St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-02-22
CONVENTION NOTES.
THE JUDICIARY.

A correspondent IN fle New Or
leans Democrat, signing himself
lex" males the ioilswing remarks
concerning the revision OF the Judi
clary system:
lie laws most liable to abuse I'M
der lLc prcsenG constitution are
those relating 10 Justices OF the
peace. As these courts dispose OF
cases involving small Gmouaes Oh
money or property, they are app
pe;liel to usually ny the iaborihS
classes, and any injustice III tile
working OF tie system Is severely
ieit by people TO whom small suias
are important. As at present COZ
stituteu, tine charges lor Remedies
Ill these minor courts ale excessive
AID subject To great abuse.
Not unireuuentiy the result O:
protrucieu litigation Is the sale ot
lne effects OF unfortunate debtors,
~ reaIlZe hot Llurc than enough 10
;Jay court and constable costs. Ihe
remedy would Ds. liked salaries 10
Dotn SETS o1 officers, with nniIta-
ton ui costs Ill no case to exceed II
ccllain percentage or The amount
involved III the litigation.
The changes aha rcmedios III the
cnt.fe jLdlclary SYSTEM, Which l
suggest, may De sunIiarlzeu is 1oi-
IONS:
l. The appointment OF judges in
place Oi iiieii election.
:. Inc teIIn vi Office OF Judges -
the Supreme Coart TO pe extended
to not less thu. twenty yeals; vi
District Judges, noI less than ten or
6iteen Yeas.
8. Tue creation of i'm additional
appellate court ~ Try certaln ciasses
vi cases, and thus To relieve the
Supreme Court vi surplus business.
= Adoption Ill the constitution
o. :; SYSTEM permanently Reducing
Tie ra.e OF costs vi litigation.
5. Educational test Ior jurors.
q. Renoieilng OF The wnule just
ice o. peace sysLvin, So as u give
the poorer CLASSES cheap and easy
remedies for minor Wrongs.
LEAVE OUT TIE LAWYERS.
The New Orleans Times contains
the following letter from a CORE
spondent in the parish o. St. Mary:
As no body composed of lawyers
has ever been able, heretofore, to
draw up a law, which could not be
picked to pieces by other lawyers,
/ would suggest that as few lawyers
as possible be sent as delegates to
the coming constitutional conven-
ton. Opposed to the fact that laws
framed by lawyers cal be twisted
and turned TO suit any emergency,
stands the fact thas the contracts
framed by any and every good busl-
ness nun admit OF but one Inter-
probation. In business contracts
the main point is not slnothered III
wordy obscurity, but the object
sought IS obtained by a lew pain
and comprehensive words, about
which there can be no mistake.
Compare such Il contract with law
yers' laws, and no words are neces-
sary.
From this standpoint it would be
best, for the community at large, to
let the lawyers attend to their regU-
lar business, and not compel them
70 sacrifice their time i'll drawing mp
laws destined to be misunderstood
or thoroughly understood, as The
case may be, for some persons have
been SO eruel as to hint that lawyers
designedly made the laws obscure;
bat that can hardly be. Let us
hope it was only accident, In which
case lawyers should not be placed
in the way of such mistakes IN the
future. Give us delegates Who are
good business men, and we Will
nave good laws.