The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-16
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
uuisites Of office.

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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 de-
terrnined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold office for the term of two years,
and their compensation shall be fixed by law.
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
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
| Justice In all cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined,
| Strike out articles ,seventy-three, eighty
eighty-nne ninety-one and one hundred and
thirty-threeD
| NUMBER ELEVEN.
| The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive q salary OF seven thousand dol
lars per ann11n and the Associate Justices of
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 plurality Of qualified ;, electors
district court, except In the parish OF Orleans,
in which the General Assembly may estab-
fish 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
shall have the Jurisdiction at present con-
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 thai,
thirty nor more than forty-tive. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for ct least
four terms annually of the district court In
every parish. The General Assembly shall
have power to create circuit courts, to be
constituted by grouping the district judges
into circuits, and composing the circuit
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 ($10O) exclusive of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars ($50Ol exclusive OF
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power by q twO-thirds vote Of all the men,
bels 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 50 TO be created shall have ap-
pellate jurisdiction Of the class Of cases thus
he suprem le GoS Se S be eIerks 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 OF the district Judges shall receive a
salary, to be fixed by law, which, except IL
the parish of Orleans. shall not be less than
two thousand dollars, nor more than three
Thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly on his own warrant and which shall not
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, and
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,
tr1ct 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
tablished by article ninety-two of the consti
tuition of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
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attorney therefor, who shall be a citizen Of
the United States, and who shall have been q
resident of the State, and .practiclng 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 tn Z
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 be
er-Of iciO attorney of the parish, and receive
thprfltrOn q 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 be established
: by law. He shall be elected at the same time
with the judges of the district courts, anc
shall hold his office for the term of four years
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the judge may be re
cused, and when he Is not personally inter
e5ted in the matters in condensation, he shall
select a lawyer, having the necessary quaifl
cations required for a judge of his court, tx
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.
(Strike out article ninety.)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment 0
the judicial system created by the abov'
amendments and to prevent the evils Of al
! interregnum, it is hereby ordained by tin
people of Louisiana:
, First-That the General Assembly, whicl
meets the first Monday in January, 1879, shall
: in accordance with the foregoing amend
ments, Immediately redistrict the State, ant
provide for the authority Of clerks and tn
election and criminal jurisdiction Of justice
, of the peace.
Second-That as soon as the Legislator
. shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governo
shall by proclamatio call an election fol, jus
tees Of Che peace for each parish, except tn
parish Of Orleans, and for district judges, il
each district created by the redistricting
where one or more parishes have been added
; Or taken from the existing judicial district
I and for State attorneys, as above provided
except in the parish of Orleans, where tn
, district attorney for the parish shall be Stat
attorney. This election shall be held on tn
:, same day throughout the State, which da.
! shall not be less than sixty nor more thai
ninety days after the passage of said act
The terms Of the officers elected at said cleo
ton shall expire at the general election 0