The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-13
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shalt be allowed any fees or per-
uuisites Of Office,

elected by the electors of each 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 ex-
ceed 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 nave such criminal Jurisdiction as shall
be conferred by law. The General Assembly
district courts the right to grant such orders
and do such acts as may be deemed necessary
for the furtheranee Of the administration Of
Justice. In all cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined
! Strike out articles seventy three, eighty
five eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight,
eighty-nine ninety-one and one hundred and
| thirty-three)
| NUMBER ELEVEN.
| The Chief Justioe of the Supreme Court
| shall receive O. 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-
main unchanged for four years, and for each
be elected by a 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-
| lsh as many district courts as the public in
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by o
| two-thirds 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
shall have the jurisdiction at present con-
| ferred by law; no redistricting or change
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
Assembly shall provide by law for at least
four terms annually of the district court In
every parish The General Assembly shall
have to create crq4t Go4 to be
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 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 two-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 ap-
pellate jurisdiction Of the class Of cases thus
| excluded from the appellate Jurisdiction Of
the Supreme Court. The clerks OF the dis
trfct elected ~ 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
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
Thousand dollars per annum, payable quar-
terly on his own warrant, and which shall not
be increased nor diminished during his term
Of office, He must be B. 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
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 not
exceed five Thousand dollars, to be paid as
above provided.
(Strike out article eighty four.)
NUMBER FOURTEEN
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, q States
attorney therefor, who shall be a citizen of
the United States, and who shall have been
resident Of the State, and q practicing and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive O. 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-oticso attorney OF the parish, and receive
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the
hundred dollars per arlnum. He shall, more
over, receive such fees OF office as may be
allowed by law. In the city of New Orleans
the States attorney shall receive such COM
salary above provided, as may be established
by law. He shall be elected at 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 10 not personally inter-
ested In the matters In cOntestatlon, he shall
select lawyer, having, the necessary qualiii-
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
interregnu1n, it is hereby ordained by the
people OF Louisiana:
Bws-That 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
e he peace
Second-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
parish Of Orleans, and for district judges, In
each district created by the redfstricting,
where one or more parishes have been added,
or taken from the existing judicial district
and for State attorneys, as above provided,
except in the parish Of Orleans, where the
district attorney for the parish shall be- State
attorney. This election shall be held on the
same day throughout the State, which day
shall not be less than sixty nor more than
ninety days after the passage of said act.
The terms Of the officers elected at said cleo
ton shall expire at the general election Of
1880, and the limitation on the change Of dis
tricts, oftener than once every four years,