The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-28


be conferred by law. The General Assembly !
shall have power to vest in the clerks Of the
district courts the right to grant such orders
and do such acts as may be deemed necessary
for the furtherance of the administration OF
justice. In all cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
(Strike out articles seventy -three, eighty
five eighty-six, eighty-seven, lightweight,
eighty-nine ninety-one and one hundred and
thirty-three)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
shall receive salary OF seven Thousand dol
lars per annum, and the Associate Justices OF
the Supreme Court shall each receive a salary
of six thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly on their own warrant
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the
State into judicial districts, which shall re-
main unchanged for four years, and for each
district one Judge, learned in the law, shall
be elected by g plurality Of qualified electors
district court, except In the parish Of Orleans,
in which the General Assembly may estab-
fish as many district courts as the public in
terest may require not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except BY q
two-thirds 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 at present con-
shall be made SO as to take effect during the
ncumbency Of any Judge. The number OF
districts in the state shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-five 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 by grouping the district judges
| 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 (S1O0) exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars (S5oO( exclusive OF
interest. The General Assembly snail nave
power by two-thirds vote Of all the mem
bers elected to both houses. to restrict the APP
peIlate 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
circuit courts SO to be created shall have APP
| 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. ~
(Strike out article eighty-three.)
| NUMBER THIRTEEN.
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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 annurn, payable quar-.
be increased nor diminished during his term
of Office. He must be citizen Of the United
States over the age OF twenty-five years. ana
have resided in the State and practiced law
cedng his election The judges of the dis
tr1ct 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.
/ (Strike out article eighty-four) ---.
/ NUMBER FOURTEEN.
/ In lieu Of the office Of district attorney, es-
tablished by article ninety-two Of the consti-
tuition of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters OF each parish, a State 8
attorney therefor, who shall be citizen OF
the United States, and who shall have been g
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 than
seven hundred dollars pei. annum, to be pro-
vided by law upon the basis Of representation
In the House Of Representatives, and payable
quarterly on his own warrant. lie snail be
er-o6fcio attorney of the parish, and receive
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the
parochial authorities, not to exceed seven
hundred dollars per annum. 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 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 he is not personally inter-
ested In the matters In condensation, he shall
select q lawyer, having the necessary qualiil,
cations required for q judge OF his court, tc
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.
(Strike out article ninety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment d
the judicial system created by the, above
amendments, and to prevent the evils Of az
J interregnum, it is hereby ordained by thu
! people of Louisiana:
FustThat the General Assembly, which
= meets the first Monday in January, 1879, shall
: in accordance with the foregoing amend
!, ments Immediately redistrict the State, ant
q provide for the authority OF clerks, and tht
. election and criminal jurisdiction OF justices
o Q of the peace.
= shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
u shall by proclamation call an election for JUS
= tices of the peace for each parish, except thu
u parish Of Orleans, and for district judges, il
, each district created by the redistrlctlng
I I where one or more parishes have been added
7 or taken from the existing Judicial dlstT1ct
u and for State attorneys, as above provided
Il except in the parish OF Orleans, where, tn
q district attorney for the parish shall pc stat
: attorney. This election shall be held on tn
!, same day throughout the State, which da!
a shall not be less than sixty nor more thai
u u ninety days after the passage Of said act
q The terms Of the officers elected at said cleo
9 ton shall expire at the general election 0
: $780, and the limitation on the change OF DIS
c shall not be considered as having effect befor
Il the general election of 1880
e Tfird-That the judicial system, as estab
! Ished by the constitution OF 1863, shall RENAL