The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-08
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
quisites Of Office
NUMBER FEN.

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tees Of the peace. The district courts shall
have original Jurisdiction In all civil cases
where the, amount IN dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive OF interest In
criminal cases, and In all probate matters
their Jurisdiction shall be unlimited. They
shall have appellate jurisdiction, in civil suits
from Justices OF the peace, when the amount
In dispute exceeds ten dollars, exclusive of
elected by the electors of each parish In the
manner and with the qualifications to be de-
termined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold office for the term of two years,
and their compensation shall be fixed by law.
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
and do such acts as may be deemed necessary
for the furtherance Of the administration Of
| justice In all cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
! (Strike out articles seventy-three, eighty
five, eighty-six, eighty seven, eghty-eight,
eighty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred and
| thirty-three)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
| The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive @ salary of seven Thousand dol
lars per annum, and the Associate Justices OF
| the Supreme Court shall each receive q salary
| OF six Thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly Oh 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 q plurality Of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall DO one
district court, except in the parish Of Orleans.
lish as many district courts as the public in
terest may require not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except bya
two-thirds vote Of all the members elected to
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 redlstricting or change
incumbency of any judge: The number Of
districts In the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-ive. The General
Assembly shall provide by law Ior at ieast
every parish. The General Assembly shall
| have power to create circuit courts, to 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
or places Of meeting of said circuit
courts 50 constituted, and to vest said circuit
courts with appellate jurisdiction from the
district courts within the circuit where the
| amount involved exceeds one hundred dol
| exceed five hundred dollars $500 exclusive of
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by @ two-thirds vote Of all 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 $4,000 exclusive OF in
terest: and In case Of such restriction the
circuit courts SO. to be- created shall have ap-
pellate jurisdiction of the class of cases thus
the Supreme Court. Tie clerks Of the dis
trict 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
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 annum, payable quar-
terly on his own warrant, and which shall not
be increased nor diminished during his term
Of office. He must be citizen of tbs United
States, over the age OF twenty-five " rig, and
have resided In the State and practiced law
therein for the space Of two years next pre-
ceding his election. The judges of the dis
tr1ct courts shall hold their office for the term
OF four years. In the parish of Orleans the
annual salary Of the district judges shall not
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above provided.
(Strike out article eighty-four)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the office Of district attorney, es-
tablished by article nnety-two Of the cOnsti-
tuition of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters Of each parish, q States
attorney therefor, who shall be citizen Of
the United States, and who shall have been q
resident OF the State, and practicing and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive 8 salary from the
State Of not less than three nor more than
seven hundred dollars per annum, 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
e1-ofici0 attorney Of the parish, and receive
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the
parochial authorities, not to exceed seven
hundred dollars per annum. 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 the
salary above provided, as may be established
by law. He shall be elected at the same time
with the judges of the district courts, and
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 In the matters in condensation, he shall
select lawyer, having the necessary qualiti-
try such cases; and the General Assembly
shall provide by law for the trial of those
cases In which the judge may be personally
interested or when he may be absent or re-
fuses to act.
Strike out article ninety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment OF
the judicial system created by the above
amendments, and to prevent the evils of an
interregnum, 1t is hereby ordained by the
people OF Louisiana:
FwstThat the General Assembly, which
meets the first Monday in January, 1879, shall,
in accordance with the foregoing amend
ments, Immediately redistrict the State and
provide for the authority of clerks, and the
election and criminal Jurisdiction Of justices
Of the peace.
Second-That t~s soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
shall by Procamati call an election for jus
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 existing judicial district,
and for State attorneys, as above provided,