The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-21
TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 81, 1868.
THE RECoN.TRUoT,ox CONVENTIONS.
FoRTY-THIRD DAY.

MONDAY, Jan. 20, 1862.
Convention met at IL A.. M.-Judge Talaferro
presiding; sixty delegates present.
motion by NAPLES, of Orleans stopping pay
ment OF warrant for sll02, issued TO B. Bloom
Held Co., until the matter shall have been acted
upon, was adopted.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The chair rose TO announce that :here had been
no necessity, under the rules. of sending the ser
geant-atafms in quest Of absentees at the pre-
vious session 10 vote upon the article as amended
providing for an elective judiciary. There had
been, he said quorum present, and there was no
reason why. since the vote had been taken, the
result should not be announced. It was accord
ingly so announced. The vote stood 81 yeas TO
IS nays (Uproar and applause.)
The chair rebuked the members who gave vent
70 their enthusiasm, reminding them that this de.
Lucrative body was mot circus or a theater"
The article as amended reads as follows:
ART. 50. The legislature shall divide the Stats
into Judicial districts. which shall remain
changed for four years; and for each district
court one judge, learned in law, shall be elected
by and for their respective districts by a plurality
OF the qualified electors for members of the GEN
eral Assembly. at the election thereof next pre-
cediDg the expiration of the terms of the sald
judges. respectively. For each district there
shall be one 'istrict court; except in the parish
of Orleans, in which the legislature may estab
1ish as many district courts as the public interest
may require. Until otherwise provided there
shall be seven district courts for the parish of Or
leans, 10 be designated as follows: the criminal
court, the probate court, the court of appeals
from Justices courts, and the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
and Seventh ictcOurts. The number of dis
tricts in the State shall not be less than twelve
nor more than twenty. The clerks Of the district
courts shall be elected by the qualified electors of
their several districts, and shall hold their Office
for four years.
ART. s. Each of said judges shall receive a
salary to be fixed by law, which shall not be In.
creased or diminished during his term Of Office
and shall never be less than five thousand dollars
He must be a citizen of the United States over
the age OF thirty years, and have practced law
Tor the space OF five years, the last three years
thereof IN the State. next preceding his election
The judges Of the district court shall hold their
Office for the term of four years.
motion to reconsider the foregoing Article
was laid upon the table.
ART. So. The district courts shall have original
jurisdiction in oil civil cases. not problte, when
the amount 10 dispute exceeds five hundred dol.
lars, exclusive OF interest. They shall have con.
current jurisdiction with the parish courts, in
probate matters, when there exists a contesta-
ton, and the amount in dispute is over five hnu.
dred dollars. exclusive Of interest. In criminal
cases their jurisdiction shall be unlimited. They
shall have appellate jurisdiction in civil ordinary
suits, when the amount in dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive Of interest.
ART. Sc. For each parish court one Judge shall
be elected by the qualified electors of the parrish
They shall hold their Offices for the term of two
years. They shall receive a salary, and fees I,
be provided by law-until otherwise provided
Each parish judge shall receive a salary Of one
thousand two hundred dollars per aunum and
such fees as are now established by law for
clerks OF courts. He shall be q citizen of the
United States. ~ WV
In the seth article, as adopted above. the words
learned ia the law" as originally proposed,
were stricken out.
Pending discussion on further articles proposed.
the convention adjourned till 10 O'Clock A. NJ,
Tuesday.