St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1878-11-02
NrSfpFR NINE

NUMBER NINE.
No officer, whose salary is fixed by the
Constitution, shall be allowed any lees or
perquisites of Office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested in a
supreme court, district courts, and in
justices of the peace. The district courts
shall have original jurisdiction in all
civil cases where the amour. in dispute
exceeds one hundred dollars, exclusive
of interest. In criminal cases, and in
all probate matters, their jurisdiction
shall be unlimited. They shall have APP
pellate jurisdiction, in civil suits 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 the electors of each
parish in the manner and with the quail
fications to be determined by the General
Assembly. They shall hold office for the
term of two years, and their compensa-
ton shall be fixed by law. Their juris
diction in civil cases shall not exceed one
hundred dollars, exclusive of interest,
subject to an appeal to the district court
in all cases when the amount in dispute
shall not exceed ten dollars, exclusive of
interest. They shall have such criminal
Jurisdiction as shall 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 us 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, eigh-
ty-tive, eighty-six. eighty-seven, eighty
eight, etgaty-nine, ninety-one and one
hundred and thirty-three.)
NUMD.R ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the supreme Court
shall receive salary OF seven thousand
dollars per annum, and the Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court shall e,icn
receive "a salary of six thousand i've hun
dred dollars per aEnum, payable quar-
terry 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
the law, shall be elected by a plurality of
qualified electors thereof. For each dis
trict there shall be one district court.
EXCEPT in the parish of Orleans, in which
the General Assembly may establish as
many district courts as-tle public inter
est lnay require, not to exceed the num-
ber now authorized by existing laws, ex-
| cebt by a two-thirds vote of all the men,
bers elected to both branches OF the
General Assembly. Until otherwise pro-
yided by law, the district courts now
existing in the parish of Orleans shall
have the jurisdiction III present conferred
by law; no redistricting or change shall
be made so as to take effect during the
incumbency of any judge. The number
OF districts in the State shall not he less
than thirty nor more tLan torty-fve. The
Generl Assembly shall provide by law
for ut least tour terms annually OF the
district court IN every parish. The Cen
eral Assembly shall have power to create
circuit courts, to be constituted by group
ing the district judges into circuits. and
composing the circuit court OF the Judges
OF the district courts within such cir
cults. TO direct the place or places of
meeting of said circuit coarts so constl-
tuted, and to vest said circuit courts
with appellate jurisdiction from the dis
trict courts within the circuit where the
the amount involved exceeds one hundred
dollars, exclusive of interest, and does
not exceed five hundred dollars, exclusive
of interest. The General Assembly shall
have power, by n two-thirls vote of all
the members, elected to both houses, to
restrict tine appellate jurisdiction of the
supreme court to causes where the
amount involved exceeds one thousand
dollars, exclusive of interest; and in case
of such restriction, the circuit courts so
to be created shall have appellate juris-
diction 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 quail
fed voters of their respective parishes
and shall hold their Office for four years.
(Strike out article eishty-three.)
NUMBER THIRTEIN.
Each of the district judges shall receive
a salary, to be fixed by law, which, ex-
cept in the parish of Orleans, shall not
be less than two thousand dollars, nor
nor more than three thousand dollars per
annum, payable quarterly on his own
warrant, 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 prac-
ticed 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 district judges shall not exceed five
thousand dollars, to be paid as above
provided.
fStrike ont article eichty-four)