The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-03
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

to be affected In all other cases, where O. gen
eral law con be made applicable, no local or
special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary of seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
| terly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article fifty-sixJ
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive
salary which shall be double that Of men,
Der Of the General Assembly.
Strike out article fifty-seven.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
| houses shall be presented to the Governor; II
he approve it, he shall sign 1t; IL he does not,
he shall return it, with bis objections, to. the
house In which It originated, which shall en-
and proceed to reconsider 1t. L, after such
| reconsideration, two-thirls Of all the members
present In that house shall agree to pass the
BILL 1t shall be sent, with the objections to the
considered, and Ii approved by two-thirds, Of
| the members present In that house, 1t shall be
| o law. But in such cases the vote OF both
| houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
against the bill shall be entered upon the
journal Of each house respectively. Ii any bill
| shall not be returned by the Governor within
| five days after 1t shall have been presented to
| him, it shall be @ law, in like manner as II he
had signed 1t, 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 thereof; otherwise 1t shall be-
come a law, as ifhe had signed 1t. The Secre-
! tary of State shall communicate said objec-
| 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
| The Governor shall have power to veto one or
| more items In any bill appropriating money,
embracing distinct items willie approving 9th
or portions Of the BILL and the part Or parts OF
| the bill approved shall become law, and the
item or items of appropriations disapproyed
| shall be void, unless repassed aCcortlng to the
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage Of other bills over the Governors veto.
| Strike out article sixty-six)
NUMBER NINE.
| No officer, whose salary Is fixed by the
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
| quisites OF office.
| NUMBER TEN.
supreme court, district courts, and IN JUS
| tees Of the peace The district courts shall
| have original jurisdiction In all civil cases
where the amount in dispute exceeds one
criminal cases, and In all probate matters,
their jurisdiction shall be 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 and with the qualifications to be de-
termined 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 ,ex-
| coed one hundred dollars, exclusive Of inter
| est, 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
and do such acts as may be deemed necessary
for the furtherance Of the administration OF
justice. In all cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
Strike out articles seventy-three, eighty
| five, eighty-six, eighty-seven, lightweight,
| eighty nine. ninety-one and one hundred and
| thirty-three.)
| NUMBER ELEVEN.
| The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
| shall receive a salary Of seven thousand dol
lars per annum, and the Associate Justices Of
| the Supreme Court shall each receive a 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 re-
main unchanged for four years. and for each
district one Judge, learned in the law, shall
be elected by a 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 estab-
| lish as many district courts as the public III
| terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by a
| two-thirds vote Of all the members elected to
both branches of the General Assembly.
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing in the parish OF Orleans
shall have the jurisdiction at present con-
ferred by law; no redistrictIng. or change
shall be made so 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 fortyfiye. The General
Assembly shall 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 district judges
into circuits, and composing the circuit
of the adgets Of the 6it dstr tbe courts at
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 dol
lars $1,000 exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars $500 exclusive OF
| interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by o tWo-thrds vote OF all the mem
| berS elected TO DOth houses, 10 roSTlCt tne ap-
pellate jurisdiction Of the Supreme Court to
causes where the amount involved exceeds
one thousand dollars $1,000 exclusive OF in
| terest; and in case OF such restriction, the
| circuit courts so to be created shall have ap-
pellate jurisdiction Of the class Of cases thus
excluded from the appellate Jurisdiction OF
the Supreme Court. The clerks OF the dis
trict courts shall be elected by the qualified
voters of their respective parishes, and shall
| hold their office for four years.
Strike out article eighty-three.)
| NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each of the district judges shall receive a
salary, to be fixed by law, which, except in
the parish Of Orleans shall not be less than
two Thousand dollars, nor more than three
Thousand dollars per annum, payable guar
be increased nor diminished during his term
of office. He must be citizen Of the United
States, over the age Of twenty-five years, and
have resided in the State and practiced law
therein for the space Of two years next pre-
| ceding his election. The judges Of the dis