The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-24
ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. THURSDAY OCTOBER 1878.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

CONgTITUTlOHALA AMENDMENTS.
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salary which shall DO double that Of q menu
Der Of the General Assembly.
QBtrlko out article Mty~goven.)
NUMBER hight.
Every bill which shall have passed both
houses shall be presented 10 tho Governor; II
be approve 1t, he shall sign 1t; II he does not,
be shall return It, with bis objections, to the
| house In which 1t originated which shall on
TOR the objections at large upon Its journal,
end proceed to reconsider II. II, after such
reconsideration, two~thtrtls OF all the members
present In that house shall agree 10 pass the
Bill it shall be sent, with Tho objections, to The
| other house, by which 1t shall likewise be- re-
considered. and II approved by two.thirds of
the members present In that house, 1t shall be
law, But In such cases the vote Of both
i houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
| and tho names OF members voting for or
against tho bill shall be entered upon the
| Journal Of each house respectively II any bill
| five days after 1t shall have boon presented to
| him, It shall be n law, In like manner rs II he
had signed 1t, unless the General Assembly,
by adjournment. prevent lts return; In which
| case, within thirty days. the Governor shall
| file the same, with his objections thereto, In
! the office Of the Becretary Of State, and give
public notice thereof; otherwise 7 Shall be-
| como law, ms 1.-The had signed 1t. Tho BeCrs-
| lions and bill 50 deposited TO the house In
| which It originated on the first day Of Che
meeting OF tho next General Assembly, who
| shall act upon the same Rs above provided
| The Governor shall have power 10 veto one or
more Items In any bill appropriatlng money
embracing distinct items while approving 9th
Or portions OF the bill and the part or parts Of
| the bill approved shall become lay, and the
| tom or items OF appropriations dlgnpproved
| shali be void unless repassed according TO the
rules and limitations prescribed for the pas
sage Of other bills over The Governors veto,
(3trlke out article sixty-slz)
HUMBER NINE.
| Mo officer, whose salary liz fixed by the
constitution, shall BIO allowed any fees or per~
quisltes OF office.
The judicial power shall be vested In .
supreme court, district courts, and In JUS
uces OF tho peace. The district courts shall
have original jurisdiction In all civil cases
where the amount In dispute ogoeede one
hundred dollars, exclusive OF interest. In
criminal cases, and In Ill probate matters.
their jurisdiction shall be unlimited. They
shall have appellate Jurisdiction, In civil suits
from Justices Of the peace when the amount
! In dispute exceeds ten dollars exclusive Of
interest. The justices Of the peace shall be
| elected by the electors Of each parish In the
manner and with the qualifications to be do
termined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold office for the term Of two years,
Their Jurisdiction In civil cases shall not OK
| COED one hundred dollars, exclusive of inter
est, subject TO an appeal to the district court
In all cases when the amount 10 dispute shhli
| exGesd ten dollars, exclusive OF interest. They
shall have such criminal jurisdiction rs shall
BIZ conferred by law. The General Assembly
shall have power to vest In the clerks Of the
district courts tho right 10 grant suoh orders
for the furtberanoe OF the administration Of
| justice. In all cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
GStrike out articles seventy-three. eighty
five, oighty-sixs eghty-eeven eighty eight,
Gig ty nino, ninety-one and ono hundred and
thirty-three}
| HUMBER HLHvEH.
The Chief Justice OF tho Supreme Court
shall reoelve u salary Of seven Thousand dol
| lars per annum, and the Associate Justices Of
the Supreme Court shall each receve o. salary
OF six thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly on their OWN warrant
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the
State into judicial districts which shall re-
main unchanged for four years, and for each
diatrict ono Judge, learned In the law, shall
be elected by plurality Of qualified electors
district court, except In tho parish Of Orleans,
In which tho General Assembly may estab-
lish rs many district courts as the public in
tereet may require, not to exceed tho number
two-thirds vote of all tho members elected TO
both branches OF the General Assembly
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing In the parish OF Orleans
she1 have the jurisdiction Mt present oon-
ferred by law; no redistrlctlng or change
shall be made so rs to take effect during the
incumbency Of any Judge. The number Of
districts In the State shall not be less than
Assembly shall provide by law for at least
four terms annually Of the district court In
every parrish. The General Assembly shall
have power to create circuit courts, to be
into circuits, and composing the circuit
court Of the Judges Of the district courts
within such circuits, TO direct the place
or places Of meeting Of said circuit
courts 30 constituted, and to vest said circuit
courts with appellate .tursdction from the
district courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds ono hundred dol
lars $500 exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars $500 exclusive of
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by a two-thlrds vote Of al the mem
bers elected TO both houses, to restrict the ap-
pellate jurisdiction OF the Supreme Court to
causes whore the amount involved exceeds
one Thousand dollars $1,000 exclusive Of In.
terest; and In case OF such restriction, the
circuit courts 80 to be created shall have ap-
pellate Jurisdiction OF the class OF cases thus
excluded from the appellate Jurisdiction Oh
the Supreme Court. The clerks Of the dis
Lrict courcs Siihl De electeu by lne QuailHed
voters OF their respective parishes, and shall
hold their Office for four years.
(Btrike out article eighty-three.)
i NUMBER THIRTKEN,
Each Of the district Judges shall receive a
salary, to be fixed by law, which, except In
the parish OF Orleans, shall not be less than
two Thousand dollars, nor more than three
! Thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly Oh his own warrant, and which shall not
be Increased nor diminished during his term
OF office. He must be citizen Of the United
States, over the age OF twenty-five years, and
have resided In the State and practiced law
therein for the space Of two years next pre-.
ceding his election. The judges OF the dis
trict courts shall hold their Office for the term
OF four years. In the parish Of Orleans the
annual salary of the district judges shall not
exceed five thousand dollars, to be paid ae
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