Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-07

district judges into circuits, and compos-
ing 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 with
in the circuit where the amount involved
exceeds one hundred ($1OO) dollars ex-
elusive of interest, and does not exceed
five hundred ($5OO) dollars exclusive OF
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power by = two-thirds vote of all the
strict the appellate jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court to causes where the
amount involved exceeds one Thousand
T ($1OO0) dollars exclusive cf interest; and
in case of such restriction, the circuit
courts so to be created shall have appel
excluded from the appellate jurisdiction
of the Supreme Court. The clerks of the
district courts shall he elected by the
qualified voters Of their respective par
ishes; and shall hold their Office for four
years.
(strike out article eighty -three.)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each of the district judges shall receive
salary, to be fixed oy law, which, ex-
be less than two thousand dollars, nor
more than three Thousand dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly on his own war
rant, 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 therein for the space of two years
next proceeding his election. The judges
of the district courts shall hold their Of
fee for. tie term of four years. In the
parish of Orleans the annual salary of the
district judges shall not exceed five thou
sand dollars, to be paid as above provid-
ed.
(Strike out article eighty -four.)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
III lieu of the office of district attorney,
established by article ninety-two of the
constitution of 1868, there shall be elect
ed, by the qualified voters of each parish,
States attorney therefor, who shall be
q citizen of the United AS tates, and who
shall have been q resident of the State,
and practicing and duly licensed attOr-
ney at law, for at least two years. He
shall receive salary from the State OF
not less than three nor more than seven
hundred dollars per annum, to be pfovid-
ed by law upon the basis of representa-
ton in the House Of Representatives, and
PAYABLE quarterly on his OWL warrant.
He shall be er-o6icio attorney of the par
ish, and receive snch salary therefrom as
may Oo uAou ny Gue paroculiIl sbuIHoAAeAoS,
not to exceed seven hundred dollars per
annum. He shall, moreover, receive such
fees of office as may be allowed by law.
In the city of New Orleans the States at
torney shall receive such compensations
from the city, in addition to. the salary
above provided, as may be established by
law. He shall he 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 he
recused, and when he is not personally
interested in matters in contestatiOn, he
shall select a lawyer, having the neces-
| sary qualifications required for judge
| of his court, to try such cases; and the
General Assembly shall provide by law
| for the trial of those cases i'll which the
Judge may be personally interested, or
when he may be absent or refuses to act.
| (Strike out article ninety.)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
| In order to provide for the establish
ment of the judicial system created by
the above amendments, and to prevent
tue evils OF an interregnum, it is hereby
ordained by the people of Louisiana:
| First-That the General Assembly,
which meets tho first Monday in Janua-
~, 1879, shall in accordance with tho
foregoing amendments, Immediately re-
district the State, and provide for the
| authority of clerks, and the election and
criminal jurisdiction of justices OF the
peace.
Second-That as soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Cover
ror shall by proclamation call an election
for justices of the peace for eacL parish
except the parish Of Orleans, and for dis
trict Judges, in each district created by
the redistricting, where one or more par
ishes have been added, or taken from the
existing judicial district, and for State
attorneys, as above provided, except Ill
the parish of Orleans, where the district
attorney for the parish shall be State at
torney. This election shall be held or
t the same day throughout the State
, which day shall not be less than sixty
nor more than ninety days after the pas
sage of said act. The terms of the officers
: elected at said election shall expire al
the general election of 1850, and the lin
, iuation on the change of districts, oftenel
than once every four years, shall not b'
considered as having effect before th'
general election of 1880.
o (. 11ird-That the judicial system, rs es
4 tabished by the constitution OF 1865
shall remain in force until the expiration
t | of the thirtieth cay after said election
excluding from tho computation the d:,
of the election.
Fomrth-The adoption of these amend
ments shall not vacate the Offices of tn
Q present clerks of courts in each parish.
!. NUMBER SEVENTEEN.
o l. Article one hundred and thirty two q