The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-04
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

CeSu 0le uutluISu uOHaIS, EXCLUSIVE OL LIltSI-
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
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.
(Strlke out articles seventy three eighty
five. eighty-six, eighty-seven, lightweight,
eighty-Iine, ninety-one and one hundred and
thirty-three)
NUMBER ELEvEr.
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-
s sn ae one udge o learned aDn IN the law shall
be elected by a plurality Of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall be one
district court, except In the parish OF Orleans,
lish as many district courts as the public In
terest may require not to exceed th6 number
now authorized by existing laws, except by, @
two-thirds vote OF all the members elected to
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing In the parish OF Orleans
shea have the Jurisdiction at present con-
ferred by law; no redistricting or change
shall be made go as TO take effect during the
districts In the state shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-flve. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for OF least
| four terms annually Of the district court In
every parish, The General Assembly, shall
hnv TN
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
exceed Ave hundred dollars ($5oO exclusive OF
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by g o-thirds vote Of all the mem
| bers elected to both houses, to restrict the ap-
pellate jurisdiction OF the Supreme Court to
one Thousand dollars $4,000 exclusive OF In
tereet; and In case Of such restriction, the
circuit courts 80 to be created shall have !ap-
pelate jurisdiction Of the class OF cases thus
the supreme MEG Court He clerks Of the dis
trct 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 cE the district judges shall receive O
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 quar-
{ terly on hls own warrant and which shall not
be increased nor diminished during his term
OF office. He must be a citizen of the United
States, over the age Of twenty-five years, and
have resided In the State and praotlced law
therein for the space Of two years next pre-
oeding 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 as
above provided
| (Strike out article efghty-four)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In LEI, Of the Office of district attorney, e.
tablished by article ninety-two Of the eonsti-
tuition Of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters Of each parish, States
attorney therefor, who shall be citizen OF
the United States, and who shall have been o
duly licensed attorney 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 pro-
vlded by law upon the basis OF representation
In the House OF Representatives, and payable
quarterly on his own warrant, He shall be
ey-o6fcio 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
salary above provided as may 9e estanne siasa
with the judges Of the district courts, and
shall hold his office for the term Of four years
NUMBER FIFTKEN.
In every case where the judge may be re-
cused and when he La not personally inter-
ested In the matters In condensation, he shall
cations required for a judge of his court. to
try such cases. and the General Assembly
shall provide by law for the trial OF those
cases In which the Judge may be- personally
interested, or when he may be absent or re-
| fuses to act.
(Strlke out article ninety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
| In order to provide for the establishment OF
| the judicial system created by the above
amendments, and to prevent the evils OF an
interregnum, it is hereby ordained by the
po FkksIThat the General Assembly, which
meets the first Monday In January, 1879. shall,
| In accordance with the foregoing amend
ments, Immediately redistriet the State, and
provide for the authority of clerks, and the
Sl6tGlOH GIIluLlAAl VI IuSbAGSS
| Of the peace
Seco1,d-That as soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
shall by proclamation call an election for JUS
tices Of Chg peace for each parlgh except the 1
each district created by the redistricting,
where one or more parishes have been added,
Or taken from the existing judicial district,
except In the parish of Orleans, where the
district attorney for the parish shall be State
attorney. This election shall be held on the
same day throughout the State which day
shall not be less than sixty nor more than
ninety days after the passage of said act.
The terms of the officers elected at said cleo
ton shall expire at the general election of
1880, and the limitation on the change Of dis
tricts, oftener than once every four years,
shall not be considered as having effect before
the general election of 1880.
Third-That the judicial system, as estab-
lished by the constitution Of 1868, shall remain
In force until the expiration of the thirtieth
day after said election, excluding from the
computation the day of the election.
FoWth-The adoption Of these amendments
shall not yacate the offices Of the present