The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-10-30
NUMBER FIVE.

disability, exempting property from
taxation. creating any monopoly, lie
CALLING the unauthorized or invali(
acts of any officer or agent of the State
or of any Parish or municipality
granting any extra compensation t
any public officer, agent, or contractor
after the service has been rendered
or contracted for; changing any Par
isl seat, or creating new Parishes, eX.
cept by the assent of the majority o.
the qualified electors of the Parish, OF
Parishes, to be affected in all othe,
cases, where q general law can be
made applicable, no local or special
law shall be passed.
I NUMBER SIX.
| The Governor shall receive a salary
of seven thousand dollars per annum,
payable quarterly, on his own warrant
(Strike out article fifty -six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall re-
ceive salary which shall be double
that of member OF the General
Assembly.
Strike out article -soven.)
NUMBER FIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed
both houses shall be presented to the
Governor 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 objections at large npen its jonr-
nal, and proceed to reconsider it. 1t,
after such reconsideration, two thirds
of all the members 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 like
wise be reconsidered, and if approved
hy two thirds of the members present
in that House, it shall be a law. Bnt
in such cases the vote of both Houses
shall he determined by yeas and nays,
and the names of members voting for
or against tie bill shall be entered
upon thu. Journal of each House respcc-
lively. Ii any bill shall not be re-
turned by the Governor within five
days after it shall have been presented!
to him. it shall! he law, in like man
ner IA it he had signed it, unless the
General Assembly, by adjournment,
prevent it's 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 there
of; otherwise it shall become law,
us if he had signed it. The Secretary
of State shall communicate said ohjec-
lions and bill 50 deposited to the
| House in which it originated on the
first day of the meeting of the next
General Assembly, who shall act upon
the same as above provided. The
Governor shall have power to veto one
or more items in any bill appropriating
money, embracing 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 disap-
proved shall be void, unless repassAd
according to the rules and limitations
prescribed for the passage of other
bills over the Governors veto.
| (Strike out article sixty-six.)
NUMBER NINE.
! No officer, whose salary is fixed by
the Constitution. shall he allowed any
fees OF perQuisites of office.
NUMBER TEN. ar
The judicial power shall be vested
in supreme court, in district courts,
and in justices of the peace. The dis
trict courts shall have original juris.
diction in all civil cases where the
amount in dispute exceeds one hum
dred dollars, exclusive of interest In
criminal cases, and in all probate mat
tiers, their jurisdiction shall be unlimi
ted. They shall have appellate juris.
diction in civil suits from justices OF
the peace, when the amount in dispute
exceeds ten dollars, exclusive of in
terest. The justices of the peace shall
be elected by the electors of each par
ish in the manner and with the quail
! fications to be determined by the Gen.
eral Assembly. They shall hold Office
| for the term of two years, and their
compensation shall be fixed by law.
Their juri ,diction in civil cases shall
not exceed one hundred dollars, ex-
elusive of interest, subject to an appeal
to the district court in all cases when
the amount ia dispute shall exceed ten
dollars, exclusive of interest. They
shall havS such criminal Jurisdiction
as shall be conferred by law. The
| General Assembly shall have power tG
vest in the clerks of the district courts
the right to grant such orders and dp
such acts us may be deemed necessary
for the furtherance of the administers
ton ofjustice. In all cases the power
thus granted shall be specified and de.
4 termined. .
(StIike out articles seventy three,
| eighty five, eighty-six, eighty-seven,
eighty eight, eighty nine, ninety one
and one hundred and thirty three,
NUMBER ELEVEN. 44u* :"
The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court shall receive a salary OF, seven
thousand dollars per annum, and the
Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court shall each receive a salary of sly
thousand five hundred dollars per an.
mum, payable quarterly on their OWE
warrant.
/ NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide
the State into judicial districts, which
shall remain unchanged for four years
and for each district Que judge, learned
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