The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-08-25
CONGREGATIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
auisites OF office,

NUMBER TEN.
The Judicial power shall be vested II
supreme court, district courts, and In JUS.
tices OF the peace. The district courts shall
where the amount In dispute exceeds one
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 eaeb parish In the
manner and with the qualifications TO be de-
termined 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 eE
oeed one hundred dollars exclusive Of Inter.
est, subject tu 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 La the clerks Of the
district courts the right to grant such orders
and do such acts as may be deemed necessary
for the ft1rtheranee Of the administration OF
Justice In oil cases the power THUS granted
shall be specified and determined.
(Strike out articles ssventy-three eighty
I've. eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-tlght,
eighty-nine, ninety -one and une hundred and
thirty-three)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
shall receive Il salary Of seven Thousand dol
lars per annum, and the Associate Justices OF
the Supreme Court shall each receive q salary
OF six Thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payablequarterly 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 p lurallty 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-
lsh as many district courts rs the public in
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by q
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
shall be made SO as to take effect during the
districts In the State shall not be. less than
thirty nor more than forty-five. The General
Assembly shall provide by aw 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
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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 f$tOOj exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars (S50o) exclusive Of
Interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by n two-thrds vote Of oil the mem
bers elected to both houses, to restrict the ap-
pelate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to
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-
pelate jurisdiction Of the class, Of cases thus
fhcqaod hc ro o the ePRsts sEa ardGon 6 ba M Of
tret 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 q
salary, to be fixed by law, which, except In
the pnlish Of Orleans shall not be less than
two Thousand dollars, nor more than three
Thousand dollars per annu1n, payable quar-
tarly on his own Warrant, and which shall not
be Increased nor diminished during his term
of office He must bo IL citizen Of the United
States, over the age Of twenty-five years, anu
have resided In the State and praeticed 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.
tStrike out article eighty-four)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu Of the office Of district attorney, es-
tablished by article nnety-two Of the Consti-
tuition Of 1863 there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters of each parish, a States
attorney therefor, who shall be citizen Of
the United States, and who shall have been O
resident Of the, State, and a .practicing and
duly licensed attorney at law, for ut 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-
vided by law upon the basis OF representation
in the House OF Representatives, and payable
quarterly on his own warrant. He shall be
er-oGcio attorney Of the parish and receive
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the
parochial authorities, not to exceed seven
hundred dollars per annnrn. He shall, more
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 ct 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 oontestation, he shall
select q lawyer, having the necessary qualiti-
cations required for O. 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
interregnurn, it is hereby ordained by the
people OF Louisiana:
FSrsLThat 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.
lSecond-That as soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
shall by proclamation call an election for JUS
ticeS of The peace for each parish, except the