The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-07
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
qusites Of office.

where the amount in dispute exceeds one
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
from Justices of the peace when the amount
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 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 in civil eases 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 i'll dispute shall
exceed ten dollars, exclusive OF Interest. l. hey
shall have such criminal jurisdiction as shall
he conferred bv 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.
Strike out articles seventy-three.. eighty
five. eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty eight,
eighty-uine, ninety-one and one hundred and
thirty -three.l
NUMBER ELEVEN
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive a salary Of seven thousand dol
lars per anuum, and the Associate Justices Of
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
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 General Assembly may estah-
lish as many district courts as the, public in
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by a
two-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-
shall be made so as to take effect during the
incumbenrv Of any Judge. The number OF
districts in the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty~fiye. The General
four terms annually Of the district court IN
| 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
within such circuits. To direct the place
| 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
| lars (StO0) exclusive Of interest," and does not
| exceed five hundred dollars ($50O) exclusive Of
| interest. The General Assembly shall have
power 10y 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 (S1000 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
excluded from the appellate jurisdiction OF
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-l
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 guar
terly on his own warrant. and which snail 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
therein for the space Of two years next pre-
ceding his election. The judges of the dis
tr1ot courts shall hold their Office tor 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
above provided
(Strike out article elghty-tout1
NUMBER FouRTEENA
Tn lieu of the office of district attorney, es~
tabIished by article ninety-two of the 2onstl-
tuition of 1868. there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters of each parish, q State s
attorney therefor, who shall be q citizen OF
the United States, and who shall have been 9
resident OF the State, and practlclng and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive, a salary from T., the
| State of not less than three nor more than
seven hundred dollars per aunum, to be pro
| vided nv law upon the basis of representation
In the House Of Representatives and payable
| quarterly on his own warrant. lie shall DC
| er-onirio attorney Of the parish and receive
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the
parochial authorities, not to exceed seven
| hundred dollars per annum. He shall, more
over, receive such fees OF Office as may Dc
allowed by law. In the city Of. New Orleans
the States attorney shall receive such com
pensation from the city, in addition to the
salary above provided as may be established
bv law. He shall be elected at the same time
with The Judges Of the district courts, anc
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 is not personally inter
ested in the matters In condensation, he shat
select lawyer, having the necessary qual1tl
cations required for q Judge of his court tt
shall provide by law for the trial OF those
cases In which the Judge may be personally
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 O.
the judicial system created by the above
amendments, and to prevent the evils Of al
interregnum, it is hereby ordained by the
| pnnnin of louisiana
FSrat-That the General Assembly. which
meets the first Monday in January. 1870, shall
in accordance with the foregoing amend
ments. Immediately redistrct the State, anc
provide for the authority of clerks, and the
election and criminal jurisdiction of justices
Of the peace.
SeCond-1'hat as soon as the Legislature
shall have acted rs aforesaid, the Governor
shall by proclamation call an election for jus
tices Of Che peace for each parish, except the
parish of Orleans, and for district judges, il
each district created by the redistricting