The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-29
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
quisites OF office.

UeTTnlned by Ln6 General Assembly. Iney
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
and do such acts as may be deemed necessary
for the furtherance of the administration of
justice. In all cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
tStrike out articles seyenty-three, eighty
five, eighty-six, eighty-eeven, lightweight, |
eighty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred and
tairty-threeJ
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
shall receive @ salary OF seven thousand dol
lars per annum, and che 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
State into judicial districts, which shall re-
sn gnehanged 9 5oF aqe n s W eE Sheh
be elected by q 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-
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by q
two-thirds vote Of all the members elected to
both branches Of the General Assembly.
court; now existing in the parish OF Orleans
sha,4 have the Jurisdiction at present con-
feEred by law; no redistricting or change
shall be made so as to take effect during the
districts ii the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-fiye. The General
Assembly shall provide by 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 circuits, and composing the circuit
court OF the judges OF the g.. district COURTS
within such circuits To direct the ! PLACE
courts 80 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 ($1oo) exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars (S5O0) exclusive OF
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by q two-thirds vote of all the mem
: bers 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 80 to be created shall have ap-
peliate 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 qualitieo
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 E
salary, to be fixed by law, which, except IL
the parish OF Orleans, shall not be less thai
: two thousand dollars, nor more than three
! Thousand dollars per annum, payable guar
: terly on his own warrant, and which shall no
be increased nor diminished during his tern
of office. He must be q citizen OF the Unitet
States, over the age Of twenty-five years, ant
1 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 tern
!, OF four years. In the parish Of Orleans th
] annual salary Of the district judges shall no
= exceed five thousand dollars, to be paid a.
: above provided.
4 (5trike out article eighty-four)
! NUMBER FOURTEEN.
:, In lieu of the office Of district attorney, ee
e tablished by article ninety-two Of the constl
l tuition Of 1868, there shall be elected by til
aaea H1egs Of who 6aoa sbp ifbs Be et a
the United States, and who shall have been
resident of the State, and a practicing an
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least tW
years. He shall receive a salary from tn
n seven hundred dollars pei. annum, to be PFC
= vided by law upon the basis OF repreSentat1O
!, In the House OF Representatives, and pay1aabl
), quarterly on his own warrant. He shall b
y eg-o6fcio attorney Of the parish, and receiv
Il such salary therefrom as may be fixed by tn
+ parochial authorities, not to exceed seve
y hundred dollars per annum. He shall, more
d over, receive such fees OF office as may
II allowed by law. In the CITY OF New grlean
r, pensation from the city, In addition to tn
IS salary above provided, az may be establishe
g by law He shall be elected at the same tim
5, with the judges Of the district courts, an
10 shall hold his Office for the term Of four year
y NUMBER FIFTEEN.
II In every case where the judge may be n
cused, and when he is not personally inter
ested In the matters in condensation, he sha
select q lawyer, having the necessary qual1t
u cations required for a, Judge OF his court, I
T. try such cases: and the General Assembl
shall provide by law for the trial of thos
cases in which the judge may be. PERSONAL
interested, or when ne may be absent or n
, fuses to act
a GStrlke out article ninety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN. -"
In order to provide for the establishment
the judicial system created by the, aboI
:, amendments, and to prevent the evils OF a
y interregnum, it ts hereby ordained by tt
= people Of Louisiana:
20 FWSL-Iudb LILO Cbueiar hoSehAipty1 WIN
10 meets the first Monday in January, 1879, shall
U In accordance with the foregoing arnent
I ments, Immediately redistrict the State, an
II provide for the authority Of clerks, and til
70 election and criminal jurisdiction OF justice
~, 40 Of the peace.
ie Second-That as soon as the Legislatul
e shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governt
81 shall by proclamation call an election for ju
70 tices Of fhe peace for each parish, except tt
VI parish of Orleans, and for district judges,
s, each district created by the redistrictin,
or where one or more parishes have been adde's
ne or taken from the existing judicial distric
u and for State attorneys, as above provide'
u except in the parish OF Orleans, where tt
10 attorney. This election shall be held on tt
:, same day throughout the State, which da
n shall not, be less than sixty nor more tina
~ ninety DAYS after the passage OF said &C