Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-08-10

law, shall be elected by 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 establish as
many district courts Us tho public inter-
est may require, not to exceed the num-
Der now orthorized by existing laws,
| except by u twO-third vote of all the
members elected to both branches of the
| General Assembly. Until otherwise pro-
vided by law. the district conrts now
existing in tho parish of Orleans shall
have the jurisdiction at present confer
red by law no redistrictinS or change
shall he made as to take effect during
the incnlnbency of any judge. The num-
less than thirty nor more than forty-tive.
The General Assembly shall provide by
law for at least four terms annually of
the district court i'll every parish. The
General Assembly shall have power to
create circuit courts, to be constituted
| circuits, and composing the circuit court
of the judges of the district courts with
| in 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
| tho district courts within the circuit
| where the amount Involved exceeds one
| hundred dollars (S1OO) exclusive of in
terest, and does not exceed five hundred
| dollars (S5OO) exclusive OfintereSt. The
| General Assembly shall have power, by
| a twO-thirds vote of all the members cleo
ted TO both houses, to restrict the appel
| late jurisdiction Of the supreme Court
| to causes where the amount involved
| exceeds one Thousand dollars ($1OOO) eX-
elusive of interest ; and in case OF such
| restriction, the circuit courts so to
be created shall have appellate
jurisdiction of the class of cases
thus excluded from the appellate
| The clerks Of the district courts
shall be elected by tho qualified voters
of their respective pari shes, and shall |
hold their office for four years.
(SrilSe out article cighty-three.)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each of the district judges shall receive
| q salary, to be fixed by the law, which,
| except III the parish of Orleans, shall not
| be less than two thousand dollars, nor
more than three thousand dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly on his own
warrant, and which shall not be incrcas-
ed nor diminished during his term of
office. Ee must be Il citizen of the Uni
| ted 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 proceeding his election. The
judges of the district courts shall hold
their office for the term of four years.
In tho par;she Of Orleans the annual
salary of the district judges shall not
exceed five Thousand dollars, to be paid
as above provided
(Strike out article eightyfour)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lien of the Off CO of district attorney,
| established by article n:nty.two of the
constitution Of 1868, there shall be cleo
| ted, by the qualified voters ofeach parish,
Il States attorney therefor, who SHALL be
Il citizen of the United States, and who
shall have been a resident of the State,
! and q practicing and duly licensed attor-
| ney at law, for at least two years lie
shall receive IL 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 of represen-
tation in the House of Representatives,,
and payable quarterly on his own war
rant. He shall he er-oticio attorney Of
the parish, and receive such salary there
from as may be fixed by the parochial
authorities, not to exceed seven hundred
| dollars per annum. He shall, moreover,
receive such fees of Ot1ice as may be
allowed by law. In the city of New
| Orleans the States attorney shall receive
such compensation from the city, i'll all
dition to the salary above provided, as
may be established by law. He shall
be elected the same time with the judges
of the district courts, and shall holI his
| Office for the term OF four years.
| NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the judge may
| be recused, and when he is not personal
| ly Interested iu the matters in cOntes-
| tation, he shall select q lawyer, having
the necessary qualifications required for
| Il iudge of his court, to try such cases
and the General Assembly shall provide
by law for tho trial of those cases in
which the judge may DO personally in-
| terested or when he may be absent or
| refuses TO act.
(Strike out article ninety)
| NUMBER sIXTEEN.
| In order to provide for the establish
ment of tho judicial system created by
| the above amendments, and to prevent
the evils of an interregnum, it is hereby
ordained by the people of Louisiana
| First-That tho General Assembly,
which meets the first Monday i'll Janua-
nv, 1879, shall, in accordance with the
foregoing amendments, immediately re-
district the State, and provide for the
| authority Of clerks, and the election and
criminal jurisdiction of justices of the
peace.
Sccond-That as soon as tho Legisla-
ture shall have acted as aforesaid, the
Governor shall by proclamation call an
election for Justices OF the peace for each
parish, except the parish of Orleans, and
for district Judges, in each district crea-
ted by the rodistricting, where ono or
more parishes have been added, or taken
from the existing judicial district. and
for State attorneys, us above proviucd,
except i'll the parish OF Orleans, "nerS
the district attorney for tho parish shall
be State attorney. This election shall
he held on the same day throughout the
state, which day shall not be less than
sixty nor more than ninety days after