St. Landry democrat., 1878-08-17

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uortions Of the bill, and the part or parts of the
bill approved shall become law. and the item or
items Of appropriations disapproved shall be
void, unless lepaSscd according to the rules
and limitations prescribed for the passage OF
other bills over the Governors veto.
(Strike out article sXty-siX.)
NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the con
stitution, shall be allowed any fees or perQUi-
sites of office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in Il SUI
preue court, district courts. and i'll justices of
the peace. The district courts shall have OIL
minal jurisdiction i'll all civil cases where the
amount i'll 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 juris-
diction i'll civil suits from justices of thepearc,
when the Amount ndlspute 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 he
determined by the General Assembly. They
shall hold office for the fern OF two years: ana
t lcr compensation sLAll be fixed by law. Their
jurisdiction in civil eases shall not exceed one
hundred dollars. exclusive of interest, subject
! to in appeal to the district court III all cases
when the amount IN dispute shall exceed ter
dollars. exclusive of interest. They shall have
such criminal Jurisdiction shall be conferred
by law. The General Assembly shall have
power to vest i'll the clerks of the district courts
the ri ght to grant such orders and do such acts
as may be deemed Necessary for the fultheralce
Of the adlninst ration of Justice. In all cases
! the power thus granted shall be specified and
determined.
( Strike out articles seycnty-threc. eighty five,
eighty six, ei@hty-sevcn, lightweight. eighty
nne nnety-One and one hundred and thirty
| tnree.)
! NUMBER ELEVEN.
! The Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court shall
receive a salary of seven thousand dollars per
annun, and the Associate Justices of the SUI
premc Court shall each receive a salary of six
! thousand five hundred dollars per annum, pay
able quarterly OIL their own warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
! The General Assembly shall divide the State
into judicial districts, which shall remain I'M
changed for four years. and for each 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. i'll which the
/ General Assembly may establish as many dis
| trct courts rs the public interest may require,
| not to exceed the number now authorized by
| existing laws, except by two-thirls vote of
| all the members elected to both branches OF the
Geueral Assembly. Until otherwise provided
! by law the district courts now existing III the
| parish of orleans shall have the jurisdiction at
present conferred by law; no redistricting or
change shall be made so as to take effect during
the incumbency of any judge. The number OF
districts in the State shall not he less than
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 cOnrtof the judges of
the district courts within such circuits TO direct
the place or places of meeting Of said circuit
courts so constituted, and to vest said circuit
c0nrts with appellate jurisdiction from the dis
trict courts within the circuit where he amount
involved exceeds one hundred dollars $1,000 eX-
elusive of interest. and does not exceed five hun
dred dollars $500 exclusive Ofinttrest The Gen
eral Assembly shall have power by a two-thirds
vote of all the members elected TO both houses,
| to restrict the appellate jurisdiction or the
Supreme Court to citllSes where the amount in
vUlvcd exceeds one thousand dollars $4,000 eX-
elusive of interest; and i'll ease of such reStrc-
ton, the circuit courts so to be created shall
have appellate jurisdiction of the class Of cases
| thus excluded from the appellate jurisdiction
| vote of all the members elected to both houses,
to restrict the appellate jurisdiction of the SUI
preme Court to causes where the amount i'll
| volyed exceeds one thousand dollars ($l0tOl eX-
elusive of interest and i'll case N #llch restrc.
ton, the circuit courts so to be created shall
have appellate jurisdiction OF the class OF cases
thus excluded from the appellate jurisdiction
nf the Supreme Court The clerks Of the dis
trict courts shall be elected by the qualified
voters of their respective parishes, and Shall
hold their office for four years.
(StTike Ult article eighty thlcc-)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Euch of the district judges shall receive q
salary, to be fixed by law, which, except i'll the
rariSh of Orleans. shall not be less than two
fnOnSnnu uOlIhfS, lbf more tIttH tiltt tllOhSdlN
dollars per annum, payable quarterly Oh his
own warrant. and which shall not be increased
nor dismissed during his term of office. He
must be a citizen Of the United States, over
/ the age Of twenty-five years, and have resided
in the State and practicet law therein for the
space of two years next preceding his election
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 dis
trict Judges shall not exceed five thousand dol
lars, to be paid as above provided.
Strike ont article eighty-fouro
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the office of district attorney. es
tablished by article ninety-tWo of the cOnstltu
ton of 1863 there shall be elected, by the quail
fed voters of each parish, a States attorney
therefor. who shall lie 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 a salary from the State Of not less
than three nor more shan seven hundred dol
lars per annunl, to be provided by law upon the
basis of representation in the House OF Repre-
sentatives, and payable quarterly on his own
warrant. He shall be er0fcio attorney of the
parish, and receive such salary therefrOm as
may be fixed by the parochial authorities, moi
to exceed seven hundred dollars per annnm
He shall. moreover. receive such fees of office
as may be allowed by law. In the city of New
Orleans the States attorney shall receive such
compensation from the city, in addition to the
salary above provided, as may he established
by law He shall be ELECTED at the same tins
hold his office for the term OF four years.
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every ease where the Judge may be rccused
and when he is not personally interested i'll the
matters in condensation, he shall select a law
yer having the necessary qualifications required
or o judge of his court, to try such cases; and
the General Assembly shall provide by law fol
the trial of those cases in which the Judge may
be personally interested, or when he may be
absent or refuses to act
| (Strikp out article Ulnety,)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment OF
the judicial system created by the above amend
ments, and to prevent the evils of an interreg
) mum, it is hereby ordained by the people OF
Fust-That the General Assembly. which
meets the first Monday in January. 1879; shall
, in accordance with the foregoing amendments
Immediately redistrct the State, and provide
for the authority of clerks, and the election anC
criminal jurisdiction of justices of the peace.
Sec0Hd-That as soon as the Legislature shall
have acted as aforesaid, the Governor shall by
proclamation call an election for justices OF the
peace for each parish, except the parish OF
Orleans and for district judges in each district
created by the redstricting, where one or more
parishes have been added, or taken from the
: existing judicial district and for State attor
news az Cove provlucu, except in nc ,arish
r OF Orleans, where the district attorney fOr the
, parish shall be State attorney. This election
, shall be held on the same day throughout tnt
, State, which day shall not be less than sixty
nor more than ninety days after the passage OF
said act. The terms OF the officers elected a
said election shall expire at the general electlol
of 1880, and the limitation Oh the change or dlS
tricts oftener than once every four years, shall
not be considered as having effect before the
general election Of $780,
Third-That the Judicial system, as estao
lished br the constitution of 1865 shall remain
in force until the expiration of the thirtietl
day after said election, excluding from the com
putation the day of the election.
| f,1,x 49, Of M n
shall not vacate the offices of the present clerk
of courts III each parish. ..