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constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
uuisites of office.

In all cases when the amount In dispute shall
exceed ten dollars, exclusive OF Interest. lhey
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 Q,
Justice. In oil cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
tstrika out articles seventy-three, eighty
FIVE, eighty-six. eighty-seven, eighty eight,
eighty mine. ninety-one and one hundred anu
thirty-threel
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive O. salary Of seven thousand dol
lars per atlnum and the Associate Justices OF
the Supreme Court shall each receive q salary
Of six thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly on their own warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the
main unchanged for four years, and for each
district one judge, learned In the law, shall
be elected by 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
now authorized by existing laws, except by q
two-thirtls vote OF all the members elected to
both branches OF the General Assembly e tiy
courte now existing In the parish OF Orleans
shea have the jurisdiction at present con-
feered by law: no redistricting or change
shall be made so az to take effect during the
districts In the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-five. The General
ASS 4mbly shall provide by law for at least
four terms annually Of tho district court In
every parish The General Assembly, sfall
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. 70 direct the place
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 (St00) exclusive of interest, and does not
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power. by O. two~thirds vote of all the mem
bets elected to both houses, to restrict the ap-
pellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to
one Thousand dollars ls1oool exclusive OF in
terest: and In case OF such restriction, the
circuit courts 80 to be created shall have ap"
pellate Jurisdiction OF the class of cases thus
excluded from the appellate jursdltGht etc , Of
trlct courts shall be elected by the qualified
voters of their respective parishes, and shall
hold their Office for four years.
lStrtke out article eighty-three.)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each of the district Judges shall receive
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-
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 ct two years next pre-
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 not
exceed five thousand dollars, to be paid as
above provided.
(strlke out article eighty-four,)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the office OF district attorney, es-
tablished by article ninety-two Of the eonsti-
tuition of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters Of each. parish, States
attorney therefor, who shall be O. citizen OF
the United States, and who shall have been
resident of the State, and a .practicing and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive O. salary from the
State of not less than three nor more than
seven hundred dollars per annum, to be pro-
vided by law upon the basis OF representation
In the House Of Representatives, and payable
er-oficio attorney Of the parish and receive
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the
parochial authorities, not to exceed seven
hundred dollars per annum. He shall, more
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, and
chall hold hia office fnr tho term of fp,lr years
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the Judge may be re-
cused, and when he is not personally inter-
ested In the matters In condensation, he shall
select a lawyer, having the necessary qualiti-
cations required for q judge of his court, to
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 OF
the judicial system created by the above
amendments, and to prevent the evils Of an
interregnum, 1t Is hereby ordained by the
people of Louisiana:
Ffrst-That the General Assembly, which
meets the first Monday in January, 1879 shall
In accordance with the foregoing amend.
ments, Immediately redistrict the State, and
provide for the authority of clerks, and the
| election and criminal Jurisdiction OF justices
of the peace.
Sccond-That as soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
shall by proclamation call an election for jus
tees Of the peace for each parish, except the
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
and for State attorneys, as above provided
except in the parish of Orleans, where the
district attorney for the 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 thar
ninety days after the passage of said act
The terms of the officers elected at said cleo
ton shall expire at the general election o
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 1858, shall remain
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