The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1878-08-17

suits from justices of the peace, when the
amount in dispute exceeds ten dollars, ex-
elusive 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 determined by the Gen
eral Assembly. They shall hold office for
the term of two years, and their compensa
ton shall be fixed by law. Their iurisdic-
tion in civil cases shall not exceed one hun
dred dollars. exclusive of interest, subject
to an appeal to the district court in all ca
ses when the amount in dispute shall ex-
ceed ten dollars, exclusive of interest. They
shall have such criminal Jurisdiction as
| shall Ire 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 NAV
be deemed necessary for the turtherance of
the administration of justice. In all cases
the power thus granted shall be specified
and determined.
| tStrike out articles seventy three, eighty
five, eighty six, eighhty seven, eighty eight.
| eightynine, ninety one and one huddred
and thirty three.J
| NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
| shall receive a salary of seven thousand dol
lars per apnum, and the Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court shall each receive "a
salary OF six thousand five hundred dollars
per annum, 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 i'll the law.
shall be elected by a plurality OF qualified
electors thereof. For each district there
shall shall he one district court. except in
| in the parish of Orleans i'll which the Gen
eral Assembly may establish as many dis
| trict courts as the public interest may re
! ouire, not to exceed the number now au-
| thorized by existing laws. except by two
| thirds vote OF all the members elected to
both branches Of the General Assembly. Tn
| til otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing in the parish of Or
leans shall have the jurisdiction at present
| conferred by law ?; no redlstricting or
change shall be made SO as to take effect
during the incumbency ot any judge. The
number of districts III this State shall not
| be less than forty nor forty five. The Gener
al Assembly shall provide by law for at
least four terms annually of the district
court in every parish. The General Assem-
| bly, shall have power to create circuit
| courts, to be constituted by grouping the
| district judges into circuits and composing
I JIG COuiU VI tflC JuuSVS III tHC us
| trict courts within such circuits. To direct
| the place or places Of meeting of said Cir
| cult 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 dollars i$l00) exclusive of inter-
| est, and does not exceed five hundred dol
| lars ($500) exclusive of interest. The Gene
raj Assembly shall have ipower by two
Al ,yxIc Of oil Hn how nIn fnI 10
| both houses, to restrict the appellate juris-
| diction of the Supreme Court to causes
where the amount involved exceeds ono
| thousand dollars [$l000I exclusive of inter
| est and in case of such restriction. the
circuit courts so to be created shall have
appellate jurisdiction of the class of eases
| thus excluded from the appellate jnrisdic-
| ton of the Supreme Court. The clerks OF
the district courts shall be elected by the
qualified voters of their respective parish
es, and shall hold their Office fer four years.
| (Strike out article eighty three.)
| NUMBER THIRTEEN.
| Each of the district judges shall receive
n salary, to be tized 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
quarterly on his own warrant, and which
| shall not he increased nor diminished du-
| ring his term Of office. He must be a citi-
| zen Of the United States. over the age of
twenty five years, aud have resided in the
| State and practiced law therein for the
space of two years next preceding his elec
! ton. The judges of the district 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 ex-
ceed five thousand dollars, to be paid as
above provided.
| (Strike out article eighty-four.
| NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the office of district attorney,
established by article ninety-twO Of the con
| stitution of 1868, there shall be seleCted, by
the qualified voters of each parish, q State =
| attorney therefore. who shall be citizen cf
| the United States, and who shall have been
a resident of the State, and a praetieing
| and licensed attorney at law. for at least
two years. He shall receive salary from
the State of not less than three nor more
| than seven hundred dollrrs per annIIm, to
be proxided by law upon the basis of pre-
resentation in the House of Representa-
tives and payable quarterly OIL his own
| warrant He shall be cC-ofict0 attorney of
the parish. and receive such salary there
from as may be fixed by the parochial au-
thorities, not to exceed seven hundred dol
| lars per aunum. lie shall, moreover, re
ceive such fees Of office as may be allowed
by law. In the city of New Orleans the
States attorney shall receive such compen
sation from the city. III addition to the
salary above provided, as may be establish
ed by law He shall be elected at the same
time with the Judges of the district courts
and shall hold his Office for the term Of
four years.
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case whore the iud ge may be re
cused, and when b. is not personally inter
eSted in the matters in cDntestation, he
shall select laAYer, having the necessary
qualifications required for a 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
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