Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-19
ble quarterly, on his own warrant.
[Strike out article tifty-siX.)

| ble quarterly, on his own warrant.
| (Strike out article tifty-siN.)
| NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lientenant Governor shall receive
! q salary which shall be double that of IL
| member of the General Assembly.
| (Strike out article iifty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
| Every bill which shall have passed
! both houses shall he presented to the Gov
ernor; if he approve it, he shall sign it !;
if he does not; he shall return it, with
! his objections, to the house in which it
| originated, which shall enter the object
| ions at large up: IL its journal, and pro-
ceed to reconsider it: If, after such le-
| consideration, two-thirds Of all the mc,n-
bers present in that house shall agree to
pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the
| objections to the other house, by which
it shall likewise he recOnSidered, and if
approved by two-thirds of the members
present in that house, it shall be II law.
But i'll such cases the vote of both houses
shall be determined hy yeas aud nays,
and the names of members voting tor or
against the bill shall be entered upon the
Journal of each house respectively. If
any bill shall not be returned by the
Governor within five days after it shall
have been presented to him, it shall be IL
law, i'll like manner as if he had signed it
unless the General Assembly, by adjourn
ment, prevent its return; in which case,
within thirty days, the Governor shall
file the same, with his objections thereto,
in the office of The Secretary of State,
and give public notice thereof; otherwise
it shall become law, as if he had signed
it. TIE Secretary OF State shall conlmu-
nicate said objections aud bill so deposit
ed to the house in which it originated on
the first day Of the meeting OF the next
General Assembly, who shall act upon
the samo as above provided. Tho Cover
nor shall have power to veto one or more
items i'll any bill appropriating money,
embracing distinct items, while approx
ing other portions Of the bill, and tho
part or parts Of the bill approved shall
become law, and the item oa items of ap-
preparations disapproved shall be void,
unless repassed according to the rules and
limitations prescribed for the passage
OF other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article SiNty-SiX.)
NUMBER NINE
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the
constitution, shall bc allowed any fees or
perIuisites OF Office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in 4
supreme court, district courts, and JUS
tices of the peace. The hirtrict courts
shall have riginal jurisdiction in all civ
IL cases where the amount in dispute OK
| ceeds ono hundred dollars, exclusive OF
| interest. In criminal cases, and in all
probate matters, Their jurisdiction shall
| he 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 man
ner and with the qualifications to he de-
termined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold Office for the term of two wears,
and their compensation shall be fixed by
law. Their jurisdiction in civil cases
shall not exceed one hundred dollars, eN-
elusive of interest, subject to an appeal
| to the district court III all cases when the
amount i'll dispute shall exceed ten dol
lars exclusive of interest. They shall
have such criminal jurisdiction as shall
be conferred Gy law. The General Assem-
bly, shall have power to vest in the clerks
| OF the district courts tho right to grl'
such orttels and do such acts as may he
deemed necessary for the furtlerance of
the administration of Justice. In all cases
the power thus granted shall be specified
and deterMined.
(Strike out articles seventy three,
eiShty-iivc, cighty-siN, eighty-scven
eighty-eight, eighty-tiifte, ninety one and
ono hundred and thrifty -three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court Shall receive II salary of seven
| thousand dollars per aunum, and the AS
sociatc Justices of the Supreme Court
shall each receive IL salary Of six thous-
and five hundred dollars per annuln,
payable quarterly on their own warran..
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divido the
Stoia N tn I'M NJ Il ri.tS v-b;nl shall
reu,ain unchanged for four years, and for
each district one judge, learned in the
! law, shall be elected by u plurality of
qualified electors thereof. For each dis
| trict there shall be one district court, OK
cept III the parish of Orleans, in which
the General Assembly may establish us
| many district courts as the public inter
est may require, not to exceed the mum
| bcr now authorized by existing laws, eX-
cept by two-thirds vote OF all the mem.
| berS elected to both branches of the Gen
eral Assembly. Until otherwise prorih-
ed by law, the district cnuI is now exist
ing in the parish of Orleans shall have
! the jurisdiction at present conferred by
law: no redistricting Or change shall be
made so us to take effect during the in
cnmbency 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 fOnr termS annually of the
| district court in every parish. The Cen
eral Assembly shall have power to create
circuit courts, to be constituted by groll-
ping the district judges into circuits, and
composing the circuit court of the judges
of the district courts within such cir
cults. To direct the place or places OF
meeting of said circuit courts consti-
tuted, and to vest said circuit courts with
appellate jurisdiction from the district
courts within the circuit whe.e the
amount involved exceeds one hundred
dollars (Sl0O) exclusive of interest, aud
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