The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-27
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
uuisites of office.

supreme court, district COURTS and In JUS |
tees Of the peace, The district courts shall
have original jurisdiction In all civil cases |
where the amount Ia 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 cases shall not ex~
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
shall have such criminal Jurisdiction as shall
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.
Strike out articles seventy-three, eighty
five, eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty eight,
eghty-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 salary
Of six Thousand five hundred dollars per an
NUMBER TWELVE
The General Assembly shall divide the
State into judicial districts, which shall re-
| district one judge, learned in the law shall
be elected by O. plurality Of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall be one
district court. except in the parish of Orleans,
| in Srbj bn GnDpral II paflb-
lsh as many district courts as the public in
| terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by q
two-thirds vote Of all the members elected to
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
lncurnbency Of any, Judge; The number OF
districts In the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-fiye. The General
| Assembly shall provide by law for at least
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
i dl5tTtCb courts WlJnln Jfle ClTculb WIlSEb GIle
amount involved exceeds one hundred dol
lars (51DOJ exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars (&JO0) exclusive Of
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by g. 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 50 to be created shall have ap-
rolt off iI1ri rf pIaGa ri
the Supreme meg Court. IKE clerks Of the dis
trict courte shall be elected by the qualified
voters Of their respective parishes, and shall
hold their office for four years.
u 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 annurn, payable quar-
terly on his own warrant and which snail not
be increased nor diminished during mis- 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-
J ceding his election. The. Judges of the dis
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 eighty-fourJ
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
. In lieu Of the office Of district attorney, e.
tablished by article ninety-two Of the consti-
tuition OF 1868, there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters Of each parish, a State g
attorney therefor, who shall be a citizen OF
the United States, and who shall have. been q
resident Of the State, and q -practlcing and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive a salary from the
State of not less than three nor more than
. seven hundred dollars per annurn, 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 be
= eE-offciO attorney Of the parish, and receive
. such salary therefron as may be fixed by the
parochiai authorities, not to exceed seven
! hundred dollars per annum. He shall, more
J over, receive such fees Of office as may be
, 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, and
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 contestatlon, ne shall
select a lawyer, having the necessary qualih'
cations required for a. Judge OF his court, tc
Vi
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 ninetyJ
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 the
people Of Louisiana:
, Fw8t-That the General Assembly, which
meets the first Monday in January, 1879, shall
in accordance with the foregoing amend
, ments. Immediately redistrict the State, and
, provide for the authority Of clerks, and tbs
> election and criminal Jurisdiction Of justices
, Of the peace.
,Second-That rs soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
shall by proclamation call an election for lus,
parish Of Orleans, and for district judges, in
each district created By the redistricting