St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-19


embracing distinct items, while approving other
portions Of the bill, and the part or parts OF the
bill approved shall become law, and the item or
items of appropriations disapproved shall be
void, unless repassed according to the rules
and limitations prescribed for the passage Of
other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strke out article sixty-sixJ
NUMBER NINE.
No officer whose salary is fixed by the CON
stitution. shall be allowed any fees or perqui-
sites OF office
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in su.
preme court, district courts. and IN Justices OF
the peace The district courts shall have Ori-
ginal Jurisdiction i'll all civil cases where the
amount in dispute exceeds one hundred dollars,
exclusive of interest. In criminal cases, ana
in all probate matters thelr JnrsulG1i4n ;''a s'
dictiOn, i'll civil suits from Justices or the peace
when the amount IN 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
determined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold office for tue term o. two years. hn;r hllr
+ Ieir compensation shall be fixed by law Their
jurisdiction in civil eases shall not txceed one
hundred dollars exclusive of interest, SUBJECT
t" an appeal to the district coilr! III al eases @
dollars, exclusive of interest. They shall nave
such criminal jurisdiction shall he conferred
bv law The General Assembly shall nave
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 furtherhnce
| of the atlmlnist ration OF Justice In All cits's
| the power thus granted shall be specified ana
determined.
(Strikc out articles seventy three eighty-tive.
eighty-six. eiShty-s.'ven. tlGhtyflSht, eiShtl-
! nine nnetyUue and nnt hun,lred and thirty
! 1urec
/ NUMBER ELEyEN.
| The Chief Justice OF the supreme Court shall
receive salary OF seven thn1Sand dollars per
| annnnl. and the Associate Justices of the S,l-
prtlup Court small each receive II salary OF SIX
! thousand five hundred dollars r amman, pay
able quarterly on their own warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
| The General Assembly shall divide the State
| into judicial districts. which snail remain un-
| chan gtsi for four years. and for each district
one Judge. learned in the law. shall be elected
ty "a plurality of gu tiified electors Thereon. Fnf
each district there shall be one district court
except in the parish of Orleans. IN which Tue
| General A srnnly may establish as many uis-
1rict courts as THE. public interest may require.
! not to exceed the nI.u:'cr now authorized ny
| existing laws, except by ii tWn-thirdS V"te OF
AL the members ectrtl to both branches OF the
(euer;li Assembly. Until otherwise provided
b., law. the district courts now existing III tue
parish Df Orleans shall nave the lurlS irton at
present conferred by law; no redi>trictlnG or
change shall hf. m;.' as to take effect during
districts in the State shall rot be less than
rnrty nor nlo1.. than forty-five. The General
Assembly shall pr'vi'te ny law for at least Tour
terms annuay uf the district court iii every
PARISH The General Assembly shall have
| power to create circuit courts, "Dc CONSTRUED
| hv grouping the district Judges into circuits,
and composing the circuit cnurtof the judges OF
the district courts within such circuits 10 drecf
the place or places of meeting of said circuit
courts so constituted aid to vest sail Glrrl'
courts with appellate jurisdiction from the dis
trct G. .urts within the circuit where I'll eamOunt
involved exceeds one hundred dollars tslOOU eX-
elusive of interest and does not exceed five hun
Grei dollars tSJnu) exclusive Oflnttrest Inc Cen
eral Assembly shall have power. by a tWo-thirds
vote of all the members elected to both houses,
tH restrict the appellate jurisdiction or the
Supreme Court to CAUSES Where the amount IN
volved exceeds one Thousand dollars tSl60Ol eX-
elusive of interest and i'll case Of such restrc-
tion, the circuit courts so to he 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 S'l-
| preme Court to causes where the amount Ill
Volved exceeds one thousand dollars $1,000 ex
| elusive of interest and in of such restric-
ton. the circuit courts so to be created shall small
have appellate jurisdiction of the class Of eases
| 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
tStrike out article eighty three.l
NUMBER THIRTEEN
Euch of the district judges shall receive a
salary, to be fixed by law, which, except in the
parish of Orleans, shall not he less than two
, thousand dollars, nor more than three thousand
dollars per annum, payable quarterly on ms
warrant.
nor dismissed 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 preceding his election
! The judges of the district courts shall holo
their Office for the term OF four years. In the
parish of Orleans the annual salary OF the diS S
trict Judges shall not exceed five thousand dol
lars. to be paid as above provided.
Strike out article eshty-fou
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the office of district attorney. es
tabshed by articlt nnety-two of the collstitu
, ton of 1868, there shall be elected. by the quail
fed voters OF each parish, States attorney
therefor who shall he q citizen of the United
States and who shall have been II resident o
the State, and a practtcins and duly licensed
? attorney at law, for at least two years. He
shall receive a salary from the State of not less
than three nor more than seven hundred dol
lars per annuln to he provided by law upon the
basis of representation i'll the House OF Repre-
sentatives, and payable quarterly an his owl
warrant He shal he er 0Gicio attorney OF TIL
parish. and receive s'lch salary therefron as
1uay be fixed by the proc!iini authorities MOI
to exceed seven hundred dollars per az: III
Tie sba1l moreover, receive such ces of otf"t
Orleans the states attorney shall receive stirl
, compensation FROM the city. in .llitian 70 Iht
salary ahnye provided, rs may he established
with the Judges of the district cnnrts, AMI slal
;, hold his office for the term of four years.
! NUMBER FIFTEEN
In every ease where the judge may he recused
ani when he is not personally Interested in th'
| matters in condensation. he shall select law
yer having the necessary qualifications required
or Il judge OF his court. to try Such cases; an
J the General Assembly shall provide by law f"
, the trial of Those eases in which the Judge may
he personally Interested. or when he may b'
anSent"Or refuses ~ act.
lStli ike out article nintfy)
! NUMBER sIxTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment o
the indicial system create by, the above amend
lnelfts. and to prevent the evils of an fnterreg
. mum, it is hereby ordained by the people o
> Louisiana.
! Ftrst-That the General Assembly whicl
meets tine first Monday i'll January. 1879. shall
:, in accordance with the foregoing atnendm nts
+ Immediately red!strict the State, and provd
: for the authority of clerks. and the election an,
criminal jurisdiction of justices of the peace.
/. Sec0nd-That as soon rs The Leg stature shall
have acted as aforesaid, the Governor shall b.
procanlation cali al e.ectian for justices Of TIL
peace for each parish. except the parish q
Oreans. and for dis rict judges. in each dstric
created by the redistrctins, where one or more
parishes have heen added, or taken from tn
existing judicial district, and for State attor
neys, as above provided, except in the paris!
of Orleans where the district attorney for th
parish shall he State attorney. This election
shall be held OH the same day throughout th
: State, which day shall not he less than sixt
nor more than ninety days after the passage o
J said act. The terms of the officers elected a
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. sha
: not he considered as having effect before tn
general election of 1880.
/ Third-That the judicial system, as estal
lished by the constitution of 1868. shall renal
; in force until the expiration of the thirtiet
: day after said election, excluding from the CON
: putation the day of the election.
FOurth-The adoption of these amendment
shall not vacate the offices of the present clerk
J, of courts in each parish.
NUMBER SEVENTEEN.
Article one hundred and thirty-two of tn