The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-09-21
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Number Eight.


which it originated, which shall enter
the objections at large upon its journal.
and proceed to reconsider it. If. after
such reconsideration, two-thirds of all
tie members 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 reconsid-
cred. and if approved by two-thiFds OF
the members present in that house, 1T
shall be a law. But in such cases the
vote of both houses shall be determined
by yeas and nays, and the names of
members voting for or against the bill
shall be entered upon the journal of
each house respectively. 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 be had signed it,
unless the general assembly, by ad-
journment, preventits 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; otherwise it shall become a
law, as if he had signed it. The
Secretary of State shall communicate
said objections and bill so Deposit
ed to the house in which it origi-
mated 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 or more iteins in any bill appro-
priating money, embracing distinct
items, while approving other portions of
l l.. ..x=fs Of IL.
approved shall become Law, and the
item. or items of appropriations dis
approved shall be void, unless repas>cd
according to the rules and limitations
prescribed for the passage OF other bills
over the Goyern0rs veto.
(Strike "nt article siXty-six.i
Namber Nine.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by
the consultation, shall be allowed any
fees or perqnisitss %. Office.
Nnmbe. Ten.
The judicial lower shall b. vstct, ia
"A supreme co,lrt. s.ls:.icE courts, ami N
JUS ices of the iSac-. Tue district cour.s
snail have original jurisdiction Ia all
civil cases where tn, ainonnt in dispute
exceeds one hundred dollars, exclusive
of interest. In criminal cases aud in
all probate matters. their joris'l,r;i N
shall be unlimited. They shall aye APP
pellate jurisdiction. III civil suits from
justices of the peace, when the amount
IN dispute exceeds ten dollars, eAci.'si
Of interest. The justices of th,. peace
shall be elected by the electors Of each
parish in the manner and with the q lali-
tications to be determined by ;he gen
eral assembly. They shall hold olfi '-
for the term of two years, Il ineir
compensation shall be- fixed b., Las.
Their juriSdIrtion ia civil cases shall Ii |
exceed one hundred doi.ars, exclusive
of interest, subject to an appeal to tie
district court in all cases when ne
amount in dispatc shall exceed TIA a,.-
lars, exclusive Of interest. They s...,ll
have sach criminal j ,rissl.etion as sail
be conferred by law. The general as
senibly shall have power To vest II the
clerks OF the district courts the right 10
grant such orders and do SUCH acts ~
may be deemed necessary for the fur
therance of the administration OF jas
tice. la all cases tbs power thus grant
ed shall be specified aid determinel
(Slrise out articles seveLts -taree.
eighIy-tive. eigtYsix. eighty eighty
eight, eighty-lIue. ninety-one aui one
hundred and tb.rsy thIee.)
Nambtr E'ecea.
The Chief Justice of the Sa,rcine
Court shall receive salary OF seven
thousand dollars per annum. nnd the
Associate Justice Of the Supreme Court
shall each receive "A salary OF six thou
sand five hundred dollars per annu'n,
payable quarterly on their own warrant.
Namber T,celre.
The general assembly shall .ii,i,ie the
State into Judicial DISTRICTS. wii.ch >iia.!
remain uiichange for tOnr Years. and t,r
each district one judge, leafuesl III law.
shall be elected BY II plurality II qdai.-
ned electors thereof. Fer each district
there shall be one district c,nvf. except
in the parish of Orleans, III which tine
general assembly may establish u, many
district courts rs the public interest may
require, not Ia exceed the number hos
authorized by existing laws, except
by two-thlris vote of AL the ineAlb.rs
elected to both branches of the general
assembly. Until otherwise provid al bJ
law. the district courts now existing in
the parish OF Orleans shall nave the JsirIs-
dict.on ut present conferred by law no
rediStrictins or change shall be made
SO AS To take effect during the incum-
bency of any judge. The number OF
districts in the State shall not be less
than thirty. nor more than forty five.
The general assembly shall provide by
law for at least four terms annually of
the district court in every parish. The
general assembly shall have power to ere
ate circuit courts, to be constituted by
grouping the district judges into circuits,
and composing the circuit court of tine
Judges Of the district courts within such
circuits. To direct the place OF places
of meeting of said circuit courts so cou
stituted, and to vest said circuit courts
with appellate Jurisdict on from the dis
trict courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred
dollars (SlOM axciusive nf infaraat anil