ed to that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the other house, by which likewise it shall be reconsidered, and if passed by two-thirds of the members elected to that house it shall be a law; but in such cases the votes of both houses shall be taken by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the governor within five days after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law in like inanner as if he had signed it, unless the general assembly, by adjournment, shall prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law.

ART. 74. The governor shall have power to disapprove of any item or items of any bill making appropriations of money, embracing distinct items; and the part or parts of the bill approved shall be law, and the item or items of appropriation disapproved shall be void, unless repassed according to the rules and limitations prescribed for the passage of other bills over the executive veto.

ART. 75. Every order, resolution or vote to which the concurrence of both houses may be necessary, except on a question of adjournment, or on matters of parliamentary proceedings, or an address for the removal from office, shall be presented to the governor, and before it shall take effect be approved by him, or, being disapproved, shall be repassed by two-thirds of the members elected to each house.

ART. 76. The treasurer, auditor, attorney-general and secretary of State shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State for the term of four years; and in case of vacancy caused by death, resignation or permanent absence of either of said officers, the governor shall flll such vacancy by appointment, with the advice and consent of the senate; provided, however, that notwithstanding such appointment, such vacancy shall be filled by election at the next election after the occurrence of the vacancy.

ART. 77. The auditor of public accounts shall receive a salary of two thous and five hundred dollars per annum; the treasurer shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum, and the secretary of State shall receive a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum. Each of the before named officers shall be paid monthly, and no fees or perquisites or other compensation shall be allowed to said officers; provided, that the secretary of State may be allowed fees as may be provided by law for copies and certificates furnished to private persons.

ART. 78. Appropriations for the clerical expenses of the officers named in the preceding article shall specify each item of such appropriations; and shall not exceed in any one year, for the treasurer, the sum of two thousand dollars; for the secretary of State, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, and for the auditor of public accounts, the sum of four thousand dollars

ART. 79. All commissions shall be in the name and by the authority of the State of Louisiana, and shall be sealed with the State seal, signed by the governor and countersigned by the secretary of State.

JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.

ART. 80. The judicial power shall be vested in a supreme court, in courts of appeal. in district courts and in justices of the peace.

ART 81. The supreme court, except in cases hereinafter provided, shall have appellate jurisdiction only, which jurisdiction shall extend to all cases when the matter in dispute or the fund to be distributed, whatever may be the amount therein claimed, shall exceed one thousand dollars, exclusive of interest; to suits for divorce and separation from bed and board, and to all, cases in which the constitutionality or legality of any tax, toll or impost whatever, or of any fine, forfeiture or penalty imposed by a municipal corporation, shall be in contestation, whatever may be the amount thereof; and in such cases the appeal on the law and facts shall be directly from the court in which the case originated to the supreme court; and to criminal cases on questions of law alone, whenever the punishment of death or imprisonment at hard labor may be inflicted, or a fine exceeding three hundred dollars is actually imposed. D. sec. 1913.

ART. 82. The supreme court shall be composed of one chief-justice and four associate justices, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum. The chief-justice and associate justices shall each receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly on their own warrants. They shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The first supreme court to be organized under this constitution shall be appointed as follows: The chief-justice for the term of twelve years; one associate justice for the term of ten years; one for the term of eight years; one for the term of six years; one for the term of four years; and the governor shall designate in the commission of each the term for which sach judge is appointed. In case of death, resignation or removal from office of any of said judges the vacancy shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term of such judge; and upon expiratiou of the term of any of said judges the office shall be filled by appointment for a term of twelve years. They shall be citizens of the United States and of the State, over thirty-five years of age, learned in the law, and shall have practiced law in this State ten years preceding their appointment.

ART. 83. The State shall be divided into four supreme court districts, and the supreme court shall always be composed of judges appointed from said districts. The parishes of Orleans, St. John the Baptist, St. Charles, St. Bernard, Plaquemines and Jefferson shall compose the first district, from which two judges shall be appointed. The parishes of Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Bienville, Claiborne, Union, Lincoln, Jackson, Caldwell, Ouachita, Morehouse, Richland, Franklin, West Cairoll, East Carroll, Madison, Tensas and Catahoula shall compose the second district, from which one judge shall be appointed. The parishes of De Soto, Red River, Winn, Grant, Natchitoches, Sabine, Vernon. Calcasieu, Cameron, Rapides, Avoyelles, Concordia, Pointe Conpée, West Baton Rouge, Iberville, St. Landry, Lafayette and Vermilion shall compose the third district, from which one judge shall be appointed. And the parishes of St. Martin, Iberia, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Lafourche. Assumption, St. James, Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, St Helena, Livingston, Tangipahoa, St. Tammany and Washington shall compose the fourth district, from which one judge shall be appointed.

ART. 84. The supreme court shall hold its sessions in the city of New Orleans from the first Monday in the mouth of November to the end of the month of May in each and every year. The general assembly shall have power to fix the sessions elsewhere during the rest of the year. Until otherwise provided the sessions shall be held as heretofore. They shall appoint their own clerks and remove them at pleasure. D. 1894.

ART. 85. No judgment shall be rendered by the supreme court without the concurrence of three judges. Whenever three menibers cannot concur, in consequence of the recusation of any member or members of the court, the judges not recused shall have authority to call upon any judge or judges of the district courts, whose duty it shall be, when so called upon, to sit in the place of the judge or judges recused, and to aid in the determination of the case.

ART. 86. All judges, by virtue of their office, shall be conservators of the peace throughout the State. The style of all process shall be "the State of Louisiana." All prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the State of Louisiana, and conclude, “against the peace and diguity of the same

ART. 87. The judges of all courts, whenever practicable, shall refer to the law by virtue of which every definitive judgment is rendered; but in all cases they shall adduce the reasons on which their judgment is founded. ART. 88. There shall be a reporter of the decisions of the supreme court, who shall report in full all cases which he may be required to report by law or by the court. He shall publish in the reports the title, numbers and head notes of all cases. decided, whether reported in full or not. In all cases reported in full he shall make a brief statement of the principal points presented and authorities cited by counsel. He shall be appointed by a majority of the court, and hold his office and be removable at their pleasure. His salary shall be fixed by the court, and shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly on his own warrant. D. sec. 3221, 3229.

ART. 89. The supreme court and each of the judges thereof shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus at the instance of all persons in actual custody, in cases where it may have appellate jurisdiction. C. P., art, 792.

ART. 90. The supreme court shall have control and general supervision over all inferior courts. They shall have power to issue writs of certiorari, prohibition, mandamus, quo warranto and other remedial writs.

ART. 91. The general assembly shall provide for appeals from the district courts to the supreme court upon questions of law alone, when the party or parties aggrieved desire only a review of the law.

ART. 92. Except as herein provided no duties or functions shall ever be attached by law to the supreme court, courts of appeal or district courts, or the several judges thereof, but such as are judicial; and the said judges are prohibited from receiving any fees of office or other compensation than their salaries for any official duties performed by them. No judicial powers, except as committing magistrates in criminal cases, shall be conferred on any officers other than those mentioned in this title, except such as may be necessary in towns and cities; and the judicial powers of such officers shall not extend further than the cognizance of cases arising under the police regulations of towns and cities in the State.

ART. 93. The judges of all courts shall be liable to impeachment for crimes and misdemeanors. For any reasonable cause the governor shall remove any of them on the address of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the general assembly. In every case the cause or causes for which such removal may be required shall be stated at length in the address and inserted in the journal of each house.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

ART. 94. There shall be an attorney-general for the State, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State at large every four years. He shall be learned in the law, and shall have actually resided and practiced law as a licensed attorney in the State five years next preceding his elec tion. He shall receive a salary of three thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly on his own warrant.

COURTS OF APPEAL.

ART. 95. The courts of appeal, except in cases hereinafter provided, shall have appellate jurisdiction only, which jurisdiction shall extend to all cases, civil or probate, when the matter in dispute or the funds to be dis tributed shall exceed two hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, and shall not exceed one thousand dollars, exclusive of interest.

ART. 96. The courts of appeal shall be composed of two circuit judges, who shall be elected by the two houses of the general assembly in joint session. The first judges of the courts of appeal under this constitution shall be elected for the following terms: One judge for each court for the term of four years and one judge for the term of eight years. They shall be learned in the law, and shall have resided and practiced law in this State for six years, and shall have been actual residents of the circuit from which they shall be elected for at least two years next preceding their election.

ART. 97. The State, with the exception of the parish of Orleans, shall be divided into five cirenits, from each of which two judges shall be elected. Until otherwise provided by law the parishes of Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Bienville, DeSoto, Red River, Claiborne Union, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Sabine, Jackson, Winn and Caldwell shall compose the first circuit.

The parishes of Ouachita, Richland, Morehouse, West Carroll, Catahoula, Franklin, Madison, East Carroll, Concordia and Tensas shall compose the second circuit.

The parishes of Rapides, Grant, Avoyelles, St. Landry, Vernon, Calcasien, Cameron, Lafayette, Vermilion, St. Martin and Iberia shall compose the third circuit.

The parishes of East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Iberville, East Feliciana, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Livingston, St. Tammany, Washington, Pointe Coupée and West Feliciana shall compose the fourth circuit.

And the parishes of St. Mary, Terrebonne, Ascension, Lafourche, Assump

tion, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Jefferson, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist and St. James shall compose the fifth circuit.

ART. 98. The judges of the courts of appeal, until otherwise provided by law, shall hold two terms annually in each parish composing their respective circuits.

ART. 99. Until otherwise provided by law the terms of the circuit courts of appeal shall be as follows:

First Circuit.

Caddo-First Mondays in January and June.
Bossier-Third Mondays in January and June.
Webster-First Mondays in February and July.
Bienville-Second Mondays in February and July.
Claiborne-Third Mondays in February and July.
Union-First Mondays in March and October.
Lincoln-Second Mondays in March and October.
Jackson-Third Mondays in March and October.
Caldwell-fourth Mondays in March and October.
Winn-First Mondays in April and November.
Natchitoches-Second Mondays in April and November.
Sabine-Fourth Mondays in April and November.
De Soto-First Mondays in May and December.
Red River-Third Mondays in May and December.

Second Circuit.

Onachita-First Mondays in January and June.
Richland-Fourth Mondays in January and June.
Franklin-First Mondays in February and July.
Catahoula-Second Mondays in February and July.
Concordia-Fourth Mondays in February and July.
Tensas-Second Mondays in March and October.
Madison-Fourth Mondays in March and October.
East Carroll-Second Mondays in April and November.
West Carroll-Fourth Mondays in April and November.
Morehouse-First Mondays in May and December.

Third Circuit.

St. Landry-First Mondays in January and June.
Avoyelles-Fourth Mondays in January and June,
Rapides-Second Mondays in February and July.
Grant-Fourth Mondays in February and July.
Vernon-First Mondays in March and October.
Calcasieu-Second Mondays in March and October
Cameron - Fourth Mondays in March and October.
Vermilion-First Mondays in April and November.
Lafayette-Second Moudays in April and November.
Iberia-Fourth Mondays in April and November.
St. Martin-Second Mondays in May and December.

Fourth Circuit.

East Baton Rouge-First Mondays in January and June.
West Baton Rouge-Fourth Mondays in January and June.
Livingston-First Mondays in February and July.
Tangipahoa - Second Mondays in February and July.
St. Tammany-Fourth Mondays in February and July.
Washington - First Mondays in March and October.
St. Helena-Second Mondays in March and October.
East Feliciana-Fourth Mondays in March and October.
West Feliciana-Second Mondays in April and November.
Pointe Coupée-Fourth Mondays in April and November.
Iberville-Second Mondays in May and December.

Fifth Circuit.

St. Mary-First Mondays in January and June.
Terrebonne Third Mondays in January and June.
Assumption-First Mondays in February and July.
Lafourche-Third Mondays in February and July.
St. Charles-First Mondays in March and October.
Jefferson-Second Mondays in March and October.
St. Bernard-Fourth Mondays in March and October.
Plaquemines-First Mondays in April and November.
St. John the Baptist-Second Mondays in April and November.
St. James-Third Mondays in April and November.
Ascension-Second Mondays in May and December.

ART. 100. Whenever the first day of the term shall fall on a legal holiday the court shall begin its sessions on the first legal day thereafter.

ART. 101. Whenever the judges composing the courts of appeal shall concur their judgment shall be final. Whenever there shall be a disagreement the judgment appealed from shall stand affirmed.

ART. 102. All causes on appeal to the courts of appeal shall be tried on the original record, pleadings and evidence in the district court.

ART. 103. The rules of practice regulating appeals to and proceedings in the supreme court shall apply to appeals and proceedings in the courts of appeal, so far as they may be applicable, until otherwise provided by law. ART. 104. The judges of the courts of appeal shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus at the instance of all persons in actual custody, within their respective circuits. They shall also have authority to issue writs of mandamus, prohibition and certiorari, in aid of their appellate jurisdiction.

ART. 105. The judges of the courts of appeal shall each receive a salary of four thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly on their respective warrants. The general assembly shall provide by law for the trial of recused cases in the courts of appeal. D sec. 3190-3195.

ART. 106. The sheriff of the parish in which the sessions of the court are held shall attend in person or by deputy to execute the orders of the court.

District Courts.

ART. 107. The State shall be divided into not less than twenty nor more than thirty judicial districts, the parish of Orleans excepted. D. sec. 1927. ART. 108. Until otherwise provided by law there shall twenty-six districts.

The parish of Caddo shall compose the first district.

The parishes of Bossier, Webster and Bienville shall compose the second district.

The parishes of Claiborne, Union and Lincoln shall compose the third district.

The parishes of Jackson, Winn and Caldwell shall compose the fourth district.

The parishes of Ouachita and Richland shall compose the fifth district. The parishes of Morehouse and West Carroll shall compose the sixth district.

The parishes of Catahoula and Franklin shall compose the seventh district.

The parishes of Madison and East Carroll shall compose the eighth district.

The parishes of Concordia and Tensas shall compose the ninth district. The parishes of De Soto and Red River shall compose the tenth district. The parishes of Natchitoches and Sabine shall compose the eleventh district

The parishes of Rapides, Grant and Avoyelles shall compose the twelfth district.

The parish of St. Landry shall compose the thirteenth district.

The parishes of Vernon, Calcasieu and Cameron shall compose the fourteenth district.

The parishes of Pointe Coupée and West Feliciana shall compose the fifteenth district.