New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1878-10-12

BY the General Assembly. They shall
| hold Office for the term Of two years, and
their compensation shall be fixed by law.
Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall not
exceed one hundred dollars exclusive of
interest, subject TO an appeal to the dis
| triot court in ell cases when the amount in
/ dispute shall exceed ten dollars, exclusive
Of interest. They shall have such Grim
| inAl jurisdiction as shall be conferred by
law. The General Assembly shall have
power TO vest in the clerks Of the district
courts the right 10 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 deter
mined.
(Strike out articles seyenty-three eighty
Ave, eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight,
eighty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred
and thirty three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court
shall receive a salary of seven thousand
dollars per annum, and the Associate JUS
tees of the Supreme Court shall each
receive salary of six thousand five hun
dred dollars per snnum, payable quar-
terly on their own warrant.
NUMBER TWELVE.
The General Assembly shall divide the
State into judicial districts, which shall
remain unchanged for four years, and for
each district, one judge, learned in tho
law, shall be elected by . plurality of
qualified electors thereof. For each dis
trict, there shall be one district court, ex-
cept in the parish Of Orleans, in which the
Gaasol-al Aocannhlu NAV ark.h1ich oo VnaY,v
district courts, as the public interest may
require, not to exceed the number now
authorized by existing laws, except by
tWo-thirds vote of all the members elected
to both branches of the General Assembly.
Until otherwise provided by law, the dis
trict courts now existing in the parish of
Orleans shall have the Jurisdiction at pres
emit conferred by law; no redistricting or
change shall be made so as to take effect
during the the incumbency of any Judge.
The number of districts in the State shall
not be less than thirty nor more than
torty-fve. The General Assembly shall
provide by law for at least four terms an
nuA1ly 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 into cir
cults, 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 dis
trict courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred
dollars ($1O0) exclusive of interest, and
does not exceed five hundred dollars
| ($500) exclusive of interest. The Gen.
eral Assembly shall have power, by a
| two-thirds vote of all the members elected
to both houses, to restrict the appellate
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to
causes where the amount involved exceeds
one thousand dollars ($100O) exclusive 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
Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The
| clerks of the district courts shall be elect
ed by the qualified voters of their respect
| i've parishes, and shall hold their Office
for four years.
Strike out article eighty-three.)
NUMBER THRTEEN.
Each of the district judges shall receive
q 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 an
mum, payable quarterly on his own war
| rant, and which shall not be increased
nor diminished during his term of Office.
He must be citizen of the United States,
over the age of twenty-five years, and
have resided in the State and practiOsd
law therein for the space of two years
next preceding his election. The judges
of the district courts shall hold their Office
for the term of four years. In the parish
| of Orleans the annual salary OF the dis
| trict judges shall not exceed 1--WE thousand
dollars, to be paid as above provided.
(Strike out article eighty-four.)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the Office of district attorney,
established by article ninety-two of the
/ constitution of 1868, there ahall be elected,
by the qualified voters of each parish, a
States attorney therefor, who shall be 9
citizen of the United States, and who shall
| have been q resident of the State, and O
practicing and duly hoensed attorney-at-
law, for az least two years. He shall re-
ceive salary from the State Of not less
than three nor more than seven hundred
| dollars per annum, to be provided by Law
/ upon the basis Of representation In the
House Of Representatives, and payable
/ quarterly on his own warrant He shall
be er-O6fcio attorney Of the parish, and re-
ceiye such salary therefrom Is may be
1 fixed by the parochial authorities, not "a
exceed seven hundred dollars per annum.
He shall, moreover, receive such fees of
Office as may be allowed by law. In the
city of New Orleans the States attorney
shall receive such compensation from the
city, in addition to the salary above pro-
Vided, a. may be estab lished by law. He
shall be elected at the same time with the
judges Of the district courts, and shall
hold his Office for the tarm Of four years.
NUAmER FrrFERN.
In every case where the Judge may be
Eecused, and when he is not personally
interested In the matters in CONDENSATION,
he shall select a lawyer having the neces-
sary qualifications required for judge Of
his court, 10 try such cases; and the Cen
eral Assembly shall provide by Law for the
trial Of those cases In which the Judge
may be personally interested, or when BE-
may be absent or refuses 10 act
(StTike ont article ninety.)
NUNRER sIxTEKN.
In order to provide for the establish.
ment Of the judicial system created BY ths
above amendments, and 70 pTeyent the
evils Of an intsrFegnum, Il Is hereby or
dRined by The people Of Louisiana:
First-That the General Assembly,
which meets the first Monday in Jan
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