Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05

shall it authorize any parish or munich al
corporation to issne any bond or create
any debt prorided, that this shall not
prohibit the issue of new bonds in eX-
change for old bonds, where the debt or
rate OF interest is not increased.
NUMDEB FOUR.
The members of the General Assembly
shall be paid salary of five hundred dol
lars (s5OO) per session, and actual travel
| ing expenses by the nearest practicable
route, not to exceed fifty (S5O) dollars
| two sessions are held in the same year
| they shall receive for the second session
in that year salary Of only two hundred
and fifty dollars (S25O) and actual travel
ing expenses by the nearest practicable
route, not to exceed fifty dollars ($5O) 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.
| (Strille out article thirty y-ninc,)
NUMBER FIVE.
| The General Assembly shall not pass
any local or special law changing the
venue in criminal cases, changing the
manner of persons lcgitimating children,
vacating road, streets, or alleys, remit
ing fines, penalties, and torfeitures, or re-
funding moneys legally paid into the
treasury; affecting the estates of minors
or persons under disability, exempting
property from taxation, creating any mo-
nopolies, legalizing 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 contract
ed for; changing any parish seat, or Gre
atlny new parishes, except by the assent
Of the majority of the qualified electors
of the parish, or parishes, to be affected :,
il all other cases, where a generel law
can be made applicable, no local or spe-
cial law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive salary of
seven thousand dollars per annunl, paya-
bic quarterly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article tifty-six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
Tho Lieutenant Governor shall receive
q; salary which shall be double that Of u
member of the General Assembly.
(Stri.le out article fifty -sevcu.)
NUMBER EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed
both houses shall he presented to the Gov
ernor; 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 object
| ions at large up II its journal, and pro-
cced to reconsider it. IT, after such re-
consideration, two thirds Of all the uleln-
| beIs present in that house shall agree to
pass 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 OF tho ue.bers
| present in that 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 tor or
| against the bill shall be entered upon the
journal of each house respectively. IT
| any bill shall not be returned by the
Governor within five days ufter it shall
have been presented to him, it shall be il
| law, in like manner us If he had 81 iyncu it
unless tho General Assembly, by adjourn
ment, prevent its return i'll 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; otherwise
| it shall become il law, us if he had signed
! it. Tie Secretary of State shall commu-
| nicate said objections and bill SO deposit
ed to the house i'll which it originated on
| the first day Of the meeting of the next
General Assembly, who shall act upon
| the same us above PROVIDED. Ihe Cover
| nor shall have power to veto one or more
items in any bill appropriating money,
embracing distinct items, while arprov-
| inc olher portions of the bill, and the
part or parts Of the bill approved shall
become law and the items Of apprupli;t-
| tions dsapproved shall be void, unless
repassed according to the rules and limi-
tations prescribed for the passage Of 9th
er bills over the Governors veto.
nj l.n .I,.ti,lr 81
| NUMBER NINE.
| No officer, whose salary is fixed BY the
| constitution, Shall be allowed any ices or
| pcruuiS! tcS OF office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in Il
| supreme court, district courts, and us
tices Of the peace. The tlirtrict courts
shall have original jurisdiction in all civ
| IL cases where the amount i'll dispute cE-
cccds one hundred dollars, exclusive OF
| interest. In criminal eases, 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 ton dollars, exclusive of interest
| The justices of the peace shall be elected
| by tl.c electors of each parish in the man
ner and with the qualifications to be dc
termincu by The General Assembly. They
shall hold Office for the term of two Yeas
and their compensation shall be fixed by
law. Their jurisdiction i'll civil cases
shall not exceed one hundred dollars, eN
elusive OF interest, subject to an appea
to the district court i'll all cases when til,
amount in dispute shall exceed ton dol
lars exclusive of interest. They shai
have such criminal jurisdiction as shal
be conferred Ly law. The General Assem-
bly, shall have power to vest in the CLERK:
of lhe district courts the right to gr;I
such ordclS and do such acts as may ht
deemed necessary for the turtherancc o
the administration of Justice. lii all case!
the power lhus granted shall be specified
| and determined.
| (Strike out articles SCNCnty-thrcc