The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-30
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fges or per
ntiiSiteS of office,
NUMBER TEN.

constitution, small pe allowed any 1865 or per-
quisites Of office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be- vested In q
supreme court, district COURTS and In JUS |
tices OF the peace. The district courts shall
have original jurisdiction In all civil cases
where the amount in dispute exceeds oue
hundred dollars, exclusive OF interest. In
their Jurisdiction shall be unlimited. They
shall have appellate jurisdiction, in civil suits
from justices OF the peace, when the amount
Ia 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-
terrnined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold office for the term of two years,
Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall not ex-
coed one hundred dollars, exclusive OF inter
est, subject to an appeal to the district court
In all cases when the amount in dispute shall
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
tStrike, out articles seventy-three, eighty
five, eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty eight,
eighty-nine, ninetyone and one hundred and
thirty-three)
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 q plurality Of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall be one
district court, except In the parish Of Orleans,
in which the General Assembly may estab-
| lish as many district courts as the public in
| terest may require, not to exceed the number
| two-thirds vote Of all the members elected to
both branches OF the General Assembly.
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing In the parish OF Orleans
ferred by law; no redistricting, Or change
shall be made SO as to take effect during the
| incumbency Of any Judge. The number OF
districts in the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-flve. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for at least
four terms annually OF the district court in
every parish. Tho General Assembly shall
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
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 within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dol
lars ($tO0l exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars $500 exclusive OF
interest The General Assembly shall have
bers elected 10 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-
peIlate jurisdiction Of the class Of cases thus
excluded from the appellate Jurisdiction OF
the Supreme Court The clerks OF the dis,
trict courts shall be elected by the qualified
voters of their respective parishes, and shall
hold their office for four years.
i (Strike out article eighty three.)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each of 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-.
tery on his own warrant, and which shall moi
be Increased nor diminished during his term
of office. He must be q citizen OF the United
States, over the age Of twenty-five years. anG
have resided in the State and practiced law
therein for the space Of two years next pre-
ceding 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 moi
, exceed five thousand dollars, to be paid as
above provided.
(Strike out article eighty-four)
: NUMBER FOURTEEN.
, In lieu of the office Of district attorney, es
tabiished by article ninety-tWo OF the const1
tuition Of 1863, there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters Of each. parish, States
attorney therefor, who shall be citizen O.
the United States and who shall have been
resident Of the State, and q practicing ant
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least Two
years He shall receive 81 salary from thu
State Of not less than three nor more thai
seven hundred dollars per annum, to be pro
vided by law upon the basis OF representation
; in the House Of Representatives, and payable
, quarterly on his own warrant, He shall 81
er-OHcio attorney Of the parish, and receive
such salary therefrOrn as may be fixed by TIN
parochal authorities, not to exceed sever
/ hundred dollars per annum. he snail, more
: over receive such fees Of office SIS may 81
! allowed by law. In the city Of New Orleans
the States attorney shall receive such com
:, pensaton from the city, in addition to tn
salary above provided as may be established
: by law He shall be elected at the same tim
: with the Judges Of the district courts, ant
. shall hold his office for the term Of four years
: NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the Judge may be re
eused, and when he is not personally inter
e5ted Ia the matters in condensation, he shai
select a lawyer, having the necessary quallil
u cations required for judge OF his court, t.
: try such cases; and the General Assembl.
shall provide by law for the trial Of thoS
cases in which the Judge may be, PERSONAL,
interested, or when he may be absent or re
=, fuses to act.