The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-21
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
quisiteg Of office.
NUMBER TEN,

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Interest. The justices of the peace shall be
| elected by the electors Of each parish In the
manner and with the qualifications TO DO de-
| termined by the General Assembly, They
snail st.saa otHna for the term Of two years,
ana their compensation slsts IS ,iked by ie--.
| Their jurisdiction In civil cases shall not ex-
coed one hundred dollars, exclusive of inter-
est subject to an appeal to the district court
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-sx, eighty-seven, eighty-eight,
eighty-nine, ninety-one and one hundred and
thirty-three)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
| The Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court
shall receive q salary Of seven thousand dol
lars per annum, and the Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court shall each receive 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-
district one Judge, learned In the law, shall
be elected by a 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-
lish as many district courts as the public in
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by q
two-thlrds vote OF oil the members elected to
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
court9 now existing In the parish Of Orleans
shot have the Jurisdiction at present con-
teired by laws no redlstricting or change
str
in1cumbency of any, judge: The number Of
districts In the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-fve. The General
Assembly shah provide by law for at least
every parish. The General Assembly shall
have, power to create circuit courts, to 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 circuit
courts with appellate jurisdiction from the
district courts within the circuit whore the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dol |
lars ($1OO) exclusive OF interest, and does not |
exceed five hundred dollars ($50O) exclusive of |
Interest. The General Assembly shall have
power, by q two-thirds vote of all the men,
bers elected to both houses, to restrict the ap-
pelate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to
causes whore the amount involved exceeds |
one thousand dollars $4,000 exclusive of in
terest; and In case Of such restriction, the
circuit courts 50 to be created shall have ap-
pelate jurisdiction of the class of cases thus
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.
(Strike out article eighty-three.)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each of the district judges shall receive q
n tivpH hytl arr oI, IL,
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 Il citizen of the United
States, over the age of twenty-five years, and
have resided in the State and practiced law
tneren Tor the space Of two years next pre-
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
(Strike out article eighty-four)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu Of tho office Of district attorney, es-
tablished by article ninety-two of the constl-
tuition of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
qualified voters Of each parish, O States
attorney therefor, who shal be q citizen of
resident of the State and practcing and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive O. salary from the
State of not less than three nor more than
seven hundred dollars per annum, to be pro-
v1ded by law upon the basis of representation
In the House OF Representatives, and payable
quarterly on his own warrant. He shall be
er-2}Gicso attorney Of the parish, and receive
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the
parochial 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 (
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-
Fused, and when he Is not personally inter-
75ted Ia the matters In condensation, he shall
select lawyer, having the necessary qualifi-
cations required for q judge of his court, to :
ny such cases; and the General Assembly
shall provide by law for the trial Of those (
cases In which the judge may be personally S
Interested, or when he may be absent or re- q
uses to act.
(Strike out article ninety.)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment OF
me judicial system created by the above
and to prevent the evils of On
1t is hereby ordained by the
people of Louisiana:
FSrs-That the General Assembly, which :
meets the first Monday In January, 1879, shall J
Ii accordance with the foregoing amend Z
nents, Immediately redstrict the State, and 4
provide for the authority Of clerks, and the 4
lection and criminal Jurisdiction Of justices 4
# the peace.
Second-That as soon as the Legislature A
hall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
hall by proclamation call an election for JUS q
ices of the peace for each parish, except the 4
arish of Orleans, and for district judges, In 4
ach district created by the redistricting,
where one or more parishes have been added, A
< taken from the existing judicial district, A
nd for State attorneys, as above provided, A
xcept In the parish Of Orleans, where the -
istrict attorney for the parish shall be State -
ttorney This election shall be held on the
anne day throughout the State which day
hall not be less than sixty nor n1ore than
inety days after the passage Of said act. II:
he terms of the officers elected at said cleo