The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-16
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
qusites Of office.


coed one hundred dollars, exclusive OF inter.
est, subject to an appeal to the district court
in all cases when the amount ID dispute Snall
exceed ten dollars, exclusive Of interest. They
shall have such criminal jurisdiction as snail
be conferred by law. The General Assembly |
shall have power to vest IN the CLERKS Uf Ii1t7
district courts the right to grant such orders
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, |
irty-three)
NUMBER ELEVEN.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
shall receive a salary Of seven thousand dol
lars per annum, and the Associate justices IS 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
district one judge, learned in the law, shall
be elected by plurality OF .q1alIfled, electors
thereof. For each district there shall be one
district court, except In the parish Of Orleans,
in which the General Assembly may estab-
lsh SIS many district courts as the, public ~
terest may require, not to exceed the NUMBER
now authorized by existing laws, except by
both branches Of the General Assembly
Until otherwise provided by law, the district
courts now existing in the parish 81 Orleans
shall have the jurisdiction ct present con
shall be made so as to take effect during the
incumbency Of any judge The number OF
districts in the State shall not pc less than
thirty nor more than forty~five. 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
5 court e of ts j tnH eo Il eol1rts
within such circuits To direct the place
or places Of meeting of said. circuit
courts SO constituted, and to vest said circuit
district courts within the circuit where the
amount involved exceeds one hundred dol
lars (S1OO) exclusive Of interest, and does not
exceed five hundred dollars $500 exclusive OF
interest. The General Assembly shall have
power by a 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
hold their office for four years.
Strike out article eighty-three.)
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
Each Of the district judges shall receive q
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 guar
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, ana
have resided in the State and practced law
therein for the space Of two years next pre-
ceding his election. The judges Of the dis
trict 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
above provided.
(5trike out article eighty-four.)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
Tn lieu of the office of district attorney, es-
tablished by article ninety-twO Of the constl-
tuition Of 1868, there shall be elected, ,oy the
qualified voters of each parish, state
attorney therefor, who shall be q citizen OF
the United States, and who shall have been 9
resident Of the State, and praGtlclng ano
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least tWc
years. He shall receive 8 salary from the
State of not less than three nor more than
seven hundred dollars per annufn, TO be pro-
vded by law upon the basis OF representation
Ia the House Of Representatives, and payable
quarterly on his own warrant, lie snail pt
ep-oHiciO attorney Of the PARISH, ana receive
such salary therefrOm as may be liked by tht
parochia1 authorities, not to exceed sever
hundred dollars per annun. He shall, more
over, receive such fees Of Office as may be
! 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 estabilsheC
,, by law. He shall be elected at the same time
with the judges of the district courts, ant
shall hold his office for the term OF four years
, NUMBER FIFTEEN.
In every case where the judge may be re
clged and when he is not personally inter
ested in the matters in CONDENSATION, he sh IA
select q lawyer, having the necessary qllallIll
: trv 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 0
the judicial system created by the above
amendments, and to prevent the evils OF III
interregnum, it Is hereby ordained Dy tne
[ people of Louisiana:
!, FirstThat the General Assembly which
G meets the first Monday in January, 1875 shall
: in accordance with the foregoing amend
Jbt'SE5
/ provide for the authority Of clerks. and tn
s election and criminal jurisdiction of justice
9 of the peace.
: shall have acted as aforesaid, the GOverno
Shall by sS1 proclamation call an election for ins
g tees Of the peace for each parish, except tn
d parish Of Orleans, and for district Judges, II
!, each district created by the redistr1ctlng
I where one or more parishes have been added
or taken from the existing judicial district c;
| and for State attorneys, as above provided
n except in the parish of Orleans, where, tn
o district attorney for the parish shall be Stat
g attorney. This election shall be held on tn
:, same day throughout the State, which d + da;
Il ninety DAYS after the passage Of said act
n The terms of the officers elected at said cleo
G ton shall expire at the general election Q
: 1880, and the limitation on the change or dls
y tricts, oftener than once every four years
c shall not be considered as having effect befor
n the general election of $780,
Q THird-That the judicial system, as estat
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