The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-01
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
constitution, shall be allowed any fees or per-
Quisites of office.

ehss1. Aoau ollco IOT Inc term OF TWO years,
ana 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 Gil 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
and do such acts as may be deemed necessary
| justice In all cases the power thus granted
| shall be specified and determined
(strike out articles ,seventy-three, eighty
| five, eighty-six, eighty lightweight,
| 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
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 qualified electors
thereof. For each district there shall be one
district court, except IN the parish OF Orleans,
In which the General Assembly may estab-
lish as many district courts as the public in
| terest may require, not to exceed the number
now authorized by existing laws, except by a
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
Shea have the Jurisdiction at present con-
feETed by law; no redistricting or change
shall be mate 60 as to take effect during the
lncumbency 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
have power to create. circuit courts, to be
constituted by grouping the district judges
Into circuits, and composing the circuit
court OF the judges Of the district courts
within such circuits; To direct the place
court Is 80 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 (S1oo) exclusive Of interest, and does not
power, by a two-thirds vote of ali the mem
bers elected to both houses, to restrict the ap-
pellate jurisdiction Of the Supreme Court 10
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-
pellate jurisdiction OF the class OF cases thus
f f6claded IRON the appellate jurisdiction Of
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 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 annun, payable quar-
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
eep b eeo gpaoe ha two a years ng ba
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
exceed tive thousand dollars, to be paid as
above provided.
(5trike out article eighty-four.)
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
In lieu of the office Of district attorney, e.
tabl1shed 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 a
resident OF the State, and g. practicing and
duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two
years. He shall receive g. salary from the
State of not less than three nor more than
seven hundred dollars per annurn, 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
e1-o6icio attorney of the parish, and receive
such salary therefrOm as may be fixed by the
parochial authorities, not to exceed seven
hundred dollars per annurn. He shall, more
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-
select a lawyer, having the necessary qualii-
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-
(strike out article ntnety)
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:
FSrstThat the General Assembly, which
meets the first Monday in January, 1879, shall, |
In accordance with the foregoing amend
ments, Immediately redistrict che State, and |
provide for the authority of clerks, and the |
election and criminal Jurisdiction Of justices
Of the peace.
Seeond-That as soon as the Legislature
shall have acted as aforesaid, the Governor
shall by proclaim alton call an election for JUS
ices Of the peace for each parish, except the |
parish Of Orleans, and for district judges, In
each district created by the redfstr7cting,
where one or 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
district attorney for the parish shall be State
attorney. This election shall be held on the
same day throughout the State which day
shall not be less than sixty nor more than
ninety days after the passage Of said act.
The terms Of the officers elected at said cleo