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constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
quisites Of office.

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in all cases when the amount in dispute shall 2
exceed ten dollars, exclusive OF interest. They I
shall have such criminal jurisdiction as shall Il
be conferred by law. The General Assembly i
district courts the right to grant such orders a
and do such acts as may be deemed necessary d
for the furtherance Of the administration OF G
justice. In all cases the power thus granted t
shall be specified and determined. {
(Strike out articles seventy-three, eighty
FIVE eighty-six, eightyseven, lightweight. I
eighty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred and
thirty-three) I.
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-
main unchanged for four years, and for each
district one judge, learned in the law, shall
be elected by a plurality Of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there sha a y Do 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 LAVE EXCEPT ,aota oy "a
both branches Of the General Assembly.
Until otherwise provided by law the district
courts now existing in the parish OF Orleans
shall have the Jurisdiction at present con-
| shall be made so as to take effect during tne
| fncrlmbency Of any Judge. The number OF
districts in the State shall not be less than
Assembly shall provide by law for at least |
four terms annually OF the district court ID Il,
every parish, The General Assembly shall
have power to create circuit courts, 70 0e
constituted by grouping the district judges
| ip4r, mir
court of the judges Of the district courts
within such circuits. To direct the place
or places Of meeting OF said . c ci.lit
courts with appellate jurisdiction from the
district courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred DOL
lars $1,000 exclusive OF Interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars $500 exclusive OF
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by 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 $4,000 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
the supreme NEG court Ike clerks Of the as
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-threes)
: NUMBER THIRTEEN.
, Each Of the district judges shall receive a
, salary to be fixed by law, which, except In
T the parish Of Orleans. shall not be less tilan
r two Thousand dollars, nor more than Lnree
{ thousand dollars per annum, payaple guar
9 terly on his own warrant, and which shaii 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 pre-
j ceding his election. The. judges OF the dis
tr1ct courts shall hold their office for the term
i Of four years. In the. parish Of Orleans the
= annual salary of the district judges shall not
q exceed five thousand dollars, to be paid as
4 above provided.
= (Strike out article eighty-four.)
/ NUMBER FOURTEEN.
;, In lieu OF the office of district attorney, es-
i tablished by article ninety-two OF tne eons 81
= qualified voters OF each parish, a etaoe
y attorney; therefor, who shall be citizen o.
the United States, and who shall have been {
resident of the State, and a praGtlclng a ane
duly licensed attorney at.laW, for at least tWc
years. HIS shall receive a salary from tnt
J State of not less than three nor more thai
Il seven hundred dollars per annum, TO De pro
vided by law upon the basis OF repre5enta db3
> In the House Of Representatives, and payaaD,l'
>, quarterly on his own warrant. he shail o.
y er-otTfcio attorney of the parish, and receiv
d such salary therefrorn as may be fixed by tn
v parochial authorities, not to exceed seVe!
?, hundred dollars per annum. He shall, more
~ over, receive such fees Of office as may D.
d allowed by law. In the city OF New Orlean
y the States attorney shall receive such com
H. u, pensation from the city, In ADDITION 70 Tn
IS Salary above provided, as may be estabiishe'
- bv law. He shall be elected at the same tim
s. with the judges OF the district courts, an
le shall hold his Office for the term OF four years
n NUMBER FIFTEEN.
or In every case where the Judge may be re
c1sed, and when he Is not personally lnteL
ested in the matters in condensation, he sha
en- cations required for q Judge of his court, T
r. trv such cases: and the General Assernbl
shall provide by law for the trial OF thos
cases In which the Judge may be peTsonaLl
interested, or when he may be absent OF II
fuses to act.
a Is (Strike out article ninety.)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
Tn order to provide for the establishment {
the judicial system created BY the, aboS
l., amendments, and to prevent the evils OF
IL interregnum, it is hereby ordained by Il
OF, pePPg wsNThat the General Assembly, whle
ne meets the first Monday In january, 1879, shal
~ in accordance with the foregoing amen
al, rnents, Immediately redistrict the State, al
cil provide for the authority OF clerks ana u
- election and criminal JURISDICTION OIL Juo1io
ho of the peace.
re- shall have acted as aforesaid, the. Governs
b o shall by proclamation call an ELECTION c I9T u
)ah parish Of Orleans, and for district ludge33,
VS., each district created by the redistrictlIn
or where one or more parishes have been "a AIDE
NE me otaken from the existing judicial dlstIle
5 bi,l and for State attorneys as above provldte
to distret att s1 of the parish shall BE- Ste
he attorney. This election shall be held On t t.
2 !5yf same day throughout the State which d. &;
lcn shall not be less than sixty nor more 1 In
lal ninety days after the passage OF SAID a.
IN The terms OF the officers elected at SAID ele
i've tion shall expire at the general election
De- 1880, and the limitation on the change OF d
re trints oftener than once every four yea
iec hail not be considered as having effect befc
in the general election of 1880. -.
the TEird-That the judicial system, as ests
Yho ished by the constitution OF 1868 snall rene