The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-20
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT TIJEsDAY, AUeOsT y ls7s
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
constitution. shall be allowed any fees or pen
quisites Of Office
NUMBER TEN
The judicial power. shall be vested In q
supreme court, district courts, and In JUS |
tices of the peace. The district courts shall
have original jurisdiction In all CYL cases
hundred dollars, exclusive OF interest, In
criminal cases, and In all probate matters,
their jurisdiction shall be unlimited, They
shall have appellate jurisdiction, n civil SUITS
from justices Of the peace, when the amount ~
in dispute exceeds ten dollars, exclusive OF
| interest. The justices OF the peace shall be
elected by the electors of each parish IN the
manner and with the QUALIFICATIONS TO p f2. ae,
| terinineti by the General Assembly, Ihey
shall hold office for the term OF two years,
and their compensation shall be fixed by law.
Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall not ,ex-
coed one hundred dollars, exclusive OF inter,
est, subject to an appeal to the district court
in all eases when the amount in dispute snail
exceed ten dollars, exclusive OF interest. Ihey
shall have such criminal Jurisdiction as shail
be conferred by law. The General Assembly
shall have power to vest in the clerks OF the
district courts the right to grant such orders
and do 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-siE, eighty-seven, eighty-eight,
eighty nine ninety-one and one hundred ana
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive O. salary Of seven thousand dol.
| lars per annum, and the Associate Justices OF
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 Tor 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,
lish as many district courts as the public IN
terest may REQUIRE not to exceed the number
} now authorized by existing laws, except by,
two-thirds vote of all the members elected t, to
: 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 redistrictlng or change
shall be made SO as to take effect during the
incurnbency of any Judge. The number OF
districts in the State shall not be less than
: thirty nor more than forty-fiye The General
: Assembly shall provide by law for at least >,
}. every parish. The General Assembly shall
I have power to create circuit courts, to be
3 constituted by grouping the district judges
into circuits, and composing me c aa,t
within such circuits, To direct the plae?es
CO courts SO constituted, and to vest said circuit
8, courts with appellate jurisdiction from tne
y district courts within the circuit where the
: amount involved exceeds one hundred dol
= lars (S1OO) exclusive of interest, and does moi
= t, exceed five hundred dollars ($500l exclusive
! interest. The General Assembly shall have
LIZ 80 rYr nTn
: bers elected to both houses to restrict the ap
|; pellate jurisdiction OF the Supreme Court e
!; causes where the amount involved. exceeds
one thousand dollars $4,000 exclusive OF 10
- terest: and in case of such restriction, tn
Is circuit courts so to be created shall have ap
. pellate jurisdiction Of the class OF cases thu
L u excluded from the appellate Jurisdiction 0
l.. the Supreme Court. The clerks OF the dis
: triet courts shall be elected by the quaLlhe,
!, voters of their respective parishes, and shal
y, hold their office for four years.
70 (Strike out article eighty-three)
% NUMBER THIRTEEN.
:, Each Of the district judges shall receive
= salary, to be fixed by law, which, except i
r. the parish of Orleans, shall not be less tina
r. two Thousand dollars, nor more than tnre
1t thousand dollars per annun, payable q'al
~ terlv on his own warrant, and which shall nc
70 be Increased nor diminished during his teri
of office He must be q citizen OF the Unite
States, over the age Of twenty-five years, an
have resided in the State and practiced Ia
!, therein for the space Of two years next pre
" trict courts shall hold their office for the terri
y of four years. In the parish Of Orleans tn
"a annual salary OF the district judges shall nc
10 | exceed five thousand dollars, 10 De pald d
n above provided.
~ ~ Strike out article eighty-four)
j. NUMBER FOURTEEN.
=, In lieu Of the office Of district attorney, O.
~ ~ tablshed by article ninety-two OF the const
IL tuition of 1868, there shall be elected, by th
y qualified voters of each, parish, q state
" attorney therefor, who shall be citizen zen
resident of the State, and q .practicing an
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least tN
years. He shall receive g. salary from IL
y State of not less than three nor more tina
IN seven hundred dollars per annum, TO be pr
r. vided by law upon the basis OF representatit
Is, In the House Of Representatives, and payab
7s quarterly on his own warrant. He shall ]
~ er-offcio attorney Of the parish, and recei,
OF such salary therefrom as may be fixed by Il
70. hundred dollars per annum. lie snail, NOR
no over, receive such fees OF office as may
OF allowed by law. In the city OF New orleal
ny the States attorney shall receive such cor
or, pensation from the city, in addition to Il
as salary above provided, as may be establlsh'
ng BY law. He shall be elected at the same tin
es, with the judges Of the district courts, al
ne shall hold his office for the term OF four veal
M NUMBER FIFTEEN.
or In every case where the. judge may be
cused and when he is not personally int
ested in the matters in condensation, he sh.
select a lawyer, having the necessary quail
en cations required for g. Judge of his court,
ar try try such cases; and the General Assent
shall provide by law for the trial OF tho
cases In which the Judge may be personal
interested, or when he may be absent or
fuses to act.
M '0'ANN0 ~
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment
the iudicial system created by the abo
| nrnoraarooufr and To nrauant the evils of