The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-08-31
ice for the term of four years.
NUMBER FIFTEEN,

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select a lawyer, having the neces
sary qualifications required for {
Judge of his court, to try such ca
ses and the General Assembl,
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 refuse:
to act.
(strike out article ninety)
NUMBER NINETEEN.
In order to provide for the es
Enlistment 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
First-That the General As
sembly, which meets the first Mon
day in January, 1879, shall, ir
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 lie
gislature shall have acted as afore
said, the Governor shall by pro
cIamation call an election for jus
tees 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 foI
State eattorneys, 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 linita
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.
TAird-That the judicial system
as established by the constitution
of 1868, shall remain in force TN
til the expiration Of the thirticth
day after said election, excluding
from the computation the day OF
election.
Fourth-The adoption OF these
amendments 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 1865
shall be abrogated.
NUMBER EIGHTEEN.
The Superintendent of Public
Education shall receive a salary
of tl.irty-Gve 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 mechanl
cal trade, mandatory or factory
except snch as may require police
regulations, in towns and cities.
NUMBER TWENTY.
The Legislature is authorized
to exempt from State, municlpa
or parish taxation household
goods, such as furniture, wearing
apparel, tools of trade or profes
sion and family portraits, not ex
ceeding in aggregate value thu
sum of five hundred dollars.
ACT NO. -. EXTRA SESSION
| OF 1878.
NUMBER TWENTY
Strike out the first part of artl
Gle 142 of the constitution OF 1868
which reads: "a university shall
be established and maintained ii
the city of New Orleans. 1t shall
be composed of a law. medica
and a collegiate department, eacl
with appropriate faculties. Th'
General Assembly shall provide
by law for its organization an'
maintenance ;" and insert: eth
university shall be maintained. !
shall be composed of a law, med
ical and an academlcal depart
ment, and such other department