St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28

hnuse @ IN Which it originated OH the first day of
the meeting of the next General Assembly,
who shall act upon the same as above pfo'le'eu. a.
The Governor shall have power to veto one or
more items in any bill anproprlarlnG money
d Instinct items, while approving otner
nnrtious Of the bill and the part or parts OF the
xii xii amnroved slall become law, and the item or
items of appropriations dlsapproVed shitii pe
void. unless repassed according tn the rules
and limitations prescliheu Tor 1ne passage VI
OF her bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article slXty-slXD
NUMBER NINE.
No officer whose salary is fixed by the con |
shall be allowed any fees or perQni- |
sites OF o.1;ct
NUMBER TEN.
Th, uhicjal power shall be vested in q su |
prene court. district courts aut III J'lsticts 4'
fhe urare The district courts shall have orr |
-inaI jurisdiction i'll all civil cases WncrG 'hc
amount III dispute exceeds one i'lntr"'t doalS;
exclusive OF Interest III cflii!iiai t'tSTS' h'.i
he unlimited. They shall have app"llat" JurlS-
dlctIon in evil suits from justices of the peace
wien the amount lndlsnte eNcces t'tl ',,',',n
snail be elected by the electors OF elcn PARISH
in the manner and with tie uu;tilfica1i"hs 10 nc
determined by the General Assembly. IhtI
shall rold office for the term OF NV" years. ana
cir colnpeus ,tnE Shall be fixed by law lh'lf
iurisG,ti0n in civil cases shall not exceed one
Hlu1rr;l dollars. cXcluN FC of INTEREST," kHi0tc'
to nu appeal to the district court III al rA>t'H
when the amount i'll dispute shall tNcctI 1"h
dollars, exclusive Of interest. 1hrE shall ilttt
such criminal jurisdiction Us shall he conferred
NV law TIE General Assembly shall have
,i3wer to ,'st il lie clerks OF II" dlstrrt ronElS
s.e ri ht to graut such orders and ito such arlS
- ma , be. deemed necessary for the urhcr"nr
Of the adunist ration Of Justice. In I'LL cases
the power thus granted shall be specified ana
determined.
CStrike o,l1 articles seventy-threc, cighty-tivc.
eight y-siX, cighty-S"Vcn. ciShty-clght, eighty
nine, ninety and one hundred anu thlf'!-
tErteD
NUMBER ELEvEN
The Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court shall
receive a salary of seven thousand dollars per
sullum, and the Associate Justices o! the Su-
prenc Court shall each receive a salary OF SIX
thousand five hundred dollars per anntn' pay
able quarterly on their own warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the State
| into judicial districts which shall remain IN
| one Judge, learned i'll the law, shalt be ctecttd
! by a plurality OF qualified electors thereof. For
| each district there shall he one olstllct COURT
! exccpt in the parish Of Orleans. i'll which the
! General A ScmDly may establish IA many DIS
! trct courts rs the pnblic interest may require,
! not to exceed The number now ;tutLollZt' ny
| existing laws, except by tWo-thiruS Nolr OF
all tl, members elected to both branches OF the
! Geucra Assembly. Until otherwise PROVIDED
| by law, the district courts now existing III me
Parish OF Orleans shall have the jurisdiction at
! present conferred by law; no redistrictln& or
change shall he made so AS to take effect during
! the incllmbency of any judge. the number OF
|
! thirty nor more than forty-tivc. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for at least four
terms annually of the district court in every
! parish. The General Assembly snail nave
nower to create circuit courts. to be constituted
hy grouping the district judges into circuits,
and composing the circuit cOurtof the Judges OF
the district courts within such circuits. To dlfecl
the place or places of meeting OF said rircuit
courts so constituted, and to vest said circuit
| courts with appellate jurisdiction from the dls-
trict courts within the circuit where t lie amount
involved exceeds one hundred dollars $1,000 cX-
elusive of interest, and does not exceed hEe nun
dred dollars $500 exclusive of interest. TheGcn-
eIal Assembly shall have power ny a tWo-Thlf'ts
vote of all the members elected to both houses
to restrict the appellate jurisdiction OF tlle
Supreme Court TO causes where the amount III
yvyri exceeds CHE Thousand dollars iSiWhp 'N-
I)usivr of interest and III case of such rrstrlr-
ton. the circuit courts so 10 he created Hii;i i
have a3pelInte jurisdiction Oi the class OF cases
thus excluded from the appellate jurisdiction
vote of all the members rIe,trd t. both houses
to restrict the appellate Jurisdiction "f the Su
rrrlnt Uurt to causes where He amount III
vowed exceeds one Thousand doiArs (S'm0 eX
elusive of interest; and in case uT such rcstric
| ton the circuit courts 50 to he created sinai
have appellate jurisdiction OF the class OF cast
thus excluded from the 'ppr1Af, Juiisnir'i"h
! Of tie Suprelnr Court. The clerks of tie DIS
trict c0,tl:,s shall be eit"t,,i ny ne uudIlti g
voters of their respective parishes. and sinai
! held their Office Tor four years.
{Siril.t UHt l'irlr eighty 1hrec.i
NJ MBER THIRTEEN.
Iuch of tsp Istiict judas shall receive
saarl to isc fixed hy law. which. rE"t'Nt III tHt
| ra!9sl %; Orleans shall not h" les than i've
1huu$and lu!lhrs, nor mort than rec th"S'ilt
dollars per ;nnr,n, payahle quarterly ON h'
own warrant. and which shall not he Increase
nor dismissed during his term OF office" i'll
must be IA citizen of the United States, nye
the are OF twenty-five years. and have rrSitc'
il; tti 81. .t,. and practirHu law therein Tor tht
space Of two Aetla l4"At preceding his ELECTION
., The judges OF the district courts shal! ho''
thcir office far the term of four years: IN tht
, parish of Orleans the annual salary OF the dls
,rict judges shall not exceed five thousand dol
lars. 10 be paid as above lroVdeh
! tStIiEe uiit article eightV-tor)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
IN lien of the office Of district attorney. rs
tansnctl h. artir!" ninctv-two Of the c"nst:1It
.on f 1868. nc?e sil,.tl n2 elected by the uHaii
: fed voters Of each parish. a States attolnr5
therefor who small be Il citizen oi the Unite
states. an VINO shall have been q resident G
: thc state and a prncticnG and duly li2cnSr'
7 attorney at law. for 1t least two years l!'
shall rCCevn a siarr from the state n1 not le~
than thrI" nor 'nulp than seven hundred doI
l:,rE u J. aunl'l, /" be prov d:d by Ia v upon t
basis nf representation III the House OF Reprr
sentat;vrs, and payable quarterly on his owl
warrant He slaI be q. Ujcjo attorney OF tht
parish, and receive such salary thcrefrom "a
) may be fixed by the parochial authorities, no
9 to 1Xccei seven hundred dollars per annlin
He shall. noIrGEcr, receive such fees OF office
as may he allowed by law. IL tho city of New
Orleans the states attorney shall receive sLci
! compensation from the city, in addition to th
/
by law He shall h." elected ut the same TIM
with the iuhges OF the district courts, and Sh;l
hold his office for the term OF four years.
+ NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the judge ma" he recused
;.ud when he is not personally interested i'll th
matters in contestation, he shall select a law
! yer having the necessary qualifications required
, or a judge of has court, to try such cases; am
the General Assembly shall provide by law TO
) the trial of those cases in which the judge ma.
he personally interested, or when he may b.
absent or refuses to act.
Strike out article ninetyl
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
| In order to provide for the establishment 0
the judicial system created by the above amend
ments, and to prevent the evils of an interrc9
mum, it is hereby ordained by the people o
> Louisiana.
Ftrst-That the General Assembly, whcl
) meets the first Monday in January. 1879, shall
! in accordance with the foregoing amendments
2 Immediately redstrict the State, and provid
for the authority Of clerks, and the election an
criminal jurisdiction of justices of the peace.
iSec0nd-That as soon as the Legislature shal
have acted as aforesaid, the Governor shall b.
proclamation call an e.ection for justices of tn
. peace for each parish, except the parish O
Orleans, and for district judges, in each dstric
> created by the radistricting, where one or NOR
parishes have been added, or taken from tn
existing judicial district, and for State attOl
neys, as above provided, except in the rarisl
of Orleans where the district attorney for tn
y parish shall be State attorney. This election
shall be held on the same day throughout tn
State, which day shall not he less than siXt
:. nor more than ninety days after the passage o
9 eaid act. The terms Of the officers elected a
( said election ehall expire at the general election
of 1880, and the limitation "n the change OF dis
' tricts, oftener than once every four years, sha
: not be considered as having effect before til
r. general election of 1880.
Thir1-That the judicial system, as estal
:. lished by the constitution of 1868 shall renal
in 'orce until the expiration of the thirtiet