The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-23
CONSTITU AMENDMENTS,
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
quiBites Of Office

| IHe JuHclal power shall DO vested In q
supreme. court, district COURTS and In JUS
tees of the peace. The district courts shall
nave original jurisdiction la all civil cases
WneLe the amount In dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive of interest. In
CRIMINAL tLnia cases and in all probate matters,
tnelr jurisdiction shall be unlimited. They
snail nave appellate jurisdiction, In civil suits
from justices of the peace, when The am cunt
N dispute exceeds ten dollars, exclusive Of
n1de1 The justices of the peace shall be
oaeCIed oy the electors OF each parish in the
manner and with the qualifications to be de-
te1rn1ned by tho General Assembly. They
shall mold office for the term of two wears
40 and their compensation shall be fixed by law
lne,r jurisdiction ia civil cases shall not OK
coed one hundred dollars, exclusive Of inter
est, subject TO an appeal to the district court
In atl cases when the amount In dtgDutn shall
exceed ten dollars, exclusive OF interest, Thev
shall have such criminal jurisdiction as shall
be conferred by law, The General hssemhlv
shall have power to vest In the CLERKS OF the
district courts the right to grant such orders
ana 90 such acts rs may be deemed necessary
for the fnrtheraDce Of the administration Of
lustl,ce. In al eases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
N5trlko out articles seventy-three, eighty
i've, eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty eight
e,ghty-nlne. n1nety-one and one hundred and
thirty-three,)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
Tho Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
Snail receive salary OF seven Thousand dol
iars per hnnum, and the Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court shall each receive a salary
OF SIX thousand five hundred dollars per an
mum, payable quarterly on their own warrant
NUMBER TWELVE.
he General Assembly shall divide the
State Into judicial districts, whicn shall re-
nam unchanged for four years, and for each
distrlCt one judge, learned in the law, shall
% elected by plurality Of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall be ono
distrlct court, except IN the parish Of Orleans,
La which the General Assembly may estab-
llsh hs many district courts as the public In
Cefe6t may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by q
two-thirfis vote Of all the members elected to
both branches Of the General Assembly.
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing in the parish Of Orleans
ssholh have the jurisdiction at present con
feiTed by law; no redistricting or change
shall pc made 80 as to take effect during the
incumbenGy Of any Judge. The number of
nlstflcts in the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-fve The General
Assembly Shall provide by law for ut least
four terms annually Of the district court in
every parish. The General Assembly shull
have power to create circuit courts, to he
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
or places of meeting OF said circuit
courts 50 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
laIs (S10D exclusive Of interest, nud does not
exceed live hundred dollars $500 exclusive of
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, ny tWO-thirdB vote Of all the mem
bele elected to both houses to restrict the aI-
pellate jurisdiction Of the Supreme Court to
Cruises whore the amount involved exceeds
one thousand dollars $1,000 exclusive Of in
terest; and In case Of such restriction, the
circuit courts SO to be created shall have ap-
peIlate jurisdiction Of the class OF cases thus
excluded from the appellate jurisdiction OF
the Supreme Court. tho clerks Of the dis
Erict courts shall be elected by the qualified |
VoerS 0, Their respective parishes, and shall |
hold their office for four years.
(5trike out article eighty-three)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each Of the district Judges shall receive g. |
salary, to be fixed by law, which, except In /
The parish OF Orleans. shall not be less than |
5wo thousand dollars, nor more than three |
thousand dollars per annum, payable quar- !
,erly on his own warrant, and which shall not |
% Increased nor diminished during his term
y Office. tic must be O. citizen Of the United
nave resided in the State and practiced law
'nereln FOR the space Of two years next pre-
'eding his election The judges of the dis
lict courts shall hold their office for the term
II four years. In the parish Of Orleans the
annual salary Of the district Judges shall not
,xceed five Thousand dollars, to be paid az
LbOve provided.
(Strike out article e1ghty-fo1r.)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
10 lieu Of the office Of district attorney, es-
abliShed by article ninety-two Of the ccnatl-
ution Of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
Qualified voters OF each parish, o States
ttorney therefor, who shall be a citizen Of
St1tAG M rErb1 hall sur,, !
eS1dent OF the State and d practiGing and
uly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
ears. He shall receive q salary from tho
tate Of not less than three nor more than
tded by law upon the basis Of representation
the Hous" Of Representatives, ard payable
uarterly on his own warrant. He shall be
r-QQDicso attorney Of the parrish and raceave
uch salary therefrOIn as may be fixed by the
arochial authorities, not TO exceed seven
undred dollars per annun He shall rnore-
yer, receive such fees Of office as may bey
lowed by law. In the city Of New Orleans
ne States attorney shall receive such cora
ensation from the city, in addition to the
y law He shall be elected at the So me time
nth the judges OF the district courts, and
hall hold his office for the term Of ur years.
NUMBER FIFTEEH
In every case where the Judge r1aav sa re,-
used, and when he Is not personally Inter
3ted in the matters In condensation, he shall
elect lawyer, having. the necessar oualifl-
atoms required for q judge Of hg court to
y such cases; and the General Assembly
nall provide by law for the trial OF those
ases IN which the judge may be personally
lteregted, or when he may be at sent or re-
lses to act.
lStr3ke out article ninety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the esta blIghneut OF
10 judicial system created Wy the above
'nandments, and to prevent he evils OF an
ltarregnuzn, 1t Is hereby or lained by the
eope OF Louisiana:
6irst That tho General AZ ,sernbIv, which
leets the first Monday in Jan uary, 1873, shall.
accordance With the for 'egoing amend
rovide for the authority Of clerks, and the
ection and criminal jurls diction Of justices I
the peace.
Seco11d- That as soon q s the Legislature
lan have acted as agore said, the Governor
laA by proclamation cali an electiorrfor Jug
ces Of the peace for eae h parish, except the
rrict # GrIn