitution
Of 1875 there shall be elected. by The gnalif !,
voters ol each parisa, a States attorney Ibete
: for who all be citizen of the unite,i States
and who shall have been aresident of the State
and prac lei q and duly licen ed attorney u
law FIR at least Two years. lie shall receive
n salary from the Stale OF not less than three no
II more than seven hundred dollars per AMMAN
Ito he provided by law upon the basistof repre-
@ent,tion in the House Of Rep esenlatives, AM
payable quarterly on his own warrant. II
4 'tlall be eA~ofici attorney of the parish. an
s,,,h l.py thar frn.,, ,na he C. va