The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-07
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
uuiSites Of office

from justices of the peace, when the am cunt |
In dispute exceeds ten dollars, exclusive OF
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- |
termined by the General Assembly. They
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 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 seventy three, eighty
! five. eighty-six, eighty-seven eighty-elgbt,
| 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
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 for each
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-
ish 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-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 1redistricting, or change
shall be made SO as to take effect during the
incumbency of any Judge. The number of
districts ip the State shall not be less than
thirty nor more than forty-tiye. The General
Assembly shall provide, by law for at least
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
within such circuits To direct the place
or places of meeting of sale. 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 ($100) exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars {S5OOl exclusive OF
interest The General Assembly shall have
power by q 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 $4,000 exclusive OF in
terest; and in case OF such restriction, the
, circuit courts SO 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 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 quar-
\ terly on his own warrant, and which shall not
be increased nor diminished during his term
Of office. He must be q citizen of the United
States, over the age Of twenty-five years, and
have resided in the State and practiced law
therein for the space Of two years next pre-
ceding his election. The judges of the dis
trlct 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 az
above provided.
(Strike out article eighty-four)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu OF the office of district attorney, es.
! tablished by article ninety-twO OF the cOnstl
tuition of 1868, there shall be elected, by tbs
,, qualified voters OF each, parish, States
attorney therefor, who shall be citizen o.
the United States and who shall have been 9
resident Of the State, and practicing anc
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive q salary from the
State Of not less than three nor more thai
seven hundred dollars per annum, to be pro
: vided by law upon the basis Of representation
!, In the House Of Representatives, and payable
!, quarterly on his own warrant. be shall 81
= er-offcio attorney Of the parish, and receive
L such salary therefrom as may be fixed by thu
rnphiol outhnrif}pG not pvHnn6
+ hundred dollars per annum. He shall, more
. over, receive such fees of office as may b.
! allowed by law In the city of New Orleans
the States attorney shall receive such com
:, pensation from the city, In addition to tn
5 salary above provided, as may be established
g by law. He shall be elected at the same tim
), with the judges OF the district courts, ant
q shall hold his office for the term Of four years
+ NUMBER FIFTEEN.
r In every case where the judge may be re
cused, and when he is not personally inter
e5ted in the matters in contestation he sha,
Il cations required for a judge of his court, t
+ 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 re
- fuses to act.
q (Strike out article ninety)
NUMBER SIXTEEN.
LII VI JlbVltlC III t5Sttbh'iItolitLCtAp
the judicial system created by the abov
:, amendments, and to prevent the evils OF q
4; u interregnum, it is hereby ordained by tn
! people OF Louisiana:
I, Ftrst-That the General Assembly, wh1c
10 meets the first Monday in January, 1879, shall
/ in accordance with the foregoing amenc
!, ments, Immediately redistrict the State, an
II provide for the authority of clerks, and tn
% election and criminal Jurisdiction Of justice
70 of the peace
10 Second That as soon as the Legislator
8 shall have acted as aforesaid the GovernC
u shall by proclamation call an election for jus
y tees Of the peace for each parish, except th
q parish of Orleans, and for district judges, |
,, each district created by the redistrictinf
u where one Or more parishes have been added
II Or taken from the existing judicial distric
!, and for State attorneys, as above provided
u % except in the parish of Orleans, where th
district Attorney iGf fhe phrHh ST. sn ALL pc PA
!, same day throughout the State, which da
Il shall not be less than sixty nor more tina