Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1878-08-31

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ry; affecting the estates of minors, or per-
sons under disability, exempting property
from taxation, creating any monopoly, le-
galizing the unauthorized Or invalid acts
of any officer or agent of the State, or of
any parish or municipality; granting any
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 he affected in all other cases, where a
general law can be made applicable, nc 10
cal or special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX
The governor shall receive a salary of
seven thousand dollars per aminum, paya-
BILE quarterly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article fifty six.)
NuMBE SEVEN.
The lieutenant Governor shall receive u
salary which shall be double that Of a
member Of the General Assembly.
(Strikc out article tifty-scven.)
NJ EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governors:
iflie approves it, he shall signit; if he does
not. he shall return it, with his objections.
to the house in which it originated, which
shall enter the objections at large upon it's
journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If.
after such reconsideration, twn-thii,ls of
all the members present in that house
shall agree 10 pas" the bill. it shall be sent
with the objections. to the other house, by
which it shall likewise be reconsidered,
and if approved by two-thirds ofthe men,
hn1S oIyasavt in that hnn.n - u1,11 L., :,
law. But in such cases the vote of boil,
houses shall be determined by yeas and
nays, and the names of members voting
for or against the bill shall be entered
npon the journal of each house respecti-
vely. If any bill shall not be returned by
the Governor within five days after it
shall have been presented to him, it shall
be a law, in like manner as if lie had 81
gncd it, unless the General Assembly. by
adjournment prevent it's 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: other
wise it shall become a law. as if he had
signed it. The Secretary of State shall com
mnnicate said objections and bill so depo-
sitcd to the house in which it originated
on the first day of the meeting of the next
Ni'Nia II Shall bIt ttti!t VIC
same as above provided. The Governor
shall have power to veto one or more items
in any bill appropriating money, embra-
cling distinct items, while approving 9th
err portions of the bill, and the part OF
parts of the bill approved shall becom,
law, and the item or items of appropria.
lions d%isapproved shall be void, unless re,
passed acc,v'ling to the rules and limita.
tons prescribed tor the passage of otlle,
bills over the Governors veto.
(strike out article sixty six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer. whose salary is fixed hy til,
constitution, shall be allowed any fees Of
rcrqnisites of office.
uMjER TENN.
The judicial power shall be vested in
supreme court. district courts, and in JUS
tees of the peace. Tile district courts shal
have Original jurisdiction in all civil case
where the amount in dispute exceeds on
hundred dollars. exclusive of interest. Ii
criminal cases, and III I'LL probate matters
their jurisdiction shall he unlimited. The
shall have appellate jurisdiction in civi
suits from justices of the peace. when til
amount in dispute exceeds ten dollars. eN
elusive of interest. The Justices oftl; pea
cr shall be elected by the electors of cac1
parisl, i'll the manner and with the quail
tirations to Il" determined by tile Genera
Assembly. They shall hold office tor til
term Of two years, and their compensation
shall by fixed Ivy law. Their jurisdiction
in civil cases shall not exceed one huMtlre,
dollars. exclusive Of interest. subject to al
appeal to Tie district court in all ease
when the amount in dispute shall exceed
ten. dollars, exclusive Of interest. The,
shall lave such criminal jurisdiction Il
shall be conferred by law. The Genera
Assembly shall have power to vest in til.
clerks of the district courts the right t,
grant such orders and do such acts as ma,
be deemed necessary for the fnrtheranc,
OF tie administration of justice. In all ca
SEES the power thus granted shall be speci
fed and determined.
(Strike out articles seventy-thrcn, eighty
five. eiyhiy-siN, eighty-scven. lightweight
elghty-nine, ninety-one and one hu,ldrct
and thirty-three.)
NtMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Conrj
shall receive a salary OF seven Thousand
dollars per aHnum. and the Associate Jus
tees of the Supreme Court shall each re.
"ciyra salary of six thousand five hundred
dollars per alinunl, payable quarterly o,
their owu warrant.
MEMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide til,
State into judicial districts, which shall re
main unchanged for tour years,a and for racl
district one judge, learned in the law, shat
be rlettclly plurality ofIualiticd %rlector.
thereof. For each district there shall be one
district court, except in the parish Of Or
leans. i'll which the General Assembly may
establish as many district courts as the pl
Bile interest may require. not To exceed til.
number now authorized lty existing laws
except by Il two-thiras vote Of all the mem
bcrs elected to no,lt branches of the Gene
raj Assembly. Until otherwise provided h,
law, the district courts now existing il
the parish Of Orleans shall have the inris
dlction ut present conferred by law III
rrIistrictiny or change shall he made so a
to take effect during the incumbcncy o
any judge. The number of districts in thu
State shall not be less than thirty nor mo
re than torty-tive. The General .Asscmbl,
shall provide by law for at least iour term
annually OF the district court in every pa
IRISH. The General Assembly shall have 20
wcr to create circuit courts, TO be constitu
ted by grouping the district judges int,
circuits. and composing the circuit court O