The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-09-07

Tie indicial power shalt he vested in .
Supreme court, district courts, aud III JUS
tices of the peace. The district conrts shall
have original jurisdiction III all civil cases
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, OK
elusive of interest. The justices of the peace
shall be elected by the electors of each par
sh in the manner and with the quaiifica-
tions to be determined by the General As
sembly. 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 exceed one hundred dollars,
exclusive of interest, 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 III 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.
tStrike out articles seventy three, eighty
five. eighty-six, eighty-seyen, Lightweight,
cightynine, ninety-one, and one hundred
and thirty-three.)
Number Eileen.
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 annum, payable quarterly on their own
warrant.
Number Itcetpe.
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
district court, except in the parish Of Orleans,
in which the General Assembly may establish
as many district courts as the public inter
est 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-
ferred by law no redistficting or change
shall be made SO as to take effect during the
of any judge. The number of
districts in the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-tive. The Gen
eral Assembly shall provide by law fer at
least four terms annually of the district
court i'll every parish. The General Assem-
bly, shall have the 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 cir
cult courts with appellate jurisdiction from
the district courts within the circuit where
the smount involved exceeds one hundred |