The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-09-27
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
quisites Of office.

constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
Quisites OF office.
NUMBER TEH.
The judicial power shall be vested In
supreme court, district courts, and In JUS
tices of the peace. The district courts shall
have original jurisdiction In all civil cases
where the amount In dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive Of interest. In
criminal cases, and in all probate matters,
| their Jurisdiction shall be unlimited, They
shall have appellate jurisdiction, In 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 be de-
termined 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 ex-
ceed one hundred dollars, exclusive Of inter-
est, subject to an appeal to 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
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 al cases the power thus granted
| shall be specified and determined.
| Strike out articles seventy-three, eighty
five, eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight
eighty mine, ninety-one and one hundred and
| thlrty-tnree,)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
| The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
shall receive salary Of seven thousand dol.
lars per ann11m and the Associate Justices ol
| the Supreme Court shall each receive q 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 eact
district one judge learned in the law, shall
be elected by a plurality Of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall be ont
district court, except In the parish Of Orleans
In which the General Assembly may sstab
lish as many district courts as the public In
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws except by c
two thirds vote Of all the members elected tx
both branches OF the General Assembly
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
she1 have the jurisdiction at present con
ferred by law; no redistricting or change
shall be made so as to take effect during tht
lncumbency Of any judge. The number O
districts in the State shall not be less THAI
thirty nor more than forty-five. The Genera
, Assembly shall provide by law for at leas
four terms annually Of the district court il
every parish. The General Assembly shal
!, have power to create circuit courts, to b
oonstit;uted3. by grouping the district Judge
court Of the judges Of the district court
within such circuits. To direct the plao
or places Of meeting of said circui
courts SO constituted, and to vest said circui
courts with appellate jurisdiction from tn
district courts within the circuit where th
amount involved exceeds one hundred dol
, lars (S100) exclusive Of interest, and does no
, exceed five hundred dollars $500 exclusive {
interest. The General Assembly shall hav
power, by @ two"thirds vote Of all the mem
bers elected to both houses to restrict the az
pellate jurisdiction OF the Supreme Court t
causes where the amount involved exceed
one thousand dollars $1,000 exclusive Of il
. terest; and In case Of such restriction, tn
, circuit courts so to be created shall have az
, pellate Jurisdiction Of the class Of cases thu
excluded from the appellate jurisdiction {
, the Supreme Court. The clerks Of the dis
trict courts shall be elected by the qualitie
, voters Of their respective parishes, and sha
! hold their office for four years.
, tStrike out article eighty -three.)
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