The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-17
Ordinance Reported by the Judi
ciary Committee Adopted on
the Second Reading.
The State Debt Question Passage Of
an Amendment Submitting 1t to
the People A Proposition to
Reconsider the First
ArticleEP ending.
WEDNESDAY, July 16.


resumed, the pending question being On ar.
ticle Us. which was adopted as read:
Art. b5. The General Assembly may increase
the number of Judges OF said court, not how.
ever. to exceed nine judges In all
Article So was adopted as read:
Arr. 80. The Criminal District Court for the
parish Of Orleans shall consist Of two judges
Rnsses II liz Ga nfs 6s receive
aalariss as accorded the Judges Of said court
only.
Article ~ was adopted, as follows:
ARr. ~. AL! prosecutions instituted in said
said judges by lot Each Judge or his successor
shall have exclusive control over every cause
mination In said court. In case OF vacancy OF
recusation. causes assigned shall 20 reassigned
under orders Of court.
Article 5s was adopted as read:
Arr. 6s. The General Assembly may increase
the number of said judges, not to exceed three.
Article 30 was adopted as read:
Arr, 49, The Court Of Appeals and the Civil
md Criminal District courts for the parish OF
Orleans req paettvaY regulate the order OF
prefer and trial q canses A. pending ana
therein. not In conflict with the provisions Of
law.
Article 60 was adopted as read:
Ant 90. The Civil District Court for the par
is q orleaps sal se Mc s9yent
ciai depository. Therein shall be deposited all
moneys, notes, bonds and securities Except
suits or iii evidence. which shall be- kept by the
clerk OF courtl: so soon us the same shall come
INTO the hands Of my sheriff or clerk Of court
parf. only upon orders Of court. The officer
making such deposits shall make. immediate
and written return TO the court Of the date and
which the matter is pei ding, under penalties to
be prescribed by law.
Article GIL was adopted, rs follows:
ARr. OIL. There shall be- district attorney for
the parish, 81 Orleans. who shall possess the
same manner and for the same period Of time
as the States attorneys for other parishes. as
sss p s ,,ooo per
and such fees as may be allowed BY law; but no
foe shaft be allowed In criminal cases except on
He mar appoint an assistant ut SALARY not
On motion Of Delegate Simon, article95 was
the proviso relative to the district judges, as
follows: Provided he shall have practiced
law in this. State as o licensed attorney for
two years"
The yeas and nays were called on the mo-
tlon 70 strike out. and II was adopted-yeas
Delegate Cunningham moved to amend by
adding: Provided he shall have been. Q
licensed attorney for five years preceding his
election" Adopted.
The article as amended was then adopted.
Article 90 was adopted, as follows:
AIT. 50. There shall be Ii the eli y OF New Or
leans three city. courts. one OF which shall be
located In the ,iifteenth representative district,
cations required for D district judge OF the par
lab ri Orlsans, AID who shall BE- elected by the
qualified voters OF the parish for the term OF
jurisdiction over oil sums less than the amount
sufficient to give jurisdiction 20 the Civil Dis
trlct Court f9r tic parish q Orleans. The Gen
torial division Of jurisdiction. the manner Of
executing heIr the ee bill md
have power t. take testimony. and shall have
such fees as the General Assembly may allow.
:. Should the necessities OF the .parish, OF Or
increase the number OF city courts for said
parish. not to exceed eight Id all.
Each OF said courts. until otherwise provided
by law shall have but one clerk. to be- elected by
the qualified voters Of the parish. who shall re-
csive aary OF twelve hundred dollars per
bond and duties shall be regulated By law.
Article CD was adopted as read:
ART. 90. The General Assembly may provide
for police or magistrate courts, but such courts
shall not be vested with jurisdiction beyond the
enforcement of municipal ordinances or as
committing magistrates.
Article GA was adopted, as follows:
ART. "a. There snail be but one clerk for the
Civil District Court and one for the Criminal
District Court for the, parish Of Orleans. The
Appeals of said parish. The said clerks shall
be removable IN the manner provided for the
removal ct The ,, sher s Of said parish Said
On annual salary Of $4,000. and no more; and tbs
clerk OF the Criminal Court 5000, per annum
and no more, both payable quarterly n npon their
qualified voters OF the parish for the term Of
four years.
OF the bonds and Ieties to be furnished By
said clerks shall be prescribed by law.
During the discussion Of the article. Dele
gate Robertson moved to amend by providing
that the clerks shall be paid such fees as may
be prescribed by law. He did not care to in
terfere with the city, but when 8 proposition
was made which affected the politics OF the
whole State he intended to have something to
say. i had been charged that the politics of
the city were controlled by ward politicians,
urged that these men were not competent to
eject the district Judges. He did not believe
anything of the kind. He had the utmost
confidence IN the people of New Orleans and
was willing 70 trust them to elect all their
officers. II this system was adopted, how
ever, these so-ealled bummers would combine
Ia different manner for the purnose Of en-
forcing their views. They would send a solid
ton, and taking advantage of divisions in the
country would present slate to the candi-
dates for Governor, and make 1t a precedent
condition for their votes that they should
agree TO appoint the judges and other officers
they desired. He would not blame them for
doing this, for. under similar circums stances.
he would do the same thing.
Delegate McGloin said this was a question
OF saving money to the State and not Of poli-
tics. He had said nothing about bummers
He would be frank. however. It must be adj
mitted that bargains were made In city nom
mating conventions. AS far as the probable
action OF the city delegation In the State nom
mating conventions were concerned, he did
not fear that anything Of the kind predicted
would occur. II 1t did. the convention would
not nominate any candidate who had accepted
q slate Of officers to be appointed In the city.
Delegate Blanchard was opposed to the
amendment. The article had no relation to
the politics OF the State As far as that mat
ter was concerned, the State was Democratic
no matter how the city might go.
Delegate Mcconnell commended that as
merely party question the system proposed
was good one. IL would be supported by