The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-11
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-

CONSTITUTIONAL AMEN wnHENTSs
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per
quisites Of office.
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested In o
supreme court, district courts, and In JUS
have original jurisdiction In al all civil cases
where the. amount In dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive Of interest. In
criminal cases, and In oil 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
terrnined 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 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.
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FIVE. eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight,
eighty-nlne, 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
the Supreme Court shall each receive O. salary
Of six thousand five hundred dollars per en-
NUM-. 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
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. 3
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 redistricting, or change
shall be made SO SIS to take effect during the
ncumbency Of any judge. The number Of
districts Ia the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-five. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for at least
four terms annually Of the district court In
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
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 (S100) exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars $500 exclusive Of
interest The General Assembly shall have
power, by q 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
the Supreme Court Inc 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.
(Strlke out article eighty three.)
NUMBER THIRTEEN,
Each Of the district judges shall receive D
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
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
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
trict courts shall hold their office for the term
Of four years. Tn the parish Of Orleans the
annual salary of the district judges shall not
exceed five thousand dollars, to be paid as
above provided.
(5trike out article eighty-fourD
ET1Mprp For1PTEEN
In lieu Of the office of district attorney, es-
tablished by article ninety-two Of the eonsti-
tuition Of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters OF each parish, States
attorney therefor, who shall be q citizen Of
the United States, and who shall have been a
resident Of the State, and q practicing and
duly licensed attorney at law for at least two
State of not less than three nor more than
s.nstcr ht1udrn1 dnilars To be Earc-