The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-05
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per.
quisites OF office.

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coed one hundred dollars, exclusive OF inter
est, subject to an appeal to the district court
III oil cases when the amount In dispute shall
exceed ten collars, exclusive Of interest. They
be conferred by law. The General Assembly
district courts the right to grant such orders
and 90 SUCH acts as may be deemed necessary
justice. In all cases the power thus granted
! shall be specified and determined,
(Str1ke out articles seventy-three, eighty
i've eighty-six, eighty-seven, lightweight,
zig y-nne ninety-one and one hundred and
thirty-three1
NUMBER ELEVEN.
| The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
| shall receive q salary OF seven Thousand dol
| lars per annum, and the Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court shall each receive salary
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
in which the General Assembly II may III estab,
| lish as many district courts as the public in
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by g
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both branches Of the General Assembly
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing In the parish of Orleans
| shea have the Jurisdiction at present con-
ierred Il by iaW; no Eedlstrlcng Or change
1ncumbency Of any Judge. The number Of
| districts In the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-five. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for at least
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 circaits TO direct l the ' piace
or places Of meeting of said circuit
courts 80 constituted, and to vest said circuit
courts with appellate jurisdiction from the
district courts within the circuit where the
lars (S1OO) exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars $500 exclusive of
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by two-thirds vote Of al the mem
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
pellate jurisdiction of the class Of cases thus
The Supreme Go s Re eerts q the de
trict courts shall be elected by the qualified
voters OF their respective parishes, and shall
hold their office for four years.
(Str1ke 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 annum, payable quar-
terly on his own warrant, and which shall not
be increased nor diminished during his term
49, fSn o,,r,At /n IA / rT-nsx.x
States, over the age Of twenty-five years, and
have resided In the State and practioed law
therein for the space Of two years next pre-
ceding bis election. The judges of the dis
of four years. Ia 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 e1ghty-four)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu OF the office of district attorney, es-
tablished by article ninety-two of the consti-
qualified voters of each, parish, a States
attorney therefor, who shall be citizen Of
the United States, and who shall have been a
resident OF the State, and .practicing 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 annum, 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
e1-o0scao 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
allowed BY law. In the city Of New Orleans s rs
the States attorney shall receive such COM
pensation from the city, In addition to the
salary above provided, as may be established
by law. He shall be elected at the same time
fSrnc NJ hn n let 3o4 n
shall hold his Office for the term of four years
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the Judge may be re-
eused, and when he LIZ not personally inter-
ested In the matters In condensation, he shall
select g. lawyer, having the necessary qualifi- |
cations required for O. Judge OF his court, to
try such cases; and the General Assembly |
shall provide by law for the trial Of those |
cases La which the judge may be personally
interested, or when he may be absent or re-
fuses to act.
(Strike out article ninety.)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
Ii 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
FSrstThat the General Assembly, which
meets the first Monday, in January, 1878, shall,
In accordance with the foregoing amend
ments, Immediately redistrict the State, and
provide for the authority of clerks, and the
election and criminal jurisdiction Of justices
of the peace.
Second-That as soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
shall by proclamation call an election for JUS
tees Of the peace for each parish, except the
parish OF Orleans, and for district judges, In
each district created by the redistricting,
where one or more parishes have been added.
OR taken from the existing judicial district,
and for State attorneys, as above provided,
except In the parish of Orleans, where the
district attorney for the parish shall be State
attorney. This election shall be held on the
same day throughout the State, which day
shall not be less than sixty nor more than
ninety days after the passage of said act
The terms Of the officers elected at said cleo
ton shall expire at the general election Of
1880, and the limitation on the change OF dis
tricts, oftener than once every four years.
shall not be considered as having effect before
the general election OF 1880.
Third-That the judicial system, as estab-
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