The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-15
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees Or per-
quisites OF office.

elected by the electors Of each parish In the
manner and with the qualifications to be de-
terrnined by the General Assembly. They
shal, hold office f9r the tern Of twq years
Their Jurisdiction IN civil cases shall not OK
coed one hundred dollars, exclusive of inter
est, 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 such orders
for the f1rtherance Of the administration Of
Justice. In al cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined
tstrike out articles seventy three, eighty
five. elghty-s eightyseven, eighty-eight,
eellghty,nlne, ninety-on and one hundred and
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The ChisT Justice OF the Supreme court
shall receive a salary Of seven thousand dol
lars per annum, and the Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court shall each receive salary
of six thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly on their own warrant,
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the
State into judicial districts, which shall re-
main unchanged for four years, and for each
district one Judge, learned In the law, shall
be elected by o plurality Of qualified, electors
thereof. FOr ehG1 district there siIaii % OIIH
district court, except In the parish Of Orleans,
Ia which the General Assembly may estab
fish as many district courts as the public In
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by
tw3thrs vote Of al In the members elected to
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing In the parish Of Orleans
shea have the Jurisdiction ct present con-
ferred by law; no redistricting. or change
shall be made so as to take effect during the
lncumbency Of any. judge: The number Of
districts In the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-tive. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for at least
four terms annually of the district court 10
every parish, The General Assembly shall
havs power 30 create circuit courts, 10 be
constituted by grouping the district judges
into circuits, and composing the circuit
court Of the judges Of the district courts
within such circuits, To direct the place
courts so constituted, and to vest said circuit
courts with appellate jurisdiction from the
district courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds ono hundred dol
exceed five hundred dollars $500 exclusive Of
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by two-thirds vote Of al the mem
bers elected TO both houses, to restrict the ap-
pellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to
causes where the amount involved exceeds
one thousand dollars $1,000 exclusive OF In
terest; and In case of such restriction, the
circuit courts 50 to be created shall have APP
pellate jurisdiction of the class Of cnses thus
f be soe neg G n2 3R s osts u the de
trlct courts shall be- elected by the qualified
voters of their respective parishes, and shall
hold their Office for four years.
Strike out article eighty-three.)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each OF the district Judges shall receive 81
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 aunum, payable guar
terly on his own warrant, and which shall not
be increased nor diminished during his term
Of office. He must be citizen Of the United
States, over the age Of twenty-five years, and
have resided In the State and pracsiced law
ceding his election. The judges Of the dis
tTict courts shall hold their office for the term
OF four years. In the parish Of Orleans tbs
annual salary Of the district judges shall not
exceed five Thousand dollars, to be paid as
above provided.
(Strlke out article eighty-four)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu Of the office Of district attorney, g.
| tabllshed by article ninety-twO Of the constt-
tuition of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters Of each parish, State 8
attorney therefor, who shall be citizen Of
| the United States, and who shall have been q
resident OF the State, and O. practicing and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
| years. He shall receive 81 salary from the
| State Of not less than three nor more than
seven hundred dollars per annup, to be pro
vided by law upon the basis OF representation
| In the House OF Representatives. and payable
quarterly on his own warrant. He shall be
ea-oficio attorney OF the parish, and receive
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the
parochial authorities, not to exceed seven
hundred dollars per annurn. he shall, more
over, receive such fees Of office as may be
allowed by law. In the city of New Orleans
the States attorney shall receive such com
pensation from the city, In addition TO thf
salary above provided So may be established
by law. He shall be elected at the same tins
shall hold his office for the term OF four years
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the Judge may be re-
cused, and when he is not personally inter
ested La the matters Ia contestation, he ehal
select lawyer, having the necessary qualff
cations required for a, judge Of his court, z
try such cases and the General Assembly
cases In which the Judge may be, personally
Interested, or when he may Dc absent or re
fuses to act
(strike out article nlnety.)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment 0
the judicial system created by the abov
amendments, and to prevent the evils OF 81
interregnum, 1t is hereby ordained by tn
people OF Louisiana:
Ffrst-That the General Assembly which
meets the first Monday In January, 1879, shall
In accordance with the foregoing amend
ments, Immediately redistrict the State, an'
provide for the authority Of clerks, and tn
election and criminal Jurisdiction Of justice
Of the peace.
ISecond-That as soon as the Legislator
shall have acted as aforesaid, the GoVerno
shall by proclamation cali an election for jus
tices Of Che peace for each parish, except tn
parish Of Orleans, and for district judges, l.
each district created by the redistrictine
where one or more parishes have been added
or taken from the existing judicial distrlc
and for State attorneys, as above provides
except Ia the parish Of Orleans, where tn
, district attorney for the parish shall be Stat
attorney This election shall be held On tn
Gay eag ban me n W Tnnra tina
! fflnety days after the passage Of said &C
The terms Of the officers elected at said elet
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