The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-10-12
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.


Number Eight.
Every bill which shall have passed
both houses shall be presented to the
Governor; if he approve it, he shall
sign it; il he does not. he shall return H.
with his objections, to the house IN
which it originated, which shall enter
the objections at large upon its Journal
and proceed to reconsider 1T: H. aiter
such reconsideration, twO-thirds OF all
tie members present in that house shall
agree to pass the bill, it shall be SENT
with the objections. to the othor house,
by which it shall likewise be reconsid-
cred, and if approved by two-thirds OF
the members present in that house, 1t
shall be- a law. But in such cases the
vote of both houses shall be determined
by yeas and nays, and the names OF
members voting for or against the Dill
shall be entered upon the journal OF
each house respectively. Ii any bill
shall not be returned by the Governor
within five days after it shall have
been presented to him, it shall be law
| in like manner as if he had signed II,
unless the general assembly, by ad-
journment, prevent its return in when
case. within thirty days, the Governor
shall file the same, with his objections
thereto. i'm the office of the Secretary
of State, and give public notice
thereof: otherwise it shall become
law. as if he had signed it. The
Secretary of State shall communicate
said objections and bill SO deposit
ed TO the house in which it origi-
mated ON the first day of the meeting OF
the next general assembly, VINO snail
act upon the same as above provided
The Governor shall have power to veto
one or more items in any bill appro'
lpriating money, embracing distinct
items, while approving other portions o.
the bill, and the part or parts OF the bill
approved shall become law, and the
Item or items of appropriations dis
approved shall be void, unless repasseo
according to the rules and Limitations
prescribed for the passage OF other piii'
, over the Governors veto.
J (Strike out article sixty-slx.,
Number Nine.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by
. the constitution, shall be allowed an,
fees or perquisites OF Office.
Number Ten.
r The judicial power shall be vested IL
: n supreme court, district courts, and u
Justices of the peace. The district court
shall have original jurisdiction in al
civil cases where the amount i'll disput
exceeds one hundred dollars, exclusiv
of interest. In criminal cases. aud IL
i, all probate matters, their Jurisdiction
shall be unlimited. They shall lave mp
I pellate jurisdiction. in civil suits iron
justices of the peace, when the amour
. in dispute exceeds ten dollars, exclasiv
of interest. The justices OF the peac
shall he elected by the electors OF eac
parish 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, II thei
compensation shall be fixed by law
Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall no
i exceed one hundred dollars, exclusiv
Y of interest, subject to an appeal to til
e district court in all cases when til
Il amount in dispute shall exceed ten do
r lars, exclusive of interest. They sha
e have such criminal jurisdiction us sha
u be conferred by law. The general al
+ sembly shall have power to vest III til
n clerks of the district courts the right
It grant such orders and do such acts q
y may be deemed necessary for the fun
l. therance of the administration OF Ju
/. tice. In all cases the power thus gran
y ed shall be specified and determined.
Ie (Strike out articles seventy-thre
e eighty live, eigty-six, eighty-seven eight
ID eight, eighty-nine, ninety-one and vi
N hundred and thirty-three.)
IS Nambtr Eieren.
in The Chief Justice of the Supreu
IN Court shall receive a salary Of sevt
OF thousand dollars per annum, aud Il
n Associate Justice of the Supreme Cou
ne shall each receive salary of six tho
er sand five hundred dollars per annur
tn payable quarterly on their own warran
al Namber Twelre.
tie The general assembly shall divide Z
OF State Into judicial districts, which sh,
x remain unchange for four Years, and
BIT each district one Judge, learned in La
shall be elected by a plurality of qua
fed electors thereof. For each distrl
lv there shall be one district court, exec
cd in the parish of Orleans, in which t
AL general assembly may establish as maj
,c- district courts as the public interest In
IRIS require. not to exceed the number NJ
aft authorized by existing laws, exec
ne by two-thiris vote Of all the nemb'
ON elected to both branches of the genel
M assembly. Until otherwise provided
n, law, the district courts now existing
,c- the parish Of Orleans shall have the jur
,rs diction at present conferred by law;
lar redistricting or change shall be ma
,tv SO rs to take effect during the incu
TO- bency of any judge. The number
ch districts in the State shall not be i
than thirty nor more than forty-h
The general assembly shall provide
law for at least four terms annually
the district court in every parish. !
ass general assembly shall have power to G
.ne ate circuit courts. to be constituted
the grouping the district judges into circu