The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1878-09-21

years. In the parish of Orleans the annua
salary OF the district judges shall not ey
ceed five thousand dollars, to be paid a!
| above provided
lStrike out article eighty four.
| NUMBER FOURTEEN.
| In lieu of the office of district attorney
established by article ninety-two Of the cor
| st1tutlon of 1863 there shall be selected. h,
he qualified voters of each parish. State.
| attorney therefore. who shall be citizen o.
the United States, and who shall have beer
resident of the state, and practicine
ana licensed attorney at law. for at leas1
| two Years. He shall receive salary from
the State OF n"t less than three nor more
! than seven hundred dollrrs per annum. tc
| he provided by law upon the basis of pre-
resentation in the House of Representa
tlves, and payable quarterly on his OWL
warrant. He shall be er-0firio attorney OF
| the parish, and receive such salary there.
| from as may be fixed by the parochial au
thoritics. not to exceed seven hundred dol
lars per annum. He shall, moreover, re
celve such fees of Office as may be allowed
by law. In the city of New Orleans the
States attorney shall receive such comDen.
5ation from the city, in addition to the
salary above provided, as NAV be establish.
ed by law. He shall he elected at the same
time with the judges of the district courts.
and shall hold his Office for the term of
iOur years.
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where Il he jul ee NAV be re
cused, and when he is not personally inter
ested III the matters IN contestatiop. he
shall select laMyer, having the neceS sary
qualifications required tor judge of his
court, to try such cases !; and the General
Assembly shall provide by law for the tria
OF those cases in which the Judge NAV be
personally interested, or when he NAV he
Il ausent OF refuses to act.
t>trik9 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
interregnum, it is hereby ordained by tha
people of Louisiana;
Fifst-That the General Assembly. which
meets the first Monday in January. 1879.
snail. Ill accordance with the foregoing
amendments, Immediately redistrict tho
State. aud provide for the authority of
clerks. and the election and criminal iur-
lsdlctlon OF justices OF the peace.
Second-Ihat as soon IA the Legislature
snail 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 iudp.
es, in each district created by the redistrict
ing, where ore or more parishes have been
added, or taken from tla existing judicial
district, and for State attorneys, as above
provided. except i'll the parish of Orleans.
where the district attorney for the parish
shall be State attorney. 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 a tter the
passage of said act. The terms of the off
GERS elected at said election shall expire at
the general election of 1880, and the Iimita
ton on the change of districts, oftener
than once every four years, shall not be
considered as having effect before the gene
raj election of 1880,
1hnd-That the judicial system, as es-
tablished by the constitution of 1868, shall
remain in force until the expiration of the
thirfieth day after said election, excluding
from the computation the day of the cleo
ton.
FourA-The adoption of these amend
ments shall not vacate the offices of the
present clerks OF courts i'll each parish.
NUMBER SEVENTEEN
Article one hundred and thirty-two of the
constitution of 1868 shall be abrogated.
NUMBER EIGHTEEN.
The Superintendent of Public Education
shall receive Il salary of thirty-five hundred
dollars, payable vuarterly on his own war
rant.
NUMBER NINETEEN.
No license tax shall be imposed by the
State, or any parish or municipal authority
on any mechanical trade, manufactory or
factory, except such as may require police
ras 1atIr tnu n,,A at
NUMBER TWENTY.
The Legislature is authorized to exempt
from State, municipal or parish taxation
household goods, such as furniture, wear
ing apparel, tools Of trade or profession and
family portraits, not exceeding in aggre
gate value the sum of five hundred dollars.
ACT NO. 70. EXTRA SESSION OF 1873
NUMBER TwENTY-oNE.
Strike out the first part of article l42 of
the constitution of 1868. which reads "a
university shall be established and main
tanned in the city of New Orleans. It shall
be composed of d law, a medical and a col
legiate department. each with appropriate
faculties. The General Assembly shall pro.
vide by law Tor its organization and main
tenance :" and insert: ''The university
shall be maintained. 1t shall be composed
of a law, a medical and an academical de-
partment, and such other departments as
may be established by law, each with ap-
propriate faculties; procded that the law
and medical departments already organized
shall continue in the city of New OrleI $,
and,the ac;,lemical and other departments
may be located elsewhere i'll the State"
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
18th. Judicial District Court, Parish of La