The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-10-19
CONSTITUTIONAL AMtApxE,a

Pei "uh"hi' payable quAr7a.f W
own warrant, and which sa.s
increased nor diminished a ID
term OF office. He must Be ss Is
the United States, over The =. e1,s
ty-iive, and have resided ~ y
and practiced law therein ~ Y.
of two years next precediue 4;
The judges of the district 80 M
hold their Office for the ,s ssea
years. Ia the parish OF osIsss.
nual salary OF the district M II
not exceed five Thousand ' SsS
be paid rs above provided s'a
(strike out article eighty-icu,
Namber Foartesn
In lieu of the Office of distr;st Z.
established by article ninetr',s
constitution OF 1868, theia .s's
elected, by the qualified yot.,'
parish, a States attorney tb,,,s
shall be a citizen of the rn,,se
and who shall have been
the State, and practicins ~
licensed attorney at law a.,
two years. He shall recejvs
from the State of not less tbas 4
more than seven hundred dollss
mum. to be provided bs law y
basis of representation in tia Nc
Representatives, and payal.s -.
on his own warrant He sl,.at
fcio attorney of the parish ssi''
such salary therefrom rs MAY /. !,
the parochial authorities. nos !,
seven hundred dollars per ann.
shall, moreover, receive such T.. :
as may be allowed BY law. ,an'
of New Orleans the Stat.'s ~
shall receive such colnpeasa,;s. (
the city, in addition to the Ssl,s !.
provided. as may be cstablisharsj
He shall be elected al the e.;
with the judges OF the dist.;st y
land shall hold his Office for a. I.
four years.
Number Fifiwa.
| In every case where the judnr !.
recused, and when he is NOT ,.,v'
interested in the matters in codl-,s]
he shall select a lawyer, having z,
essary qualifications required il.
of his conrt, to try s~cb cases: y
general assembly shall prosiJ< i
tor the trial of those cases Ii -
judge may be personally inis.si
when he may be absent or rssawt'
(Strike out article ninety.
II Number Sirios.
In order to provide for the uS'l
ment of the judicial system e,s1n|
the above amendments. and h N
the evils of an interregnum, 4 i II
: ordained by tie peupIv .: Lsuidu,
first-That the general ~
which meets The iii'st slolAlAy i>jx>
: 1879, shall, i'll accordance Wit Nl
: goiug amendments, inimediaIeb a
l tlict the STATE, aud provide e. 4
: thority. VI clerks. and the eleeiin
: criminal Jurisdiction vi pIsiea
peace.
Second-That rs s'cn ~ tte II
. ture shall have acted - atuu1
Governor shall hy procla-satln !
e election for justices Of the ptse Ir
e parish, except the parish d (Hl
3 and tor district judges, ia s>ch d
: created by tie redissfict;ns, NH
or more parishes have bsss' -
! taken from the listing ;siai~sz'sf
= n.d I r state. sltsurncys, s NJ
e vided, e. 'epi in Tie parish q W
D " iefc the ,nssrict attarAr5 tx ~ Z
: sAalt h. > aso attorney In "
: Shall h. h..ld on the s;sllv 90 &
' OH. me State, wa,ch ,s;sj sual' ~
: tlan siAty nor NJ ire than lli'';s e
it-r the p.l,sa g III sad ast. tHis
:, oI TIE oi,ice.s elected II 50 :
: S. ~ expire ut / genera ds
c lc5u. and the liiaif.u.sh On = 2
q, districts, o.tc-.er tLau onree'e
vars. shall MT b. cunsileff1r
fleet before tie general slsci'Q1t
10 Tlird-rha. the jasbcial gs'
IL established by tie colsli'auH
ne : all rem ,in IN free insii tue e!
1T oil the thirteenth day alter so g
A. excludlns from the conf a:ataA =
a, of tie election.
t. Fourth The adoption d talx'
ments shall not vacste the c'l'r
present clerks of courts % ea'' =
n Nnmber Serexten'
Or Article one hundred and s'
v, of the constitution OF 1900 $50
u rogated.
ct Namber EigAtHs.
ps The superintendent Of palit
~ tion shall receive salary o y
Nv hundred dollars, payable -
Nv his own warrant.
pit Numbcr Niaetsth
RS No license tax shall be inps
al State. or any parish or l'au1
~ thority, on any mcdaniel -
IN factory or factory. except ~
no require police regulations "
a.. cities. r,s