Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-20

unlimited. They shall have appel \
late jurisdiction in civil suits from
justices Of the peace when the
amount in dispute exceeds twenty.
five dollars exclusive of interest.
The justices of the peace shall be
elected by the electors of each par.
ish in the manner and with the quail.
ifications 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 500, exclu-
sive of interest, subject to an appeal
TO the district court in all cases
when the amount in dispute shall
exceed S25, exclusive of interest.
They shall have such criminal juris.
,liction as shall be conferred by law.
The General Assembly shall have
power 10 vest in the clerks Of the
district courts the right to grant
such orders and to do such acts rs
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 70, IS, SO, 81,
S8, 80, 81 and 1881
AMENDMENT TEN.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court shall receive salary Of
$1,000 per annum, and the Associ.
ate Justices of the Supreme Court
shall each receive a salary Of $500
per annum, payable quarterly OH
their own warrants.
AMENDMENT ELEVEN.
The General Assembly shall d..
vide 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 rs many district courts as
the public interest may require, not
to exceed the number now authoriz.
ed by existing laws, except by two.
thirds vote of all the members elect.
ed to both branches of the General
Assembly. Until otherwise prOvid-
ed by law, the district courts exist.
ing in the parish of Orleans shall
have the jurisdiction at present con-
ferred by law. No redistrictiDg or
change shall he made so as to take
effect during the incumbency of any
Judge. The number of districts in
the State shall not be less than ten
nor more than thirty. The clerks
Of the district courts shall be elected
by the qualified voters Of their re.
spective parishes and shall hold
their Office for four years.
(Strike out artitle S3.)
AMENDMENT TWELVE.
Each of the district judges shall
receive a salary, to be fixed by law,
which shall not be less than s250O
per annum, payable quarterly on
his own warrant, and which shall
not be increased nor diminished dur.
ing his term of Office. He must bt
a citizen of the United States, ovel
the age of twenty-five years, and
have resided in the State and prac
ticed law therein for the space OIL
two years next preceding his elec
ton. The judges Of the distric,
courts shall hold their office for the
term of four years.
(Strike out article "a.
AMENDMENT THIRTEEN.
In order to provide for the estab
, lishment of the judicial system ere
J ated by the above amendments, ant
, to prevent the evils Of an interreg
. NUN, il is hereby ordained by thu
people of Louisiana:
! l. That the General Assembl,
which meets the first Monday il
, January, 1879, shall, in accordance
with the foregoing amendments, i'm
= mediately re-district the State, ant
r provide for the authority Of clerk
r and the election and criminal .jnris
= dlction of justices Of the peace.
f .. That as soon as the Legislature
e shall have acted as aforesaid, tn
o Governor shall, by proclamation
! call an election for justices Of tn
r peace for each parish except til
parish of Orleans, and for distrit
Judges and district attorneys in enc
district created by the re-districtinl
y, where one or more parishes ba'
i been added or taken from the exis
n ing judicial district. This electio