The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-06
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
uuisites Of office.


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 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 |
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.
(Strike out articles seventy-three, eighty
five, eighty-sx, eighty-seven, lightweight,
eighty-nlne, ninety~one and one hundred and
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-
district one Judge, learned in the law shall shall
be elected by q plurality Of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall be one
district court, except In the parish OF Orleans,
III WHICH the T6u6Ial Assembly may S6bibD-
lish as many district courts as the public in
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by q
two-thirds vote of all the members elected to
both branches of the General Assembly,
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
court; now existing In the parish OF Orleans
she,l have the jurisdiction at present con-
| ferred by law; no redistricting or change
| shall be made SO as to take effect during the
incumbency Of any. judge; The number OF
OF in fha Efatn chpI1 than
| thirty nor more than forty-five The General
Assembly shall provide by law for ct 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
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 ($1O0) exclusive Of interest," and does not
exceed five hundred dollars ($50O) exclusive OF
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by q two thirds vote OF all the mem
bers 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 so to be created shall have ap-
pellate jurisdiction of the class of cases thus
excluded FROM the appellate jurisdiction T., OF
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 g
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 annum, payable guar
/ terly on his own warrant, and which shall not
be increased nor diminished during his term
of office. He must be citizen Of the United
States, over the age Of twenty-five years, and
have resided in the State and practiced law
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 az
above provided.
/ (Strlke out article eighty-four)
/ NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the office Of district attorney, es-
tablished by article ninetytwo Of the consti'
tuition Of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters Of each parish, States
attorney therefor, who shall be citizen Of
the Uni ted States, and who shall have been 9
resident Of the State, and a .practicing and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive d salary from the
State of not less than three nor more than
seven hundred dollars per annum, to be pro-
vided by law upon the basis Of representation
in the House OF Representatives, and payable
quarterly on his own warrant He shall be
er-ofici0 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
, the States attorney shall receive such com
pensation from the city, in addition to the
: 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 a lawyer, having the necessary quahi
cations required for a judge Of his court, tt
. try such cases; and the General Assembly
cases in, which the judge may be personally
interested, or when he may be absent or re-
fuses to act.
1Strike out article ninety.)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment o.
the judicial system created by the above
amendments, and to prevent the evils OF a. al
! interregnum, it is hereby ordained by The
people OF Louisiana:
FTstThat the General Assembly, which
meets the first Monday in January, 1879, shall
in accordance with the foregoing amend
ments, Immediately redistrict the State, ane
provide for the authority Of clerks, and tht
> election and criminal Jurisdiction OF justices
Of the peace.
Second-That as soon as the Legislature
6 shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
shall by proclamation call an election for jus
:, tees Of the peace for each parish, except thu
parish of Orleans and for district judges, IL
. each district created by the redistr1ctlngg
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 tn,
district attorney for the parish shall be STATE
, attorney, This election shall be held on th'