Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-08-10

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shall file the same. with his object.
ions thereto. In the office of the Sc.
cretary Of State, and give public not.
ice thereof; otherwise il shall been.
me law, M II he had signed it. The
Secretary Of State shall com mmnnicate
said objections and bill NJ deposited
to the house in which il originated
on the first day Of the meeting of the
next General Assembly. who shall
act npOn the same M above provided.
The Governor shall have power tn
veto One Or more items in any hill
appropriating money, embracing
distinct items, while approving 9th.
er portions of the bill, and the part
or parts Of the hill approved shall l,e-
come law, and the item or itema Oi
appropriations dissapproved shall be
void, unless uepaaaed according tn
the rnles and limitations prescribed
for the passage Of other bills over
the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sixty.six.)
Nsmbev Nine.
No officer, whose salary is flxed by
the constitution, ahall be allowed
any fees or ps~qnisites of Office.
Nwmber Ten.
The judicial power ahall he vested
in supreme court, district conrts,
and in justices If the peace. The
district courts slall have original
jurisdiction in all civil casea where
the amonnt in dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive of inter.
eat. In criminal caaes, and in all
probate matters, their Jurisdiction
shall I've unlimited. They shall have
appellate Jurisdiction, in civil snits
from justices of the peace, when the
amount in dispute exceeds ten doll.
ara. exclusive Of interest. The Just.
ices Of the peace shall he elected by
the electors Of each parish in the
manner and with the qualifications
to bc determined by the General
Assembly. They shalt hold Office
for the next term Of two years. and
their compensation shall be Axed by
law. Their Jurisdiction i0 civil cases
shall not exceed oDe hundred dollars.
exclusive Of interest, subject to the
district court in NIL caaes when the
amount in dispute shall exceed ten
dollars, exclusive Of interest. They
shall have such criminal juriadiction
"A shall he conferred by law. The
General Assembly shall have power
to vest in the clerks Of the district
courts the right to grant snch orders
and do such acts n may bo deemed
necessary for the fnrtherance of the
administration of justice. In all ca.
ses the power thus granted shall b
specified and determined.
(StIike out articles seventy. time,
eighty five, eighty six, eighty .seven,
eighty eight. eighty mine, ninety -one
and one hundred and thirty.three.)
Nxmber Eleres.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court shall receive . salary Of seven
thonsand dollars PER annnY,, and the
Ass"ciate Justices Of the, Supreme
Court shall earh receive q salary Of
nix thOusand five hundred dOllara per
nnnnm, payable quarterly on their
own warrant.
Namber Tcelre.
The General Assembly sl,all divi.
ile the State into judicial diatricts,
which shall rrmain unchanged for
iOur years, and for each district one
Judge, learned In the law, shall be
elected by plurality Of qualified el.
pctOrx thereof. For each district
there shall be one district court, ex-
rept in the paiish of Orleans. in
which the General Assembly may
rstablish "a many district courts "A
The public interest may require, mot
IN exceed the number now antl,orix.
pd by existing laws, except BY al
two.t thirds vote of xll the membeis
slScted tn bOth branches II the Gen.
sral Assembly. Until otherwise pro-
visled by law. the district courts now
rxisting in the pariah of Orleans shall |
have the juriadicti0n ut present con.
erred by law; nOuedistricting or
change shall he made ~ - to take |
fleet dnuimg the incn,ni'ency VI any |
udge. The number Of listricts In the |
State shall not be less than thirty nor
moro than forty five. The General |
Assembly shall provide by Law for ut
east f'nr terms annually "f the dis.
frict court In every parish. The
General Assembly shall have power
n create circuit courts, tO bs conati.
ntcsl l,y grouping the district indgea
Mt" circnita, and composing the cir.
nit conrt Of the judges II the dia.
rict cOarts within smch eircuita. To
lirect the place or pisces of meeting
4 ssid circnit courts N constitate.i.
Ind tn vest aaid circuit courts with
appellate Jurisdiction from tho dist.
'sict coWrts within the circait wisese
l,~ amonnt involved exceeds onc
hundred dollars (eItDO) exclusive of|
ntssc~t, end sloes not excs~da Ave
hundred dollars ($j(DO) exclusive nf|
interest. The General Assembly
hall have p"wcr, by = twW-thiris
'ote ~ all tlss Meml,erx elected IN
NTH Anwscs, To restrict the appellate
',ristlictioo of toe Supreme Court to
muses. wlssrc the amount involved