Richland beacon., 1878-09-21

general assembly shall have power to create
circui, court. to be constituted by grouping the
district jndgcs into circniis and composing the
circni, court of The Judges Of the district
conr's within sbch circnifs.
To direct The place places Of meetings
of said circui, courts SO constituted and to vest
, sand circuit courts with appellate nrisdic-
ton from tive district cc-,ris within the circnif
when tie amount involved exceeds one hun
dred dollars exclusive of interest, and does
not exceed five hundYed dollars exclusive OF
interest. The general assembly shall have
power, by a two-fhirs vote OF all the men,
yer, elected 10 both Houses to resiric, the ap-
peIaie Jurisdiction o! the supreme courf 10
causes where the ainoan' involved exceeds
one thousand dollars tsiOUo( exclusive Of
interest and in case Of such restriction, ;he
circnii courts 50 To I've created shaIi have
appellate jurisdiction Of the class of cases
ihas excluded from the appellate JnrisdIcii"n'
Of the supreme court. The clerks OF ih.
district courts shall be elected by the qualified
VOTES Of then respective Parishes, and shall
hold their office for tour years.
iStrike out article 81
NvNgyR THfRTkEv.
Each of the district Judges shall receive "a
sdidTy Io w hArt =" hN". SN''f' ~
the parish of Orleans, shall tot I've less than
Two thouSand nor more than three thousand
dollars rer annum. payable on hi. OWE war
rant. and which shall not be increased or
diminished during his term Of office. He
! mus, be a citizen Of the United States over
the age of ,weniy,kye years. and have resided
in The State and p,ac,ced law therein for
the space Of two years next proceeding his
| al. Gbo i,,.lyas uf tho district
shall hold their office for the term Of four
Yeas.
In the parish Of Orleans the ANIMAL salary
of the district judges shall no, exceed five
Thousand dollars, to be paid rs above provided.
(Siike ont article ST.
NrMBER roCRT En-.
| In lien of the office Of district attorney,
established BY article 90 Of the constitution Of
1865. there shall be elected by the qualified
voters Of each parish states attorney therefor,
! who shall I've a citizen of the United State
and who shall have been resident Of the
State and a prsctcing and duly licensed at,or-
, ney at law for at least two years. He shall
| receive a salary from the State Of not less
| than three nor more than scaven hundred dol
| lars per annuni, 10 be provided by law upon
the basis of representation in the House of
Representatives, and payable quarterly upon
| his own warrant.
He shall be an ex~Ofico attorney OF the
parish and receive such salary therefrom as
may be fixed by the parochial authorities, not
TO exceed 800 per annmrn. He shall more
| over receive such fees Of office as may be al
lowed by law. In the city Of New Orleans
the States attorney shall receive such COM
pensatio, from the city. in addition IN the
salary above provided, as may he established
by law. tie 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 where the Judge may be re.
cused. and when lie is not personally inter.
ested in the matters in condensation, he shall
select a lawyer having the necessary quail
ficatious required for Judge Of his court, IN
try such cases; and the general assent ly
shall provide by law for the trial Of those
cases in which the judge may lie personally
interested, or when he may be absent o.
refuses 10 act.
fSfrike ont article 90
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment OF
the judicial system created by the above
anne ndments, and to prevent the evils Of an
inrcrregnum, it is hereby ordained by the
people of Louisiana
, First-Tba, the general assembly, which
meets the first Monday in January, 1879
shall in accordance with the foregoing amend
menrs. Immediately redstrict the State, and
provide for the authority Of clerks, and the
. election and criminal jurisdiction Of justices
Of the peace.
Second-That as soon sa the legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the governor
shall, by proclamation, call an election fo'
justices of the peace foi each parish except the
parish O Orleans, and for district judges in each
= district created by the redistrcting, where one
: or more parishes have been added or taken
from the existing Judicial district, and fol
State attorneys, as above provided, except IN
|, the parish of Orleans, where the district A.
: iorney for the parish shall he State attorney
This election shall be held ON the same day
$ throughout the State, which day shall not be
). less than sixty nor more than ninety days
after the passage of said act. The terms u
. the officers elected at said election shall ex'
e pire at the general election Of $780, and thu
+ Limitation on the change Of districts ofieneI
e than once evry four years shall not bc consd
!. cred as having effect before the genera
y election of 1880. .
r Third-Thst the judicial system as estab
4 lished by the constitution Of 1868 shall re
4 main in force until the expiration Of the thr
r tie,h day after said election, excluding from
II the computation the daysof the election.
e Four,h-The adoption of these amend
J. ments shall not vacate the Offices Of the pres
II ent clerks of courts in each parish.
T. NUMBER SEVENTEEN.
y Article 1872 of the constitution Of 1868 sha
II be abrogated.
y I.S.@ NUMBER EIGHTEEN.
e 1.-THE superintendent Of public educatio
IS shall receive a salary Of thirfy-five hundre
T. dollars, payable quarterly, on his own wa
" rant
d NUMBER NINETEEN.
- NO license tax shall be imposed by III
u State or any parish or municipal authority o
any mechanical trade, mandatory or factor.
EXCEPT such as may require police regulation
III in towns and cities.
40 NUMBER TWENTY.
!" The legislature is authorized TO exeml
H. from State, municipal or parish taxation hous
hold goods. such as furniture, wearing n
pareI, tools of trade or profession. aud fami
he nor,raits not exceeding in aggregate value Il