The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-08-24

of Orleans, in which the General
Assembly may establish as many
district courts as the public inter
est may require, not to exceed the
number now authorized by exist
ing laws, except by a two-thirds
vote Of all the members elected tc
both branches o! the General As
sembly. Until otherwise provi
ded by law, the district courts
now existing in the parish of Or
leans shall have the jurisdiction al
present conferred by law; no redis
tr.cting or change shall be made
so as to take effect during the in.
cumbency Of any judge. The mum.
ber Of districts in the State shall
not be less than thirty nor more
than forty-6ve. The General As
sembly shall provide by law for at
least four terms annually of the
district court in every parish. The
General Assembly shall have pow.
er to create circuit courts, to be
constituted by grouping the dis.
trict judges into circuits. and com.
posing the circuit court of the
judges of the district courts with
in such circuits. To direct the
place or places of meeting of said
circuit courts so constituted, and
to vest said circuit courts with ap-
pelate jurisdiction from the dis,
trict courts within the circuit
where the amount involved ex-
ceeds one hundred dollars ($l00)
exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars $500
exclusive of interest. The Gene
raj Assembly shall have power, by
a two-thirds vote OF all the men,
bers elected to both houses, to res
trict the appellate jurisdiction of
the Supreme Court to causes
where the amount involved exceeds
one thousand dollars $1,000 ex.
elusive of interest and in case of
such restriction. the circuit courts
so to be created shall have appel
late jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court. The clerks of the district
courts shall be elected by the quail
flied voters of their respective par
ishes. and shall hold their offices
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 quarterly on his own war
rant, and which shall not be in
creased nor diminished during his
tenn of office. He must be a citi-
zen 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 preceding his election.
The judges Of the district courts
shall hold their Offices 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, established by article
ninety-two of the constitution OF
1868, there shall be elected, by
the qualified voters Of each par
ish, a States attorney therefor,
who shall be citizen of the Uni
ted States, and who shall have
been a resident of the State, and
a practicing and duly licensed at
torney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive salary
from the State Of not less three
nor more than seven hundred dol
lars per annum, to be provided by
law upon the basis Of representa-
tion in the House of Representa-
tives, and payable quarterly on
his own warrant. He shall be
cr-o6fcio attorney of the parish,
and receive such salary therefrom
as may be fixed by the parochial
authorities, not to exceed seven
hundred dollars per annum. He
shall, moreover, receive such fees
of Office as may be allowed by law.
In the city of New Orleans the
States attorney shall receive such
compensation from the city, in ad-
dition to the salary above provi-
ded, as may be established by law.
He shall be elected at the same
time with the judges of the dis