Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-02
bio quarterly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article tifty-siX.)

| bio quarterly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article tifty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
| q salary which shall be double that of IL
| member of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article tifty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed
both houses shall be presented to the Gov
| if he does not; he shalt return it, with
his objections, to the house in which it
originated, which shall enter the object
ions at large up. IL its journal, and pro-
! ceed to reconsider it. If, after such re-
consideration, two thirds of all tho nleIn-
bers 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 likewise be recoIsidered, and if
approved by two-thirtls of the me:ubers
present in that house, it shall be law.
But III such cases tho vote of both houses
shall bo 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 IL
law, in like manner us If he had signed it
unless the General Assembly, by adjourn
ment, prevent its return; in which case,
within thirty days, the Governor shall
file the same, with his objections thereto,
in tho Office Of The Secretary Of State,
and give public notice thereof; otherwise
it shall become a law, as it he had signed
it. TIE Secretary OF State shall conlmu-
nicate said objections and bill so deposit
ell to the house in which it originated OH
the first day OF tho meeting Of the next
General Assembly, who shall act upon
the sane as above provided. The Cover
nor shall have power to veto one or more
items in any bill nppropriating money,
embracing distinct items, while APPROX
ing other portions of the bill, and the
part or parts of the bill approved shall
become law, and the item GA items of np-
preparations disapproved shall be void,
unless repassed according to the rules and
Limitations prescribed tor the passage
of other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sixty y-siX.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the
constitution, shall DC allowed any fees or
perItisites OF office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in a
tices Of the peace. The dirtrict cnurts
shall have original jurisdiction in all civ
il cases where the amount in dispute OK
ceetls one hundred dollars, exclusive of
interest. Iu criminal cases, and in all
probate matters, their jurisdiction shall
l'e unlimited. They shall have appellate
jurisdiction, in civil suits from Justices of
the peace, when the amount in dispute
exceeds ten dollars, exclusive of interest.
The justices of the peace shall DO elected
by the electors OF eacn parish in the man
her and with the qualifications to be de-
termined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold Office for he term of two years,
and their compensation shall be fixed by
law. Their jurisdiction in civil eases
shall not exceed one hundred dollars, eX-
elusive of interest, subject to an appeal
/" the district court in :tll cases when the
amount in dispute shall exceed ten dol
lars exclusive OF interest. They shall
have such criminal jurisdiction rs shall
be conferred Ly law. The General Assem-
bly, shall have power to YES in the clerks
of he district courts the right to gra'
such ortlels and do such acts as may 'm
deemed necessary for tho furtherance OF
the :dministra ton of Justice. In all cases
tho power thus granted shall DC specified
and determined.
(Strike out articles Sevcnt three,
eiShrytivr, eighty-siS, eighty y-scvcn,
-SINiil, CIr OlIC dlNA
one hundred and thrity-threc.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
Tho Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court shall receive Il salary of seven
Thousand dollars per annuul, and the AS
sociatc Justices of the Supreme Court
shall each receive IL salary Of six thous-
and five hundred dollars per annuln,
payable quarterly on their own w;lrran..
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divdo the
Stale intO judicial districts, which shall
remain 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 dis
trict there shall be one district court, cN-
cept in tho parish of Orleans. in which
the General Assembly may establish AS
many district courts as the puLlic inter-
est may require, not to exceed the num-
ber now authorized by existing laws, cx-
cept by II twO-thir,lS vote OF all the mem
bers elected to both branches of h" Gen
cral Assembly. Until otherwise prnrid
! etl by law, the district corlts now exist
ing in the parish of Orleans shall have
the jurisdiction ut present conferred by
law; no rcdistricting or changc shall be
made so as to take effect during the in
cnmbrncy of any judge. The number OF
districts in the State shall not be less
| than thirty nor more than torty-tive.
| The General Assembly shall provide by
| law for ut least fuur tc"Ins annually of the
district court in every parish. Tho Cen
| erHl Assembly shall have power to create
| circuit courts, to hn constituted by grou-
ping the district judges into circuits, and
comprising the circuit court of the judges
of the district courts within such cir
cults. L" dir ct tho place or places of
meeting of said circuit courts so consti
tutcd, and to vest said circuit courts with
appellate jurisdiction from the district
courts within the circuit wheie the