The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-21

z ceeds one hundred dollars (slO(
e exclusive Of interest, and does nc
/ exceed five hundred dollars $500
+ exclusive of interest. The Gen
raj Assembly shall have power, b
a two-thirdo vote of all the men
| bers elected to both houses. to re-
trict the appellate jurisdiction {
: the Supreme Court to cause
where the amount involved exceed
one thousand dollars $1,000 eA
elusive Of interest ; and in case O
| such restriction, the circuit court
so to be created shall have appel
late jurisdiction of the Suprem
Court. The clerks of the distric
courts shall be elected by the qua!
flied voters of their respective par
ishes, and shall hold their office!
for four years.
i (Strike out article eighty-three.
NOMDEh 1HlRI IEEN.
! Each of the district Judges shall
receive a salary, to be fixed by
law, which, except in the parish OF
Orleans, shall not be less than two
thousand dollars, nor more than
three thousand dollars per annum
payable quarterly on his own war
rant, and which shall not be in
creased nor diminished during his
term of Office. He must be a clti.
zen of the United States, over the
age of twenty-five years, and have
resided in the State and practced
law therein for the space Of two
years next preceding his election
The Judges Of the district courts
shall hold their Offices for the term
OF four years. In the parish of
Orleans the annual salary of the
district judges shall not exceed
five thousand dollars, to be paid
as above provided.
(strike out article eighty-four.) }
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the Office of district
attorney, established by article
Einetytwo Of the constitution OF
1868, there shall be elected, by
the qualified voters of each par
ish, a States attorney therefor,
who shall be a citizen of the Uni.
ted States, and who shall have
been a resident of the State, and
a practicing and duly licensed at
torney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive salary
from the State Of not less three
nor more than seven hundred dol
lars per annum, to be provided by
law upon the basis of representa-
tion in the House of Representa-,
tives, and payable quarterly on
his own warrant. He shall be
er-oGciio attorney Of the parish.
and receive such salary therefrom
as may be fixed by the parochial
authorities, not to exceed seven
hundred dollars per annum. He
shall, moreover, receive such fees
of Office as may be allowed by law.
In the city of New Orleans the
States attorney shall receive such
compensation from the city, in ad-
dition to the salary above provi
ded, as may be established by law.
He shall be elected at the same
time with the judges of the dis
trict courts. and shall hold his of.
fee for the tenn of four years.
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the Judge
may be recnsed, and when he is
not personally interested in the
matters in contestation, he shall
select lawyer, having the neces-
sary qualifications required for a
Judge of his court, to try such ca
ses and the General Assembly
shall provide by law for the trial
ot those cases in which the judge
nay be personally interested, or
when he may be absent or refuses
10 act.
Strike out article ninety.)
NUMBER NINETEEN.
In order to provide for the es-
.ablishment of the judicial system
created by the above amendments,
md to prevent the evils of all in
erregnum, it is hereby ordained
~ the people Of Louisiana
Fust-That the General AS
'embly, which meets the first Mon
lay in January, 1879, shall, in
accordance with the foregoing
amendments, Immediately redis-
rict the State, and provide for
he authority of clerks, and the
election and criminal jurisdistion
If justices Of the peace.
Second-That as soon as the Le-
tjSiaturc shall have acted as afOre-