The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-09-11
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or ofrany Parish or municipality
granting any extra compensation to
any public officer, agent, or con tractor,
after the service has been rendered
or contracted for; changing any Par
ish seat, or creating new Parishes, 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 q general law can be
made applicable, no local or special
law shall be passed. 'f
| HUMBER SIX.
The Governor shall receive a salary
of seven thousand dollars per annum,
payable quarterly, on his own warrant.
(Strike out article fifty sky ! 5o.4
NUMBER SEVEN. " a5
The Lieutenant Governor shall re-
ceive a salary which shall he double
that of a member of the General
Assembly. i1a .rllg .
(Strike out article fifty -seven.) II, IL
NUMBER EIGHT. esu a' f.
q 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 its jour
nal, ad proceed to reconsider it. IT,,
after such reconsideration, two thirds
of all the members present in that
House shall agree to pass the bill, it
shall DO sent, with the objections, to
the other House, by which it shall like
wise be reeonsidered, aud approved
hy o-thirds of the members present
in that House, it shall be a law. But
in snch cases the vote of both Houses
shall he determined by yeas and nays,
and the names of members voting TO!
or against the bin shall he entered
upon the journal of each House respec-
lively. Ii 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 it lie 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-
lions 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 appropriating
money, embracing distinct items,
while approving other portions of the
bill, and the part or parts of the bill
approved shall become law, and the
item or items of appropriations disap-
proved shall be void, unless repassed
according to the rules and Limitations
prescribed for the passage of other
bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sixty-six.) arf,
f.t :. Z NUMBER NINE. sot 'sa III
No officer, whose salary is fixed by
the Constitution, shalt be allowed any
fees or perquisites of Office. 81 Id
uE ou s.f NUMBER TEN. 4ss 4
The judicial power shall be vested
in supreme court, in district courts,
and in justices of the peace. The dis
trict courts shall have original juris.
diction in all civil cases where the
amount in dispute exceeds one hun.
dred dollars, exclusive of interest. In
criminal cases, aud in alpprobate mas-
tiers, their Jurisdiction shall be unlimi-
ted. They shall have appellate juris.
diction in civil suits from justices of
the peace, when the amount in dispute
exceeds ten dollars, exclusive of in,
terest. The justices of the peace shall
be elected by the electors of each par
ish in the manner and With the quail
fcations to be determined by the Cen
'eral Assembly. They shall hold Office
for the term of two years, and their
compensation shall be fixed by law.
Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall
not exceed one hundred dollars, ex-
elusive of interest, subject to an appeal
to the district court in all cases when
the amount in dispute shall exceed ten
dollars, exclusive of interest. They
shall have such criminal jurisdiction
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 sueh orders and do
such acts as may be deemed necessary
for the furtherance of the administra-
ton ofjustice. In all cases the power
thus granted shall be specified and de-
termined.
(Strike out articles seventy three,
eiglity-fve, eighty-six, eighty -seven,
eighty eight, eighty nine, ninety-one,
and one hundred and thirty three
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court shall receive a salary of seven
thousand dollars per annum, and the
Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court shall each receive salary of six
Ave hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly on their own
warrant. .se-.
Z NUMBER TWELVE. se
The General Assembly shall divide
the State into judicial districts, which
shall remain unchanged for four years,
and for each district one Judge, learned
in the law, shall be elected by plu-