The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-10-05

4 The Secretary of State shall communicate said
objections and bill so deposited to the house In
which IL originated on the first day of the meet-
ing of the noxt General Assembly, who shall
sct upon the same rs above provided. The
Governor shall have power to veto one or more
items in any bill appropriating money, embra-
cling di4tinct items, while ap rowing other pr
tons OF the BILL aud the part parts of the bill
/ approved shall become law, and the item or
/ items Of appropriations disapproved shall be
void unless repassed according to the rules ard
| limitations prescribed for the passage of other
| bills over tho Governors veto.
| tStrike out article sixty.six.b
| NUMBER NINE.
\ No Officer whose salary is fixed by the coma
stitutioh, shall be allowed any fees or perqnis
ties OF Office.
! NUMBER Ten.
| The Judicial power shall be vested in a su-
] promo eour, district courts, aud in Justices o!
the peace. The district court, shall have orig
| ina jurisdiction in all iiyil cases where the
amount in dispute exceeds enc hundrel dollars,
Exclusive of interest. In crinina. cases, ami IN
all probate matters, their jurisdiction shall be
unlimited. They shall have appellate Juristic-
tion in civil suits from justices Of the peace,
when the amount in dispute exceeds ten dollars,
exclusive of interest. The iusticesof the peace
shall be elected by the electars of each 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 in dispute shall exceed ten
dollars, exclusive of interest. They shall have
such criminal jurisdiction rs shall be conferred
by law. The General Assembly shall have
power to vest in the clerks of the district courts
the right TO grant such orders and do sneh acts
as may be deemed necessary for the furtheranee
of the administration of justice. In oil cases
the powers thus granted shall be specified and
determined. 4
t.trikeont articles seyenty.three eighty-fve,
eighty-six, eighty -seven, eighty-eiahtA eighty
nine, nine y zone and one hundred and thirty
three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN. 4
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court shall
receive a salary of seven thrusana dollars per
amman, and the Associate Justices of the SUI
preme Court shall each receive salary o. six
thousand i've hnndred dollars per annum, pay
able quarterly on their Ow> warrant.
NuhaBR TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the State
into judicial districts, which shall remain
changed for four years. and for each district
one judge, learned in the law, shall he elected by
u plurality Of Inc qualified electors thereof For
each district there shall be one district court,
except in the parish Of Orleans, in which the
General Assembly nay establish as many dis
trict courts as the public interest EBAY require,
not to exceed the nlnnber now authorized by
existing laws. except by two-thirds vote OF all
the members elected to both branches of the
General Assembly. Until otherwise provided
hJ- lazy he 1iafrert oV ny in tho
parish of 0rleans shall have the jurisdiction at
present eonierred by law; no re'listrietins or
thange shall be made so 3s I take eject during
the ineumhency Of any Judge. The nanrber Of
districts in I tate shall not bc less tlan
thirty nor more than forty FIVE. The Geuern
Assembly shall provide by law for at le1st four
terms annually Of the district court in every
parish. The tien raj Assembly shall have
puwer to create circuit courts, to be constituted
by grouping the district Judges into circuits,
and c1mposne the circuit court of the Judges
Of the district courts within such circuits. To
lirect tAe place or places 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
($laG) exclusive of interest, and does not cx-
coed hVo hundred dollars ($500) exclusive ofiB ,
terest. The General Assembly shall have power, !
by two-thris vote Of all the members elected
10 both honses, to restrict the appellate Juris-
lcton OF the supreme Court to causes where
the amount involved exceeds one thousand
$4,000 exclusive of interest; and in case of
such restriction, the circui courts so to be cre~
ited shall have appellate Jnricdiction of the
class of ease thus exc.u,led from the appellate
Jurisdiction Of the Supreme Court. The clerks
81 the district courts shall be elected by the
qualified voters of their respective Parishes, and