The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-18
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
quisites of Office

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 10 civil cases shall not ex-
coed 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
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.
fStrike out articles seventy-three, eighty
five, eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight,
eighty~nine, ninety-One and one hundred and
thirty-three)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive @ salary OF seven Thousand dol
lars per annum, and the Associate Justices OF
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 each
district one Judge learned in the law, shall
be elected by plurality Of qualified, ;, electors
thereof. For each district there shall be one
w.
In which the General Assembly may estab-
lish as many district courts BE- the public in
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by
both branches of the General Assembly.
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
courtg now existing In the parish Of Orleans
shea have the Jurisdiction at present con-
ferred by law; no redistrictIng, or change
shall be made so as to take effect during the
incumbehcy 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 at least
four terms ANNUALLY ga Of the district eourE II
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
courts SO constituted and to vest said circuit
courts with appellate jurisdiction from the
district courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dol
exceed five hundred dollars $500 exclusive Of
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by q 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
one thousand dollars $4,000 exclusive OF In
| terest; and In case Of such restriction, the
circuit courts 80 to be created shall have ap-
pellate jurisdiction of the class OF cases thus
| the Supreme Court. The clerks OF the dis
trict courts shall be elected by the qualified
voters Of their respective parishes, and shall
| hold their Office for four years.
| (Strike out article eighty-three.)
NUMBER THIRTEEN,
! Each of the district judges shall receive a
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-
terly on his own warrant, and which shall not
be increased nor diminished during his term
of office. He must be q citizen Of the United
States, over the age Of twenty-five years, and
have resided in the State and practiced law
therein for the space Of two years next pre-
ceding his election. The judges Of the dis
trict courts shall hold their office for the term
of four years. In the parish Of Orleans the
annual salary Of the district judges shall not
exceed five. thousand dollars, to be paid as
(strike out article eighty-four)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu Of the office Of district attorney, 90.
tablshed by article ninety-two OF the constl,
tuition of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters Of each parish, a States
attorney therefor, who shall be citizen o.
the United States, and who, shall have been g
Lula,
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least tWt
years. He shall receive O. salary from the
State of not less than three nor more thar
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 b'
eg-o6fcio attorney of the parish, and receive
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by tn
parochial authorities, not to exceed sever
hundred dollars per annum. He shall, more
over, receive such fees of Office as may b.
allowed by law. In the city of New Orlean
the States attorney shall receive such com
pensation from the city, In addition to tn
salary above provided, as may be established
by law. He shall be- elected at the same tim
with the judges Of the district courts, ant
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 1s not personally inter
e5ted In the matters In condensation, he shal
select q lawyer, having, the necessary qual1f
cations required snd edge o MS G coag
shall provide by law for the trial OF thos
cases In which the Judge may be, PERSONAL
interested, or when he may be absent or re
, fuses to act.
(Strike out article ninety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment {
the judicial system created by the, aboV
amendments, and to prevent the evils Of q
interregnum, 1t Is hereby ordained by til
l people OF Louisiana:
, Ftrst-That the General Assembly, whic
. meets the first Monday In January, 1879, shall
: In accordance with the foregoing anent
!, mentg, Immediately redistriet the State, an
4 provide for the authority Of clerks, and tn
. election and criminal Jurisdiction OF justice
. . of the peace.
9 Second-That as soon as the Legislatu1
: shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governt
q shall by proclamation call an election for ju
= tees Of the peace for each parish, except tx
Il parish Of Orleans, and for district judges,
;, each district created by the redistrictinI
q where one or more parishes have been adde
Il or taken from the existing judicial distrlc
\ except in the parish OF Orleans, where Il
- attorney. This election shall be held on t.
!, same day throughout the State, which d
y shall not be less than sixty nor more ths
Il Il ninety days after the passage Of said &C
u. II The terms Of the officers elected at said ele