The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1878-10-26
THIBODAUX. LA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26m 1878.

contractor, after the servce has been rem.
dered or contracted for; changing any par
,sh seat, or creating new parishes, except
by the assent ofth majority of the quail
fled electors of the parish, or parishes, to
be affected in all other cases, where a
general law can be made applicable, no 10
cal or special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary of
seven thousand dollars per annum, payable
quarterly, on his own warrant.
Strike out article fifty y-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a
salary which shall be double that of Il men,
Der Of the General Assembly.
(Strike out article fifty-seven.
NUMBtR EIGHT
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 nhjccrious at large upon its
journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If,
after such reconsideration. two thirds of all
the members present i'll that house shall
agree to pass the bill, il shall be sent, with
the objections, to the other house, by which
il shall likewise he re-consi,tcred, and if ;p
uruycd by two two thirds of the members
nrescnt in tlt house. it shall be Il 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 respectively. If any bill shall
t>., No1 Inv ha EnvarnOr n
five days after it shall have been presented
to him. it shall be law in like manner as
if he had signed it, unless the General AS
sembly, by adjournment, prevent it's re
turn in which case, within thirty days
the Governor shall file the same. with his
objections thereto, in the office of the Secre-
tary of State, and give public notice there
of otherwise it shall become law, as it he
had signed it. The Secretary OF State shall
communicate said objections and bill so de.
posited 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 hill appropriating money, embrac-
ing distinct items, while approving other
portions of tho bill, and the part or parts of
the bill approved shall become law, and the
item or items Of appropriations disapprov
ed shall be void, unless repassed according
to the rules and limitations prescribed for
the passage of other bills over the Cover
nor's veto.
Strike out article sixty six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer. whose salary is fixed by the
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or
perquistes of office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in a
supreme court, district courts, and i'll JUS
tices of the peace. The district courts shall
have original jurisdiction in all civil cases
where the amount in dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive of interest. In
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 i'll dispute exceeds ten dollars, ex
elusive of interest. The justices OF the
peace shall be elected by the electors ol
each parish in the manner and with the
qualifications to he determined by the Gen
eral Assembly. They shall hold office fol
the term of two years. and their compensa
| ton shall he fixed by law. Their jurisdl,'
! tiun in civil cases shall not exceed one huI
dred dollars, exclusive of interest, subject
| to au appeal to the district court in all ca
ses when the amount in dispute shall ex
! ceed ten dollars, exclusive of interest. They
shall have such criminal jurisdiction al
shall be conferred by law. The Genera
Assembly shall have power to vest in the
clerks of the district courts the right tt
grant such orders and do such acts as may
| be deemed necessary for the furtherance o.
the administration of justice. In all cases
the power thus granted shall be specified
and determined.
fStrike out articles sseventy-three, eighty
| five, eighty six, cighhty seven, eighty eight
| eighty nine, ninety one and one huddret
and thirty three.j
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Cour
shall receive a salary of seven thousand do
lars per apnum, and the Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court shall each receive :
salary of six thousand five hundred dollar!
per annum, payable quarterly on their owl
| warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide tn,
. State into judicial districts, which sh all re-
main unchanged for four years, and to-
each district one judge, learned in the law
shall be elected by a plurality OF qualified
electors thereof. For each district ther'
in the parish of Orleans, in which the Gen
eral Assembly may establish as many dis
| trict courts as the pnblic interest may n
! auire, not to exceed the number now au
| thorized By existing laws. except by tw'
| thirds vote of all the members elected t
both branches "f the General Assembly u
til otherwise provided by law. the dlstrlc
! courts now existing i'll the parish OF Or
! leans shall have the jurisdiction at presen
conferred by law /; no redlstrlctlng
| change shall be made so rs to take enec
during the incumbency Ut any Judge. Ih
number of districts in this State shall no
be less than forty nor forty five. The Gene
al Assembly shall provide by law for a
least four terms annually of the distric
court in every parish. The General Assem-
bly shall have power to create clrcul
courts, to he constituted by grouping tn
district Judges into circuits, and composing
the circuit court of the judges OF the dis
trict courts within such circuits. TO direc
the place or places of meeting OF said Gil
cult courts 80 constituted, and to vest sal
circuit courts with appellate jurisdictio
from the district courts within the circul
where the amount involved exceeds on
hundred dollars $1,000 exclusive Of intel
est, and does not exceed five hundred dol
lars l$5OO) exclusive Of interest. The Gem
raj Assembly shall have power by TIVE
thirds vote of all the members elected
both houses, to restrict the appellate juri
diction of the Supreme Court to cause
where the amount involved exceeds on
thousand dollars $4,000 exclusive Of inte1
est !: and in case of such restriction. th
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