The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10

Mr.. Boatner moved the adoption OF til
amendment as read. @l tGt5 8a.
1.-The President directed the Secretary to cal
the roll on the adoption Of the amendment.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
:, Yeas-1Messrs. Allan. Boatner, Bryant
Burch, Gage, Demas, Ducros, Dumont, Ellis
Iarland George, Cha, Goode, Harper, Kelly
Landry, Mitchell, O'Donnell, Perkins, Richard
Sutton Texada, Twitchell, Wakefield, Wheeler
W6lte Young and Zacharie-32
Nays-None
Absent Messrs. Breaux, Grover, Ogden ant
Steven-4. U # ~
Two-thirds Of the Senators elected having
voted in the affirmative, the President de
clared the amendment adopted. aa
Amendment nine, as offered by the Com
nittee, was read as follows:
AMENDMENT NINE.
The judicial power shall be vested in a SUI
preme Court, in district courts and In justices;
Of the peace The district courts shall have
exclusive of interest In criminal cases and
in all probate matters their jurisdiction shall
pc Pc unlimited. They shall have appel
justices Of the peace when the amount IN
dispute exceeds twenty-five 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 determined 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 exceed
one hundred dollars exclusive of interest, sub
iect to an appeal to the District Court in ali
cases when the amount In dispute shall exceed
twenty-tiye. dollars, exclusive of interest
They shall have such criminal jurisdiction as
shall be conferred by law The General AS
SaFnDv Ehuii fs,y net In tln DIn
OF the District Courts the right to grant such
orders and do such acts as may be deemed
necessary for the furtherance Of the admins.
tratlon OF justice. In gil cases the power thus
granted shall be specified and determined.
(Strike out articles 49, 49, SO, 81, So, 80, 81 and
Mr.. Harper moved the adoption of the
amendment rs read. 4# '"ttr@E
The President directed the Secretary to call
the roll on the adoption Of the amendment.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas Messrs. Allain, Boatner, Bryant,
Burch, Cage, Demas, Ducros, Dumont, Ellis,
Garland, George, Gla, Goode Harper. Kelly,
Landry, Mitchell, @ 'Donnell, Perkins, Richard
Sutton TeSada, Twitchell, Wakefield, Wheeler,
White, Young and Zacharie--32. s. !.
Nays--None.
Absent Messrs Breaux, Grover, Ogden,
voted in the affirmative, the President de-
clared the amendment adopted. 7sr#
On motion Of Mr.. Robertson the vote by
which the amendment seven was adopted was
reconsidered. 49.. a.+..,
Mr. Robertson moved that amendments
seven be adopted. F...s..
The President ordered the Secretary to call
the roll on the adoption Of the amendment.
The roll being called resulted as follows:
= Yeas zzMessrs. Allan, Boatner, Bryant,
Gareh dpage pamas , Dmaero as Damont Ellis
Landry, Mitchell, o'bonnell, Perkins, Ric66.,
Sutton, Texada, Twitcheil, Wakefield, White,
Wheeler Young, and Zacharte-3
Nays-NOne. lsl ra.fIirt.f.5a
Absent -Messrs. Breaux, Grover, Ogden,
and Steven--4.
Iwo-thirds 81. the Senators elected having
voted in the affirmative, the President de-
clared that amendment seven was adopted
The proposed amendment number ten was
read, as follows:
AMENDMENT TEN.
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. |
Mr.. Garland moved that the amendment be |
adopted as read
The President directed the Secretary to call |
the roll on adoption Of the amendment. /
The roll being called resulted as follows:
Yeas Messrs. Allan, Boatner, Bryant
Bureh, Gage, Demas, Ducros, Dumont, Ellis,
Garland, George. Goode, Harper, Kelly, Lam
dry, Mitchell, ODonnell, Perkins, Robertson,
Snn6ifnr1 Hmm, 4
Twitehell Wakefield, Wheeler, White Young
and Zacharie-30. t@
Nays-4Mr. Richardson--1 T}"
Absent Messrs. Breaux, Ola, Grover Og-
den and Steven-5. =
Two-thirds of the Senators elected having
voted in the affirmative the President de-
clared the amendment adopted
The proposed amendment eleven was read
as follows: e6Ul .0 @.
AMENDMENT ELEVEN
The General Assembly shall divide the State
into judicial districts, which shall remain I'M
changed for four years, and for each district
by 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 establish as
may nay require, not to exceed the number now
authorized by existing laws, except BY two
thirds vote, of all the members elected to
both branches of the General Assembly
Y !, nth otherwise provided by law, the
district courts now existing in the
parish OF Orleans shall have the
jurisdiction at present conferred by law;
no re-dlstrlcting or change shall be made so
as to take effect during the incumbency of any
Judge. The number OF districts in the State
snail nc not be less than ten nor more than thr-
". The clerks of the district courts shall be
elected by the qualified voters Of their re-
'pective parishes and shall hold their office
or four years. o ,
Strike out article 49,
Mr.. Boatner moved that the amendment as
cad be adopted.
The President directed the Secretary to call
he roll on the adoption Of the amendment.
The roll being called resulted as follows: :
Yeas Messrs. Allan, Boatner Bryant.
5urch, Cage, Demas Ducros, Dumont, Ellis, ,
iarland George Ola, Goode, Harper, Kelly,
landry Mitchell, O'Donnell, Perkins, Rich
LrdsOn, Robertson Sandifnrrl Sfamns Stnhhc t