The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-09-23
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
quisites OF office.


Their Jurisdiction in civil cases shall not ex-
ceed one hundred dollars exclusive of inter-
est, subject to an appeal to the district court
in all cases when the amount Ia dispute shall
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
for the furtherance of the administration Of
Justice. In all cases the power th11s 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 ann,lm and the Associate Justices of
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
ssged F6y By aeb pbunt nacf Of baaa esco hs
district court, except In the parish OF Orleans,
| in which the General Assembly may estab-
| lish as many district courts as the public in
| terest may require, not to exceed the number
| two-thirds vote of oil the members elected to
| both branches Of the General Assembly.
| Until otherwise provided by law, the district
| courtg now existing in the parish Of Orleans
| fe1red by law; no redstricting 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 be less than
Assembly shall provide by law for ct least
four terms annually OF the district court In
every parish. The General Assembly shall
have power to create circuit courts, to be
Gonstltuted 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 ($1O0) exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars (S500) exclusive of
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by q 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 $1,000 exclusive Of in
circuit courts SO to be created shall have ap-
pellate Jurisdiction Of the class of cases thus
excluded from the appellate Jurisdiction Of
the Supreme Court. The clerks Of the dis
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 @
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-
terry 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 practiced law
therein for the space Of two years next pre-
ceding 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 i've thousand dollars, to be paid as
(Strike out article eighty-four)
NUMBER FOURTEEN
In lieu of the office of district attorney, es-
tablshed by article ninety-two Of the consti-
tuition OF 1868, there shall be elected, by the |
qualified voters Of each parish, O. States |
attorney therefor, who shall be citizen of |
the United States, and who shall have been 8
resident OF the State, and q practiciDg and |
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive salary from the
State Of not less than three nor more than
seven hundred dollars per annum, to be pro-
In the House OF Representatives, and payable
quarterly on his own warrant He shall be
eI-oficlo 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-
e 5ted In the matters In contestation, he shall
select lawyer, having the necessary qualifi-
cations INST required for Judge Of his court to
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
(5trike 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 !
1t Is hereby ordained by the t
people OF Louisiana:
meets the first Monday in January 1870, shall,
1 eSStAo oseiiCo WttI tliC lOLSbDluS HDUtUu-
nents, Immediately redistrict the State and =
provide for the authority Of clerks, and the t
'lection and criminal Jurisdiction of justices /
II the peace. E
Second-That as soon as the Legislature
nall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
nall by proclamation call an election for JUS Z
ices of the peace for each parish, except the f
'arish OF Orleans, and for district judges, In I
aeh district created by the redIstricting, q
where one or more parishes have been added, q
T taken from the existing judicial district, :
nd ea for 3 state attorneys, as above provided,
strict attorney for the parish shall be State
ttorney. This election shall be held on the t.
anne day throughout the State, which day q
hall not be less than sixty nor more than =
inety days after the passage of said act. u
he terms Of the officers elected at said cleo .
Ion shall expire at the general election of
$50, and the limitation on the change of dis II
riots, oftener than once every four years, "
hall not be considered as having effect before G
he general election of 1880. r.
Ihard-That the Judicial system as estab-
sned m by the constitution Of 1853, shall remain