The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-09-05

in dispute exceeds ten dollars, exclusive of
interest. The Justices of the Peace shall be
elected by the electors of each parish in the
manner and with the qualifications to be
determined 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
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 Assem-
bly, 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 futherance of the administration of
justice. In all cases the power thus granted
shall he specified and determined.
Strike out articles seventy three, eighty
five, eighty-six, eighty seven, lightweight,
eighty mine, ninety ono and one hundred and
thirty -three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive q salary of seven thousand dol.
lars per annnm. and the Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court shall each receive salary
num- payable quarterly on their own warrant.
NUMBER rwELvE.
The General Assembly shall divide the State
into judicial districts, which shall remain
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 establish as many
District Courts as the public interest may
require, not to exceed the number now author
lied by existing laws, except by q two-thirds
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 conferred BY
law; no redistrieting or change shall be made
80 as to take effect during the incumbency of
any judge. The number Of districts in the
State shall not be less than thirty nor more
than fort y-five. The General Assembly shall
provide by law for at least four terms annually
of the District Court in every parish. The
General Assembly shall have power to create
Circuit Courts, to be constituted by grouping
The tli trict 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 90 constituted, and to vest said Circuit
Courts with appellate jurisdiction from the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dollars
t$lOO) exclusive of interest. and does not exceed
five hundred dollars $500 exclusive of interest
The General Assembly shall have power, by a
,wO-thirds vote of all the members elected to
both Houses, to restrict the appellate iurisdic
ton of the Supreme Court to causes where the
amount involved exceeds one thousand dollars
$1,000 exclusive of interest; and i'm case of
such restriction, the Circuit Courts so to be
created shall have appellate jurisdiction of the
class of cases thus excluded from the appellate
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The clerks
Of District Courts shall be elected by the
qualified voters of their respective parishes,
and shall hold their Office for four wears
tStrike out article eighty-three.)
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NoMhIn ihihiEEN'
Each of the District Judges shall receive a
salary, to be fixed by law, which, except in the
parish of Orleans, shall net be less than
two Thousand dollars, nor more than three
Thousand dollars per anuum, pay able quarterly
on his own warrant, and which shall not be
increased nor diminished during his term Of
Office. He must be a citizen of the United
States, over the age of twenty-five years, 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 District
sm'i' m ~ aD;s, o1e lur ING Term =,
a. asa y. ~, suo annua
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| NUMBER FOURTEEN.
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astahI;shes ..;ss. Y a,rn &c a ~ To
sss....c " co aIelcle ninety ivy =. sn1 I'm q,
| qualified voters of each parish. a State
Att0rney tnerelor, VINO snail De citlzen q
the Onltea states, ana VINO shall nave been
Iesident On tne state, ana practiclhg ane
duly hGensea attorney az law, lot at least twt
years. ne snail receive salary from the STATE
OF NOT less tnan three nor more than sever
nundrea doIars per annum, 70 pc provided Q.
Jaw M upon observation-disclosures tne oas's ~ represenIatlon IN I'M