The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-07
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. |
any public officer, agent, or contractor,
after the service has been rendered

Ism seat, or creating new ParlSheS, eX-
cept by the assent of the majority of
the qualified electors of the Parish, or
Parishes, to be affected; in all other
cases, where general law can be
made applicable, no local or special
law shall be passed.
NUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive a salary
of seven thousand dollars per annum,
payable quarterly, on his own warrant.
Strike out article fifty six.
NUMBER SEVEN.
The Lieutenant Governor shall re-
ceive a salary which shall be double
that of member of the General
Assembly.
Strike out article fifty-seven.)
NUMBER FIGHT.
Every bill which, shall have passed
both houses shall be presented to the
Governor; 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 objections at large upon it's jour
nal, and proceed to reconsider it. If,
after such reconsideration, two.thirds
of all the 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 like
wise be reconsidered, and if approved
by two-thirds of the members present
in that House, it 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 respcc-
lively. If any bill shall not be re-
turned by the Governor within five
days after it shall have been presented
to him, it shall be law, in like man
ner as if he had signed it, unless the
General Assembly, by adjournment,
prevent its 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 there
of; otherwise it shall become a law,
as if he had signed it. The Secretary
of State shall communicate said objec.
tons and bill so deposited 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 as above provided. The
Governor shall have power to veto one
or more items in any bill appropriatine
money, embracing distinct items
Q while approving other portions of the
bill, and the part or parts of the bill
Z, approved shall become law. and tho
item or items of appropriations disap'
i proved shall be void, unless repasset
according to the rules and Limitations
}. prescribed for the passage of Other
bills over the Governors veto.
- (Strike out article sixty six.) -..
}, No officer, whose salary is fixed b,
II the Constitution, shall he allowed an,
IL fees OF perQuisites Of Office. s3-
a The judicial power shall he veste'
d in supreme court, in district courts
It and in justices of the peace. The dis
trict courts shall have original jnris
diction in all civil cases where TIN
amount in, dispute exceeds. one hun
dred dollars, exclusive of interest. Il
>, criminal cases, and in all probate mat
-, - ters, their jurisdiction shall be unlimi
- ted. They shall have appellate juris
- diction in civil suits from justices q
~ the peace, when the amount in disput
y, - exceeds ten dollars, exclusive of in
70 terest. The justices of the peace sha1
~ ~, be elected by the electors of each par
!" ish in the manner and with the quail
~ fcations to be determined by the Gen
y eral Assembly They shall hold offie
70 for the term Of two years, and thei
p compensation shall be fixed by Law
y. Their Jurisdiction in civil cases slla
- - not exceed one hundred dollars, ex
~ elusive of interest, subject to an appei
. 10 to the district court in all cases whe
~ the amount in dispute shall exceed te
~ dollars, exclusive of interest. The
y : shall have such criminal jurisdictio
VI as shall be conferred by law. TIL
~, W General Assembly shall lave power
=. vest in the clerks of the district court
III the right to grant such orders and, d
a. such acts as may be deemed necessar
Is Is for the furtllerance of the admiuistra
III ton ofjustice. In all cases the powt
Of thus granted shall be specified and d.
y termined. Z"
~ (Strike out articles seventy thre'
s. eigllty-fve, eighty six, eighty -seyel
t; eighty. eight, eighty nine, ninety ON
lit and one Hundred and thirty three
Or ~ az" NUMBER FLEvEN. F ss
" Tie Chief Justice of the Supren
Court shall receive salary of seve
thousand dollars per annum, and I'll
n Associate Justices of the Suprem
n Court shall each receive q salary of 81
i'd thousand five hundred dollars per al
r. mum, payable quarterly on their ow
I'd warrant. ct ~ 80
r; NUMBER TWELVE. i2IaG
III The General Assembly shall diyit
VI the State into judicial districts, whie
y shall remain unchanged for four year
rs aud for eacllsdistrict one judge, learne
e 90 10 the law, shall be elected by a pl,
o. rality of qualified electors thereof. F.
y, each district there shall be one distri'
III court, exceptin the parish Of Orlean
- in which the General Assembly may G.
o. tablish as many district courts as I'll
'h public interest may require, not to e.
coed the namber now authorized i
existing laws, except by two.thirt
vote Of all tho members elected
OF both branches of the General Assem-
10 biz. Until otherwise provided by lay
~ the district courts now existing in I'll
70 parish of Orleans shall have the juri
l. diction at present conferred by law; 4