The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-08-17


| The judicial power shall be vested in a
! supreme court, district courts, and IN JUS
tees of the peace. The district courts shall
! have original Jurisdiction III all, civil cases
where the amount in dispute exceeds one
hundred dollars, exclusive OF interest In
crinlina! cases, and in all probate matters,
| their jurisdiction shall be unlimited. They
shall have appellate jurisdiction, in civil
suits from justices OF the peace, wh>R the
amount III dispute exceeds ten dollars. eN-
elusive of interest. The justices OF the peace
shall be elected by the electors of each par
ish III the manner and with the quaiiiica-
tiOns to he determined by the General As
sembly. 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 exceed one hundred dollars,
Exclusive of interest, subject to an appeal to
the district court, III all cases when the
anonut in dispute shall exceed ten dollars,
exclusive of interest. They shall have such
criminal jurisdiction as shall he conferred
by law. The General Assembly shall have
power to vest III the clerks of the district
courts the right to grant such orders and do
such acts as may he deemed necessary for
the tartherance of the administration of
Justice. In all cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
Strike ont articles seventy-threc, eighty
five, eighty-siX, eightyscven, lightweight
eighty whine, ninety-one, and one hundred
and thirty-thrce.I \"
Number E9eren. E
The Chief Justice of the supreme Court
shall receive a 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 annum, payable quarterly on their own
warrant.
Number Ttcelre
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 III the law, shall
be elected by plurality of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall be one
district court, except i'll the parish 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 existing laws, except by
a 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 rcdistrieting or change
shall be made so as to take effect during the
of any Judge The number Of
districts in the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-tve. The Gen
eraI Assembly shall provide by law fer at
court i'll every parish. The General Assem-
bly, shall have the power to create circuit |
courts, 20 be 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 so constituted, and to vest said cir |
cuit courts with appellate jurisdiction from |
the district courts within the circuit where |
the smount involved exceeds one hundred |
dollars tSI00) exclusive of interest, and does |
not exceed five hundred dollars t55J0) ex-
elusive of interest. The General Assembly |
shall have power, by q two-thirds vote OF all |
5hc members elected to both houses, to re- |
strict the appellate jurisdiction of the Su- |
preme Court 70 causes where the amount in
yolved exceeds one thousand dollars $4,000 |
exclusive of interest; and in case Of such |
restriction, the circuit courts so to be Gre /
lted shall have appellate jurisdiction Of the /
lass Of cases thus excluded from the ap-
RELATE jurisdiction of the Supreme Court I
The clerks OF the district courts shall he
,lected by tie qualified voters of their re-
peetiye parishes, and shall hold their offices
or four years.
Strike out article cighty-three,j
$50 Number Thirteen &
Each of the district Judges shah receive n