The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-20
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
uuisites of office.
NUMBER TEN,

| NUMBER TEN.
| the judicial power shall be- vested In q
/ supreme court, district courts, and In JUS
tees Of the peace: The district courts shall
where the amount In dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive of interest In
criminal cases, and In all probate matters,
their Jurisdiction shall be 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
elected by the electors OF each parish In the
manner and with the qualifications to be 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 an appeal to the district court
| 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
Strike out articles seventy-three, eighty
five. eighty-sfx, eighty seven, lightweight,
eighty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred and
thirty-three)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive 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
district one judge learned in the law, shall
be elected by q plurality Of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall be one
In which the General Assembly may estab-
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
both branches of the General Assembly.
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
courtc now existing in the parish Of Orleans
shea have the Jurisdiction at present con-
fezTed by law; no redistrictIng or change
shall be- made so as to take effect during the
districts In the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-five. The General
| Assembly shall provide by law for at least
four terms annually of the district court In
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
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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 ($1O0) 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
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-
peilate Jurisdiction OF the class OF cases thus
excluded from the appellate Jurisdiction of
the Supreme Court. The clerks Of the dis
triet courts shall be elected by the qualified
voters Of their respective parishes, and shall
hold their office for four years.
lStrika out article eighty-three.l