The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-08-09
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
uuisiteS Of Office

shall hold office for the term of two years,
and their compensation shall be fixed by law
Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall not ex-
ceed one hundred dollars, exclusive or inter-
est, 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 in 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
q q e. eight sly, eighty-seven. eighty-eight.
eighty-nine, ninety y-one and one hundred and
thirty y-three9
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
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 2
district one judge, learned in the law, shall
be elected by a 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 estab-
lish as many district courts as the public IN
terest may require not TO exceed tne NUMBER h.e
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 redistricting, or change
shall be made so as to take effect during the
incumbeney OF any Judge. The number OF
districts in the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-fiye 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 a;..
within such circuits. 10 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 I'd Ille
amount involved exceeds one hundred dol
lars ($1OO) exclusive Of interest," and does not
exceed five hundred dollars ($5Ool exclusive Of
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by thirds vote of all the mem
| bers elected to both houses, to restrict the ap-
peLate 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
circuit courts SO to be created shall have p ap-
excluded from the appellate jurisdiction OF
the Supreme Court. The clerks of the dis
| trict 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 8
the parish of Orleans. shall not be less than
two thousand dollars, nor more than three
Thousand dollars per annum payable guar
| terly on his own warrant, and which shall not
be increased nor dminished during his term
of Office. He must be o 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 dis
trict 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, es-
tablished by article ninety-two OF the consti-
tuition Of 1868 there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters of each parish, a States
attorney therefor, who shall be citizen OF
! the United States, and who shall have been q
resident of the State, and ,practicng and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
| wears. ne Sllnll lGtGlNS IL SulttL Ilcli uLS
State of not less than three nor more than
seven hundred dollars per, annum, to be pro-
vded by law upon the basis OF representation
in the House Of Representatives, and payable
quarterly on his own warrant. He shall be
er-ofcio 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
over, receive such fees OF Office as may be
allowed by law In the city Of New Orleans
| 4bo Gt,4r ~ Of cbnlI .noniNp E11ah
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
with the Judges OF the district courts, and
shall hold his office for the term OF four years
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the judge may be re-
cused, and when he Is not personally inter
ested in the matters in contestatiOn, he shall
select q lawyer, having. the necessary qualitl'
cations required for q Judge of his court, tc
try such cases; and the General Assembly
shall provide by law for the trial Of those
cases In which the judge may be, personally
interested, or when he may be absent or re-
fuses to act.
(Strike out article ninety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment o1
amendments, and to prevent the evils of al
interregnum, it is hereby ordained by tbs
people OF Louisiana:
FIRST That the General Assembly, which
meets the first Monday in January, 1879, shall
in accordance with the foregoing amend
ments. Immediately redistrict the State, anc
provide for the authority of clerks, and the
election and criminal jurisdiction of justices
of the peace
Second THAT s.s soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
shall by proclamation call an election for jus
tices Of the peace for each parish, except the
parish of Orleans, and for district Judges IL
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 thar
ninety days after the passage of said act
The terms of the officers elected at said elec
tion shall expire at the general election o
1880, and the limitation on the change Of dis
trcts, oftener than once every four years
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