The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-15

lions thereto, in the Office of the Secretary oil
State. and give public notice thereof; otherwise
IL shall become q law, as If he had signed 1t.
The Secretary of State shall communicate said
objections and bill SO deposited tc the house 10
which IL originated on the first dpy of the meet
ing of the next General Assembly, who shall
&c, upon the same as above provided. The
Governor shall have power 10 veto one or more
items in any bill appropriating money, embra-
cling di stinct items, while ap rowing other pr
tions oil the bill, and the part orpafts of theb
approved shall become law, and the item or
Items of appropriations ,disapproved shall be
void unie -repassed accord ding to therules and
Limitations prescribed for the passage of other
| bills over the Governors veto.
| tStrike out article sixty.six.J
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the co',s
stitution, shall be allowed any fees or perquis-
ties ofoflice.
| The judicial power shall be vested in a su-
preme cour, /, district courts and in justices a.
| the peace The,district court shall have "rlg
| inal jurisdiction in all divii eases where the
amount in dispute exceeds one hundred dollars,
exclusive IF interest. In crinina. cases. ami in
all probate matters, their jurisdiction shall be
unlimited. They shall have appellate 1urisdlc-
ton, ia civil suits from ju tiecs of the peace,
when the ano int in dispute exceeds ten dollars,
exclusive ofiinterest. The Justices of the peace
| shall be elected by the elect RS 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 compe saton shall belixed by law Their
Jurisdiction in civil cases shall INT exceed ono
hundred dollars, exclusive of interest subject
ito an appeal to the district court in all eases
when the amount in dispute shall 'exceed ten
dollars. exclusive nfiinterest. They shall have
such criminal jurisdiction shall be con ierfed
by law The General Assembly shall hive
power to vest in the clerks of the district courts
the right to grant su,ihforders and do such acts
as may be deemed necessary for the Iurtherance
ofstne administration of Justice. In all eases
the powers thus granted shall be specified ami
determined.
lfItrilse out articles seventysthree elghty-ive,
eighty.six, eighty-seven eighty -eight. eighty
nine, nine y sone and one hundred and thirty
three.)
Nut.BER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall
receive salary of seven thousand aolinrs per
annuHl, and the Associate Justices o tine ous
Or me Court shall each receive a salary oil six
thousand live hundred dollars per annun, pay
able quarterly 90 their,ow warrant
NuMBER TwELvE.
The General Assembly shall divide the State
into judicial districts, which shall remain un
changed for four years, and for each district
one Judge Learned in theilaw, shall lie elected by
a plurality of me qualified electors thereof For
each district there shall he one district conrt,
except in the parish of Orleans, in which the
,ieneral Assembly may establish as many dis
trict courts as the public interest may require,
not to,exceed the number now authorized by
xisting laws except by u two-thirds vote of all
the members elected to both branches of The
General Assembly. Until otherwise provided
by law, the idistr,oticonrts now existing in the
parish of Orleans shall have the jurisdiction at
crescent conferred by law no redisrricting or
change shall be made so as take effect during
the incnmbency of any Judge. The naniber OF
districts ia it g State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-ive. The General
assembly shall provide by law Tor at least four
terms annually of the district court in every
parish. The Gen raj Assembly shall have
power to create circuit courts, 4" be constituted
by grouping the district Judges into circuits,
and composing the circuit court of the Judges
of the district courts within sndh circuits. To
direct the place or places Of meeting of said
circuit courts so constituted, and 10 vest said
circuit courts with appellate jurisdiction from
the district courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dollars
(Sl1G) exclusive of interest and does not ex>
coed Ave hundred dollars ($500) exclusive of3in-
tterest The General Assembly shall have power,
by a two-thirtls vote OF all the members elected
to both honses, TO restrict the appellate Juris-
diction of the Supreme Court to causes where
the amount involved exceeds one Thousand
$4,000 exclusive of interest; and in cnse OF
such restriction, the eifcnil courts so to be orc>
.ka1 al. shaka Tlafln
class of case TINS executed from the appellate
jurisdiction of the Supreae Court. The clerks
Of the district courts shall be elected by the
qualified votersof their respective parishes, and
shall hold their office for tour years.
(Stfike out article teightysthree.)
EUMBER THIRTEEE.
Each Of the district judges shall receive a
salary, to befxed by law, which, except in the
parish of Orleans shall NIT be less Than two
thousand dollars, nor more thanthree thousand
dollars per snnnE payable quarterly on his
,,wn warrant, a ID which shall not be Increased
nor diminished dasng his term of Office. He
must be a citizen of the United States, over the
age f,tw niysfve years, and have resided in
the State and psar.iced law therein for the
space 1.-TWO years next preceding his election.
The suilges OF the sdistrct courts shall hold
their office for the term Of ifour years. IN the
iparsh of Orleans the animal sa'ary of the dis
tricf sndges shall mot exceed five Thousand doll
lars. to be paid as above provided.
Strike ont article eigh.ysfonr)
aUMBER FouRREeN.
Inieu Of the office of district attorney, estab-
lished by article ninety-twotof the constitution
of 1858, there shall be elected. by the qualified
voters Of each PARISH, a States attorney there's
for, who all Ibea sitizen of the United States,
and who shall have been aresdent Of the State,
and q prac;ici & and duly licensed attorney at
law. for at least Two years. He shall receive a