The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-07

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constituted by grouping the district
judges into circuits, and composing the
circuit court Of the judges Of the dis
trict courts within such circuits. TO
direct the place Or places of meeting of
said circuit courts so constituted, and
to vest said circuit courts with appel.
late Jurisdiction from the district
courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred
dollars (S100,) exclusive of interest,
and does not exceed five hundred dol
lars ($500,) exclusive of interest. The
General Assembly shall have power,
by two thirds vote Of all the mem
beers elected to both houses, to restrict
the appellate jurisdiction of the Su-
preme Court to causes where the
amount involved exceeds one thou
sand dollars ISL ,O0O,) exclusive of in
terest; and in case of such restriction,
the circuit courts 80 to be created shall
have appellate jurisdiction of the class
of cases thus excluded from the ap-
pellate jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court. The clerks of the dis
trict courts shall be elected by the
qualified voters of their respective par
ishes, and shall hold their Office for
four years. ',t.s .'' t'| 71.A
(Strike out article eighty.three.
NUMBER THIRTEEN. ~
Each of the district judges shall re-
ceive 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 annum, payable quarterly
on his own warrant, and which shall
not be increased nor diminished dur
ing his term of office. He must be {
citizen of the United States, over the
age of twenty-five years, and have re
sided in the State and practiced Law
therein for the space of two years mex
preceding his election. The judges o
the district courts shall hold their of
fee for the term of four years. In TIL
Parish of Orleans the annual salary o
the district judges shall not exceed fiv
thousand dollars, to be paid as abov
provided.
:, Strike out article eighty.four.)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the office of district attor
7 ney, established by article ninety-tw
of the Constitution of 1868, there shal
3 be elected, by the qualified voters 9
9 each Parish, States attorney there
t for, who shall he citizen of the Uni
D ted States, and who shall have been
Z resident Of the State, and a practicin
e and duly licensed attorney at law, fl
2 at least two years. He shall receive
j, salary from the State of not less tia
e three nor more than seven hnndre
i dollars per annum, to be provided b
q law upon the basis of representation
: the House Of Representatives, and pay
d able quarterly on his own warran
s He shall he ex officio attorney Of til
+ Parish, and receive such salary there
from IA may be fixed by the paroclIi;
authorities, not to exceed seven hur
dred dollars per annuma He slal
moreover, receive such fees Of office a
y may be allowed by law. In the cit
j of New Orleans the States attorne
shall receive such compensation fro
the city, in addition to the sala,
above provided, as may be establishe
u by law. He shall he elected at ii
y same time with the judges of tile di
) trict courts, and shall hold his offit
>. for the term of four years.
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
u In every case where the Judge ma
t. be reused, and when he Is not persol
i. ally interested in the matters inn col
s. testation, he shall select a lawyer, ha,
Of ing the necessary qualifications r.
te quired for a judge of his court, to ii
l. such cases; and the General Ascend
II shall provide by law for the trial
r. those cases in which tile judge may
j. personally interested, or when lie ms
l. be absent or refuses to act. 49,
,e Strike out article ninety.)
IT ;..f.f = NUMBER SIXTEEN. q
" In order to provide for the esta
:. lishment of the judicial system create
6, by the above amendments, and to pr
~ vent the evils Of an interregnum, it
u, ~ hereby ordained by the people Of Lo
~ isiana:
y First-That the General Assembl
~ which meets.the first Monday in Jan
=. =. airy, 1879, shall, in accordance with t
70 foregoing amendments, immediate
~ redistrict the State, and provide
~ the authority of clerks, and the Gle
y tion and criminal jurisdiction of ju
= tees Of the peace.
OF Second-Tilat as soon as the Leg
o lature shall have acted as ,aforessi
tho Governor shall by proclamati
g. call an election for justices of t
~ peace for each parish, except the pa
70, ish Of Orleans. and for district judg'
~ in each district created by the red
tricting, where one or more; parish
ne have been added, or taken from t
en- existing judicial district, and for Sta
he Attorneys, as above provided, exec
ne in the parish of Orleans, where the d
tx trict attorney for the parish shall
u State attorney. This election shall
gn held on the same day throughout t
State, which day shall not be less til
= sixty nor more. than ninety days AFT
Ia the passage of said act. The terms
81, the officers elected at said electi
=. =. shall expire at tho general election
-, 1880, aud the limitation on the clan
- of districts, Oftener than once eve