The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-09-12

lions thereto, IN Inc OuiCe vi tiiG EOCASttlS VI
State and gyvepub'ic notice thereof; otherwise
| II shall become a law, as if he had signed it.
The Secretary of State shall communicate said
objections and bill so deposited t. the house
which il originated on the first day of the tneet>
ing of the next General Assembly. who shall
lac apon the same as above provided. The
Governor shall have power 10 veto enc or more
items in any bill approprlating money. einora-
eing cii tiBet items, white ap rowing otherp r
lions of toe bill and the part or parts OF the bill
approved shall become law, and the item or
items of alplopi iaiious disaprroved shall be
void. un less repassed According TO the rules and
limitations prescribed for the passage OF other
bills over the Governors veto.
Strike out article sixty.six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No Officer, whose salary is fixed by the con.
stitutio .. shall be allUwe any fees or perquiS-
ties oil o6iee.
NUMBER TEN.
TIE indiciaI,power shall be vveshe' in a sa-
preme couri, district courts, and IN Justices I"
the peace. The district eOIrt shlll have orig
| inal jurisdiction in All sivil cases where the
amount in dispute exceeds one hun'ire dollars,
exclusive of interest. In crinniun Eases and IN
all PROBATE matters, their jurisdiction shall DC
unlimited. They shall have appellate Jurisdic>
ton in civil suits frfm jn tees OF The peace,
exclusive of interest The Justices of the peace
shall be elected by the elect rs of each parish
in the ma amer aud with The qualifications I" be
dsfer.aiaed by the 6enera Assembly. 1hey
shall hold Office fer the serm ct tive Netrs, and
their com pc nsation shaft he fixed by INV Their
Jurisdiction in civil eases shall not exceed on
/ hundred dollars, exclusive of interest SUBJECT
to an appeal to the district court IN all cases
when the amount in dispute shall exceed ten
i -. nT intar They shall have
such criminal jurisdiction hall be con erred
by law the GenvrsI Assembly shall have
pSse: o. vest in the clerks oi toe distrtcte nrtS
the risnt to grant such orders and do snch acts
as may be deemed necessary for the InrIheranee
of the administration of ia tiee. In all cases
the powers thus granted shall be specified and
determined. n
t>trike out articles seventvsthiee eighty-hve,
eig5ty.six, eighty-seven. eighty "etsht. eighty"
nine, nine y zone and one hundred and 'hiftS'
three.) -.... .....
NUMBER ELEVEN. 4
The Chief Justice of The Supreme Court shall
receive a salary Of seven th 'ushnd dollars per
annum and me Associate Justices o the Su
Or me Court shall each receive a salary o SIX
thousand tive hundred d"liars err annum, pay
able quarterly on their ow warrant.
MUM Err TWELVE.
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into judicial district>, which shall remain un
changed for four yea $. aud for each district
one Judge, learned in the law, shall lie elected ny
a plnraiiiy of be qualified electors thereof for
each district there sball be enc district coar,
except in the parish of Orleans, in which the
General Assembly NAV establish az many dis
trist courts as the public interest ma" reau re,
not to exceed the number now au'h0ri Ell br
existing laws except by tw0.thirds vote of all
. al h,tb hrup f.hpsn N a
General Assembly. Until otherwise prnvided
by law. the dstr ct courts now existing inithe
parish of Orleans shall have the Jurisdiction at
i.reseDt conferred by law no redisricting o
change shall be made so ms take elect turing |
the ncumheney, o. anv ludge. The D1nber OF
districts in tate shall not DE less tan
thirty more than forty-tive The &c eri
Assembly shall provide ny law i0r at least Tour |
terms annually OF the district court in every |
parish. The Gen raj Assembly shall have
power to creale circuit coHrts. t" be constituted
by grouping the dstrier Jnlges into circuits
and composing The circuit court of the Judges |
of the district courts within sufh circuits To |
direct the place or places OF meeting OF sail
circuit courts 30 constituted, and 10 vest sald
circuit eourt< with appellate Jurisdiction from
the district courts within the crcuit where the
amount Involved exceeds one hun'lred dollars
(SlnG) exclusive OF in crest, and does not ex>
coed Ave hundred dollars ($500) exclusive Of in
terest. The General Ass ,mbly shall have power,
by two thirds vote OF all the members elected
to both houses, to restrict the appellate Juris
diction of the supreme Court to causes where
the amount involved exceeds one thousand
(Sl0O0) exclusive of interest; and in ease OF
such restriction, the circuit courts so to be ere>
ated shall have appellate Jurl7diction of the
class of case thus exc uied from the appellate
jurisdiction of the SupreBe Court. The clerks
OF the distr ct courts shall be elected by the
qualified voters OF their respective parishes, and
shall bold their office for four years.
estrikel ont articis. eightysthree.l
NUMBER THIRTEEE. !.
Each of the district Judges shall receive
sllary. to DE fixed by law, which, except in the
parish of Orleans shall n / be less shsn two
| thousand doll rs, nor more thanthree thousand
dollars per annuu payable quarterly on his
| wn warrant, a d which shall not be increased
nor diminished during bis term OF Office He
must be citizen OF the United Skttas,s over The
age of tw ntysfye years. and have resided 10
the State and pra -tieed law therein for the
space of twp years next preceding his election.
| The Judges oil the district cOnrfs shall hold
their office Tor the term of ,frnr years. In the
parish of Orleans The annual ,sa airy of the DIS
trict Judges shall not exceed FIVE Thousand dol
Lars. N be paid as above provided.
/ (Strike entartiele reightysfour)
i ANUMBsR FsURrEsF.
in lien Of the Office of Observation-Disclosures, estab.
lisbed by article nipetystwo of the constitution
of 1888, there shall be elected by the qualif I'd
ysters of each PARISH, a States attorney there's
for, who all be a silizsn of the United States
and who shall have been a resident of the State,
N and a praeie 4 and duly licensed attorney at
7 law for at least two years. He shall receive
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