The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-22
NEW ORLEANS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22 B78-GRIpLE

subject Of the amendments proposed by the
House to- the constitutional amendments
adopted by the Senate, report as follows
On amendment to amendment two, now
amendment three, that the House adhere to
its amendment, and the Senate accept the
amendment of the House
On amendment to amendment nine, that
the House adhere, and therefore that the
Senate accept the amendment proposed by
the House.
On amendment eleven, that further
action be deferred. The object of the last re-
commendaton is based on the conclusion that
Senate, when it comes to the House, will set
tie all the difference on the subject matter,
which amendment will be conceived as follows
''rhe 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 q 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 establish
as many district courts as the public interest
may require, not to exceed the number now
authorized by existing laws, except by two
thirds vote OF all 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 conferred by
law; no redistricting or change shall
be made so as to take effect
during the lncUmbenCy OF any Judge.
The number Of districts in 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 dourt IN every parish. The General
Assembly shall have power to create circuit
courts, to be constituted by grouping the dis
trlct Judges into circuits, and composing the
circuit court OF the judges of the district
courts within such circuits. To direct the
place or places op meeting of said circuit
courts so constituted. To confer upon the
circuit courts 50 created such jurisdiction
and power within the CIRCUIT as may be
deemed expedent, and to ovest said Circuit
courts with appellate Jurisdiction from othe
district courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dollars
(S1OO exclusive OF interest. and does not ex-
ceed five hundred dollars $500 exclusive of in
terest.
"The General Assembly shall Aave power by
a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to
both houses to restrict the appellate jurisdic-
tion of the Supreme Court to causes where
the amount involved exceeds one thousand
$4,000 dollars, exclusive OF interest, and in
case of such restriction the circuit courts 80
to be created shall have appellate jurisdiction
of the class OF cases thusdexcluded from the
appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
The clerks of the district court shall be
elected by the qualified voters Of their re-
spective parishes, and shall hold their office
for four years.
Strike out atsicle s3)
E. D. WHITE,
P. LANDRY,
r. b. LYONS,
H. WARMOTH,
&. l.. GASKINS,
D. A. BREARD, JR.,
HENRY L. GARLAND.