St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-24

more items i'll any bill apprOprlatlng money
embracing distinct items, while approving DINER
portions of the bill and the part or parts OF the
bin approved shall become law, and the item or
items of appropriations dlSapproVed Shall De
void unless repaSSed according to the rules
and limitations prescribed for the passage or
other bills over the Governors veto.
Strike out article siXty-slN)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the CON
stitution, shall be allowed any fees or pcrlui-
sites OF Office.
NUMBER TEN
The judicial power shall he vested in sill
preme court. district courts. and i'll Justices OF
thp peare. The district courts shall have OIL
ginal jurisdiction in all civil cases Wnerr tnc
amount in dispute exceeds one hundred dollars,
exclusive of interest. In criminal cases, ;hG
in all probate matters their jurisdiction snail
he unllmited They shall have appellate jurIS-
when the amount III dispute exceeds ten dollars,
/ exclusive of interest The justices of the peace
shall he elected by the electors of each PARISH
in the manner and with the qualifications to be
determined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold office for the term OF two years anu
tleir compensation shall be fixed by law. Their
jurisdiction in civil cases shall not exceed one
hundred dollars, exclusive Of interest, subject
TO an appeal to the district court i'll all eases
| when the amount i'll dispute shall exceed ten
dollars. exclusive of interest. They shall nave
such criminal jurisdiction as shall be conferred
by law The General Assembly shall nave
! noWcr 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 furthrralrr
of the adlninst ration of justice. In all cases
the power thus granted shall be speclf1cd ahd
! determined.
Strike out articles scventy-three, eghty-ttvc,
eighty six. eighty eighty eight, eighty
nine nncty-on| and one hundred ;md thir'y-
NUMBER ELEVEN.
| The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall
receive a salary of seven thousand dollars per
annum and the Associate Justices of the Sll-
| (nJptS shall Gag 81
Thousand five hundred dollars per annum, pay
able quarterly on their own warrant
The General Asscmbl,- shall divide the State
into judicial districts, which shall remain Iln-
changed for four years, and for each dlStrlrt
one judge. learned in the law, shall he c'eFt"h
| by plurality Of qualified electors thereof. For
each district there shall he one district court,
except in the parish of Orleans: i'll which the
! General Assembly may establish AS many dis
| trict courts us the puhc interest may REQUIRE"
| not to exceed the numhCr now aUtnoflZen ny
| existing laws, except by a tWO-GhirdS vote OF
all the members elected to both branches Of the
| (inIIeriu Assembly. Until otherwise provided
4 bv law. the district courts now EXISTING III the
! parish of Orleans shall have the jurisdiction at
/ present conferred by law; no rrdistrlrtln@ or
change shall he made ;lS 10 take effect during
! the inculnbenry Of any Judge. The n1lmher "i
| districts in the state shalt not be less than
| thirty nor more ;han torty-tEe The General
Assembly shall provide by law for at least four
| terms annually of the district court III every
parish. The General Assembly shall have
| create circuit cDllltS 10 De colStlt'llttl
| by grouping the district Judges into circuits,
| and composing the circuit court Of the judges OF
| the district courts within surnclrcultS. Ioturrrt
| the place OF places Of Di"ctlng OF sad circuit
courts so constituted. and to vest said circuit
| courts with appellate jurisdiction from the dis
tTict courts within the circuit where the amount
involved exceeds one hundred dollars $1,000 eX-
| elusive of interest and does not exceed i've hun-
drGd dol lars S50nl exclusive OfltcleSt. Illc Cen
/ cral Assembly shall have power, by Il tWo-thltls
vote Of all the members elected to both houses
,t,.,,,t hx u
| Supreme Court to causes where the amount IN
yolyed exceed one thousand dollars tSlo0o( eX-
elusive Of interest and i'll case OF such reStrlc,
ton, the circuit courts to be created shall
| have appellate jurisdiction OF the class OF cases
thus excluded from the appellate jurisdiction
| vote of all the members elected to both houses,
to restrict the appellate jurisdiction OF the SIT
preme Court to causes where the amount i'll
volved exceeds one Thousand dollars (&1000) eX-
elusive Of interest: and III case Of such r2stric-
| tion, the cirpult courts so 10 be created shall
have appellate 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.
Strike out article ei@1ty-three.l
HUMbER IHIRIEEE.
Ena} of the district judges shall receive a
| salary to be fixed by law, which, except i'll the
| parish of Orleans, shall not he less than two
! Thousand dollars, nor more than three thousand
dollars per annum, payable quarterly on his
| own warrant, ana which Sli;tlI not De increased
! nor dismissed during his term of office. He
| must be a citizen of the United States, over
! the age of twenty five years, ana have resided
| III the State and practlced law therein for the
| space of two years next preceding his election
| The Judges of the district courts shall hold
| their office for the term Of four years In the
parish Of Orleans the annual salary of the dis
| trict Judges shall not exceed five thousand dol
| lars, to be paid as above provided,
! ietlike out arllci9 eignty rourt
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
! In lieu of the office of district attorney. cs-
| tablishcd by article ninety-twO Of the conStitu
ton of 1863 there shall be elected. by the quail
| fled voters of each parish, a States attorney
therefor who shall he citizen Of the Uuitod
States, and who shall have Ueen a resident of
the State, and practicing and 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 dol
lars per auni.lil, to pe provided ny law upon the
| basis of representation in the House of Repre-
sentatives, and payable quarterly on his own
warrant He shall be esr-oNict0 attorney of tha
parish and receive snch salary thercfrom IS
may be fixed by the parochial authorities, mot
to exceed seven hundred dollars per aulium.
He shall, moreover, receive such fees Of office
as may be allowed by law. In the city. - New
Orleans the States attorney shall receive such
compensation from the city, in ;tdditiCd to the
salary above provided, as may be established
by law. He shall be elected at the same time
with the Judges of the district courts and shall
hold his office for the term OF f0tf years
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the judge may be rccused
and when he is not personally interested i'll the
matters i'll contcstation, he shall select law
yer having the necessary qualifications required
the General Assembly shall provide by law for
the trial Of those casesin which the judge may
be personally interested, or when lie may he
absent or refuses to act.
Strike out article ninety.)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment nf
the judicial system created by the above amend
ments, and to prevent the evils of an interreg-
num- it is hereby ordained by the people OF
Ferst-That the General Assembly, which
meets the first Monday in January 1879, shall
in accordance with the foregoing amendments,
Immediately redistrict the State. and provide
for the authority Of clerks, and the election and
criminal jurisdiction of justices of the peace.
SecOnd-That as soon the Legislature shall
have acted as aforesaid, the Governor shall by
proclamation call an election for justices of the
peace for each parish, except the parish OF
! Orleans and for district iudgea in each district
created by the redistrcting, where one or more
parishes have been added, or taken from the
existing judicial district, and for State attor
neys, ne Y :; az; as above provided, except in the parish
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
I said act. The terms of the officers elected at
said election 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 com
putation the day of the election.
! F0nrUt-The adoption of these amendments
shall not vacate the offices of the present clerks
OF courts i'll each parish.
NUMBER SEVENTEEN.
Article one hundred and thirty-twO of the