The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-15
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees Or per-
quistes OF office.

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tees of the peace. The district courts shall
have original jurisdiction in all civil cases
where the amount In dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive Of interest. In
criminal cases and In all probate matters,
their jurisdiction shall be unlimited They
shall have appellate jurisdiction, in civil suits
from justices Of the peace, when the amount
III 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-
termined 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-
ceed 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
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
| Strike out articles seventy-three, eighty
| five eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight
eighty-nine ninety-one and one hundred and
thirty threeJ
| NUMBER ELEVEN.
| The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive q salary Of seven thousand dol
lars per annum, and the Associate Justices Of
the Supreme Court shall each receive 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-
district one Judge, learned In the law, shall
be elected by a 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 estsb-
| lish rs many district courts as the public in
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.
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 redstricting or change
shall be made 50 as to take effect during the
incumbency OF any Judge. The number OF
thirty nor more than fOrty-tive. 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 district courts
within such circuits. To 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 ($1O0) exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars (S5OO) exclusive OF
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power by @ two-thirds vote Of all the mem
bers elected to both houses, to restrict the ap-
peIate 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-
pelate jurisdiction Of the class. of cases thus
excluded 1o the aPRPe orts If tbs d
trict 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 In
the parish Of Orleans, shall not be less than
two thousand dollars, nor more than three
Thousand dollars per annurn, 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
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 not
above provided.
(Strike out article eighty-fourJ
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu Of the office of district attorney, es,
tablished by article ninetytWO Of the cOnstl'
tuition of 1868, there shall be elected by the
qualified voters Of each, parish, a States
attorney therefor, who shall be a citizen Of
resident Of the State, and practicing and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive a salary from the
| State ct pot lees than three nor more thar
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-o6iciO attorney Of the parish, and receive
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the
parochial authorities, not to exceed sever
!, hundred dollars per annun. He shall, more
over, receive such fees Of office as may bt
allowed by law. In the city Of New Orleans
the States attorney shall receive such com
pensation from the city, in addition to th'
) salary above provided, as may be established
by law. He shall be elected at the same time
, with the judges Of the district courts, ant
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 qualif
: 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 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
interregnurn, it Is hereby ordained by thu
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 thu
, election and criminal jurisdiction Of justices
, Of the peace.
!Second-That as soon as the Legislator,
+ shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governo
shall by proclamation call an election for jus
:, tees Of the peace for each parish, except tn
parish Of Orleans, and for district judges, il
. each district created by the redfstricting
where one Or more parishes have been added
or taken from the existing judicial district
and for State attorneys As above provided