The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-08-31

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while approving other PORTIONS OF tine
bill, and the part or parts o. the "'''
approved shall mronr law. aud the
KEN or iruuS Of appropriations d'>Ar- !
proved shall hr void. unless rcpa>>'d
according t" the rules and Limitations
prescribed for the passage Of "1hrr hHs
over the Governor veto.
(Strikc out article SiXty>SiS.(
NUMBER NINE.
No officer. whose salary Is fixed by
the constitution. shall he allowed ANY
fees or prrYnisi'cs Of office.
NUMBER TEN. |
Iii, judicial power SHALL he vested IN
q supreme court. district courts, and IN
justices OF the peace. The district !
courts shall have original jurisdiction III
all civil cases where the amount IN d!s>
pu,c exceeds one hundred dollars, rx>
elusive Of interest. In criminal cases.
/ and in all probate matters, their |nrI>>
diction shall BE- unlimited. They shall
havr appreciate jurisdiction, in civtl ;u!ts
from justices Of the peace, whru tie
amount in dispute exceeds ten dollars.
exclusive of interest. The Justices OF
the rvarc shall be elected by the electors
of each parish in the manner aud with
the qualifications I" be drtrrm'n'" 'y
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 eases shall not
exceed ouc hundred dollars, exclusive OF
interest, subject to All appeal to the dis
trrt cunrt in all eases when the amount
in dispute shall exceed ten dollars, cN>
elusive Of interest. They shall have
such criminal jurisdiction as shall he
conferred by law. The General ASsem'
bly, shall have power to vest III tie
clerks Of the district courts the right t."
grant such orders aud Ito such acts rs
may BE- deemed necessary for the tur>
therance of the administration of ju>s
tice. In all cases the power thus grants
ed shall be specified and determined.
[Strke out articles seventy>three,
eighty~hve, elghtyssix, eighty>seven,
6 lightweight, eighty~niue, nincty>"ne
and one hundred and thirtysthree.
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme
G Court shall receive a salary of seven
. thousand dollars per aunum, and the
r Associate Justices of the Supreme Count
V shah each receive !, salary OF six th"n>
II sand Ave hundred dollars per annnn
: payable quarterly on their own wars
i rant.
2 NUMBER. TWELVE.
: The General Assembly shall divide thu
e State into jadical districts, which shall
~ remain unchanged for tonr years. ant
y for each district one judge, learned il
the law, shall be elected Ivy plurality
y of qualified electors thereof. For racl
}. district there shall be one district court
q except in the parish of Orleans, i'll whicI
# the General Assembly may establish a
many district courts as the public inter
est may require, not I" exceed the mum
: Der now authorized ny existing laws, ex
cept by a two-thrds vote of all TIN
l. members elected to both branches of tn
|. General Assembly. Until otherw ises pro
ut videA hy law, the district courts nov
=. existing in the parish of Orlcan> shall
~ have the jurisdiction at present confer
=. red by law !; no rt'li,trctlng or chang
shall be made so as to take effect dnrin
/" the incumbcncy of any Judge. III
'e number Of districts in the State shall no
OF be less than thirty nor more than forty
D. five. The General Assembly shall pre-
ne vide by law for at l'aSt fonr terms al
cd nually of the district court in every par
~ ish. T'ho General Assembly shall hav
n, power to create circuit courts, to be COZ
81 stituted by grouping the district indge
= into circuits, and composing the cirrn
rs court Of the Judges of the district court
al within such circuits. To direct the plac
or places of meeting OF said circuit court
so constituted, and to vest said circu
courts with appellate jurisdiction tr"1
q. the district courts within the circn
Y where the amount involved exceeds or
80. hundred dollars ($1Oo) exclusive of il
ho terest, and does not exceed five hundre
n he dollars (S5OO) exclusive of interest. TT
nc General Assembly shall have power, /
~ two.thirds vote Of all tile memhe
@ elected to both, houses, Ito restrict II
ps,- appellate Jurisdiction Of the Snprrn
ITO { ourt to causes where the amount invol
of ed exceeds one thousand dollars (S!0N
X exclusive of interest; and in case
>, such restriction, the circuit courts so
y" be created shall have appellate ,iuris,li
~ ,ion of the class of cases thus exclude
;;e e, from tho appellate jurisdiction Of Il
ISM Supreme Court The clerks of the d
ira trict courts shall be elected by the QUA
ut, fed voters OF. their respective parish,
zen and shah hold their office for four ycal
ing [Strikc. eut asticle eighty -thres,] .,
-, e&.~G. y II ~. A-~s- .'~~ - -
81; ST., NUMBER THIRTEEN e
sh, Each of the district judges shall
ber ceive salary. to 6c fixed BY law, whit
.3a except in the parish of Orleans. shall n
'U ~ be less than tw" thousand dollars. Il
'a'l more than three thousand dollars per a
mum, payable quarterly on bis own ";
-~ rant, and which shall not he Increased /
diminished during his term of Office.