The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-04
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
uuisites Of office.

tiCeS or tfle peace. Tha district courts snail
have original jurisdiction In all civil cases
hundred dollars, exclusive Of interest. In
criminal cases. and In all probate matters, !
their jurisdiction shall be unlimited. They |
shall have appellate 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 qualifications to be de- |
termlned 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 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. They
shall have such criminal jurisdiction 90 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 thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
Strike out articles seventy-three eighty
five, eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-etght
eighty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred and
thirty three)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court
shall receive O. salary Of seven Thousand dol
lars per annum 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-
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 which the General Assembly may estab-
lish as many district courts as the public In
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by g.
two-thirds vote OF all the members elected TO
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 redistricting or change
shall be made so as to take effect during the
lncumbency Of any. judge The fiamber OF
districts In the State shall not be- less than
thirty nor more than forty-tive. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for st least
four terms annually 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 circuits, and composing the circuit
court of the Judges Of the district courts
within such circuits; To direct the place
courts 80 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 ($1OO) exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars (S500) exclusive OF
interest, The General Assembly shall have
power, by a 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 ap-
pellate Jurisdiction of the class OF cases thus
excluded from the appellate jurisdiction OF
the Supreme Court the clerks of the dis
triet courts shall be elected by the qualified
voters Of their respective parishes, and shall
hold their office for four years.
(Strike out article elghty-three.)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each OF the district judges shall receive 81
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 annum, payable quar-
| terly on his own warrant, and which shall not
| be increased nor diminished during his term
| of office. He must be q citizen Of the United
| States, over the age Of twenty-five years, and
have resided in the State and practiced law
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
|
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, State {
attorney therefor, who shall be a citizen Of
the United States, and who shall have been 9
resident of the State, and -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 thar
seven hundred dollars per annurn, to be pro.
vided by law upon the basis Of representation
quarterly on his own warrant. He shall bt
er-o1fcio attorney Of the parish, and receive
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by tht
parochial authorities, not to exceed sever
over, receive such fees Of office as may b.
allowed by law. In the city of New Orleans
the States attorney shall receive such com
pensation from the city, in addition to thu
salary above provided, as may be established
with the judges OF the district courts, ant
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
ested In the matters In condensation, he shall
select a lawyer, having the necessary quahfl
cations required for a judge OF his court, q
try such cases; and the General Assembl.
shall provide by law for the trial of thos
cases In which the judge may be PERSONAL,
interested, or when he may be absent or re
fuses to act.
(Strike out article ninety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishm emit O
the judicial system created by the abov
amendments, and to prevent the evils Of a
interregnum, it Is hereby ordained by tn
people OF Louisiana:
FmsLThat the General Assembly, whic
meets the first Monday In January, 1879, shall
in accordance with the foregoing amend
ments, Immediately redistrict The State, an
provide for the authority of clerks. and tn
election and criminal jurisdiction of justice
of the peace.
Second-That SD soon as the Legislator
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governo
shall by proclamation call an election for jus
tees of the peace for each parish, except tn
parish of Orleans, and for district judges, il
each district created by the redistricting
where one or more parishes have been added
or taken from the existing judicial district
and for State ATTORNEYS as above nrOVideS