The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-17
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
utlisites Of office


hundred dollars. exclusive OF Interest, Ii
criminal cases. and In all probate matters,
their jurisdiction shall be unlimited. They
shall have appellate Jurisdiction, In civil suits
In dispute exceeds ten dollars, exclusive OF
interest. The justices Of the peace shall pc
elected by the electors OF each parish ID the
manner and with the qualifications to be de-
| termined by the General Assembly. Ihey
shall hold office for the term Of two, years,
and their compensation shall be fixed by law
| Their jurisdiction In civil cases shall not ex-
coed one hundred dollars. exclusive OF inter,
est, subject to an appeal to the district court
| In all cases when the amount La 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
and and do such acts as may be deemed necessary
| for the furtherance Of the administration Of
| Justice. In all cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined. .
| Strike out articles seVenty-three,, eighty
| five. eighty-six eighty-seven, lightweight,
eighty-nine, ninety-0ne and one hundred and
| thirty-threel ..--...,
| NUMBER ELEVEN.
| The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
| shall receive o salary Of seven thousand dol
| lars per annufn, 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-
| main unchanged for four years, and Tor eacn
| district one Judge, learned in the law, shall
be elected by a plurality Of qualified, electors
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
rSr,t., 1r~s,
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 redistrieting. or change
shall be made so as to take effect during the
incumbency OF any Judge. The number OF
districts In the state shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-tivb The General
four terms annually Of the district court in
, 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
J 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 tht
amount involved exceeds one hundred dol,
r lars f$1uO) exclusive of interest, and does moi
exceed five hundred dollars $500 exclusive d
interest. The General Assembly shall havf
: pownr by a ty7o-thirds vote ct all the mem
| bers elected to both houses, to restrict the ap
pellate jurisdiction Of the Supreme Court tt
causes where the amount involved exceeds
one thousand dollars $4,000 exclusive OF IN
tarest: and In case OF such restriction, th'
: circuit courts so to be created shall have ap
, pellate jurisdiction Of the class of eases thu
9 excluded from the appellate jurisdiction Q
the Supreme Court the clerks, OF the dis
trict courts shall be elected by the qualified
> voters Of their respective parishes, anu sinai
!, hold their office for four years.
Strike out article eighty-threel
: NUMBER THIRTEEN.
} Each Of the district Judges shall receive
| salary, to be fixed by law, which, except Il
Y the parish of Orleans, shall not be less thai
7 two thousand dollars, nor more than thre
thousand dollars per annum, payaole guar
r terlv on his own warrant, and which shall no
t be increased nor diminished during his tern
9 Of office He must be q citizen OF the Unite
: States, over the age Of Twenty-Five years an
have resided in the State and pracuceu 10y
therein for the space Of two years next pre-
ceding his election The Judges Of the dis
! trrt courts shall hold their office for the tern
> of four years. In the parish of Orleans tn
! annual salary OF the district judges shall no
q exceed five Thousand dollars, to be paid q
!, above provided.
I (Strike out article eighty-four)
: NUMBER FOURTEEN.
: Tn lie,, Of the office of district attorney, es
), tabIished by article ninety-two of the const
e tuition OF 1868, there shall be elected, by ia
a qualified voters of each. parish. State
attorney therefor. who shall be q citizen {
o the United States and who shall have been
resident of the State. and .practicing an
duly licensed attorney at law; for at least tW
years. He shall receive a salary from tn
:, State of not less than three nor more tina
seven hundred dollars pei. annum, TO ne ptt
bxy1 hn bnc
, in the House Of Representatives, and payabl
> quarterly on his own warrant. He shall
,, en-oftcie attorney of the parish, and reeeH
Z such salary therefrom as may be liked by I'd
- parochial authorities, not to exceed seYe
: hundred dollars per annum. He shall, NOR
= | over receive such fees of office as may +
= = allowed by law. In the city of New 0rlea1
;, the States attorney shall receive such con
I, salary above provided, as may be establshe
s by law, He shall be elected at the same tin
: with the judges of the district courts, an
,, shall hold his office for the term OF Four year
>, NUMBER FIFTEEN.
=, Tn every case where the judge may be n
cused, and when he is not personally inter
ested in the matters In condensation, he sha
select q lawyer, having. the necessary quallii
n cations required for 81 judge OF his SQUIRT, !
r. try such cases. and the General Assembl
shall provide by law for the trial OF thos
cases In which the judge may be, PERSONAL
Interested. or when he may be absent or n
fuses to act.
q (Strike out article ninety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
In order to provide for the establishment {
the judicial system created by the aboy
amendments, and to prevent the evils OF q
q interregnum, 1t is hereby ordained by til
! people Of Louisiana:
t, FfrstLThat the General Assembly, whic
le meets the first Monday in January, 1879, sElal
J. in accordance with the foregoing amen'
!, ments Immediately redistrict the State, an
h provide for the authority Of clerks, and tt
s election and criminal jurisdiction Of justice
70 OF the peace.
e Second-That t.e soon as the Legisatul
D. shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governt
u shall by proclamation call al election Tor ln
70 tices Of Che peace for each parish, except tt
h parish Of Orleans. and for district judges,
;. each district created by the redistrictin'
n where one or more parishes have been adde'