Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-08-14


IL originated gu the first day of the meeting
of the next General Assembly, who shall
act upon the same ~ 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 hill, and the part or
parts OF the bill approved shall become law,
and the item or items Of appropriations dis
approved shall be void, unless rcpasscd
according To the rules aud limitations pre-
scribed for the passage of other bills over
the Governors veto.
(Strikc out article siXty-six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed 10y the
constitution, shall he allowed any fees or
perqustcs of office.
SrMBER Ten.
Tho judicial power shall ls vested in a
supreme court, district courts, and in JUS
tees of the peace The district courts shall
have original jurisdiction III all civil cases
where the amouni in dispute exceeds one
| hnHdrcd dollars, exclusive ot interest. Ia
criminal cases, and in all probate matters,
| their jurisdiction shall he unlimited. They
shall have appellate jurisdiction il civil
suits from Justices of til. peace. when the
| amount in dispute exceeds ten dollar
| elusive of interest. The justices OF the
peace shall he elected by the electors of
each parish in the manner and with the
| qualifications to lie determined by the Gen
rral Assembly. They shall hold office for
the term of two years, and their compcu-
| -.ltion shall ts fixed by law. Their juriS-
! diction in civil eases shall not exceed one
! huxlT.d dollars, exclusive of interest, suh-
| jccfto an appeal to the district court in all
cases when the amount III dispute shall cx-
cccd ten dollars, exclusive of interest.
They shah have such criminal jurisdiction
as shall be conferred by law. The General
ASS, Hbly shall have power To vest III the
| clerks of the district courts the right to
| grant such orders and do such acts as may
be- deemed necessary for the furtlcrancc Of
the administration Of Justice. In all cases
the power thus granted shall be specified
and determined
(Strikc out articles seycnty-threc, eighty
five, eighty six, cghty-scycn, cighty-cight,
eighty-minc. nincty-Onc and one hundred
| and ihIty-thrcc)
NUMBER rIENFS.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
| shall receive 4 salary Of seven Thousand
dollars per anrum, and the Associate jus
| ticcS of the supreme Court shall each re-
| ccivc IA salary of six thousand five hundred
dollar per annum, payable quarterly ON
| their own warrant.
NUMBER TwfLvE.
! The General Assembly shall divide the
State into judicial districts which shall
remain unchanged for four years and for
each district one judge, learned in the law
shall be elected 10y a plurality of qualified
J electors hereof. For each district there
shall he one district court. except in the
parish of Orleans, III which tn, General
Assembly may establish as many district
| courts Us the public interest may require.
not to exceed the number now authorized
by existing laws, except by two-thirds
yttt of all the members elected to both
branches of the General Assembly. Until
otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing in the parish Of Orleans
shall have the jurisdiction Al present con
! frrrd by law; no redistricting or change
shall he made so rs to take effect during
| the incumbency of any Judge. The num-
Der Of districts in the State shall not bc
less than thirty nor more than furty-iivc.
The General Assembly shall provide by law
for II least four terms annually OF the dis
trict court III every parish. The General
Assembly shall have power TO create cir
cult courts, to be constituted by grouping
the district Judges into circuits, and com
posing the circuit court Of the judges of the
district courts within such crrrits. To
direct the place or places of meeting ot said
circuit courts - constituted. and to vest
SAID circuit courts with appellate jur ,ilc-
tion from the district courts within the cir
cuIt where the amount involved exceeds
one hundred dollars lSl0u) exclusive Of in
tcrcst, and does not exceed five hundred
dollars (Sio0) exclusive IS interest The
General Assembly shall have power, by a
two-thirls vote of all the members elected
Ia both houses, to restrict the appellate ju-
rlsdirtion Of the supreme Court To causes
whcrc the amount involved exceeds one
Thousand dollars tSlo0ol exclusive of inter
est, and in case of such restriction. tn. cir.
cunt courts so To he created shall have ap-
pcllatc jurisdiction q the class of cases thus
excluded from the appellate jurisdiction If
the supreme Court. The clerks of the dis.
trict courts shall h.. elected by the qualified
voters of their respective parishes, ami shall
hold their office for four years.
(Strikc ont article cighty-thrcc)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each of the district judges shall rccci ,c
Il salary, to he fixed by law, which, except
in the parish of Orleans, shall not be lrss
than two thousand dollars. nor more than
three thousand dollars per annum, payable
quarterly on his own warrant, and which
shall not be increased nor diminished dur
ing his term of Office. He must br n citi-
zen OF the United States, over the age of
twenty-five years, and have resided in the
State and practir,,l Law therein for the
space Of two years next preceding his cleo.
ton. The judge, of the district courts
shall hold their office for tho term of four
years. In the parish of Orleans the annual
salary of the district Judges shall not cX-
coed five thousand dollars, to be paid as
above provided.
(Sulkc out article eighty .four.)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lien of the Office Of district attorney.
established by article nnrty-two of the
constitution Of l-t-, there shall I've elected.
hv the nnalliicn NntcrS of each narish a