The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-14
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
any public officer, agent, or contractor


l ish seat, or creating new Parishes. ex
cept by the assent of the majority o
the qualified electors of the Parish. o
Parishes, to be affected; iu all othe
cases, where a general law can b,
made applicable, no local or specia
law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive a salar,
of seven thousand dollars per annum
payable Quarterly, on his own warrant
} (Strike out article y-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall re.
ceive salary which shall be donbe
! that of member of the General
Assembly.
i (Str:ke out article fifty seven.J
NUMBER HIGHT.
Every Bill which shalt 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 upon its jour
nal, ard proceed to reconsider it. IT,
after such reconsideration, 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
by two-thirds of the members present
in that House, it shall be law. But
in such cases the vote of both Houses
shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names of members voting for
or against the bill shall be entered
upon the Journal of each House respec-
lively. IT any bill shall not be re-
turned. BY the Governor within five
days after it shall have been presented
to him, it shall be law, in like man
ner as if he had signed it, unless the
| General Assembly, by adjournment,
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 there
| of; otherwise it shall become law,
as if lie had signed it. The Secretary
of State shall communicate said obiec-
tons and bill so deposited to the
House in which it originated on the
first day of the meeting of the next
General Assembly, who shall act upon
1.-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
hill, and the part or parts of the bill
! approved shall become law. and the
item or items of appropriations disap-
proved shall he Void; unless fepassed
aecnrtlirg to HE rules and Limitations
prescribed for the passage of other
bills over the Governors veto.
| (strike out article sixty Sky
| NUMBER NINE.
| No officer, whose salary is fixed BY
the Constitution. shall he allowed any
fees or perqusites of office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested
in Il supreme court, in district courts,
aud 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 hun
dred dollars, exclusive of interest. tn
criminal cases, and in all probate mat
ters, 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 jurisdiction 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 in dispute shall exceed ten
dollars, exclusive Of interest. They
shall have such criminal jurisdiction
as 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 aud do
such acts as may be deemed necessary
for the furtherance of the admihistra-
ton ofjustice. In all cases the power
thus granted shall be specified and de-
termined.
(Stlike ont articles seventy three,
eighty five, eighty-six, eighty-seven,
eighty eight, eighty nine, ninety one,
and one hundred and thirty three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court shall receive q salary of seven
thousand dollars per annum, and the
Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court shall each receive salary of six
thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly on their own
warrant.
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 law, shall be elected by a plu-
rality 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 es-
tablish as many district courts as the
public interest may require, not to ex-
coed the number now authorized by
existing laws, except by q two. thirds
vote of all .llo members elected to
both branches of the General Assem-
bly,. Until otherwise provided by law,
the district courts now existing in the
parish of Orleans shall have the iuris-
fdiction at present conferred by law; no
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