The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-08-01
Constitutional Amendments

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shall act upon the same as above provided
The Governor shall have power to veto one or
more items III any bill appropriating money,
embracing distinct items, while approving
other portions of the bill and the part or parts
OF the DILL approved shall become law, aid the
item or items of appropriations disapproved
shall be void, unless repassed according to the
iuies and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage of other bills over the Governors veto.
(strlke out article sixty ski
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the
Constitution, shall be allowed ANY fees or /
perquisites OF Office.
NUMBER TIN
The Judicial power shall be vested in /
Supreme Court, District Courts, and in jus
tees of the Peace. The District Courts shall |
have original Jurisdiction in all civil eases |
where the amount in disputa exceeds one |
hundred dollars. exclusive of interest In |
criminal eases, and in all probate matters, |
their jurisdiction shall be unlimited. They |
shall have appellate jurisdiction in civil suits |
from lstices 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 carh parish in the
manner and 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 III dispute
| shalt exceed ten dollars, exclusive OF interest
| They shall have such criminal jurisdiction
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
ana do such acts may be deemed necessar..
| for the futherance of the administration of
| Justice In all cases the power thus granted
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Strike out articles seventy-three. eighty
Ave, eiAhty-six, eighty seven, eighty eight,
eighty-I' PIE, ninety one and one hundred and
thirty -tVtee)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
| shall receive u salary of seven Thousand dol
| lars per annum and the Associate jasfices Of
the Supreme C.'nrt shall each receive Il salary
of six thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly on their own warrant
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the Stare
into judicial districts, which shall remain
unchanged for four years, and for each dist rlct
one judge, learned i'll the law, shall he elected
hy "a plurality Of qualified electors thereof
FIR each district there shall he one Distric,
Court csecptin the parish of Orleans IN which
The General Assembly may establish as many
District Courts as the public interest may
| not ITO eAtttt Tue Huiiihfi lHN sttttitti
lied by existing laws, eXcent 10y Il two thirds
vote of all the nrmhess elected To roth
branches OF the GeHeril Assembly. Unit
otherwise provided by law the District Courts
now existing il the parish of Orleans shall
have the jurisdiction at present conferred by
: law; no redis,ricting change shall he made
SO as to take effect during the iucunlbeney OF
any Judge. The number OF districts IN the
State shall not be less than tllirt, nor more
than ;ort five. The General Assembly shall
i provide by law for at least four terms annually
: of the District Court in every parish. The
General Assembly shall have power To create
Circuit Courts To be constituted by grouping
the di trict judges into circuits, and composing
{ tie Circnit Court Of the judges of the District
i Courts within such circuits. To direct the
place or places of meeting of said Cireni1
Courts so constituted, and to vest said Circuit
{ Cour.s with appellate Jurisdiction from the
, District Courts within the circuit where th,
9 amount involved exceeds one h ndred dollars
y sl00l exclusive OF Interest, aud does hoteN
# five hundred dollars t$50al exclusive of interest
Is The General Assembly shall have power By
| two thirds vote of all the members elected II
both Houses, to restrict the appellate jurisdic
,, ton OF the Supreme Court to canses where th'
y amount involved exceeds Que thousand dollar
= islOGol exclusive of interest,"; and III case o
y such restriction. the Circuit Courts so to b
J created shall have appellate jurisdiction OF fii
y, class OF cases thus excluded from the apl,e,at
U Jurisdiction ot the Supreme Court. The clerk
n of District Courts shall be elected by th
~ qualified voter; of their respective parishes
X and shall hold their office for four years
70 Strike out article eighty -three.)
ii NUMBER THIRTEEN.
O Each of the District Judges shall receive
OF salary, to be fixed by law which, except IN th
parish of Orleans, shall not be less tina
two thousand dollars, nor more than tire
thousand dollars per anuum, payable quarter
on his own Warrant, and which snail not ?
~ Increased nor diminished during his term
III office He must be citizen OF the Unite
MS States, over the age of twenty-five years, al
IS have resided III the State and rIactlced la
IL therein for the space OF two years next pr
10 cedng his election The judges OF the Distri
or Courts shall hold their office ior TIE term
~ four years Int parish OF Orleans inc ii nn
~ salary of the district judges shall not exeee
M five thousand dollars 70 be paid as abo'
W provided.
on STRIKE out article eighty foui
Ell NUMBER FouRTEEN.
ew In lien of the Office Of District Atterne
lty established by Article ninety-two of the &c
ar stitution of 1868, there shall be elected, by t
ere qualified voters OF each parish, STAT
cal ATTORNEY therefor, who shall be a citizen
the United States, and who shall have been
resident of the State, and practiciug q
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least t
zen years. He shall receive a salary from the 81
'ef- of not less than three nor more than ser
hundred dollars per annum, to be provided
law upon the basis of representation IN
House of Representatives, and payable gu
W, terly on his own warrant. He shall be er %
sal attorney of the parish, and receive such sal;
Oh therefrom as may be fixed by the paroct
authorities, not to exceed seven hundred
lars per annum. He shall, moreover, rece
such fees of office as may be allowed by Law
9th In tne 81, " WV NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tro,, The d
; -. | in addition to the salary above provided,
~ NAV be established by law He shall be eec
IN. ON. at the same time with the judges Of the Dist
and Soui os, Gnu 'n''.' 49, 10
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