The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-07-27
Y,,1ber Ten.


amount in dispute exceeds ten dollars, ex-
elusive of interest. The justices of the peace
shall be elected by the electors OF each par
ish il, the manner and with the qufliflca-
tions TO be determined by the General AS
sess,bly. They shall hold Office for the term
of two years, and their compensation shall
no fixed by law Their jurisdiction III civil
cases shall not exceed one hundred dollars,
exclusive of interest. 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 and 90
sneh acts as may be deemed necessary for
the fnrtheranee of the administration OF
Justice. In all eases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
Strike out articles seventy three, eighty
five eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty eight.
eighty-nine, nihety-one, and one hundred
and thirty -fhrec.i
Number Eleven.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive salary of seven thousand dof
lars per annurn, and the Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court shall each receive q
salary of six thousand five hundred dollars
per annum, payable quarterly on their own
warrant.
Natnlber Imetce.
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 plurality of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall be one
district court, except in the parish OF orleans,
in which the General Assembly may estalish
as many district courts as tho pnblic inter
est may require, not TO exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by
two-thrds vote of all 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
shall have the jurisdiction at present con-
ferred by law no redistricting or change
shall be made SO as to take effect during the
ineumbeney of any judge. The number OF
districts in the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-five. The Gen
erai Assembly shall provide by law fer at
least four terms annually OF the district
court in every parish. The General Assem-
bly, shall have the power to create circuit
courts, to be constituted, by grouping the
| district Judges into circuits, and composing
the circuit court of the Judge OF the district
courts within such circuits. To direct the
| place or places of meeting of said circuit
courts SO constituted, and to vest said cir
cult courts with appellate jurisdiction from
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| the smomt involved exceeds one hundred
| dollars $4,000 exclusive of interest, and does
/ not exceed five hundred dollars fS50Dl ex-
elusive of interest. The General Assembly
1 shall have power, by a two-thirds vote of all
| the members elected to both houses, to re-
strict the appellate Jurisdiction of the SUI
prenie Court 10 causes where the amount in
1 volyed exceeds one thousand dollars t$1000]
exclusive of interest; and in case of such
restriction, the circuit courts SO TO be Gre
ated shall have appellate jurisdiction of the
/ class of cases thus excluded from the APP
| pellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
i The clerks of the district courts shall be
elected by the qualified voters of their re
spective parishes, and shall hold their offices
! for four years.
Strike out article eighty-tliree1
Nasaber Thirteen.
Each Of the district judges shall receive q
salary, to be fixed by law; which, except il
the parish of Orleans, shall not be less than
| two thousand dollars, nor more than three
| thousand dollars per annuin, payable quar-
terly on his own warrant, and which shall
not be increased nor diminished during hi
term Of office. He must be citizen of thu
| United States, over the age of twenty -tivs
/ wears, and have resided III the State ant
/ practiced law therein for the space of TIVE
] years next preceding his election. I'll,
Judges of the district courts shall hold thei
Office for the term of four years. In the pan
ish of Orleans the annual salary of TIL
district Judges shall not exceed five thou
4 sand dollars, to be paid as above provided.
III Strike out article eighty-four,l
Number Fourteen.
In lieu Of the Office of district attorney
established by article ninety-two of the con
stitution OF 1868, there shall be elected, b.
the qualified voters of each parish, a State
attorney therefor, .who shall be q citizen G
the United States aud who shall have been
resident of the State, and q practieing an,
, dnly licensed attorney at law, for ut leas
, two years He shall receive salary frol
the State of not less thai three or more tina
seven hundred dollars per annum, to i
provided by law upon the basis of repre-
sentatOn in the House of Representatives
: and payable quarterly on his own warran
: He shall lie er-ofieio attorney OF the parisl
/ and receive such salary therefrom as ma
be fixed by the parochial authorities, not
I exceed seven hundred dollars per annun
I He shall, moreover, receive such fees of O
! flee as may be allowed by law. In the eli
of New Orleans the States attorney sha
: receive such compensation from the city,
addition to the salary above provided,
: may be established by law. He shall
elected at the same time with the judges
the district courts, and shall hold his off,
Tor the term of four years.
: Number Fifteen.
In every case where the judge may be i
cnsedl and when he is not personally int
ested in the matters in eontestation, he shs
n select lawyer, having the necessary qua
!. fieation required for a judge Of his court,
try such cases; and the General ASCEND
shall provide by law for the trial Of tho
cases in which the judge may be personal
h interested, or when he may be absent or l
:. fuses to act.