The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-09-12
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS,
quisites Of Office. s'0N
NUMBER TEN


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
termined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold office for the term of two wears.
and their compensation shall be fixed by law
Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall not ex-
ceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of inter-
est, subject to an appeal to the district court
: III all cases when the amount in dispute shall
exceed ten dolla lars, 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
ana 40 such acts as may be deemed necessary
Tor the turtherance Of the administration Of
justice. In all cases the power thus granted
Shall be specified and determined.
/ (Str1ke out articles seventy-three eighty
five, eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight,
elghty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred and
thlrty-three)
+ NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
shall receive a salary Of seven thousand dol
lars per annunl, and the Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court shall each receive salary
OF SIX thousand five hundred dollars per an
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 plurality of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall be one
dlssIGt m UT IT, court except In the parish Of Orleans,
ilsh as many district courts as the public in
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by a
tWo-thlrds 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 redistricting, or change
shall be made SO as to take effect during the
lncurnbency Of any Judge. The number of
districts in the State shall not be less than
| thirty nor more than forty-five. The General
Assem- 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
district courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dol
| lars (S100) exclusive of interest," and does not
exceed tive hundred dollars $500 exclusive of
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by two-th1rds vote OF all the MEM
bers elected to both houses, to restrict the ap-
pellate jurisdiction OF the Supreme Court to 1
causes where the amount involved exceeds
terast: and in casn of s1,oh ,ostrio+;on ~ ~
circuit courts an To ha eraatad shaIl ba1a an a,o
pellate jurisdiction Of the class Of cases thus
excluded from the appellate jurisdiction of |
the Supreme Court The clerks OF the dis
voters ri their resnactive 1,sy;sbas and she1
hold their office for four years.
(Strlke out article eighty-three.)
NT7MRER THTRTEEN
Each of tho district -iudeyas eha,, raca,zva q
salary. to ne nxa1 Nv Jaw With aScenff in
the parish of Orleans, shall NOT he less than
two Thousand dollars nor more - than thraa inq
thousand dollars ner annum mn ors navahIe s o1ar 1eg
terly on his own warrant, and which shall not /
he Increased nor nainished dning bic 9ie'i tar
of office. He mast be a citizen Of The TTnited
States, over the age of TWENTY-FIVE Years. and
!a nave ieslieu aSu Ii Ine otaIe ana pIacGced law
cadin he eect6m The 'Tu ;'1daaee "a Gis
tr1ct courts shall hold their Office for the +ern
~ fo7r , on ~ ~ f o1aa ae oo
onn,'a 1uaI II ~ n ee paisn OF orieanH 1he
exceed Ave Thousand dollars 70 he naid as
above nrovided A'' ~ '0 p''A0 "S0
(Strika oft article aIoh+v-fo,r,
0N7 A-''
Tn 1Ie77 oP tho nfiao of dic+r;ot a4+o7-,or nc
tahIisbed hv arcIe ninatvfo ,oS of tba oos
tuition OF 1863, there shall be elected, by the
attanos, 4bn1a, VI sacn palisn' ooaSe
aoeoTt dba ssreLoi St WI mo sna pe clGzen OF
nf tSe ate "lro nd o., age oen
div cansad @ at+o1aV sf tA1, laxv M pr af a @ o
eba o. ia", ~, aV tse tMo
SSeaLs' S4 ne shaal AZ receiVe salary from tne
se~en bnndred % Goars rar 1n11n u1 lote ~ re .
ded h1 10 ~ ,1n, he beai f W. ue
IN The onsa of ~ ed 7a
~ s1 rivn en y lie dJ1, 44o p payaole
attornav me oo of the rarsh and ao aoaiue u
otb oS W W 1io i'sal 40 ioni eaI iesese
stbo9ta a so may oe ed nSed ey 1ae
hnSrn9 doiar 1aT Ur W sh seven
nnar 7aa1,a gei fna ~ e stlai, o1e.
allo1a bU law 7oG1 r. tbe ot IL nf @ & W.
tha Sta+a a+tc,,a1, s Hbo1 VI em 49,
fro,,3 III itx m g; uoi eo ~
salar ahoxa 1n iios ~ an m 70 el
h~ Ha h ae+od e ay ~ VI ,,,
th The idgas oF tbe S;atrot az se oesa1.t l a5
shall hold his Office for the Term of four -, Saa, @
0A'@'AA AA1 AVA '1i0 'SA III VI Aoo1 seiS'
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the Judge NAV tae re-
c,lsed and when he is not nersonaiI3, aa-I intar