Natchitoches spectator., 1868-01-30
Louisiana Convention.

MONDAY, Jan. ~, lCo'.-- !
+ion met at 10 A. NJ, President Taliaferro
in the chair and 60 delegates present.
The President took occasion to stare
that, under the rules, there was no ne
cessity, as was required last SATURDAY,
of sending the Sergeant-at-Ar atter
absent members to vote upon the Soa
article of the Constitution, as amenaea,
making the Judges and Clerks OF the
district Courts elective, instead OF ap- |
4 noiptiye. AS there was quorum pre-
i sent Saturday, there was no reason, le
4 said, why the result of theivote then ia
ken should not be announced. Lit was
) accordingly announced: 80 yeas to ~
4 nays TUproarious applause.1
= The Chair rebuked the members Tor
such demonstration, and reminded them
. that the Convention was ''a delloeratlNe
body, and not circus or theatre. eC
4 The SD article, as adopted, READS as
follows:
p ART. SO. The Legislature shall divide
: the State into judicial districts, winch
a shall remain unchanged for four years
and for each district court one Judge
: Learned in the law, shall be elected py
and for their respective districts by a
plurality of the qualified electors 1or
. 1 members of the General Assembly at
the election thereof next preceding the
expiration of the terms OF the salo
Judges respectively. For each dlstr1ct
there shall be one district court, excepl
in the parish of New Orleans, in which
b the Legislature may establish as many
district courts as the public interest ma!
require. Until otherwise provided there
~ shall be seven district courts for th'
parish of Orleans, to be designated al
follows: The criminal court, the prooat'
- court, the court of appeals from Justices
courts, and the fourth, fifth. sixth AM
seventh district courts. The number o
districts shall not be less than twelv
nor more than twenty. The clerks G
= the district courts shall be elected
the qualified electors of their Severi
districts, and shall hold their Office fe
", four years.
i. under the title of the judiciary Depar
. ment, were adopted, as follows:
ART. S4. Each of said judges shall +
", ceive a salary to be fixed by law, who
shall not be increased or diminished u
4. ring his term of Office, and shall new
- be less than five thousand dollars. L
must be a citizen of the United State
over the age of thirty years, and ha'
lpracticed law for the space of five year
a, the last three years thereof in the Stat
next preceding his election. The ludg
of the District Courts shall hold the
Office for the term of four years.
IA motion TO reconsider the foregol
- - article was tabled
Y. ART. So. The district courts sh
have original jurisdiction in all CT
" cases, not probate, when the amount
dispute exceeds five hundred dolla
-, - exclusive of interest. They shall ha
AN, concurrent jurisdiction with the par
courts, in probate matters, when TIL
AW, exists a contestation, and the amount
La dispute is over five hundred dollars,
elusive of interest. In criminal ca
siness their jurisdiction shall be unlimlt
It and They shall have appellate jurisdict
in civil ordinary suits, when the amo
- in dispute exceeds one hundred doli
exclusive of interest.
ART. &C. For each parish court
Ia. Judge shall be elected by the quail
~ electors of the parish. They rhall
their offices for the term of two ye
They shall receive salary and lee
be provided by law, until otherwise
!. vided. Each parish judge shall rec
rect a salary of one thousand two hunt
ns La dollars per annum, and such fees as
ments, now established by law for clerk
- courts. He shall be citizen OF
}. United States.
TThe Seth article as originally prop
20 provided that the parish judges sh
., be olearned in the law" which wor
will be seen were stricken out.
Co.. A member of the Mississippi cor
tion wants to change the name OF
State, because, as he says, ''she has
$, ed SO badly" How will he manage a