The Bossier banner., 1878-08-29
Constitutional Amendments

EOuSLlCuLlOUdlA lAlll6uQluGuLS
said objections and bill so deposited to the
house in which it originated on the first day of |
shall act upon the same as above provided
The Governor shall have power to veto one or |
more items in any bill apprOpriating money, |
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 disapprOved
shall be void unless repassed according to the
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage Of other bills over the Governors veto.
lstrike 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
Supreme Court, District Courts, and in JUS
tices of the Peace. The District Courts shall
have original jurisdiction in all civil cases
where the amount in dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive of interest. In
criminal cases, and in all probate matters,
their jurisdiction shall be 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 be
elected by the electors Of each parish in the
manner aud with the qualifications to be
determined by the General 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, exclusive 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 Assem-
bly, 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 futherance of the administration of
Justice, In ali cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
(Strike out articles seventy three, eighty
| five, eighty six. eighty seven, eighty-eight,
eighty.nine, ninety one aud one hundred and
| thirty -three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive salary of seven thousand dol
| lars per annum. and the Associate Justices Of
the Supreme Court shall each receive a salary
| of six thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly on their own W 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 in the law. shall be elected
| by 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 interest may
require, not to exceed the number now author
lied by existing laws, except by tw0thirdi
vote Of all the members elected to bOtl
branches of the General Assembly. Until
otherwise provided by law, the District Courts
now existing in the parish Of Orleans ahal
L -<,1 ~
law; no redistricting or change shall be mada
so as to take effect during the incumbency o
any Judge The number Of districts in thu
state shall not be less than thirty nor NOR
than tort y-ive. The General Assembly shal
provide by law for at least four terms annual.
of the District Court in every parish. Th
| General Assembly shall have power to Great
Circuit Courts, to be constituted by grouping
the district judgesin circuits, and composing
the Circuit Court Of the judges of the Distric
Courts within such circuits. To direct tn
place or places of meeting of said Circui
Courts SO constituted, and TO vest SAID Clrcui
Courts with appellate Jurisdiction from tn
, District Courts within the circuit where tn
,, amount involved exceeds one hundred dollar
f4lOOl exclusive of interest. and does not excee
: five hundred dollars $500 exclusive cfintercs
. The Genera, Assembly shall have power, ny
ttwo-thirds vote of all the members elected
both Houses, to restrict the appellate lur1sdl
;, | tion of the Supreme Court to causes where tl
!, n, amount involved exceeds one thousand dollar
! | t$lOO0) exclusive OF interest; aud in case
J. such restriction, the Circuit Courts so to
created shall have appellate jurisdiction of Il
:. class of cases thus excluded from the appeila
!, Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The clerl
: : Of District Courts shall be elected by Il
= qualified voters of their respective parishe
!. and shall hold their Office for four years.
II Strike out article eighty-three.)
d NUMBER THIRTEEN.
D Each of the District Judges shall receive
d salary, to be fixed by law, which, except in I
parish Of Orleans, shall not be less thi
two thOnsand dollars, nor more than thr
thousand dollars per anuum payable quarter
ON his own warrant, and which shall not
y increased nor diminished during his term
IN Office. He must be . citisen of the Unit
~ States, over the age Of twenty-five years, q
=, have resided in tho State and practiced !;
y. therein for the space Of two years next p
70 cediug his election. The judges of the Distr
OF Courts shall hold their office for the term
" four years In the parish of Orleans the ann
', u salary of the district judges shall not exec
M five thousand dollars, to be paid as abe
VI VI provided.
On (Strike out article eighty four)
ed NUMBER FouRTEES.
sw In lien of the Office of District Attorn
lty established by Article ninety-two of the
ar stitution of 1868, there shall be elected, by
are qualified voters Of each parish, Sta
cal Attorney therefor, who shall be q citlzei
the United States, and who shall have bee
resident of the State, and a practicing
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least