The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per"
Quisites OF Office

supreme court, d1Stf1Ct COURTS, anu III JUS
have original Jurisdiction In all civil cases
where the amount In dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive Of Interest, In
criminal cases, and In all probate matters,
their Jurisdiction shall bs unlimited. They
shall have appellate Jurisdiction, in civil suits
from justices Of the peace, when the amount
In dispute exceeds ten dollars, exclusive OF
interest. The justices Of the peace shall be
ey ' WITH the aa Gaca 70 Be de- de
termined 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 ex-
coed one hundred dollars, exclusive OF inter-
est, subject to on 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 fuTtherance Of the administration OF
| Justice. In oil cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
| (Strike out articles seventy-three, eighty
| FIVE, eighty-siX, eighty-seven, lightweight,
eighty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred and
| thirty-threeD
NUMBER ELEVEN.
| The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive salary Of seven thousand dol
lars per annt1m, and the Associate Justices OF
| the Supreme Court shall each receive salary
Of six thousand five hundred dollars per an
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
district court except In the parish OF Orleans,
| III ftf,I,-
lsh as many district courts as the public in
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by. g
two-thrds vote Of all the members elected to
both branches OF the General Assembly;
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
districts III the State shall not BE-, less than
thirty nor more than forty-flve. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for ct least
four terms annually Of the district court La 2
every parish. The General Assembly shall
constituted by grouping the district judges
into circuits, and composing the circuit
court of the judges Of the district courts
within such circuits. To direct the place
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 five hundred dollars $500 exclusive OF
interest The General Assembly shall have
power, by q two-thirds vote Of all the mem
beers elected to both houses to restrict the ap-
pellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to
causes where the amount involved exceeds
one Thousand dollars $1,000 exclusive OF In
, terest; and in case Of such restriction, the
, circuit courts 50 to be created shall have ap'
pellate jurisdiction Of the class of cases thus
excluded from the appellate ,JurisdlGtlon o.
. 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.
(5trike out article eighty-three.)
, NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each OF the district judges shall receive g
salary, to be fixed by law, which, except IL
the parish Of Orleans shall not be less thar
r two thousand dollars, nor more than three
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
|, terly on his own Warrant, and which shall no
. be increased nor diminished during his tern
of office. He must be q citizen of the United
States over the age Of twenty-five years, ant
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
tr1ct courts shall hold their office for the tern
annual salary Of the district judges shall no
exceed five thousand dollars TO be paid 81
I 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 tn
} attorney therefor, who shall be q citizen o
the United States, and who shall have. been
resident OF the State, and O. practiCing ant
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least tw'
State Of not less than three nor more thai
q seven hundred dollars per annurn, to be pro
: vided by law upon the basis Of Representative
!, In the House Of Representatives, and payabl
y quarterly on his own warrant. he shall b
= er-o6cio attorney Of the parish, and receiv
Il such salary therefrom as may be fixed by tn
r parOchial authorities, not to exceed seve
:, hundred dollars per annum. He shall, more
over, receive such fees OF office as may b
Il allowed by law. In the city Of New Orlean
:, pensation from the city, In addition to tn
$ salary above provided, as may be establishe
g by law. He shall be elected at the same tim
), with the judges Of the district courts, an
|, NUMBER FIFTEEN.
II In every case where the judge may be r.
eused, and when he is not personally inter
e3ted In the matters in condensation, he sha
select lawyer, having the necessary qualit
q cations required for a judge OF his court,
= try such cases; and the General Assembl
shall provide by law for the trial OF thoe
cases In which the Judge may be. PERSONAL
interested, or when he may be absent or n
- fuses to act.
:, o (Strike out article ninety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment (
the judicial system created by the aboy
,, amendments, and to prevent the evils OF a
- interregnum, 1t is hereby ordained by II
! people OF Louisiana:
Fsrst-That the General Assembly, whlc
10 meets the first Monday in January, 1879, shall
! In accordance with the foregoing ament
!, rnents, Immediately redgtrict The State, an
"a provide for the authority Of clerks, and tt
% election and criminal Jurisdiction OF justice
- - Of the peace.
10 Second THAT as soon as the Legislatul
= shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governt
u shall by proclamation call an election for ju
y tices Of the peace FOR each parish, except Il
~ parish Of Orleans, and for district judges,
., each district created by the redistrlctin
~ where one or more parishes have been adde
IL or taken from the existing judicial diStriC