The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENpNENTs.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees OF per-
uuiSjtps OF office.

| tires Of the peace. The district courts shall
| have original Jurisdiction In all civil cases
hundred dollars. exclusive OF Interest, In
criminal cases, and In all probate matters,
their jurisdiction shall be unlimited. ;, They
shall have appellate Jurisdiction IL civil suits
FROM justices Of the peace when the amount f
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-
termned by the General Assembly. They
shall hold office for the term OF two years.
and their compensation shall be fixed by, law.
Their jurisdiction III civil cases shall not ex-
coed one hundred dollars. exclusive of inter.
est, subject to al appeal to the district court
| 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
for the furtherance Of the administration OF
| Justice, In all cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
Strike out articles seventythree, eighty
five, eighty-six, eightv-seven. eiglty-eight,
eighty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred and
thirty-three)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
shall receive O salary Of seven Thousand dol
lars per ann,ln and the Associate Justices OF
Of six thousand five hundred dollars per atl-
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 eacl.
district one Judge, learned in the law, shall
be elected by q plurality Of qualified electors
district court, except Ia the parish Of Orleans,
In which the General Assembly may. estab-
lish as many district courts as the public In
terest may require, not TO exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws except BY a
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
shall be made SO as to take effect during tie
incumbency Of any judge The number OF
districts In the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-tfye. The General
Assembly shall provide by lay f9r ct least st
every parish. The General Assembly. shall
have power 30 create circuit courts, to be
constituted by grouping the district judges
into circuits, and compoSlng, the circuit
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 t$1O0) exclusive Of Interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars tS500) exclusive OF
interest The General Assembly shall have
power by a two-thirds vote Of all the MEM
bers elected to both houses to restrict the ap-
pelate jurisdiction Of the Supreme Court to
causes where the amount involved exceeds
one thousand dollars ($l000) exclusive Of in
terest; and In case OF such restriction, the
circuit courts SO to be created shall have, APP
Iln}% irfty1 ,st+ f,f
excluded from the appellate Jurisdiction OF
the Supreme Court the clerks Of the dis
trict courts shall be elected by the qualified
voters Of their respective parishes, and shall
hold their office for four years.
lStrika out article eighty-threel
NUMBER THIRTEEN,
Each Of the district Judges shall receive a
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 guar
terlv on his. own warrant, and which shall not
be increased nor diminished during his term
Of office. He must be o. citizen OF the United
States over the age of twenty-five years, and
have resided IN the State and practieed law
therein for the space 81 two years next pre-
ceding his election. The judges of the dis
trict 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 as
above provided.
tStrike out article eighty-fourl
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the office of district attorney. es-
tabished by article ninety-two Of the eonsti
tuition of 1868. there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters Of each parish, q States
attorney therefor who shall be q citizen Of
the United States, and who shall have been Il
resident of the State, and O .practicing and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
hall Ventyr
State Of not less than three nor more than
seven hundred dollars per annum, to be pro-
vided by law upon the basis of representation
in the House OF representatives, and payable
eB-offcio attorney Of the parish, and receive
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the
paroohial authorities, not to exceed seven
hundred dollars per annum. He shall, more
over. receive such fees Of Office as may be
allowed by law. In the city Of New Orleans
the States attorney shall receive such COM
pensaton from the city, In addition to the
salary above provided, as may be established
by law. He shall be elected at the same time
with the Judges Of the district courts, and
shall hold his Office for the term Of four years.
NUMBER FIFTEEN
In every case where the Judge may be re-
eused. and when he is not personally inter-
ested in the matters in condensation he shall
select q lawyer. having the necessary uuali-
try such cases: and the General Assembly
shall provide by law for the trial of those
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 Of
the judicial system created by the above
amendments, and to prevent the evils of an
nterregnum, 1t is hereby ordained by the
people OF Louisiana:
First-That the General Assembly. which
meets the first Monday In January. 1879. shall,
In accordance with the foregoing amend
ments. Immediately redstrict Che State, and
provide for the authority Of clerks. and the
election and criminal jurisdiction of justices
of the peace.
Second- That as soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
shall by proclamation call an election for JUS
tees of the peace for each parish, except the
parish of Orleans, and for district judges, in
each district created by the redistricting,
where one or more parishes have been added,
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