Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-08-03

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judges of the district courts within such
circuits. TO direct the place or places of
meeting Of said circuit courts so consti
tuted, and to vest said circuit courts with
appellate jurisdiction from the district
courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred
dollars ($lOO) exclusive Of interest, and
does not exceed tive hundred dollars
($5OO) exclusive Of interest. The General
Assembly shall have power by \ two
thirds vote of all the members elected to
both houses, to restrict the appellate
Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to
causes where the amount involved ex-
ceeds one thousand dollars ($lOOO) exclu.
sive OF interest and in case Of such re-
striction, the circuit courts SO to be
created shall have appellate jurisdiction
Of the class of cases thus excluded from
the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court. The clerks OF the district 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
O salary, to be fixed by law, which, ex-
cept in the parish of Orleans, shall not
be loss than two thousand dollars, nor
more than three thousand dollars per
dunllL, tydUlO ol o"A
warrant, and which shall not be increased
nor diminished during his term of Office.
Ho must be Il citizen of the United Sta
tes, over the age of twenty five years, and
have resided III the State and practiced
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 par
ish of Orleans the annual salary of the
~; int nd Shnl1 nnt aXpa0f five
thousand dollars, to be paid as above pro.
vided.
(Strike out article eight; ;-four.)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the office of district attorney,
established by article ninety-two of the
constitution OF 1868, there shall he cleo
ted, by the qualified voters of each par
ish, a States attorney therefor, who
shall be q citizen of the United States,
and who shall have been a resident Of
the State, and a practicing and duly IL
censed attorney at law, for vt least two
years. He shall receive a salary from
the State of not less than three nor more
than seven hundred dollars per annum,
to be provided by law upon the basis of
representation in the House of Represen-
tatives, and payable quarterly on his own
warrant. He shall be &c -oticio attorney of
the parish, and receive such salary there
from as may be fixed by the parochia!
authorities, not to exceed seven hundred
dollars per annum. He shall, moreover,
receive such fees of Office as may be al
lowed by law. In the city of New Or
leans the States attorney shall receive
such compensation from the city, in ad-
dition to the salary above provided, as
may be established by law. He shall
be elected at the same time with the
judges of the district courts, and shall
h.,l Il <,fSp fort fhsa Of fINNr
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the judge may be
recused, and when he is not personally
interested in the matters in contestatlon,
he shall select Il lawyer, having the
necessary qualifications required for n
Judge of his court, to try such cases ; and
tho General Assembly shall provide bv
law for the trial of those cases in which
the Judge may be personally interested,
or hen he may be absent or refused to
act.
(Strike out article ninety.)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establish
ment of the judicial system created by
the above emendments, and to prevent
the evils of an interregnum, it is hereby
ordained by the people of Louisiana:
First-That the General Assembly,
which meets the first Monday in january,
1879, shall, in accordance with the fore
going amendments, Immediately redis-
trict the State, and provide for the au-
thority of clerks, and the election and
criminal jurisdiction of justices of the
peace.
Second-That as soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Gov
ernor shall by proclamation call an elec-
tion for justices of the peace for each
parish, except the parish of Orlcaps, aud
| for district judges, in each district crea-
ted by the redistricting, where one or
| more parishes have been added, or taken
from the existing judicial district, and
| for State attorneys, as above proVlded'
| except in tho parish of Orleans, where
| the district attorney for tho parish shall
be State attorney. This election shall be
held on the same day throughout the
State, which day shall not DO less than
sixty nor more than ninety days after
tho passage of said act. The terms of the
| officers elected at said election shall eX-
pire at the general election of 1850, and
tho limitation on the change of districts,
oftener than once every four years, shall
| not be considered rs having effect before
| the general election of 1880.
Third-That the judicial system, as
established by the constitution of 1868,
shall remain in force until the expiration
| of the thirteth day after said election,
excluding from tho computation the day
of the el ction.
Eourth-The adoption Of these amend
ments shall not vacate the offices of the
present clerks of courts in each parish.
NUMBER SEVENTEEN.
Article one hundred and'thir:y y-two OF