The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-18
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

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trict courts she'll bold 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"
(Strlke out article eighty-four)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu oil the office OF district attorney ees
tablshed by article ninety-two Of ting eonsti-
tuition Of 1868, there shall be elected, by thes
qualified voters Of each parish, o StatsgH
attorney therefor, who shall be- O citizen OF
the United States, and who shall have been III
resident OF the State, and practiclng and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive q salary from the
State Of not less than three nor norg than
seven hundred dollars per annurn, to be pro-
videt by law upon the basis OF Representations
In the House Of Representatives, and payableS
quarterly on his own warrant. He shall bek
er-oficio attorney OF the parish, and receives
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the
| parochial authorities, not TO exceed seyersA
hundred dollars per annum' e 70 snaiis more
allowed by law. In the city OF New Orleans
| the States attorney shall receive such cons
pensation from the city, In addition To thu
| by law He shall be elected DIT the same time
| with the Judges OF the district courts, anal
shall hold his office for the term Of four year,
NUMBER FIFTEEN.
| In every case where the judge may be reSI
cused, and when he Is not personally iuteIAg
ested in the matters In CONDENSATION, ne sh sl
select O. lawyer, having the necessary q1alitH8
cations required for 81 judge OF his COURT, TIA
try such cases and the General Assembly
shall provide by law for the trial Of thosa
| cases in which the Judge may be PERSONAL IN
interested, or when he may be absent OF re u
| fuses to act M
Strike out article ninety) 81
NUMBER SIXTEEN. En-
| In order to provide for the establishment On
| the judicial system created by the abovN@
amendments, and to prevent the evils Of aN
interregnun, it Is hereby ordained by ttN#
people OF Louisiana;
FUstIhat the General Assembly, whid 4
meets the first Monday In January, 1879, shafgA
in accordance, with the foregoing amenAM
provide for the authority Of clerks, and TIC
election and criminal jurisdiction OF justice d
of the peace.
iyecond-Ihat t.s soon as the LegsIatuTN
shall have acted as aforesaid, the, Gover1neSR
shall by proclamation call an election for jI Il
tees Of the peace for each parish, except TT 4
parish Of Orleans, and for district judges, SM
each district created by the redisbrictinSM
where one Or more parishes nave been ,t addeA
or taken from the existing judicial distriGM
except in the parish Of Orleans, where tt b
district attorney for the parish shall 20 Ste &
4 attorney. This election shall be held on III @
same day throughout the State, which daka
shall not be less than sixty nor more thS e
ninety days after the passage OF said al M
The terms Of the officers elected at said eles "a
ton shall expire at the general election aa@s
1880 and the limitation on the change Of q HA&
trcts, oftener than once every four yea I'D
shall not be considered as having effect beff#S
, the general election OF 1880.
Thrd-That the Judicial system, as este AN9
ished BY the constitution of 1868, shall FeInss "a
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day after said election, excluding from 4 @|
computation the day of the election. III
Fourth The adoption Of these a 4
, shall not vacate the OffiG s OF the pTe5e -
clerks of courts in each parish.
, NUMBER SEVENTEEN.
: Article one hundred and thrty-two Of d
constitution Of 1868 shall be abrogated. N
NUMBER EIGHTEEN. M
The Superintendent Of Public Educaf Ss
, shall receive Il salary of thirty-five humid
dollars, payable quarterly on his own VI
rant. a
NUMBER NINETEEN. N
/ No license tax shall be- imposed by @
State, or any parish or municipal author NkSS
| on any mechanical trade, mandatory or Hs
} tory, EXCEPT such as may require police re II
, lations. in towns and cities. A#
NUMBER TWENTY.
, The Legislature Is authorized to exeIl
:, | from State municipal Or FISH ~Taxattgas
household goods, such as furniture, wearHhM
: apparel tools Of trade or profession and IA rs
, lily portraits, not exceeding in aggregate Vss
, the sum Of five hundred dollars. Ed
= ACT NO. IL, EXTRA SESSION OF 1871
I NUMBER TWENTY ONE. Fiji
Strike out the first part of article 142 OF IN
constitution Of 1868, which reads: "a 1s
versity shall be established and n1aintaIS
In the city Of New Orleans. It shall be ca
T posed Of a law, medical and 81 collegiate So
partment, each with appropriate facui
The General Assembly shall provide by M
for it's organization and maintenance;
7 insert: "The university shall be nalntaifF
> It shall be composed Of q law, O. medical I'll
an academical department, and SUCH eth
: departments as may be established by MNAs
that the law and medical departments alrea IA
organized shall continue In the city OF
Orleans, and the acadenical and other
I partments may be located elsewhere II i'll
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