St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-26


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 bill appropriating. money,
embracing distinct items, while approving other
portions Of the bill, and the part or parts of the
hill anprovsd shall become law, and the item or
items Of appropriations dfsapproved shall be
void unless repassed according to the rules
and pitations prescribed for the passage OF
(Strke out article sixty-six)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is t1xed by tho con-
stitution, shall be allowed any fees or perqui-
sites Of office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested In a gu
preme court district courts and i'll justices Of
the peace. The district courts shall have ori-
ginal 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 nate their !urlsalGtlon sna
diction, 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
determined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold office for the term OF two years: and
tIer 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 district court In all cases
dollars exclusive of interest. They shall have
such criminal Jurisdiction as shall be conferred
bv 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 admnist ration Of Justice. In all cases
the power thus granted shall he specified and
determined.
Strike out articles seventy three, eighty-fve,
eghty-stx, eighty seven. eighty eight. eighty
nine, ninety-one and one hundred and thirty
threel
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall
receive salary of seven thousand dollars per
annum. and the Associate Justices OF the sn-
thousand Eve hundred dollars per annum, pay
able quarterly on their own warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the State
into judicial districts. which shall remain un-
chan ged for four years, and tor each district
ono Judge, learned in the law. shall be elected
by plurality of qu 4iitied electors thereof. For
each district there shall be one district court.
except in the parish OF Orleans i'll which tue
| General A sembly may establish as many dis
| trict courts as the public interest may require,
! not to exceed the number now authorized by
! existing laws, except BY a tW"-thirds vote or
! al the members elected to both branches of the
Ceueral Assembly. Until otherwise provided
; by law. the district courts now existing in the
! pn rtsh O. Orleans shall have the jurisdiction at
| present conferred by law: no redistrlt ting or
! change shall be made so az to take f,ct during
! the incumbeGcy of any judge. Tie number or
! districts in the State shall not he less than
| thirty nor more than forty-ive. The General
! Assembly shall provide by law for at least four
| terms annually of the district court in every
parish. The G neral Assembly shall have
power to create circuit courts. to he constituted
! by grouping the district judges into circuits.
end comp sing the Circuit court of the rdges OF
the lis rcI courts within such circuits. To direct
! the place or places OF meeting of said circuit
courts SO constituted. and To vest sail circuit
courts with appellate jurisdiction from The dis
! trict urls within the circuit where he amoHnt
involved exceeds one hundred dollars $1,000 ey-
elusive of Interest. and does not exceed i've hun
dred dUila!s $500 exclusive ofinttrest The Tell-
eral Assembly shall have power. by twothirds
vote ot all the members elected to both houses,
to restrict the appellate jurisdiction OF the
Supreme Court to causes where the amount ill.,
VOWED exceeds one thousand dollars $1,000 ex-
elusive of interest; and in case of such restri-
ton, the circuit courts so to be created shall
have appellate jurisdiction of the class OF cases
thus excluded from the appellate jurisdiction
| vote of all the members elected to both houses,
to restrict the appellate Jurisdiction OF the su-
preme Court to causes where the amount in
| volved exceeds one thousand dollars $1,000 eX-
elusive Of interest and in case OF such restrc-
ton, the circuit courts 80 to be created shall
have appellate Jurisdiction of the class of cases
thus excluded from the appellate jurisdiction
tric1 courts shall be elected by the qualified
voters of their respective parishes, and shall
hold their office for four years.
tStrke out article eighty -three)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Euch of the district judges shall receive, q
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 nayabe % quarhteriy e h On laf M
nor dismissed during his term of office. He
must be citizen Of the United States, over
the age OF tWe9ty-hve years. ana nave res resiaeo 1it
space OF two years next preceding his ELECTION
The judges OF the district courts shall hold
their Office for the term OF four years In the
parish of Orleans the annual salary OF the dis
trict judges shall not exceed five thousand dol
lare, to be paid as above provided.
I Strike ont article eighty-four.l
NUMBER FOURTEEE
In lieu Of the Office of district attorney: es
tablished by article ninety-twO OF the constitu
tion Of 1868. there shall be elected, by the quail
fled voters of each parish, States attorney
therefor. vino shall be q citizen of the United
States and who shall haye been resident OF
the State, and Il practicing and duly licensed
, attorney at law, for at least two years. He
shall receive salary from the State OF not less
lars per annum, to be provided by law upon the
basis of representation in the House of Repre-
sentafiyea. and payable quarterly on his owl
warrant. He shaii be erio1Tcio attorney OF the
parish, and receive such salary fherefrom at
may be fixed by the parochial authorities, NOT
7 to exceed seven hundred dollars per annum
He shall. moreover, receive such ices of office
as may be allowed by law. In the city of New
Orleans the States attorney shall receive sNcf
,compensation from the city, in addition to the
aoGxe .n be- Elected az the same time
with the Judges of the district courts, and shal
hold his Office for the term of four years.
HUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the Judge may he recused
and when he ia not personally Interested IN fnt
matters in condensation, he shall select law
yer having the necessary qitl1flcatlons required
Or Judge of his court, to try such cases; an
the General Assembly shall provide hy law fo
IAr~z ,s.,l. yrG
be personally interested, or When he may hs
| absent or refuses 20 act.
(strike out article ninetyJ
Il NUMBER SIXTEEN.
| In order to provide for the establishment o
: the tndcial system create BY the at,aVe amend
nIelits, ana to prevent the evils OF an interreg
: mum, 1t is hereby ordained BY the people
Ls5uislana. s'+ = = - :"
meets the first Monday in january. 1879: shall
in accordance with the foregoing amenttm nts
: Immediately rediatriet the State. and provide
for the authority OF clerks and the election an'
~ criminal Jurisdiction OF Justices OF the peace.
.Scc01d--Chat sonn as he Leg stature shal
have acted as aforesaid the. aorsruor SHAH b,
proclamation call All :eetion for Justices OF th
I peace for each parish. except the parish /"
, Driean and for district iu iges in each distr.c c
created by tbs redistrictng, where one Or more
: parishes have been ADDED, Or taken from tn
existing judicial steF eng TOT r. s,Ste ,Sn atso1
! tof Orleans. where the district attorney for t4
parish shall bs state attorney. This election
shaH bs held on, the same day throughout th
State. which day shall not be Less than sixt,
nor lsore than ninety days after the passage %
j said act. The terms OF the officers Ieleeted a
said election shall expire at the general eleetioI
4 of 1880 ana the limitation on the change Of die
tricts ofteller than once every four years, sh;al
: Isnot he considered as having eject before In
general election of 1880. .s~z. ....,-
p Thsrf-That the Judicial system, as estah
4 iished BY the constitution Of 1858, shall remain
fIi'force until the ,expiration of the thirtietl
day after said election, e4 4cluding from the com
4 ti,Ht alton the day Of the election.
= Fomrth-The adoption Of these amendment
shall not vaeate the Offices of the present clerk