The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-04
CONSTITUTIONAL. AMENpmEnrs.
utlisitns of office :

eons!ltullon, shall De ellOWed any lees or per-
NUMBER TEN.
The judicial power shall be vested In a
supreme court, district courts and In JUS
tiGes of the peace. The district courts shall,
have original jurisdiction In all civil cases
where the, amount In dispute exceeds one
hundred. dollars, exclusive OF interest. RI
criminal cases, and in all probate matters,
their Jurisdiction shall be unlimited. They
shall have appellate jurisdiction in civil suits
FROM justices OF the peace, when the amount
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-
ter1nined 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 rs 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
shall be specified and determined
| Strike out articles seventy three, eighty
| i've elghty-slx, eighty seven, lightweight,
| eighty-nne nnety-one and one hundred and
| thirty-threel
| NUMBER ELEVEN.
| The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive 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-
main unchanged for four years, and for each
be elected by plurality of qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall be one
| district court except In the parish of Orleans,
Ia which the General Assembly may estab
| fish as many district courts as the public in
terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by
| two-thirCs 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 redistricting 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-five 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
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 with appellate Jurisdiction from the
district courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dol
lars (S10W exclusive IF 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 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 ill.,
terest; and in case of such restriction, the
circuit courts so to be created shall have APP
pelLate jurisdiction of the class of cases thus
the Supreme Court. TfRe clerks OF the dis
triet 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.)
| HUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each Of the district judges shall receive
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 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 as
| above provided.
| Strike out article eightyfouro
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
| In lieu of the office of district attorney, es-
| tablished by article ninety-two of the consti
tuition Of 1868, there shall be elected, by the
| qualified voters OF each parish States
attorney therefor, who shall be citizen OF
| the United States, and who shall have been d
| resident Of the State, and practicing and
| duly licensed attorney law, ttH5t I've
! wears He shall receive a 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 ct Representatives, and payable
quarterly on his own warrant, He shall be
such salary therefrom as may be fixed by the
| parochial authorities, not to exceed seven
| hundred dollars per annum. He snail, more
over, receive such fees OF Office E, as may De
allowed by law. In the city of New Orleans
the States attorney shall receive such com
pensation 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-
cused, and when he Is not personally inter-
ested in the matters in condensation, he shall
select a lawyer having the necessary qualiii-
cations required for a Judge OF his court to
try such cases and the General Assembly
shall provide by law for the trial OF those
cases in which the Judge may be personally
interested. or when he may be absent or re-
| fuses to act
Strike out article ninety)
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
people of louisiana:
FusAThat the General Assembly, which
meets the first Monday in January, 1879, shall,
in accordance with the foregoing amend
ments, Immediately redstrict the State, and
provide for the authority Of clerks. and the
election and criminal jurisdiction OF justices
| of the peace.