The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-26
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
uuistes Of office.
NUMBER TEN.

supreme court, district courts, and in JUS
tces Of the peace. The district courts shall
have original Jurisdiction In oil civil cases
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
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 pc &C.
termined by the General Assembly. They |
and their compensation shah be liked by law. |
Their jurisdiction In civil cases shall not ex- |
coed one hundred dollars, exclusive Of inter- |
est, subject to an appeal to the dIstriC5 cCuTG |
in all cases when the amount IN dispute shall
exceed ten dollars, exclusive OF interest. They |
shall have such criminal jurisdiction as shall
be conferred by baw. The General Assembly
shall have power to vest In the clerks Of the
and do such acts as may be deemed necessary
for the furtherance Of the administration OF
justice. In all cases the power th1s granted
shall be specified and determined.
(Strke out articles seventy-thres, eighty
five, eiglhty-six, eighty-seven, eight5y-elghti
eighty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred and
thirty-threeD
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
shall receive q salary Of seven Thousand dol.
the Supreme Court shall each receive 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 Ct,
district one Judge, learned In the law, shall
be elected by q plurality Of qualified electors
thereof For each district there shall be one
district court, except IN the parish OF Orleans,
In which the General Assembly may. estab-
fish as many district courts as the public In
now authorized by existing laws except bya
two-t thirds vote of all the members elected to
both branches of the General Assembly.
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing In the parish OF Orleans
shall have the jurisdiction at present con-
ferred by law; no redistricting or change
shall be made SO as to take effect during the
| incumbency of any Judge: The number OF
districts in the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than fo1ty-hve. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for at least
four terms annually Of the district court Ia
| every parish. The General Assembly shall
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
within such circuits. To direct the place
or places of meeting of said circuit
courts so constituted, and to vest said circuit
|
district courts within the circait where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dol
| lars (S100) exclusive OF interest and does not
exceed five hundred dollars ($500) exclusive OF
| power, by O. 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 so 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 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-,
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 pro
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 moi
exceed five thousand dollars, to be paid az
/ above provided.
(Strike out article eighty-four)
: NUMBER FOURTEEN.
, In lieu of the office of district attorney, es
; tablished by article ninety-two OF the consti
tuition of 1868, there shall be elected, by tn
qualified voters of each parish, State
} attorney therefor who shall be citizen o
the United States, and who shall have been
resident Of the State, and q .practlclng AM
Il, epI nj nr ut Low
years. He shall receive a salary from tn
7 State of not less than three nor more thai
4 seven hundred dollars per annum, TO be pro
: vde(P by law upon the basis Of Representative
, in the House Of Representatives, and payabl
, quarterly On, his own warrant. He shall b
J, er-Ofci0 attorney Of the parish, and racelV
j. such salary therefrom as may be fixed by til
r parochial authorities, not to exceed sevel
y, hundred dollars per annum. lie snail, more
q over, receive such fees of office as may b
It allowed by law. In the city Of New Oriean
Y the States attorney shall receive such com
{, pensation from the city, in addition, to tn
S salary above provided, as may be establlshe
g by law. He shall be elected at the same tim
), with the Judges OF the district courts, an
shall hold his office for the term OF four years
=, NUMBER FIFTEEN.
II In every case where the Judge may be rt
c,lsed, and when he is not personally inter
e5ted in the matters in condensation, he sha
select q lawyer, having the necessary qualli
u cations required for q judge OF his court, !
r try such cases; and the General Assembl
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 II
fuses to act.
a (Strike out article ninety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment {
the judicial system created by the aboy
, amendments, and to prevent the evils OF a
q interregnum, it is hereby ordained by tt
i ! people OF louisiana;
t. First-That the General Assembly, whlc
he meets the first Monday in January, 1879, shall
J. in accordance with the foregoing ament
!, ments, Immediately redstrict the State, an
n provide for the authority Of clerks, and tt
IS election and criminal Jurisdiction of justice
IL of the peace.
he Second-That tsS soon as the Legislatrl]
e. shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governt
81 shall by proclamation call an election Tor l1
2e tees of the peace for each parish, except Il
ID narjSh of Orleans. and for district Judges,