The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-07-31

| House IN which 1t 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, embracing distinct items,
while approving other portions of the
bill, and the part or parts of the bill
approved shall become law. and the
item or items of appropriations disap-
proved shall be void, unless repassed
according to the rules and limitations
prescribed for the passage Of other
bills over the Governors veto.
(Strke 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,
and in 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. In
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. of
the peace, when the amount in dispute
exceeds ten dollars, exclusive of in
terest. The justices of the peace shall
be elected by the electors of each par
ish in the manner and with tile quail
fications to be determined by the Gen.
eral Assembly. They shall hold Office
for the term of two years, and their
compensation shall be fixed by law.
Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall
not exceed one hundred dollars, ex-
elusive of interest, subject to an appeal
to the district court in all cases when
the amount in dispute shall exceed 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 deemed necessary
for the furtherance of the administra.
ton ofjustice. In all cases the power
thus granted shall be specified and de-
termined.
(Stlike out articles seventy three,
eighty five, eighty six, eighty seven,
eighty eight, eighty mine, ninety-one.
and one hundred and thirty -three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court shall receive salary of seven
thousand dollars per annum, and the
Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court shall each receive salary of six
thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly on their own
warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide
the State into judicial districts, which
shall remain unchanged for four years,
and for each district one judge, learned
10 the law, shall be elected by a plu-
rality of qualified electors thereof. For
each district there shall be one district
court, except in the parish of Orleans,
in which the General Assembly may es-
tablish as many district courts as the
public interest may require, not to ex-
coed the number now authorized by
existing laws, except by two. thirds
vote of all the members elected to
both branches of the General Assem-.
bly,. Until otherwise provided by law,
the district courts now existing in the
parish of Orleans shall have the iuris-
diction at present conferred by law; no
redistricting or change shall be made
so as to take effect during the incum-
bency of any judge. The number of
districts in the State shall not be less
than thirty nor more than forty five.
The General Assembly shall provide
by law for at least four terms annually
of the district court in every parish.
The General Assembly shall have
power to create circuit courts, to be
constituted by grouping the district
Judges into circuits, and composing the
circuit court of the judges of tho dis
trict courts within such circuits. To
direct the place or places of meeting of
said circuit courts so constituted, and
to vest said circuit courts with appel
late jurisdiction from the district
courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred
dollars ($100,) exclusive of interest,
and does not exceed five hundred dol
lars (s50O,) exclusive ofinterest. The
General Assembly shall have power,
by two-thirds vote Of all the men,
bers elected to both houses, to restrict
the appellate jurisdiction of the Su-
preme Court to causes where the
amount involved exceeds one thou
sand dollars (Sl,0O0,) exclusive of in
terest; and in case of such restriction,
the circuit courts so to be created shall
have appellate jurisdiction of the class
of cases thus excluded from the ap.
pellate jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court. The clerks of the dis
trict courts shall be elected by the
qualified voters of their respective par.
ishes, and shall hold their Office fol
four years.
Strike out article eighty -three.)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each of the district judges shall re.
ceive a salary, to be fixed by law
which, except in the Parish of Orleans
shall not be less than two Thousand
dollars, nor more than three Thousand
dollars per annum, payable quarterly
on his own warrant, and which shall
not be increased nor diminished dur
ing his term of Office. He must be {
citizen of the United States, over thu
age of twenty five years, and have re
sided in the State and practiced Law
therein for the space of two years mex
,raoad;nr his alaction The ind0es n