The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-08-22

elected by the electors of each parish in the
manner and with the qualifications to be
determined 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
exceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of
interest, subject to an appeal to the District
Court in all cases when the amount in dispute
They shall have such criminal jurisdiction as
shall be conferred by law. The General Assem-
bly, 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 futherance 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-nine, 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 annum. and the Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court shall each receive a salary
of six thousand five hundred dollars per all
mum, payable quarterly on their own warrant
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the State
into judicial districts, which shall remain
unchanged for four years, and for each district
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 interest may
require, not to exceed the number now author
lied by existing laws, except by two-t 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 conferred by
law; no redistricting or change shall be made
so as to take effect during the incumbency of
any judge. The number of districts in the
State shall not be less than thirty nor more
than torty-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 di strict 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 Circuit
Courts with appellate jurisdiction from the
District Courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dollars
$1,000 exclusive ofinterest and does not exceed
five hundredsollars $500 exclusive ofintcrest
The General Assembly shall have power. by a
twothirds vote of all the members elected to
both Houses, to restrict the appellate iurisdie
ton of the Supreme Court to causes where the
amount involved exceeds one thousand dollars
| $1,000 exclusive of interest; and in case of
such restriction, the CIRCUIT Courts SO to be
created shall have appellate jurisdiction of the
class of cases thus excluded from the appellate
| jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The clerks
| of District 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.
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 anuum, payable quarterly
| on his own warrant, and which shall not be
increased nor diminished during his term of
Office. He must be a 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 District
Courts shall hold their Office for 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 eighty-four)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the office of District Attorney
established by Article ninety-two of the Con
stitution of 1868, there shall be elected, by tn,
qualified voters of each parish, State
Attorney therefor, who shall be a citizen o
the United States, and who shall have been
resident of the State, and a practicing ant
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least tw,
years. He shall receive q salary from the Stat
of not less than three nor more than sever
hundred dollars per annum, to be provided 3,
law upon the basis of representation in tn
House of Representatives, and payable qual
terly on his own warrant He shall be e1-0ttc
: attorney of the parish, and receive such salar
therefrom as may be fixed by the parochia
authorities, not to exceed seven hundred do
lars per annum. He shall, moreover, receiv
such fees of Office as may be allowed by law
In the city OF New Orleans the States attor99e
e shall receive such compensation from the city
! in addition to the salary above provided, a
!, may be established by law. He shall be electe
: at the same time with the judges of the Distria
! Courts and shall hold his Office for the term
. four years.
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
t In every case where the judge may be r.
+ cused, and when he is not personally interes
l. ed in the matters in condensation. he sha
Q select lawyer, having the necessary quail
a cations required for a judge of his Court,
10 try such cases; and the General Assembly sha
Q provide by law for the trial of those cases
e which the judge may be personally intereste
b or when he may be absent or refuses to act.
e Strike out article ninety)
n NUMBER SIXTEEN.
t, In order to provide for the establishment
t, the judicial system created by the abo
Y Amendments, and to prevent the evils of ;
is interregnum, it is hereby ordained by Il
v people Of Louisiana:
r Ftrst-That the General Assembly, viii
d meets the first Monday in January, 1879, sha
e III accordance with the foregoing amendment