The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-08-31

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| suifs from justices of the peace, when ttso
| .moupt in dispute exceeds ten dollars, eA-
| elusive eli interest. The justices 81 oee peace
| shall be elected by the electors OF eacii par
| ish in the manner and with the quaiinea-
| tons to be determined by the General AS
sembIv. Thcy shall hold Office for the term
| of two wears, and their compensation snali
| he fxed by law. Their jurisdiction III ciVll
| eases shall not exceed one hundred dollars,
| exclusive of interest, subject to an appear 70
| 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
| Inv law. The General Assembly shall have
| mower to vest in the clerks OF the dlstfict
courts the right TO grant such orders ana 90
| such acts as may be deemed necessary Ior
| tbe fnrtherance of the administration OF
| Justice. In all cases the power thus grahteo
shall be specified and determined.
fStrike ont articles seventy-three, elghtF-
| five eighty-six, eighty-seven, elghty-eighI,
eighty nine, ninety-one, and one huhdfe'
and thirty-three.l
Number EleUen.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
| shall receive salary of seven thousand aoi-
| lars per annum, and the Associate Justlces
| of the Supreme Court shall each receive
salary of six thousand five hundred dollars
] per annum, payable quarterly on their OWN
| warrant.
Number TicetUc.
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
he elected by plurality of qualified electors
tbereof 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 the puDiic inter-
| est NAV reuuire not to exceed the number
| 1aI hra xiafinO laws. aXclDt HT
q two-thirGls 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 rcdistrictng or change
shall be made SO 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 forty-five. The Gen
eral Assembly shall provide by law fer at
least four terms annually OF the district
court i'll 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 judges 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
the district courts within the circuit where
the smount involved exceeds one hundred
dollars $1,000 exclusive OF interest. and does
not exceed five hundred dollars ($5O01 ex-
elusive of interest. The General Assembly
shall have power, by q twO-thirds vote OF all
the members elected to both houses, to re-
strict the appellate Jurisdiction of the SUI
pre,ne Court 10 causes where the amount in
| yolyed exceeds one thousand dollars tSfOO0l
exclusive of interest; and IN case OF such
: | restriction the circuit courts SO to be ere
, ated shall have appellate jurisdiction of the
class of cases thus excluded from the APP
neIlate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
, 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-three.l
Number Thirteen.
Each of the district judges shall receive a
salary, to be fixed by law, which, except i'll
!. the parish of Orleans, shall not be less than
! two thousand dollars, nor more than three
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-:
ferly on his own warrant, and which shall
not be increased nor diminished during his
: term of office. He must he q citizen OF the
: United States, over the age of twenty-five
!, wears. and have resided in the State and
: : pr,cticed law therein for the space OF two
: Years next proceeding his election. The
Z Judges of the district courts shall hold theil
y office for the term of four years. In the par
! ish of Orleans the annual salary of thu
|, district Judges shall not exceed five thou
!. sand dollars, to be paid as above provided.
= Strike out article eighty-four.l
f 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
y attorney therefor, who shall be n citizen O
= the United States aud who shall have been
r resident of the State, and u practicing ant
$ duly licensed attorney at law, for at ieas
a | two wears He shall receive a salary froI
"a the State of not less than three or more tina
,e seven hundred dollars per annum, to b
il provided by law upon the basis of repre-
D. scntation III the House of Representatives
h. and payable quarterly on his own warran
ut He shall Ne er-offci0 attorney of the parisl
i and receive such salary therefrom as ma
TO be fixed by the parochial authorities, not
or exceed seven hundred dollars per annun
I'd He shall, moreover, receive such fees of o
,q fee as may be allowed by law. In the cit
he of New Orleans the States attorney sha
r. receive such compensation from the city,
err addition to the salary above provided,
D. may be established by law He shall
be elected at the same time with the Judges
the district courts, and shall hold his off,
for the term of four years.
of Number Fifteen.
lie In every case where the judge may be +
eused and when he is not personally int
csted in the matters in condensation, he sha
select lawyer, having the necessary qua
u fication required for n Judge of his court,
M try such eases; and the General Ascend
shall provide by law for the trial of tho
cases i'll which the judge may be personal
:, interested, or when he may be absent or !
IN fuses to act.
II; Strike out article ninety.)
hes Nttniber Sixteen.
MS, In order TO provide for the establishme
ch of the judicial system created by the abo
It's amendments, and to prevent the evils IF
II, interregnum it il hereby ordained by t
al people of Louisiana:
all Ffrst-That the General Assembly, viii
lth meets the first Monday in January, Isl
leh shall, in accordance with the foregoi
APP amendments, Immediately redistrict t
es- State, aud provide for the authority
IN clerks, and the election and criminal jur
oe tliction of justices of the peace.
me SecoHd-That as soon as the Lcgislatl
me shall have acted as aforesaid. the Govern
OF shall by proclamation Gull an election
All justices of the peace for each parish, exec
I'VE the parish of Orleans, and for district iudg
70 in each district created by the redistrietiI