The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-10-16

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UNCONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
rality of qualified ELECTORS thereof. For
each district there shall be one district
4 court, except 10 tlienparish Of Orleans,
in which, the General Assemblyfmay es-
tablish as many district courts as, the
public Interestingly require. not to ex-
! ceed the Inunibef' now authorized by
existing laws except by, a. twp-thirds
vote Of all the members elected to
both branches" Of the General Assem-
bly,. ntilotlierwise provided by Law,
the district COURTS now, existing in the
parish of Orleans shall haze the jpris.
I diction at present conferred by law; no
redistrieting1er neliange sltall be made
so as to take effect Iduring tho ,ineutn !
bency Of any Judge. The number ;9f
Fdistricts in tile State shall not be less
! than thirty hois more than; forty-fve.
/ The G General Assembly shall provide
| By law for at least four terms annually
fof the district court. In every parish.
HThe, GenerahiAssembly shall ahave
LpoYer,to create circuit courts TO be
constituted by grouping the, district
Ijadges into cifcuits, and 'compdsing the
l,circnit court of the Judges lof tho dis
trict courts within sucL ,circnits.a7 To
direct the place or PLACES Of meeting of
to vest said sifeah csdfss xitA appel.
lhte jurisdiction fran the district
courts within the, circuit where, the
amount involved exceeds one hundred
dollars f$liD,D aeSeiHsiye' of oiDtefest,
and. dpessnet exceed Ave l.undretldols
liars $780, exclusive, pfipterest., iTbe
General Assembly stall have power,
by astwo-thirds. vote iUf' alf'thes MEM
tiers elected to beth ,llogses, to restrict
the appellate jurisdiction of the, Su-.
I,rcmei C8nrt to- causes where" tile
atampts involved exceeds one'thou.
sand, dollars (SL0e0, ,exclusiyelofripi
tterest; and in case of such restriction,
! circuit courts 80 TO be Created slf,fl
laye'appellate jurisdiotiou of hesclass
of cases thus excluded from; the, ap-.
pclate Jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court. Of Tue 81 clerks Of the dis:
trict courts. shalt lie, elected! bywthet
qualified voters other respective par
ishcs, and Shall hold their office for
fom! years. = n fistIi - bstGassT497 I
(stMke outarticle eighty three. ,ns}g
. sfs O. ,NuNBER THIRTEEN. a,a.ll san,
Each of the; district judges, shall re-,
ceive a salary, to he fixed by law,
which, except in tile Parish of Orleans,
shall, not be less than; 7twoi tiiousaiid
dollars, nor mere tIan three thousand
dollars per annum, payable quarterly
Ons his own warrant, and which shah
not be increased nor diminished DUR.
ling his, term of office. He must be n
+citizeu of tie United States, over the
agent twenty-five years; anfdbaeea ne 2
sided ini tbs State and practieed Law,
therein for the space Of two years next
preceding His electfon." Tie judges oi
Notwithstanding shall fold their Of,
fice, for the term OF. four years. In the.
Parish of Orleans the annual salary of
the district judges Shall not exceed five
thousatidi dollars, ito he 'paid as above
provided. q sn,neee; .R-r zfaaiF;.
+ (Strke out article eiglty-four.
f NUMBER FOURTEEN.
|, In lien Of tie office of district stt0r
ney. established bSartiele. ninety -tw o.
of the Constitution of 1868, there shall
be elected, by the qualified voters Of
each Parish; States attorney there.
for. who shah be iaycitizen Of tho Uni.
ted States, and who shall have been. a
resident Of tile State, and practicing
and daily licensed attorney at law; for
ut least,twn years. He shall receive. a
salary from. the State of not less than
three nor more than seven lantlred
dollars per aIhum! ito be'provided by
law upon the basis of representation in
Abe House Of Representatives, and pay
able quarterly on his own warrant
He shall !besex efficini attorney of the
Parish. and receive such salary, there's
from as may be fixed by the parochial
uuUHotioics, wv w cAOCcu sCFCu Iuue
dred dollars pery annnm. He shall,
moreover, receive such fees of office, as,
may he allowed by law. In the city
of New Orleans the States attorney
shall receive, such icompensatiohl from
tile city, in addition to the, salary
above provided, as may be established
by law. He shall be elected at the
same time with ethe judges Of, the dis
trict courts, and shall hold his Office
for the term of four years.
+, @aa''', NUMBER FIFTEEN ''9'' ia'''
In every case where the judge may
he refused, and when, he isandt psrsJn.j
ally interested in tue matters lin, con-
hesitation, he shall select a lawyer, hay.
ing the necessary qualifications ffB-'
quired for q judgs ofJhisr court, to try
such cases; and the General Assembly
shall provide by law for the trial Of
those cases in which! the judge may '6e'
personally interested, OF when he may
be absent or refuses to act. - !;
b tStrike out article ninety "'"@ :
:. :5aa@ NUMBER SIXTEEN. 81 'i"y 81
=, In order to provide for the estab-
lisbment of the judicial system created
by the above amendments, and to'lire.
vent the evils Of an interregaam, it is
hereby ordained ord led by the people Of Lou
p First-That the General Assembly,
which meets the first Monday in Janp.,
airy, 1879, shall, in. accordance with the
foregoing amendments, Immediately
redistHict the State, and provide fer
the, authority. OF, clerks, and the, cleo
ton. and criminal jurisdiction, of JUS
tices Of the peace. '''''f' e''5 'itss''}
d Second-ATliat'ase soon as tie Legis-
lature shall have acted as afores,il