The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-08-24
ice for the term of four years.
NUMBER FIFTEEN.

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matters in contestation, he shall
select a lawyer, having the neces
sary qualifications required for g
judge Of his court, to try such ca
ses and the General Assembly
shall provide by law for the tria
OF those cases in which the Judge
may be personally interested, o,
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.
terregnum, it is hereby ordained
by the people Of Louisiana:
Fsrst-That the General As.
sembly, which meets the first Mon.
day in January, 1879, shall, in
accordance with the foregoing
amendments, Immediately redis-
trict the State, and provide for
the authority of clerks, and the
election and criminal jurisdistion
Of justices Of the peace.
Second-That as soon as the Le-
gislature shall have acted as afore-
said, the Governor shall by pro-
clamation call an election 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 district, and for
State attorneys, as above provided,
except in 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.
ton shall expire at the general
election Of 1880, and the limita
ton on the change of districts,
oftener than once every four years,
shall not be considered as having
effect before the general election
of 1880.
Third-That the judicial system,
as established by the constitution
of 1868, shall remain il force un.
til the expiration of the thirtietb
day after said election, excluding
from the computation the day of
election.
Fourth-The adoption OF these
shall not vacate the
Offices of the present clerks of
courts in each parish.
NUMBER SEVENTEEN.
Article one hundred and thirty.
two of the constitution of 1868
shall be abrogated.
NUMBER EIGHTEEN.
The Superintendent of Public
Education shall receive q salary
of tLirty-6ve hundred dollars, pay
able quarterly on his own war
rant.
NUMBER NINETEEN.
No license tax shall be imposed
by the State, or any parish or mu.,
nicipal authority, on any mechani'
cal trade, mandatory 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 taxation household
goods, such as furniture, wearing
tools Of trade or profes.
sion and family portraits, not ex'
ceediDg in aggregate value the
sum of FIVE hundred dollars.
ACT NO. IL, EXTRA SESSION
OF 1878.
NUMBER TWENTY ONE.
Strike out the first part of arti.
Gle l42 of the constitution of 1868,
which reads "a university shall
be established and maintained in
the city of New Orleans. 1t shall
be composed of a law, a medical
and 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. 1t
shall be composed of a law, a med
ical and an academical depart
mont ond such other Naoa rtmentsl