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AVOCAT. Abbeville, Louisiane. Dr. W. W. Van PELT, MIedpci Tlectiqne Offre sos services aux habitaots de la paroisme Vermillon. Il traite comme spe oialite toures les maladife des foumnms, tellen que, la leuoborree. fleurs-blanches, etc. Son bureau est a Abbeville. \n\n OFFICIAL JJURNAL OF 11HE PARISH OF VERMILION AND TOWN OF ABBEVILLE. Vol,. XXI. ABkIEVILLE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 188.O S. Official Directory. District Judge. ERIASTE MouToN. District Attorney. J. A. CHARGOos. Clerk of District Court, LAsTI: BuIoussA°D. Representative. ADRIEN NUNEZ. Parish Judge. WtLLIAM RIBBE: Parish Attorocy. W. A. WhiTe. Sheriff. Recorder. L LEO FERRET: Tax-Collector. J. S. Nu a. Police Jury. HOWARD HOFF1AUbt Ocsident, S. W +E, D. 0. oIWlSARD. F. P. LELEU, N. PERRY. Town bouncil. Laoxcic PERRE+, Mayo . LagE BROUssARD, J. ABAD , S. Wiss. J. Bowdc:; Gao. E. Lyons, ('or.stable. Justices of the Peace, 3d, Ward : F. B. PATTEN, W. A. WHITE. Deity. U. S. Surveydi% F. r't.RAY. O1 FICiAti. Toth Qias lisAed E*O Mi 6r the Atbe of Ldittii. OFFIcE) SKCKETAIdI4 STA*I', SkATK o( Itoldb9ANA, NeW Orleans, July 17, 1878. In pursuance of air (11b 147 or the cihstitution of itiii sta te, p.ib licatiUli ih hereby ºivell to the V-o ters of this State of {he propdsed amenilinents to the constitution dt this Stte agreed to by two-thirds ofthd' uIihber8 elected iº bf1Chlitflni9 of the Hedieral AssenhilW At its ýea sion of 1578, and which irc re q ired td be publishes, three months ilbfore the next wbn-.ral election fnii- R.ejresentativ-s to the General Assembly, in at leajt pn'e newspaper ih every pariph of this State, in whlbh a newspaper 'liall be published: Said amendmiuents appear more t'dlly in acts No'3. 73 and 74 of the regular session of the General Aaiflibly of 1878, and in act No. 12 of the extra ges Rion of L~e Genertil Assembly, of !878, ich are U~ficially publiUh edfor e infordifation of the vo ters, add which ' ill be submitted to the pibple a the next general election, to be held on the fifth day .of Novelhber, (next) 1878, in such a manner and form that the peo ple may vote for or against each amendment, separately, and if a majority of the votes t said elec tion shall approve and ratify all or either of said amendments, the same shall becomo a part of the Constitution. WILL. A. STRONG. Secretar± of State. LLSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ACT NO. 73, R. S. OF 187i. NUIfER ONE. That the seat of government shall be established at the city of Baton Rouge or at the city of New Orleans, as the majority of the voters of the State may deter Mine at the next ensuing election; those voting to locate the State capital at Baton Rouge shall in dorse on their tickets. "For State Capital, Baton Rouge; those vo ting to locate the capital at New Orleans shalh indorse on their tiekets, "For State Capital, New Orleans." (Strike out article one hundred and thirty0one.) ACT NO. 74, R. S. OF 1878. NUMBER TWO. Representatives shall he chosen 45 the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, every two tears, and the election shall be copleted in one day. The Gene tal Assembly shall meet on the irst Monday in January, 1879, ad biennally thereafter, on the fist Monday in January, unless a different day be appointed by law, 'ad their sessions shall be held at the seat of government 'f'trike out article seyr zlt.) NUMBxE THREE. After the year 1878 the General Assembly shall not have power to lcvy in any one year for atll State purposes more than one pier cent un taxation, nor shall any collec tion of ihore than one pei' centtiii taxation be made in aiiy one year. on the tActual cash value of all reel and personal property liable to taxation, except in case of a for eign invasion or a domestic insdir i-ection, And in that event any ad ditionii taxation shall only be for the immediate purpose of repelling invasion or suppressing insurrec tion. The city of New Orleans shall not levy or collect in any one eair more than one and one-half per cerittikh taxation on the actual cash value of all the redl and per sonal property liable to taxatiot within its limits. No parish oir municipal corporation, except the city of Neiv Orleans, shill levy di' collect in any one year mare than one per ceritum taxation upon the actual cash value of all the retil and personal property liable to taxation wvithin its limits. The General Assembly shall not have power td issue any bond or pledge tile faith of the state for any purt pdse, nor shall it authorize any parish oir munibipal corporation to issue any bond or create ahi debt; provided thili this shall nob pro hibit tie isiub of new lion's, in exchange for 6l4 bonds, ihiere the debt or rate of interest is not increased. NUMBEIt 1'IiREE. The menihers of the Uenei-l As sembly sll~ill be paid a salafy of five hundred dollars ($500) per session, and actual traveling ex pienses by the nearest practicable route, not to exceed ifty dollars ($50) for any one member ; provi ded. that if two sessions diie held in tle sane year they shall receive for tie sec'ndl session in that year a sailary of'1nt1 two hundred & lifty di5llinrs ($25u) and actual travel ibby expeises by the nearest practi bdble route, nbt to exceed Fifty dol l i-s ($50) hlzr any one member. The regular biennial session shall dot exceed ninety days in duration, uniless by vote of two thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Asseutibly. (Strike out article thirty-nine.) NUMBER IVE. The General Asiembly shall inot pass dny local dr special law changthg the venne in crih'iinal cases. changing tlie manner of per sons lLgitimaating children, vaca ting roids, streets, or alle's, re mnitting fines, penalties, and for feitures, or refunding moneys le gally paid into the treasury; affectidg the estates of minors, or persofs under disability, exemrpt ing pi-operty from taxation, crea ting any monopoly, legaliding the unauthorized or invalId acts of any officer or agent of the state, or of any parish or municipality ; grant ing any extra coinpensatiori to any public officer, agent, or contractor, after thie service has been render ed or contracted for; changing any parish' seat, or creating new parishes, except by the assent of the majority of the qualified elec tors of the parish, or parishes, to be affected ; in all other cases, wheie a general law can be made applicaable, no loeal or special law shall be passed. NUMBER SIX. The Governor shall receive a salary of seven thousand dollars per annum, payable quarterly, on his owins warrant. (Strike out article fifty-six.) NUMBER SEVEN. The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a salary wrhich shall be double that of a member of the General Assembly. (Strike out article fifty-seven. NUMBER EfGHT. Every bill which shall have passed both houses shall be pre sented to the Governor ; it' he ap prove it, lie 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 journal, and proceed to recon sider it. If, after such reconsider tiQD, two-thirds of all the members present in that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall he sent, with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsiderd, and if approved by two-th~irds of :he members present in that house, it shall be a law.- But iii such cases the vote of both houses shall be determined by yeas and hays, arnd the names of the members voting for or against the bill shall be entered upon the jour nal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not le returned by the Governor within five days af ter it shall have been preseltel to him, it shall be a law, jn like man ner as if he had signed it, unless the General Assembly, by adjourn ment, pirevent its retiiin; in which case, within thirty days, the Gov ernor shall file the ame, with his objections thereto, in the office of the Secretary of State, and give public notice thereof ; otherwise it shall become a law, as if he had signed it. The Secretary of State shall communicate said objections and bill so deposited to the houise in which it originated on the first day of the meeting of the next General Assembly, #tho shall act upon the same as above provided. The Goverinor shall have power to veto one ot-'more itetils in any bill appropriating money, embracing distinct items, while approving other portions of the bill, and the part or parts of tile bill approved shall become law, and the item or items of approp-iations disap proved shall be void. unless re passed according to the rules and limitations prescribed for the pas sage of other bills over the Gover nor's veto. (Strike out article sixty six.) NUMBER NINE. No officer, whose salary is fixed by the constitution, shall be allow ed anry fees or perqluiestes of offie. NIJMBER TEN. The judicial power shall be vested in a suprcnie court, district 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 ceeds one hundred dollars, exciu sive of interest. In criminal ca ses, and in sll probate natters, their jurisdiction shall be unlimi ted. They shall have appellate jurisdiction, in civil suits from jus tices of the peace, whied the amount ir. 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 aud with the iquali fications to be determined ly the General Assemblyb. They shall hold ocice for the term two years, and their compensation shall he lixed by law. Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall not exceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of in terest, subject to an appeal lo 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 risdliction 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 furtherance of the administra tion of justice. In all cases the power thus granted shall be speci fied and determined. (Strike out articles seventy three, eighty-five, eighty-six, eight ty-seven, eigty eight, eighty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred and thirty-three.) NUMBER ELEVEN. The Chief Justice of the Su preme Court shall receive a sala ry of seven thousadd dollars per annum, and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court shall each receive a salary of six thousand five hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly on their own warrant. NUMBER TWELVE. The General Assembly shall di vide the State into judicial dis tricts, which shall remain unchang ed for four years, and for each dis trict one judge, learned in the law, shall be elected by a plurality of qualified electors thereof. For u"ah district there shall be one district court, except in the parish of Orleans, in which the General Assembly may establish as many district courts as the public inter est may require, not to exceed the number now authorized by exist ing laws, except by a two-thirds vote of all the thma bers elected to both branches of the General As sembly. Until otherwise provi ded by law, the district courts now existing in the parish of Or leans shall have the jurisdiction at present conferred by law; no redis tr.cting or change shall be made so as to take effect during the is cumbericy of any judge. The num ber of districts ip the State shall not be less than thirty nor more than foity-five. The Geineral As sembly shall provide by law for at least four terms annually of the district court in every parish. The General Assembly shill have pow. er to create circuit courts, to be constituted by groupitg the dis trict judges into circuits. and com posing the circuit court of the judges of the district courts with in such circuits. To direct the place or places of meeting of said circuit courts so constituted, and to vest said circuit couirts with ap pellate jurisdiction from the dis trict courts within the circuit where the amount involved ex ceeds one hundred dollars ($100) exclusive of Interest, and does qot exceed five hundred dollars ($5fi0) exclusive of interest. The Gehe ral Assembly shall have power, by a tiwo-thirds vote of all the mem bers elected to both houses, to res trict the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to causes where the atount involved exceeds one thousand dollars ($1000) ex elusive of interest ; and in case of such restriction, the circuit courts so to be created shall have appel late jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The clerks of the district courts shall be elected by the qual ified voters of their respective par ishes. and shall hold their Sffices for four years. (Strike out article eighty-three.) NUMBER THIRTEEN. 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 quarterly on his own war rant, and which shall not be in creased nor diminished during his ter in df office. lHe must be a citi zen of the United States, over the age of twenty-five years, grid have resided in the State and practiced law therein for the space of two years next preceding his plection. The judges of the district courts shall hold their offices 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 as above provided. (Strike out article eighty-four.) NUMBER FOURTEEN. In lieu of the office of district attorney, established by article ninety-two of the constitution of 1868, there shall be elected, by the qualified voters of each par ish, a State's attorney therefor, who shall be a citizen of the Uni ted States, and who shall have been a resident of the State, and a practicing and duly licensed at torney at laws for at least two years. He shall receive a salary from the State of not less three nor more than seven hundred dol lars per annum, to be provided by law upon the basis of representa tion in the House of Representa tives, and payable quarterly on his own warrant. He shall be ex-ofjcio attorney of the parish, and receive such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the parochial authorities, not to exceed seven hundred dollars per annum. He shall, moreover, receive such fees of office as may be allowed by law. In the city of New Orleans thel State's attorney shall receive such compensation from the city, in ad dition to the salary above provi ded, as may be established by law. 1le shall be elected at the same time with the judges of the dis trict courts, and shall hold his of five for the term of four years. NUMBER FIFTEEN. In every case where the judge may be recused, and when he is not personally interested in the matters in contestation, he shall select a lawyer, having the neces sary qualifications required for a judge of his court, to try such ca ses ; and the General Assembly shall provide by law for the trial of those cases in which the judge may be personally interested, or when he may be absent or refuses to act. (Strike out article ninety.) NUMBER NINETEEN. In order to provide for the es tablishment of the judicial system created by the above amendments, and to prevent the evils of an in terregnumi, it is hereby Ordained by the people of Louisianaa: First-That the Generil As sembly, which meets the firit Mon day in January, 1879, shall, in accordance with the foregoing amendmebts, immediately redis trict the State, and provide for the authbrity of clerks, and the election and cri-iminal jurisdistion of justices of the peace. &Seond-That as sood as the Le gislature shall have aicted as afore said, the Governor shall by pro clamation call an electoii for jus tices of the peace for each parish, except the parish of Orleans, and for district judges, in each district created by the redistricting, where one or more parishes have been added, or taken from the ex isting judicial disti-ict, and for State attorneys, as above provided, except, n the parish of Orleans, where the district attorney for the parish shall be State attorney. This election shall be held on the same day throughout the State, which day shall not be less than sixty nor more ninety days after the passage of said act. The terms of the officers elected at said elec tion shall expire at the general electidn of 1880, and the limita tion on the change of. disiricts, oftener than once every four years, shall not be considered as having effect before the general elegion of 1880. Third-That the judicial system, is established by the constitution of 1868, shall remain in force un til the expiration of the thirtieth day after said election, excluding from the computation the day of election. Fourth-The adoption of these amendments shall not vacate the offices of the present clerks of courts in each parish. NUMBER SEVENTEEN. Article one hundred and thlirty two of the constitution of 1868 shall be abrogated. NUMBER EIGHTEEN. The Superintendent of Public Education shall receive a salary of thirty-five hundred dollars, pay able quarterly on his own war rant. NUMdER NINETEEN. No license tax shall be irnposed by the State, or any parish or mu nicipal authority, on any mnechani cal trade, manufactory or factory, except such as may require police regulations, in towns and cities. NUMBER TWENTY. * The Legislature is authorized to exempt from State, municipal or parish taxatioa household goods, such as furniture, wearing apparel, tools of trade or profes sion and family portraits, not ex ceeding in aggregate value the sum of five hundred dollars. ACT NO. 12, EXTRA SESSION OF 1878. NUMBER TWENTY ONE. Strike out the first part of arti cle 142 of the constitution of 1868, which reads: "A university shall be established and maintained in the city of New Orleans. It shall be comnposoe of a law, a medical and a collegiate department, each with appropriate faculties. The General Assembly shall provide by law for its organization and maintenance;" and insert: "The university shall be maintained. It shall be composed of a law, a med ical and an academical depart ment, and such other departments as may be established by law, each with appropriate faculties ; provi. ded, that the law and medical de partments already organized shall continue in the city of New Or leans, and the academiical anm other depart u ents may be located elsewhere in the State. aug3 '78. NOTICE. UNIED S'ATES. CQNSOLTDATED LAND OFFICE, New Orleans. PYompa ints aving been entered at this office by Octave Toups, of the parish of ermilion, Louisiana; against Mrs. . A. J. Spears of the same parisii and State, for abandoging.her elo uestead Entry, No. 3676; ted April 12th 1873, upon the Nio heaat quarter of Sec tion 15, T. 2. 2 4 east, South, western ,Distrjct, Louisiana, in the parish of grjnilton,. with a view to the cancelIlktion of said Entry. The said parties are hereby sum moned to appear, personnally, or by ,attorn y, at the office of the Clerk of the 16th Judicial District Court; for thie parish of Vermilion, Louisiana, on Monday, 2d day of September 1878, to furnish testi mony in said alleged abandon ment. The said parties are also notified that Monday, 9th day of September 1$78, t 10 o'clock A. t., has been fixed for the trial of said contest, at this office, at which time and place said parties can at tend in person or by attorney, W. M. BURWELL, Register. GEO. BALDEY Receiver. Ang. 3d 1878 DOBBINS' ELECTRIC SOAP. Having obtained the agency of this celebrated soap fog Abbeyillo and vicinity, I appenj the opin ion of some of our best people as to its merits. We have beet Using for the last 3 months the Dobbins' Electric soap. made by I. L. Cranin & Co Philadelphia Pa., and find that it washes and cleans the clothes more rapidly and more thoroughly end is ir the end cheaper than, any other soap we have ever used in our family. We can heartily FecomT mend it and a single trial will. convince all of the correctness of our assertions. Wx. MOUTON. E. I. ADDISON, ARCHIE YOuNG. A. LACOUR. I desire all my friends and cu tomers to give this splendid, soap one trial so, they may know jpst how good the best soap in the U. S. is. Give it a trial, aid I am sure you will use no other. A. D. MARTIN, Abbeville, La. Sole Agent. NOTICE.-Aoplicants for certifi cates of qualification as school teachers are hereby notified that the Committee appointed by the parish School Board for the ex amination of teachers, will meet at the Courthouse, on Saturday, the 17th. of August next. R. Sagrera, J. N. Williams. Secty. Presdt. Wm. M1OUTON, Attorney at Law, Abbeville........... Louisiana, a. C. 5KDIES, Attorney at Law SnEdIour7 iablio. A bbeville, Louisiana. U. H. MouToN, CONRAD DNBaILox Miouton & DelaRion, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Vermilionville. Louisiana. $66 a week in your own town. $5 $66 outfit free. No rsik. Reader, if you want a business at which persons of either sex can make urevr psy all the time they work. write for particulars to H. IIALLET and Co.. Portland, Maine.