The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-24


phevlle Finally passed.
REGULAR ORDER.
The constitutional amendments we re- called
UP by Mr.. Lyons
AMENDMENT ELEVEN
az passed by, the Houss. maxine, Of each parish,
following amendment from ihe so,nmittee ri
conference adopted, to star ID as
AMENDMENT TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the State
Into judicial, districts. which shall remain un-
changed for four years, and Tor each district one
judge, learned In the law. shall be- elected ly a
plurality OF qualifl I'd electors thereof For each
district thers shall be one district court, except
Id lhe parish Of Orleans. In which the General
A A. .a may establish IS many district courts
as me ehnlie Interest may require, not to
exsne tne laws number ah9rs9d by
vote OF all members eleeted 10 both
b, b 3. Of the General Assembly Unll
the jurisdiction Mt present conferred by law no
feeas ae Of ean ag shall BE- made 50 rs to
me number Of districts in the State shall not
g less then thirty nor more than forty five: The
General Assembly sball provide By law for at
every parish The General Assembly shall have
power to create circuit courts, to be constituted
by grouping the district Judges into circuits and
comp sing 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 with appellate jurisdiction from the dis
trict courts Within the circuit where the amount
Involved exceeds one hundred dollars 5000 OK
dred dol ars ts5po exclusive Of interest.
The, General Assembly shall have power by
q two.thirds vote Of ell the members eleeted to
both, houses to restrict the appe lata infisdis-
ioSof the Supreme COURT to causes where the
AMOUNT involved exceeds one thousand fsioogl
dollars. exclusive Of interest aud In ease Of
such restriction the circuit courts to be crea-
ted shall have appellate jurisdiction Of the Glass
9 ensss =, h Us excluded from the appellate URLS
The clerks Of the district court shall be elect
parishes, and shall hold their Once for four
Ilfsitfriike out article ss1
The vote on this amendment was Yeas 81,
nays 8.
AMENDMENT THIRTEEN,
which was amendment 49, relative to salaries
of district iudges.
Mr.. Gaskias onoved TO amend The provision
hh dc r that salaries Of District Judges sha
the lowest limit at $4,000 and the highest at $1,000
except In New Orleans, where no salary shall
As amended the amendment was adopted
Yeas 81 nays s.
Mr. Gaskins offered the following. which was
adopted, aud stands as
AMENDMENT FOURTEEN
In lieu Of the district attorney provided bv the
constitution Of 1868, q state attorney shall be
elected for ca III parish by the qualified electors
hss sa he ss efys s 5 ss b ss more
than s1op, to be Anel In accordance with the
population Of each Parish, and who shall be ex-
ofclo parish attorney. Adopted. Yeas g.,
nays g.
Amendment ~, providing against On inter-
regnum pending the change Of The judiciary
system, was adopted by q vote OF 81 yeas to
nays. and became
AMENDMENT FIFTEEN.
THE fourteenth amendment. With a slight
was adopted by a voteoef 100 yeas
to nays, and became
AMENDMENT SIXTEEN.
The New Orleans Pacific Railroad bill, the
special order for y. m. was called and re-as-
signed for Monday. at Il m
Mr.. Martin offered Us The seventeenth amend
ment provision that al qualified voters. shall
pay O poll tax Of one dollar. and q hall, one
third to go to the Charity Hospital and two
thirds to the public schools receipt ter said
cise of the right of suffrage.
Coy r t. aend as t. msta
the exercise OF the right of suffrage.
motion to lay this amendment on the table
was lost.
Mr.. Warmoth adopted.
MIR. Dejoe moved as substitute for the en-
shall ever. be exaeted as 2 prerequisite to the
exercise 81 the right q suffrage ,.,..
On motion Of Mr.; Bowden tho whole subject
r., which a99ogates, article laa q tie ,onsttq
lots OF twenty arres. Lost
Amendment 10. becoming
AMENDMENT SEVENTEEN,
was adopted. Yeas %, nays 6.
Mr. Hillo?f Orleans. offered tho following, to
AMENDMENT EIGHTEEN.
Tho office of tho state Printer shall cease with
the expiration of the term of the present in
eumbent, and the General Assembly shall pro
vi nv, loy Far Gtt mt n
the lowest responsible Gdder or bidders. who
shall give adequate and satisfactory security
Of e aena Assemb or other pab
o1lcer sh all be- Interested eithsr directly or in
directly, in any such contract
after Che word bidders the words without
regard to their politics. Mr.. Cressy's amend
judge voorhies opposed Mr.. Hills amend
ment. for the reason that. in his opinion. the
Legislature should be- left free to deal with the
exigencies that must arise from time to time.
posing of the public printing to be controlled by
q eonstitntional provision CIRCUMSTANCES IN
yeon e he a os nnwse to enera
upon the constitution .prroviso which. would
deprive the IT. r OF TIE poWSr Ct doing
under the peculiar crcumstances Of each case.
Mr.. Hill understood Judge VOORHEES, rs hay
ing construed the amendmsnt offered by him
as an attack on tho present State printer. which
Judge voorhies interrupted Mr.. Hill and said
that he had placed no such construction upon
1t. and that he had not 80 stated; but, since the
proposition had been forced upon him, he de-,
elared that from principle, and not from any
reason of personal nature. he believed in the
election of q State printer who should also
publish party organ doing the State work at
liked and reasonable prices. This declaration
was purely incidental. but he had no hesitation
in making 1t.
Mr.. Hill continuing, said he had not SO I'M
derstood Judge VOORHEES, but he had always
been q friend of the DEMOCRAT. He had ap-
proved Of the course last year in selecting. that
course had been justified by q State necessity.
This amendment was rot proposed as an attack
on that paper. It would not go into effect until
the contract with that paper was ended. The
circumstances which justified that course last
measures should be taken in the interest NJ res Of
piration Of It's contract. would be In q condition
to UNDECIDED any other paper in the State.
Gov Warmoth said that this debate was a
most interesting one to him. 1t had disclosed
the fact that the Democrats had done Just what
his party had been SO much abused for doing in
supporting by government patronage party