The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-02
The Constitutional Convention G
fContinued From Last Week.
JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.

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The compensation of sheriffs as
tax collectors shall not exceed five
per cent. on the amount collected
and paid over; provided, that they
shall not be discharged as tax col
iectors until they have. made proof
that they have exhausted all legal
remedies to collect the taxes.
The coroner in each parish
shall be doctor of medicine; pro-
vided, this article shall not apply
to any parish in which there isfno
regularly licensed physician who
will accept the Office.
There shall be a clerk of the
district court in each parish of the
State, the parish of Orleans ex-
cepted, who shall be ex-oficio
clerk of the court Of appeal.
He shall be elected by the quail
fled electors of the parish every
four years, and shall be ex-officio
parish recorder Of sconveyances,
mortgages aad other acts, and no.
tary public.
He shallsreceive mo compensa-
tion for his services from the State
or the parish in criminal matters.
He shall give boud and security
for the faithful performance of
his duties in such amount as shall
be fixed by the General Assembly.
The general assembly shall have
power to vest in clerks of courts
authority to grant such orders
and to do such acts as may be
deemed necessary for the furth-
eraDce OF the administration of
Justice; and mall cases the powers
thus vested shall be specified and
determined.
Clerks of thecourtmay appoint,
with'fhe approval Of the district
Judge, deputies, with such powers
as shall be prescribed by law; and
the general assembly shall have
power to provide by law for con-
tinuing one or more OF them in
office, in the event of the death OF
The clerk. nBtil bis successor shall
have been appointed aud duly
qualified.
No suit in the supreme court
shall be taxed for costs exceeding
ten dollars.
There shall be a district attorney
for each judicial district Of the
State, who shall be elected by the
qualified electors of the judicial
district. He shall receive a salary
of one thousand dollars per annum,
payable rmonthly on bis own war
rant, and shall hold his Office for
four years. He shall be An actual
| resident of the district, and u
censed attorney at law in this State.
He shall also receive fees; but no
fee shall be allowed in criminal
cases, except on conviction.
Any vacancy 10 the Office OF
States attorney shall be filed by
appointment by the governor for
the unexpired term.
In each parish, except 10 the
| parish OF Orleans, there shall be
as many justices OF the peace as
may he provided by law.
The present number of justices
of the peace shall remain vs. now
fixed until otherwise provided by
the General Assembly. They shall
be elected by the qualified voters
Within the territorial limits Of their
jurisdiction for the term OF four
years.
They shall have exclusive orig
inal jurisdiction in all civil matters
when the amount in dispnte shall
not exceed fifty dollars, exclusive
of interest. and original jurisdic-
tor, concurrent with the district
court, when the amount in dispute
shah exceed fifty dollars, exclusive
of interest, and shall not exceed
one hundred dollars, exclusive of
interest. They shall haye such
compensation, salaries and fees, as
may be allowed by the General
Assembly.
Justices of the peace shall have
no jurisdiction 10 succession or
probate matters, or when success
sion is defendant.
They shall have criminal jnris-
diction as committing magistrates,
They shall only have power to bail
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