Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-08-31

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each district ono judge, learned in the te
law, shall be elected by Ir plar.hh'Sl oah lis. is.
trict there shall be one district court, eN- :;
cont in the parish of Orleans, in which -
the General Assembly may establish as II !,
many district courts as the pubic inter-
est may require, not to exceed 1ne III ,s nun nn
cent by q two-thirds vote of all the mem G
bers elected to both branches OF the Cen +
eral Assembly. Until otherwise proVld- y :.
| ed by law, the district courts now EXIST
| ing IN the parish OF orleans snail l'tEe
the jurisdiction at present conferred by
| law: no redistricting or change shall oe
| made so as to take effect during the IN r
cnrnbency of any judge. The number OF ,
Sistricts ir the State shall not be less
than thirty nor more thnh ioreHlaH
law for at 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 CIR
cults, and composing the circuit court OF
| the iudges of the district courts within
snciI circuits. To direct the place or
| places of meeting of said circuit courts
so constituted, and to vest SAID clrculC
courts with appellate lurlsdlctloh lroit
, where the amount involved exceeds one |
hundred (S1OO) dollars exclusive OF inter,
, est and does not exceed tive hunored
Is5oO) dollars exclusive of interest. The
p General Assembly shall have power ny a
. | tyo-thirds vote Of all the members elect
- | ed to both houses, to restrict the appel
!, late Jurisdiction Of the Supreme Court TO
= causes where the amount involved eA-
:. ceeds one thousand ($lOOO) dollars eXcin-
:. sive of interest; and in case OF such re-
It striction the circuit courts SO TO oG 1,o. af
q ted shall have appellate jurisdiction OF
:. the class of cases thus excluded from the
r., annellate jurisdiction of the Supreme
y. Court. The clerks of the district courts
shall be elected by the qualified voters OF
their respective parishes, ana snail holo
their office for four years.
~ (Strize out article eighty-three.)
n, NUMBER THIRTEEN.
lU' Each Of the district judges shall receive
T. salary, to be fixed by law, which, eN.
cent in tho parish Of Orleans, shall not
We be less than two thousand dollars, nor
of more than three thousand dollars per an
nm. PAYABLE quarterly on his own
warrant. and which shall not be increased
nor diminished during his term OF Office
He must be citizen OF the Unlteo
ed States, over the age OF twenty i've years
w. and have resided in the State and prac
it; ticel law therein for the space OF ' tW'
it'll years next preceding his election: Ih'
it iudres of the district courts shall hol'
ct their office for tho term of tour years. Ii
ro- the parish of Orleans the annual salar.
re- of the district judges ihall not exceed nv
m thousand dollars, to be paid as ABOVE pre
TO yidcd.
the (Strike out article eighty-four.)
lcn NUMBER FOURTEEN.
,ars Tn lieu of tho Office of district attorne!
NV established by article nincty-two OF I'll
1ses constitution of 1865, there shall be elec
,%s ed, by the qualified voters of each paris
or a States attorney therefor, who snail !
the a citizen of the United States, and WI
Tf shall have been a resident OF the Stat
tho and a practicing and duly licensed alto
h,n new at Ia W, for at least two years. L
~. :, shall receive a salary from the state
4 Il not less than three nor moro than sevt
1,n hundred dollars per annum, to be Prov
.ase ed by law upon the basis of represent
n al ton in the House of Representatives, al
,eto payable quarterly on his own warr;ll
tote He shall lie er-oticio attorney of the pi
visa ish, and receive such salary there1rom
rroI | NAV be fixed by the parOchial authority
Sno" .1' NOT to exceed seven hundred dollars
osit- annum. He shall, moreover, receive sl'
Il on fees of office may be allowed Dy Ia
next In the city OF New Orleans the States
,nom torne7 shall receive such compensatl
Gov from the city, IN addition TO the Stl; :l'i
~ or above provided, as may be establish
lnon- ny Jaw. i1e Sn''it o1 oioo' H. I;st,
,nrd courts, and shall hold his office for
owed term OF tour years.
an NUMBER FIFTEEN.
void, Tn every case where the Judge may
rules recused, and when he is not person:
pas interested in the matters in contestat
rnor's he shall select a lawyer, having the
essary qualifications required tor Il J u
of his court, to try such cases; auu
General Assembly shall provide ny
v the Tor Tue trl;Il " 'noso o" in+, .rnstnd
eeS or JuuSe n'J ~ - h"t ~. rofrs.s to
(Strike out article ninety.)
NUMBER sINTEEN.
~ ~ :.i : " In order to provide for tho cstab
~ i;,"+, J,e ment of the judicial system created
~ a.; the above amendments, and to pre-
u. w.. ,r- the evils of an intcrreGnum, 1T is he
we of oru1ihe" ny oio poppy
in all First-Ihat tho GehSrll Assoli
shall which meets the first Monday in JAM
pellate 1879, shall, in accordance with the
ices of going amendments, lm1ne,'lccc's
lispute trlct the StlIe, 'eh't PtoIluo ion '.''
itereSt. | thorlty OF CLERKS, iIll. Gno oaeo'i'i
,lectet: criminal jurisdiction of justices OF
Q man peace.
be de- SecOpd-That as soon as the LcGisl;
They shall have acted as aforesaid, the q
} yea $, nor shall by proclamation call an elc
xed by for justices of tho peace for each p;
cases except the parish of Orleans, and TO
ars, OK irict Judges, i'll each district creat
appeal the redistrictng, where one or moro
hen the ishes have been added, or taken trol
5en dol existing judicial district, and for
Y shall attorneys, as above provided, exec
Is shall tho parish of Orleans, where the dl
Assem-. | attorney for the parish shall DC STA
@ clerks torney. This election shall DO he
% grant the same day throughout the State,
he | !, ,l,,n of ~ less than SlNtV nor