The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-02-16

shall receive a salary of $4,000 per
annum, likewise payable.
(Strike out article ~
AMENDMENT EIGHT.
No officer whose salary is fixed ny
| the constitution shall BE- allowed any
fees or perqnjsites of Office.
AMENDMENT NINE.
! The judicial power shall he vested
in Il Supreme Court, 10 district courts
and in justices Of the peace. The
district courts shall have original jn'
risdictjon in all civil cases where the
amount in dispute exceeds 500, ex'
| elusive of interest. In criminal cases
and in all probate matters their ju-
ristliction shall De unlimited. They
shall have appellate Jurisdiction in
civil snits from justices Of the peace
when the amount in dispute exceeds
twenty-five dollars exclusive of in
terest. The justices of the peace
shall be elected by the electors of
each parish in the manner and with
the qualifications to be determined
BY the General Assembly. They
shall hold Office for the term Of two
years and their compensation shall
he fixed by law. This jurisdiction III
! civil cases shall not exceed 500, ex-
elusive of interest, subject to All APP
! peal to the district court in all cases
| when the amount 10 dispute shall eS.
ceed $25, exclusive Of interest. They
sIall have such criminal Jurisdiction
IA shall be conferred Ivy 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 DC deemed
necessary for the furtherauce of the
| administration Of justice. In all
cases the power thus granted shall be
specified and determined.
(Strikc out articles ~, IS, sc, 81,
90, 80, 81 and 1881
AMENDMENT TEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court shall receive a salary Of S7WO
per aDnnm, and the Associate JUS
tees of the Supreme Court shall each
receive a salary Of $G5O0 per aDnum,
payable quarterly on their own war
rants.
AMENDMENT ELEVEN.
The General Assembly shall divide
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 a plurality of qualified electors
| thereof. For each district there shall
| be one district court, except in the
parish of Orleans, in which the Gene.
raj Assembly may establish as many
| district courts as the public interest
may require, not to exceed the rum-
Der now authorized by existing laws,
| except bysa two. thirds vote of all the
members elected to both branches OF
| the General Assembly. Until other
wise provided by law, the district
courts existing in the parish Of Or
| leans shall have the jurisdiction at
| present conferred by law. No reds-
| tricting or change shall be made 80
| as to take effect during the incumben.
! cy IF any judge. The number of dis
tricts 10 the State shall not be less
! than ten nor more than thirty. The
clerks of the district conrts shall be
elected by the qualified voters of
their respective parishes and shall
hold their Office four years.
(Strike out article 3d..
AMENDMENT TWELVE.
Each of the district judges shall
receive a salary, to be fixed by law,
which shall not be less than $500
per annum, payable quarterly on his
own warrant, and which shall not 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 there
| in for the space of two years next
preceding his election. The judges
Of the District Courts shall hold their
Office for the term Of four years.
(St,ikc out article o4.)
AMENDMENT THIRTEENTH.
In order to provide for the estab-
lisI'ment Of the judicial system crea-
ted by the above amendments, and to
prevent the evils of an interregnum,
it is hereby ordained by the people
| of Louisiana:
I. That the General Assembly
which meets the first Monday 10 Jan
nary, 1879, shall, in accordance with
the foregoing amendments, immedi-
ately rc-district the State, and pro-
vide for the authority of clerks and
the election and criminal jurisdiction
of justices of the peace.
2. That as soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the
Governor shall, BY proclamation, call
an election for justices Of the peace
for each parish except the parish of
Orleans, and for district judges and
district attorneys iu each district ere.
ated by the re.districtjne, where one
or more parishes have been added or
taken from the existing judicial dis
trict. This election shall be held on
the same day throughout the State,
which day shall not be less than sixty
nor more than ninety days after the
passage of said act. The terms Of
the officers elected at said election
shall expire at the general election of
1880, and the limitation on the change
of district oftener than once every
four years shall not be considered as
having effect before the general eIcc.
ton of 1880.
8. That the judicial system as es-
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