The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-09
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or pe,.-
quisites Of office. r0~

elected by the electors Of each parish In The
manner and with the qualifications to be de-
' tetrinln ,l by the General Assembly. They
snah l. nold Office for the term of two years
= Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall not OK,
ceed 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 ton dollars, exclusive OF interest They
Shell have such criminal jurisdiction as shall
boconferred by law. The General Assembly
snail nave power to vest In the clerks of the
district courts the right to grant such orders
for the furthertnce Of the administration Of
Justice. In oil eases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
:, (Strllke out articles seventy-three, eighty
nVe. elgnty-siX, elghty-seven, eighty-eight.
elghty-ntne, ninety-one and one hundred and
thirty-three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
Shall receive q salary of seven thousand dol
the Supreme Court shall each receive u SALARY
OF six Thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly OH their own warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE
Tho General Assembly shall divide the
State into judicial districts. when shall re-
main unchanged for four years, and for ench
district one judge, learned in the law, shall
pc elected by q plurality Of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall be- one one
district court except In the parish Of Orleans.
in which tho General Assembly may estab,
li l as many district courts as the public in
n Gerest nay require, not to exceed the number
tWo-thifds vote OF oil the members elected to
both branches Of the General Assembly.
until otherwise provided by law, the district
courts !, now existing In the parish of Orleans
snail nave the Jurisdiction ut present con-
1erred by law; no redistricting or change
shall be made so as to take effect during the
incumbency OF any Judge The number of
ul l, In the Stnte shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-five. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for at least
four terms annually OF the district court in
every parish. Tho General Assembly shall
nave power to create circuit courts, to be
into circuits, and composing the circuit
court Of the Judges Of the district courts
within such circuits. To direct the place
or places OF meeting of said circuit
courts with appellate jurisdiction from the
district courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dol |
lars lSloO) exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars {S50O) exclusive of |
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by two-thirds vote Of all the mem
Ders elected to both houses, to restrict the an
p Ls., jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to
causes where the amount involved exceeds
one thousand dollars $4,000 exclusive of in
terest; ana In case of such restriction, the
circuit courts 50 to be created shall have an
pellato jurisdiction of the class Of cases thus
tk &c u rom the appellate Jurisdiction of
trlct courts shall be elected by the qualified
voters of their respective parishes and shall
hold their office for four years.
(otllke out article eghty-three.)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each OF the district judges shall receive O.
salary, TO be fixed by law, which, except in
inc parish OF Orleans, shall not be less than t
Two Thousand dollars, nor more than three
jerly on his own warrant, and which shall not
% increased nor diminished during his term
y Office. He must be O citizen of the United
states, over the age Of twenty-five years, and
herein for the space of two years next pre-
'eding his election The Judges of the dis =
riot courts shall hold their office for the term
u four years. In the parish of Orleans the L
annual salary OF the district Judges shall not
,bove provided. d
(Strike out article eighty-four.l
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the office of district attorney. es-
ablished by article nincty-two of the cOnsti-
ution Of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
y uaillled voters Of each, parish, q States
ttorney therefor, who shall be q citizen OF
he United States, and who shall have been a
esldent OF the State, and @ practicing and
uly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
ears. He shall receive salary from the
tAIe OF NOT less than three nor more than
even hundred dollars per annum, to be pro-
lded by law upon the basis Of representation 81
the House OF Representatives, and payable o.
uarterly on his own warrant. He shall be "
r-2Utc'o attorney OF the parish, and receive tc
1ch salary therefrom as may be fixed bv the n,
arochial authorities, not to exceed seven N
undred dollars per annum He shall. more =, -
yer, receive such fees of office as may be n, AZ
Il, loW t by lay In the city OF, New Orleans I'll
ansation from the city, in addition to the re
lafy above provided, as may be established til
law. lie shall be elected at the same time 20
tn the Judges of the district courts, and -
all hold his office for the term Of four years ..
NUMBER FIFTEEN. W.
In every case where the judge may be re- 70
sed, and when he Is not personally inter In
1ee III tne matters IN fontestaton he shall WI
lions required for a Judge Of his court, to :
such cases; and the General Assembly tn
all provide by law for the trial of those fr,
ses IN which the judge may be personally mr.
5es to act. stl
Strike out article ninety.) or
NUMBER SIXTEEN. ~
n order to provide for the establishment of ~
. judicial system created by the above
lendments, and to prevent the evils Of an TO
'erregnunl, It Is hereby ordained by the an
ople OF Louisiana: to
enst-,That the General Assembly, which pr
'ets the first Monday in January, 1879, shall, I
accordance with the foregoing amend IN
nts Immediately redistrict the State, and al. al
wide for the authority Of clerks and the VII
elton and criminal jurisdiction OF justices cal
the peace ria
'eco'ad-That as soon as the Legislature !,
III have acted as aforesaid, the Governor - -
I'LL by proclamation call an election for JUS
5 s., OF ! the peace for each parish except the
Ish OF Orleans and for district judges. in
h district created by the redfstricting.
ere one or more parishes have been added
AIKEN Ike II from the existing judicial district,
for State attorneys, as above provided,
ept In the parish OF Orleans, where the
5rict attorney for the parish shall be State It Il
orney. This election shall be held on the
Il not be less than sixty nor more than -
ETY. days after the passage Of said act.
terms of the officers elected at said cleo at
snail expire at the general election of
l. and the imitation on fha phancro of I;r