The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-13

district courts within such circuits. To
direct the place or places Of meeting OF said
circuit courts, SO constituted, and to vest
d1f oe erf frd courts our d wth appeate a
the circuit whore, The amount in
VOWED exceeds one hundred dollars (S1O0)
| exclusive OF interest and does not exceed five
hundred dollars $500 exclusive of interest
The General Assembly shall have power, by
two-thirds vote Of all the members elected
to both houses, to restrict tho appellate juris-
diction Of the Supreme Court to causes where
| the amount involved exceeds one thousand
| dollars $4,000 exclusive of interest; and in
case of such restriction the circuit courts so
to be created shall have appellate jurisdiction
OF the class Of cases thus excluded from the
| appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
The clerks of the district courts shall be
elected by the qualitied voters of their re-
| spective parishes, and shall hold their Office
| for four years.
Strike out article eighty-three)
| AMENDMENT NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each of the district Judges shall receiveh
salary, to be fixed by law, which, except IN
parish of Orleans, shall not be less than two
Thousand dollars, nor more than three thou
sand dollars per annuln, payable quarterly
| on his own warrant, and which shall not be
| increased nor diminished during his term Of
office. He must be u citizen OF tho 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-
|
courts shall hold their office. for the term of
four years. In the parish of Orleans the ar-
nual SALARY of the district Judges shall not ex-
coed five thousand dollars, to be paid as above
provided.
Strike out articlS eighty -fourl
In lieu of the office of district attorney,
established by article ninety-two of the con-
stitution OF 1868. there shall be elected, by the
torney therefor; who shall be citizen of the
| United States, and who shall have been q
resident of the State, and practicing and
| duly licensed attorney-at-law for at least two
years. He shall receive u salary from the
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
| quarterly on his own warrant. He shall be
| ex-OfficiO attorney of the parish, and receive
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the
| parochal authorities, not to exceed seven
| hundred dollars per annum. He shall more
over, receive such fees of office as may be al
| lowed by law. In the city OF New Orleans the
States attorney shall receive such compensa-
| ton 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.
| AMENDMENT NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the judge may be re-
| cuseh, and when he is not personally interest
ed in the matters in condensation, he shall
CATIONS required Tor a Judge of his court, t,
try such cases; and the General Assembly
shall provide by law for the trial of those
eases in which, the judge may be personally
i Interested OrThen he may be absent or IT,
| fuses to act
Strike out article ninety)
AMENDMENT 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
interregnum, it is hereby ordained by the poo
| pie of Louisiana:
First That the General Assembly which
| meets the first Monday in January 1879,
shall in accordance with the foregoing amend
| ments Immediately rcdistrict the 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 OF more parishes have been added
or taken from the existing judicial district
and for State attorneys, AS above provided,
except In the parish of Orleans where the dis
trict attorney for the parish shall be State at
} torney. This election shall be held on the
same day throughout the State which day
shall NOT be less than sixny, nor more than
ninety lays after the passage OF said act.
The terms of the officers elected at said cleo
ton shall expire at the general election of
$780, and the limitation of tho change OF dis
tricts, oftener than once every fYr years.
shall not be considered as having effect before
the general election of 1880.
Ihird-That the judicial system, as estcb-
lshed by the constitution of 1868, shall remSin
in force until the expiration of the thirtieth
day after said election, excluding from the
computation the day of the election.
F0Wth-The adoption of these amendments
shall not vacato the offices of the present
clerks of courts in each parish.
p AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVENTEEN.
Article 132 of the constitution Of 1868 shall
be abrogated.
| AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHTEEN
The Superintendent of Public Education
shall receive a salary of thirty-hve hundred
dollars, payable quarterly on his own war
AMENDMENT NUMBER NINETEEN.
No license tax shall be imposed by the
State, or any parish or municipal authority
on any mechanical trade, manufHctory, or
factory, except such as may require police
regulations, in towns and cities.
| AMENDMENT NUMBER TWENTY. %
The Legislature is authorized to exempt
from State, municipal or parish taxation,
household goods, such as furniture, wearing
apparel, tools OF trade or profession and fam
lily, portraits, not excee ling in aggregate
value the sum of five hundred dollars.
(SigneU LOUIS BUSH, o
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) LOUIS A. WILT,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Approved March 70, 1873.
Governor of the Stete of Louisiana.
A true copy:
WILL; A. STRONG.
Secretary of State. o
No. 75.] AN.ACT
For the relief of the Fruit Growers Associa-
ton of the Gulf States.