The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-14

; appropriating money, embracin
distinct items. while approvin
other portions of the bill, and tn
}. part or parts of the bill approve
shall become law, and the item O
items Of appropriations disaT
proved shall be void. unless re
passed according to the rules an,
limitations prescribed for the pas
sage of other bills over the Cover
nor's veto.
(otrike out article sixty six)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fxet
by the constitution, shall be allow
ed any fees or perquisltes of Office
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be
vested in a supreme court, distric,
courts, and in justices of the peace
The district courts shall have ori
ginal jurisdiction in all civil cases
where the amount in dispute ex
cceds one hundred dollars, exclu.
slve OF interest. In criminal ca.
ses, and in all probate matters,
their jurisdiction shall be unlimi.
ted. They shall have appellate
jurisdiction, in civil suits from JUS
tices of the peace, when the
amount il dispute exceeds ten dol
lars. exclusive Of interest. The
justices of the peace shall be elect
ed by the electors of each parish
in the manner and with the quail
fications to be determined by the
General Assembly. They shall
hold Office for the term two years,
and their compensation sha III be
fixed by law. Their jurisdiction in
civil cases shall not exceed one
hundred dollars, exclusive of in
terest, subject to an appeal to the
district court in all cases when the
amount in dispute shall not exceed
ten dollars, exclusive of interest.
They shall have such criminal ju-
as shall be conferred by
law. The General Assembly shall
have power to vest in the clerks
Of the district courts the right to
grant such orders and do such acts
as may he deemed necessary for
the fnrtherance Of the administra-
ion Of justice. In all cases the
power thus granted shall be specl.
led and determined.
(Strlke out articles seventy
hree. cighty-five, eighty-six. eigh-
y-seven, eigty eight, eighty-nine,
linety-one and one hundred and
hirty-three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Su-
rene Court shall receive a sala-
y Of seven thousand dollars per
mum, and the Associate Justices
f the Supreme Court shall each
eceive a salary of six thousand
We hundred dollars per annum,
ayable quarterly on their own
'arrant. 8
NUMBER TWELVE. {
The General Assembly shall di
lde the State into judicial dis
lets, which shall remain unchang- {
/ for four years, and for each dis ,
'ict one judge, learned in the law, {
lall be elected bv plurality of
ualified electors thereof. For t
ach district there shall be one t
lstrict court, except in the parish
Orleans, in which the General
ssembly may establish as many
lstrlct courts as the public inter r
1t may require, not to exceed the II
amber now authorized by exist n
g laws, except by a two-thirds S
ote OF all the Members elected to s
9TH branches of the General As i
mbly. Until otherwise provi- s s
ed by law, the district courts S
wv existing in the parish of Or o
ans shall have the jurisdiction at n
'esent conferred by law; no redis- v
citing or change shall be made t.
as to take effect during the in
mbency of any jucge. The num-
n Of districts in the State shall
It be less than thirty nor more t;
an forty-fve. The General As G
mbly shall provide by law for at a
asst four terms annually Of the t,
strict court in every parish. The b
eneral Assembly shall have pow.
to create circuit courts, to be 3,
instituted by grouping the dis d
let judges into circuits. and com a
sing the circuit court of the q
1ges Of the district courts with +,
such circuits. To direct the II
ace or places of meeting of said e]
cult courts so constituted, and oy
vest said circuit courts with an.
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