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constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
uuisitas Of Office.

In ali cases when the amount In dispute shall
exceed ten dollars, exclusive OF interest. They
shall have such criminal Jurisdiction as shall
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.
fStrike out articles seventy-three, eighty
five, eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty eight,
eighty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred and
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
shall receive q salary OF seven Thousand dol.
lars per annum, and the Associate justices OF |
the Supreme Court shall each receive salary
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 g 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 III
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except BY
| both branches of the General Assembly
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
courtc now existing In the parish OF Orleans
shaa have the Jurisdiction at present con-
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
thirty nor more than IoTtyye Inc se Geh leaat
four terms annually of the district court IL
every parish. The General Assembly shall
have power to create circuit courts, 20 De
r by a ga5oapng tine fba 9creat
court Of the judges Of the district courts
within such circuits. To direct the place
Or places Of meeting OF 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 $500 exclusive OF
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by two-thirds vote OF all the mem
bers elected to both houses, to restrict the ap-
pellate 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 APP
; pellate Jurisdiction of the class OF cases thus
f5e see s G he aPR e ork 81 hs dIe
trict 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 a
!, salary, to be fixed by law which, except tn
: the parish of Orleans, shall not be- less than
r two thousand dollars, nor more than three
{ thousand dollars per annun, payable quar-,
q q terly on his own warrant, and which shall moi
: be increased nor diminished during his term
of office. He must be a citizen OF the United
States, over the age Of twenty-fv years, a l
have resided in the State and practiced law
i, 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 MOI
+ above provided.
= = Strike out article eighty-four1 .:#
+ 55-- NUMBER FOURTEEN.
;, In lieu Of the office Of district attorney, es
& tablished by article ninety-two Of the cOnstf
u tuition Of 1868, there shall be elected, by th'
y qualified voters Of each parish, States
U attorney therefor, who shall be O. citizen O
the United States, and who shall have been {
resident of the State, and q practicing ant
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least twt
years. He shall receive q salary from TIN
2 State Of not less than three nor more thal
n 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 b.
= ea-oficio attorney Of the parish, and rece1v
+ parochial authorities, not to exceed sever
= hundred dollars per annum. He shall, more
q over, receive such fees Of Office as may
II allowed by law. In the city of New 0rIean
y the States attorney shall receive such com
r, pensation from the city, in addition to th
!s salary above provided, as may be establishes
g BY law. He shall be elected at the same tim
8, with the judges of the district courts, an
10 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
select q lawyer, having the necessary qualif
u cations required for a judge OF his court T
T. try such cases; and the General Assernbl
shall provide by law for the trial OF thos
cases In which the Judge may pc persona Il
interested, or when he may be absent or II
fuses to act
a lStrike out article r1nety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment
+ the judicial system created by the aDoV
=, amendments, and to prevent the evils OF 9
% interregnum, it is hereby ordained by Ia
t, 'oTs srsIThat the General Assembly while
re meets the first Monday In January, 1879, shall
q In accordance with the foregoing amend
4, ments, Immediately redistr1ct the state, az
IS election and criminal jurisdiction OF justice
10 OF the peace.
le Second-That as soon as the Leg1slatuf
e. shall have acted as aforesaid, the. GoVerne
OF shall by proclamation call an election for JuE
2e tices Of fhe peace for each parish, except II
10 parish Of Orleans, and for district judges,
s. each district created by the redistrietlnl
or where one or more parishes have been adde's
1 ,9 or taken from the existing judicial distric
III and for State attorneys, as above provides
10 10 except in the parish Of Orleans, where Il
70 district attorney for the parish shall be sta1
ne attorney. This election shall be held On q
=, same day throughout the State, which da
a a shall not be less than sixty nor more tina
IL ninety days after the passage OF SAID &C
LII The terms Of the officers elected at said ele
We ton shall expire at the general election
e 1880, and the limitation on the change OF d1
r tricts, oftener than once every four year
~ ~ shall not be considered as having euee1 oeIo
III the general election OF 1889.
ne Third That the Judicial system, as esta
no ished by the constitution Of 1853, shall rema
~: In force until the expiration OF the tnlrJiel
OF day after said election, excluding from Il
y, Communication the day Of the election.