The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-19
CONSTITUTIONAL. AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
quisites Of office.

ices Of the peace. The district courts shall
have original jurisdiction In all civil cases
where the amount in dispute exceeds one
criminal cases, and in all probate matters, |
their Jurisdiction shall be unlimited. They t
shall have appellate jurisdiction, in civil suits
from justices OF the peace, when the amount
in dispute exceeds ten dollars, exclusive OF
The justices of the peace shall be |
elected by the electors Of each parish in the
manner and with the qualifications to be de-
termined by the General Assembly. Ihey
shall hold office for the term of two years,
and their compensation shall be fixed by law.
Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall not ,ex-
coed 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. Ihey
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 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, eighty eight
eighty nine, ninety-one and one hundred and
thirty-three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive q salary OF seven thousand dol
lars per annum and the Associate justices OF
the Supreme Court shall each receive 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 plurality Of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall be one
district court, except in the parish Of Orleans,
in wi thp Cnnafa1 ACcnm h1V NAV aStah-
fish as many district courts as the public in
terest 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 district
courts now existing in the parish of Orleans
shall have the jurisdiction at present con-
ferred by law; no redistrictlng or change
incumbency of any judge: The number OF
districts in the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-five. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for at least
every parish. The General Assembly shall
have power to create circuit courts, to. be
constituted by 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
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 (S1OO) exclusive of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars (s5O0) exclusive OF
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by two-thirds vote OF all the mem
berS 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
circuit courts SO to be created shall have APP
pellate 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.
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 annun, payable quar-
terly on his own warrant, and which shall not
be increased nor diminished during his term
of office. He must be citizen Of the United
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
trict 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, q States
attorney therefor, who shall be citizen Of
the United States, and who shall have been q
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 per annum, to be pro-
vided by law upon the basis of representation
in the House OF Representatives, and payable
quarterly on his own warrant He shall be
er-odcio 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-
e5ted in the matters in contestation, he shall
select a lawyer, having the necessary qualifi-
cations required for a 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.
(Strike 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
interregnum, it is hereby ordained by the
people OF Louisiana:
FWstThat the General Assembly, which
meets the first Monday in January, 1879, shall,
in accordance with the foregoing amend
ments, Immediately redistrict the State, and
provide for the authority of clerks, and the
election and criminal jurisdiction of justices
OF the peace.
Second-That IS soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
shall by proclamation call an election for jus
tees of the peace for each parish, except the
parish Of Orleans, and for district judges, in
each district created by the redistricting,
where one or more parishes have been added,