The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-22
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
quisites of office.


in dispute exceeds ten dollars, exclusive Of
interest. The justices Of the peace shall be
elected by the electors Of each parish in the
manner and with the qualifications to be de-
termlned by the General Assembly, Th6y
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-
coed one hundred dollars, exclusive of inter-
in all cases when the amount in dispute shall
exceed ten dollars, exclusive OF interest. They
shall have such criminal jurisdiction as shall
be conferred by law. The General Assembly
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 al cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
(Strike out articles seventy three, eighty
five, eighty-six, eghty-seven, eighty-eight,
eighty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred and
thlrty-three.)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
shall receive salary OF seven thousand dol
lars per annum, and the Associate Justices OF
the Supreme Court shall each receive q 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
district one judge, learned In the law, shall
be elected by O. 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-
fish as many district courts as the public in
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorizes by existing laws, except by q
| two thirds vote Of all the members elected to
| both branches Of the General Assembly,
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
co1rts now existing In the parish of Orleans
have bn iIri ut
| ferred 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 court in
every parish The General Assembly shall
have power to create circuit courts, 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 SO 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
| lars (S1OO) exclusive OF Interest, and does not
| exceed five hundred dollars (S5O0) exclusive OF
interest. The General Assembly shall have
/ power by q two-thirCs vote Of all the MEM
| bers elected to both houses, to restrict the ap-
pelate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to
| causes WfeI6 Utle HfnOuUJ IiVOlVbI bACSStiS
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-
pellate jurisdiction Of the class of cases thus
excl4ded from the appellate jurlSdiGt n II, OF
trict courts shall be elected by the qualified
voters of 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 q
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 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
trtct 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 az
above provided
Strike out article elghty-four,)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu Of the office Of district attorney, es
tabIished by article ninety-two of the cOnsti
tuition Of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters Of each parish, q States
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the United States, and who shall have been 6
resident Of the State, and q practicing ant
duly licensed attorney at law for at least two
years. He shall receive q salary from The
State Of not less than three nor more thai
seven hundred dollars per annum, to be pro
vided by law upon the basis Of representatior
in the House Of Representatives, and payable
quarterly on his own warrant. he shall bt
er-odfcio attorney Of the parish, and receive
such salary therefrOm as may be fixed by the
parochial authorities, not to exceed sever
hundred dollars per annum. He shall, more
over, receive such fees Of office as may bt
allowed by law. In the city Of New Orleans
the States attorney shall receive such com
pensation from the city, In addition to thf
salary above provided, as may be established
by law. He shall be elected at the same time
with the judges Of the district courts, ant
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
e3ted in the matters In condensation, he shall
select q lawyer, having the necessary qualifi
cations required for a judge OF his court, K
: try such cases; and the General Assembly
shall provide by law for the trial of thos'
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 o
the judicial system created by the abov'
amendments, and to prevent the evils Of 81
interregnum, it Is hereby ordained by th'
people OF Louisiana:
FwsLThat the General Assembly, which
meets the first Monday in January 1870 shall
In accordance with the foregoing amend
ments, Immediately redistrict the State, an
provide for the authority of clerks, and tn
, election and criminal Jurisdiction of justice
, Of the peace.
,Second-That as soon as the Legislator
shall have acted as aforesaid, the GoVernO
shall by proclamation call an election for jus
tees Of the peace for each parish, except tn
parish Of Orleans, and for district judges, II
each district created by the redistricting
where one or more parishes have beGn added
or taken from the existing judicial district
, and for State attorneys, as above provided
!, district attorney for the parish shall be Stat
attorney. This election shall be held on tn
, same day Throughout the State, which da
! shall not be hess than sixty noz more tho
1 low off tho rnc of said