Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1878-09-21

ding moneys legally paid into tic tieasu,
~; affecting the estates Of minors, Or per
sons under disability, exe,npting property
from taxation, creating any monopoly, le
CALLING the unauthorized or invalid acts
Of any officer or agent of the State, or OF
any parish OF municipality; granting any
extra compensation to any public officer,
agent, or contractor, after the service has
been rendwed or contracted for; changing
any parish seat, or creating new parishes,
except by the assent Of the majority of the
qualified electors ftle parish, or parishes,
to be affected in all other cases. where Il
general la" can be made applicable, nc loa
cal or special law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX
Tic governor shall receive a salary of
seven Thousand dollars per annum, paya-
bic quarterly, on his own warrant.
(strlke out article fifty six.)
NUMBER SEVEN.
The lieutenant Governor shall receive n
salary which shall be double that Of a
member of the General Assembly.
(strikc out article tifty-settn.)
NUMBE EIGHT.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented to the Governor:
if he Improves it, he shall signit; if he does
not, he shall return it, with his objections,
t" the house in which it originated, which
shall enter the objections ut large upon it's
Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If.
after such reconsideration, two-tl,irls of
all the members present in that house
shall agree to pns5 the bill. it shall be sent
with the objections, to the other house, by
which it shall likewise he RECONSTRUCTED,
and if approved by two-tliirds ofthe mem
hers present in that house, it shall be a
law. But in such eases 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 respecti-
vely. If any bill shall not be retliiled by
the Governor within five days after it
shall have been presented to him, it shall
be a law, in like manner us if he had 81
gned IT, unless the General Assembly, by
adjournment prevent its return ; in which
shall file the sailr, with his objections
thereto, in the office of the Secretary Of
State. and give public notice thereof: other
wise it shall become IL law, as if he had
Signed it. The Secretary ofState shall com
manlcate said objections and bill so ,lepo-
sittd TO the house in which it originated
on the first day of the meeting of the next
General Assembly. who shall act upon the
same rs above provided. The Governor
shall have power to veto one or more items
i'll any bill appropriating money, embra.
cling distinct items, While approving 9TH
or portions of the bill, and the part or
parts OF the bill approved shall Income
law. and the item or items of appromia-
tons Disappeared shall be void. unless re-
passed according to the rules and limita-
IiIIS lrn...rIj,I,1 ta,. Ia. ~ 49,
bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sixty six.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer. whose salary is fixed bv the
constitution. shall be allowed amy fees or
prrquisitcs Of office.
NuMBER TEN.
The ~il'licint power shall be vested in II
supreme court, district courts. and in ms.
tees "f the peace. The district courts shall
have rig,lal jurisdiction in all civil cases
where fine amount in dispute exceeds one
hnn''rt'l dollars, exclusive of interest. In
criminal cases, Md III All probate matters.
their Jurisdiction shall! he unlimited, They
S'fn'! have appellate jurisdiction in civil
suits lr"h' Justices Of the pe;'cr, when the
amount in dispute cActc,ls trH dollars. ey-
]c.nsite oi' interest. The Justices of He pea
''''' '''' ! 'N tL'' 'i'Nt VI = u IL
parrish in t'la manner and with tile quail
iirat!ons to ir determined by the General
Assembly. They sinai! liuid office for The
term "i Two years. and their compensation
shall p tiNc,! Ivy law. Their jurisdiction
III evil eases shall not exceed one hundred
dollars. exclusive q: interest. subject to an
appeal TO the district court in All cases
when the aInuIut in dispute shall exceed
ten dollars, exclusive of interest. They
shall have srcll criminal jurisdiction as
shall he conferred 10y law. The General
Assembly shall have power to vest in the
clerks OF 'le district courts the RIGHT to
grant such orders and do such acts as may
be deemed necessary for the tinthcrnucc
the administration of justice. In all cl-
s"s tine bower thus granted shall be spcci-
tied and determined.
(>tiIkt" ont articles srrrnty-thrce. eighty
five, eightE-siN. cighty-scven. tiyhty-riult,
ninctN-one and onc hundred
;tIu tilIrtN-tlIrrc.)
NiIiNGR ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive IL SALARY of seven thousand
Re! annllm, and the Associate Jus
tIces "t the Supreme Conrt shall each re-
salary of six thousand five hundred
'teiiar> per lnnuml. payable quarterly on
tl.eir oWn warrant.
NtMHEE TW|LNi.
The General Assembly shall divide the
INTO judicial districts. which shall re-
unchanged for four yrarS.aad or.ach
district one Judge, learned in the law. shall
be "lrcte'lhy a plurality nt.fualiiicl electors
thereof. Forcicll district there shall be one
court, except in the parish of Or
III which the General Assembly may
establish rs many district courts aS the rll-
bic Interest may require, MOI to exceed the
number now authorized by existing laws.
except by q two-tiirlS vote of ;rll the menu
bcr> elected to both branches Of the Gene,
Assembly. Until otherwise provided ly
iaM. Tie district c":lrtS now existing in
hit parish OF Orleans shall llavc the inns
mt present conferred hy law: no
FrdiStrietimg or change shall be made so as
take effect during TIE iIcrnhency of
my Judge. The number Of districts in the
shall no, be less than thirty nor mo-
+" than toyty-tivr. The General Assembly
shall provide by law for at least tom terms
annually of the district court in every M
riS:ll. Thc General Assembly stall have 20
Nrr to create circuit courts. to be eonst;tu-
led by grouping the district Judges into
.trcInts. and composing the circuit court of
The Judges OF the district courts within
such "ircnits. To direct the place or ulaccs