The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-09-26
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
quisites Of office. s's N0N'. - p'A
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interest. The justices of the peace shall be
- elected by the electors of each parish In the
manner and with the qualifications to be de-
, termined 7, !, ! by the General Assembly. They
? snail hold office for the term Of two years,
) and their compensation shall be fixed by law.
Their Jurisdiction in civil cases shall not OK
ceed one hundred dollars, exclusive Of inter-
est, subject to on appeal to the district court
: In oil cases when the amount IN dispute shall
| exceed ten dollars, exclusive OF interest. They
shall have such criminal jurisdiction as shall
be conferred by law The General Assembly
snail have power TO vest in the clerks Of the
district courts the right to grant such orders
and 60 such acts as 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 seventy-three eighty
five, eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight,
elghty-nine, ninety -one and one hundred and
thirty-three)
4 NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive a salary Of seven thousand dol
the Supreme Court shall each receive salary
Of six thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum. payable quarterly on their own warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE
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
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thereof. For each district there shall be- one
district court, except In the parish Of Orleans,
ln which the General Assembly may estab.
lish as many district courts as The public In
now authorized by existing laws, except by d
two thirds 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
shsa have the jurisdiction at present con-
fesred by law; no redistricting 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 General
Assembly shall provide by law for et least
four terms annually of the district court In
every parish. The General Assembly shall
have, 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
or places Of meeting ,'of said circuit
| district courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dol
lars (S1oO) exclusive Of interest," and does not
exceed five hundred dollars $500 exclusive of
power, by o two-thirds vote Of all the MEM
bers elected to both houses. to restrict the ap-
pellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court TO
causes where the amount involved exceeds
terest; and In case OF such restriction the
circuit courts SO to be created shall have ap-
pellate Jurisdiction Of the class of cases thus
EXCLUDED e y from the appellate jurisdiction of
trict courts shall be elected by the qualified
voters Of their respective parishes, and shall
hold their office for four years.
lStr1ke out article eighty-threeJ
NUMBER THIRTEEN,
Each Of the district Judges shall receive O.
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 quar-
be Increased nor diminished during his term
Of office. He must be citizen Of the United
States, over the age Of twenty-five years, and
have resided In the State and practiced law
ceding his election. The judges OF the dis
tr1ct courts shall hold their office for the term
OF four years. In the parish Of Orleans the
annual salary OF the district jadges shall not
exceed i've Thousand dollars, to be paid as
above provided.
lStrtke out article eighty-four)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu Of the office Of district attorney, e.
tablished by article ninety-two of the corsti-
tuition Of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters Of each parish, States
attorney therefor, who shall be 8 citizen Of
resident OF the State and q .praeticing and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive a. salary from the
State OF not less than three nor more than
seven hundred dollars per annum, to be pro-
vided by law upon the basis Of representation
In the House Of Representatives, and payable
quarterly on his own warrant. He shall be
eg-Qffcto attorney of the parish, and receive
parochial authorities, not TO exceed seven
hundred dollars per annum. He shall, more
over, receive such fees Of office as may be
allowed by law. In the city of New Orleans
pensation from the city, in addition to the
salary above provided, as may be established
by law. He shall be elected at the same time
with the judges Of the district courts, and
shall hold his office for the term of four years,
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the judge may be re-
cused, and when he is not personally inter-
select lawyer, having, the necessary qualifl-
cations required for a. judge of his court, to {
try such cases; and the General Assembly =
shall provide by law for the trial Of those
cases e IN which the Judge may be, personally
Interested, OF when he may be absent or re-
fuses to act. I
(strike out article ninety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment of
the judicial system created by the above
amendments, and to prevent the evils Of an |
nterregnum, it is hereby ordained by the '
people OF Louisiana: ,
FSrst--That the General Assembly, which E E
meets the first Monday in january, 1879, shall,
n accordance with the foregoing amend
nents, Immediately redistrict the State, and
provide for the authority of clerks, and the
election and criminal jurisdiction Of justices 4
u the peace.
Second-That as soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
shall by proclamation call an election for JUS
ices of the peace for each parish, except the
parish Of Orleans, and for district judges, In
zach district created by the redfstricting,
where one or more parishes have been added,
" taken from the existing judicial district,
Ind for State attorneys, as above provided, :
district attorney for the parish shall be State
attorney. This election shall be held on the
'ame day throughout the State, which day
hall not be less than sixty nor more than