The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-18
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

be paid q salary OF five hundred dollars fS50O)
| per session. and actual travelling expenses by
| fifty dollars $500 for any one member; PRO
| vitted, that Il two sessions are hold In the
| same year they shall recelve for the SECOND
| session In that year o salary of only two hun
/ bred and fifty dollars ($250) and actual travel
| Ing expenses by the nearest practicable route,
| not to exceed fifty dollars $500 for any one
member. The regular biennial session shall
not exceed ninety days In duration, unless by
| vote Of two-thirds Of the members elected to
| each house Of the General Assembly.
| t5trike out article thlrty-nine.)
NUMBER FIVE.
| The General Assembly shall not pass any
| local or special law changing the venue In
! criminal cases, changing the manner OF per-
sons legitimating children, yacating roads,
| streets, or alleys, relnttlng fines, penalties,
| and forfeitures, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury; affecting the estates OF
| Minors Or persons under disability, exempt
| Ing property from taxation, creating any mo.
| nopoly, legalizing the unauthorized or invalid
acts of any officer Or agent OF the State, or Of
extra compensation to. any. public officer,
agent, or contractor, after the service has
been rendered or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes,
except by the assent of the majority Of the
qualified electors Of the parish, or parishes,
| to be- affected In all other cases. where q gen
eral law can be made applicable, no local or
| special law shtbll De passed.
NUMBER SIX.
| The Governor shall receive salary of seven
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
| teriy, on his own warrant
| (Strike out article fifty-sixl
NUMBER SEVEN.
| The Lieutenant Governor shall receive q
| salary which shall be double that Of o MEM
Der Of the General Assembly.
(Strlke out tifty-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; II be does not,
he shall return it, with his objections, to the
house In which 1t originated, which shall en-
and proceed to reconsider 1T. II, after such
reconsideration, two-thlrds ofail the members
present In that house shall agree to pass the
bill. 1t shall be sent. with the 0blecelons, 10 Inc
considered, and II approved by two-thirds Of
Che members present in that house, It shall be
o law. But in such cases the vote OF both
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names Of members voting Tor or
: 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 it shall have been presented to
him, 1t shall be q law, In like manner as II 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 oblectlons thereto, III
the office of the Secretary Of State, and give
public notice thereof otherwise it shall be-
come o law, as ifhe had signed 1t. The Score
tary of State shall communicate said oblec
lions and bill SO deposited to the house IL
which tt 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 ol
more items In any bill appropriating money
: 81 portions of the bill, and the part or parts Of
5he bill approved shall become law, and tht
, ITEM or items of appropriations disapprOved
shall be void, unless repassed according to tht
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage of other bills over the Governors veto.
Strike out article sixty-sixD
NUMBER NINE.
: No officer, whose salary ia fixed by tht
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per
qusites OF office.
NUMBER TEN.
D The judicial power shall be vested In {
supreme court, district courts, and in JUS
tices Of the peace. The district courts shal
where the amount in dispute exceeds ONT
hundred dollars, exclusive Of interest. lr
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 o
, interest. The Justices OF the peace shall bs
s Eelected by the electors of each parish in thu
manner and with the qualifications to be dc
termined by the General Assembly. They
= shall hold office for the term Of two years
G and their compensation shall be fixed by law
g Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall not ex
coed one hundred dollars, exclusive OF inter
est, subject to an appeal to the district cour
b in oil cases when the amount in dispute shall
: exceed ten dollars exclusive Of interest They
! shall have such crininall, jurisdiction as shal
!" shall have power to vest in the clerks OF tbs
u district courts the right to grant such orders
. and do such acts as may be deemed necessary
. for the furtherance Of the administration,
= justice In all cases the power thus granted
= shall be specified and determined.
(Strike out articles seventy-three, eighty
: five eighty-six, eighty seven, eighty-eight
, eighty-nne ninety-one and one hundred ant
I thirty-three)
l NUMBER ELEVEN.
t The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Cour
! shall receive q salary Of seven thousand dol
= lars per annum, and the Associate Justices 0
q the Supreme Court shall each receive O. Salar.
. of six thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly on their own warrant
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide tn
State into judicial districts, which shall re
main unchanged for four years, and for eacl
district one judge, learned In the law, shall
be elected by plurality Of qualified electors
thereon. For eacl dlStTlct bnere Sllall W OH
= district court, except In the parish OF Orleans
e in which the General Assembly may estab
9 lish as many district courts as the public in
t terest may require, not to exceed the numbe
g now authorized by existing laws, except by
q two-thirds vote Of all the members elected II
q both branches of the General Assembly
/ Until otherwise provided by law, the distric
+ courts now existing In the parish Of Orlean
shall have the jurisdiction at present con
,- ferred by law; no redistricting or chang
shall be made SO as to take effect during tn
incumbency OF any judge The number Q
districts in the State shall not be less thai
=. thirty nor more than fortyfve. The Genera
5t Assembly shall provide by law for at leas
I, four terms annually of the district court l.
e every parish. The General Assembly shat
J have power to create circuit courts, to b
7 constituted by grouping the district judge:
'I into circuits, and composing the circui
e court Of the judges Of the district court
~ within such circuits. To direct the plac:
or places of meeting Of said crcul
cnurfs co cOnstituted and to vest said cirelli