The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-10-19

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 re.
passed according to the rules and
limitations prescribed for the pas.
sage 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 allow.
ed any fees or perquisltes Of Office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be
vested in a supreme court, district
courts, and in justices of the peace.
The district courts shall have ori.
ginal jurisdiction in all civil cases
where the amount in dispute ex-
ceeds one hundred dollars, exclu-
sive Of interest. In criminal ca.
ses, and in all probate matters,
their jurisdiction shall be unlimi-
ted. They shall have appellate
Jurisdiction, in civil suits from JUS
tices of the peace, when the
amount iE dispute exceeds ten dol
lars, exclusive Of interest. The
justices of the peace shall be elect
ed by the electors of each parish
in the manner and with the quail
fcations to be determined by the
General Assembly. They shall
hold Office for the term two years,
and their compensation shall be
fixed by law. Their jurisdiction 10
civil cases shall not exceed one
hundred dollars, exclusive of in
terest, subject to an appeal to the
district court in all cases when the
amount in dispute shall not exceed
ten dollars, exclusive of interest.
They shall have such criminal ju.
risdiction 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 of justice. In all cases the
power thus granted shall be specl'
fed and determined.
(Strike out articles seventy
three, eighty-ive, eighty-six, eigh-
ty-seven, eigty eight, eighty-nine,
ninety.one and one hundred and
thirty-three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court shall receive a sala-
~ 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 annum,
payable quarterly on their own
warrant.
NI1MRER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall di,
vide the State into judicial dis.
tricts, which shall remain unchang'
ed for four years, and for each dis
trict one judge, learned in the law,
shall be elected by a plurality 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 establish as many
district courts as the public inter
est may require, not to exceed the
number now authorized by exist
ing laws, except by a two-thirds
vote of all the members elected to
both branches OF the General AS
sembly. Until otherwise provi
ded by law, the district courts
now existing in the parish Of Or
: leans shall have the jurisdiction al
present conferred by law; no redls
tr.cting or change shall be made
so as to take effect during the in
cumbency of any judge. The mum
ber of districts in the State shal
not be less than thirty nor more
than forty-five. The General As
sembly shall provide by law for a
, least foor terms annually of the
district court in every parish. Tht
, General Assembly shall have pow
, er to create circuit courts, to b
constituted by grouping the dis
} trict Judges into circuits. and com
) posing the circuit court of tht
, judges Of the district courts with
in such circuits. To direct thu
place or places Of meeting of sale
circuit courts so constituted, ant
/. to vest said circuit courts with ap