Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-08-31

shall not exceed one hundred dollars,
exclusive Of interest, subject to the
district court IN all cases when the
amount in dispute shall exceed ten
dollars, exclusive Of interest. Thcy
shall have such criminal jurisdiction
"a shall I've conferred hy law. The
General Assembly shall have power
to vest in the clerks of the district
courts the right to grant snch orders
and do sncl, acts rs may be deemed
necessary for the fnrthernnce Of the
administration Of Justice. In all ca.
ses III" power Tins granted shall be
sISrificd and determined.
(StIike out articles seventy three,
eichty-fvr. eighty six, eighty-seven.
lightweight. eighty. .ninc. ninety -one
and one hundred and thirty .thrce.)
Number ElereR.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme
COnrt shall receive n salary of seven
thOnsand dollars pcr annna,. and the
Associate Justices Of the Supreme
C"rrt shall each receive u salary Of
six th0nsand five hundred dollars per
annum. payable quarterly on their
own warrant.
NwmEer Tmelre.
The General Assembly shall divi-
de the State irtO judicial districts.
which shall rrmnin unchanged for
fonr years. ard for each district one
indge. learned in the law. shall bc
elected by q plurality of qualified cl-
ccfOrs thereof. For each district
there shall le one district ronrt, ex.
cent in the parish of Orleans. in
which the General Assembly may
establish "a many district courts as
the pnhlic interest may require. not
to exceed the nnml~r now anthOriz-
ed by existing laws. except Nv u
twO.thir,ls vote Of MI the members
elected to hOth branches of the Gen.
eral Assembly. Until otherwise pro-
vided hy law. the district courts now
existinG In the Varisl, Of Orleans shall
have the inriadictiOn at present con.
ferrcd hy law; Notwithstanding or
change shall bp made sO n In take
effect dnTing the incWmlency of any
iudge. The number Of districts in the
State shall not br less than thirty nor
more than forty.five. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for Mt
least fonr terms annually "f the dis-
trict court In every parish. The
General Assembly shall have power
tn create circnit cOnrta, tn he consti-
tuted by grouping the district igdges
into circuits. and composing the cir.
emit court Of the jnd9es If the dis
trict courts within snch circuits. To
direct the place Or places of meeting
Of said circnit courts ~ constituted.
and tn vest anid cirruit courts with
appellate Jurisdiction from tho dist
trict courts within the circnit where
the amount involved exceeds one
hundred d"llars (eIOO) exclusive of
intrrest. and joes not exceeds Eve
hundred dollars (a5OO) exclnsive of
intertst. The General Assembly
shall have power, by two.thirtla
vote of all the members elected to
both honscs. TO restrict the appellate
Jurisdiction of tine Supreme Cont tn
camaea where the ansOnnt involved
exceeds one thOnaand dollars (91OOO)
exclnsiv~ of interest !; and in case of
snch restriction. the cirrnit courts aO
tn he created shall have appellate
jnriadictiop Of the claas Of caars thus
excluded from the appellate inristlic-
tiOn M the Supreme Court. The
clerks of the district ccnvts shall be
elected by the qualified voters of
their respective parishes, and shall
hold their office for fonr years.
(Strikc ont article eighty.three.)
Nwmber TRirfeea.
Each If the district judges shall re.
ceive salary, tn he fixed by law,
which, except in the parish of Or.
leans, ahall not be leas than two
thOnaand dollars, nor more than three
thousand dollars per nnnnm, payable
quarterly On his own warrant, mnd
which shall not l~ increased mar dim.
inished during his term of Office. He
mnst be citizen If the United Sta.
tea, over the age of twenty-five
years. and have resided in the State
and practieed law therein fer the
space of two years next preceding
his election. The judges Of the dist-
rict courts shall hold their Office for the
term Of fonr years. In the parish 1T Or.
leans the annual salary 0f the district
judges shall not exceed Ave thOnsand
dollars. to he paid "a above provided.
(Strike ont article eighty.fOnr.)
Nwmber Fowrieem.
In lien Of the office Of district at
tOrney. established ly article ninety
two If the constitution Of 1868, there
there shall he elected. by the quail.
fed voters ofeach perish, q Statc's..at
torney therefor. who shall lie a
ritizen of the United States, and who
shall have heer a'rrsidrnt ofths State,
and n practicing and duly licensed
attorney at law. for mt least two
years. He shall ,eccive q salary from
the State o: not less than three NOR
more than seven hundred dollars