The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-08-03
NUMBER EIGHT.

both houses shall be presented to the
Governor; if he approve it, h" shall
sign it; if he does not, he shall return
it, with his objections, to- the house,in
which it originated, which shall'entcr
the objections at large upon its journal,
and proceed to reconsider it. II, after
such reconsideration, two>thirls 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 likewise be re-
considered, aud if approved by t"o>
thirds Of the members present III
that house, it shall be law. But
in such cases the vote of both
houses shall be dctcrmiurd by yeas
a, d nays, and the names, Of mems
bers voting for. Or against the bill shall
be ente ed upon the journal of each
hou:e r' pectively. If any bill shall
no. be returned by the Governor within
five days after it shall have been pre-
se,ted to him, it shall be law, in like
manner as if he had signed it, ruless the
Gsue...l Assembly, by adjournment,
prevent its return in which case, witn'
in thirty days, tie Governor shall file
same, with his objections thereto, in the
ofice of the Secretary of State, and
give public notice thereof; otherwise it
shall become law, as, il he had signed
it. Tie secretary of State shall COM
municate said objections and bill so de>
posted 10 the hoo 9 in which it origina.,
ted OF, the. FIRST day Of the meeting OF
the next General Assembly, who STALL
acv upon the same as above provided.
The Governor shall have power to veto
one or more items in any bill apprcprla>
ting 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 Iisap-
proved 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 sixty>six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No o.fccr. whose salary is fixed by
the constitution, shall be allowed any
fees Of perquisites Of office. ;.%E
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in
a supreme court, district courts, aud in
justices Of the peace. The, distric,
courts shall have original Jurisdiction IN
all civil cases where the amount in dis>
pute exceeds one hundred dollars, ex>
elusive of interest. In criminal eases,
and in all probate matters, their juris>
dicsioh shall 30 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, end
their compensation shall be fixed by law.
Their jurisdiction III civil cases shall not
exceed one hundred dollars, exclusive Of
interest, subject to an appeal to the dis
trict court 10 all cases when the amount
in dispute shall exceed ten dollars, ex>
elusive 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 rs
may be deemed necessary for the fur~
therance of The administration of juss
tice. In all cases the power thus grants
ed shall be specified and determined.
[Strike out articles seve"ty>three,
eighty>fve, eightyssix, eightysseven,
eighty>eight, 4eightyuine, pipety<ope
and one hundred and,thirty sthree,] :
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court shall receive a salary of seven
thousand dollars per anuum, and the
Associate justices Of theSupreme Court
shall each receive a salary Of six thou>
sand I've hundred dollars per annum,
payable quarterly on their own war
! rant. .l.f1.A sgg IL al4x... <&s2 ,a;i
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 lew, 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
meay district courts as the public inter-
est may require, not to exceed the num-
Der now authorized by existing laws, ex-
cept by a two-tfirls vote of all the
members elected to both branches Of the
General Assembly. Until otherwise pro.
yided sby law, the district courts now
existing in the parish of Orleans shall
have the jurisdiction at present confer
red by law; no redistricting or change
shall he made 80 as to take effect during
the incumbency Of any judge. The
number of districts in the State shall not
be leSs than thirty nor more than forty
fye., The General Assembly shall pro-
vide by law for at least four terms an
nually of the district court in every par
ish. The General Assembly shall have
power to create circuit courts, to be con-
stitated by grouping the. district judges
into circuits, and composing the circnit
court of the Judges Of the district courts
within such circuits. TO direct the place
or pie ces Of meeting of said circuit courts
SO constituted, and to vest said circuit
courts with appellate jurisdiction from
the district courts within the circuit
where the amount involved exceeds one
hundred dollars (SlO0) exclusive of in
terest, and does not exceed five hundred
dollars ($500) exclusive of interest. The