The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-08-10
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per
auisites Of Office.

supreme court, district Courts, anu III JUS.
have original jurisdiction in all civil cases
where the amount In dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars. exclusive of interest, In
criminal cases, and In all probate matters,
their jurisdiction shall be unlimited. Ihey
from Justices Of the peace, when the amount.
IN dispute exceeds ten dollars, exclusive Of
interest. The Justices of the peace shall be
elected by tie electors nf ench parish in The
manner and with the qualifications to be de-
tprmined by the General Assembly, They
shall hold Office for the term Of two years.
and their compensation shall he fixed by law.
Their jurisdiction Ia civil cases shall not OK
ceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of inter
est subject TO An appeal To the district court
in all cases when the amount IN dispute shall
exceed ten dollars. exclusive Of interest. They
shall have such criminal jurisdiction as ehnll
be conferred by law. The General Assembly
shall have power TO vest In the clerks Of the
djstrint courts the right to grant such orders
and do such acts as may be edenmeH necessary
for tho furtherance Of the administration Of
Justice. IN all cnses the power thus granted
shall he specified aud determined.
(St,ike out articles aeventy-three. eighty
five, eighty-aix, elghty-seven, eighty-e,ight
eghty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred anu
thirty -three.l
NUMBER ELEVEN
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
shall receive q salary Of seven thousand dot
The supreme Court shall each receive salary
Of six thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly Oh their own warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE,
The General Assembly shall divide the
State into judicial districts, which shall re-
main unchanged for four years, and Tor eaeh
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
In which the General Assembly may estab-
lish as many district courts as the public III
terest may require, not to exceeu the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by n
two-thil,is vote Of all The members elected to
both branches Of the General Assembly,
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing in the parish OF orleans
shall have the jurisdiction ell present con-
ferred by law: no redistricting or change
| shall be made so rs to take effect during the
incurnbencv of any Judge. The number of
districts III the state shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-tive The General
four terms annually Of the district court IN
every parish. The General Assembly shall
| have power to create circuit courts, to be
constituted Ivy grouping the district Judges
into circuits, and composing the circuit
court of 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
courts with appellate jurisdiction from the
district courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dol
| lars ($10O) exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars {$b00) exclusive OF
Interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by two-thirds vote Of all the mem
bnrs elected to both houses. to restrict the ap-
pellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to
causes where the amount involved exceeds
one thousand dollars $4,000 exclusive Of In
terest; and in case Of such restriction, the
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peIlate jurisdiction of the class of cases thus
excluded from the appellate jurisdiction OF
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.
lStrige out article eighty ty-threel
NUMBER THtnTEEN.
Each of The district Judges shall receive a
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 guar
| terly on his own warrant, and which shall not
| be increased nor diminished during his term
of office. He must bo n citizen Of the United
States, over the age of twenty-five years, and
have resided in the State and practiced law
therein for the space Of two years next pre-
ceding his election. The Judges of the dis
tltct 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
exceed five thousand dollars, to be paid as
above provided
(Stll1e out article eighty-fourl
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu Of the Office of district attorney, ee-
tahshed by article niuety-two Of the const-
tuition of 1868, there shall be elected by the
qualified voters Of each parish, q States
attorney therefor who shall be u citizen Of
the United States, and who shall have been f.
resident of the State. and .practicing and
duly licensed attorney at law, Tor at least two
wears. He shall receive o SALARY from the
State OF not less than three nor more than
seven hundred dollars per annum, to be pro-
vided by law upon the basis nj representation
in the House Of Representatives, and payable
quarterly on his own warrant He shall be
er-ohicio attorney of the parish, and receive
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the
parochial authorities, not TO exceed seven
hundred dollars per nnnuln He shall, more
over, receive such fees of Office as may be
allowed by law. In the city of New Orleans
the States attorney shall receive such COM
pensation from the city, in addition to the
salary above provided, as may be established
by law. He shall be elected ut the same time
with the Judges of the district courts, and
shall hold his Office for the term Of four years.
NUMBER F1ETBEN.
In every case where the judge may be re-
oused, and when he is not personally inter
e5ted in the matters in confestation, he shall s!
cations required for u 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 absent or re-
fuses To act.
(strilzo out article ninety.)
NUMBER sIxTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment of
the judicial system created by the, above
amendments and to prevent the evils Of an
interregnvm, it is hereby ordained by tho
people of louisiana:
First-That the General Assembly. which
meets the frst Monday in January, 1879, shall,
in accordance with the foregoing amend
ments, Immediately redistrict The State, and
provide for .thc authority Of clerks and the
election and criminal jurisdiction Of justices
OF the peace.
tSccoxd-That s.>s soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
shall by proclamatio call an election for JUS
tices of the peace for each parish, except the
parish of Orleans and for district judges, in
each district created by the redistrictings
where one or more parishes have been added.
or taken from the existing judicial district