The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-04-12
AMENDMENTS.

when the amount in dispute, or fund
to be distributed exceeds one hundred
dollars, exclusive of interest, and does
not exceed two Thousand dollars, ex-
elusive of interest; said court shall be
presided over by two judges, who
shall be elected by the General As
sembly, in JOINT session; they shah be
residents and voters of the city of New
Orleans, possessing all thSsquali6ca-
tious necessary fer judges of Circuit
Courts of Appeal throughout the
State; they shall each receive an an
nual salary of four thousand dollars,
payable monthly upon their respective
warrants. Said appeals shall be upon
questions of law alone, in all cases in
volving less than five hundred dollars,
exclusive of interest, and upon the
law and the facts in other cases. II
shall sit in the city of New Orleans
from the first Monday of November
to the last Monday of June IN each
year it shall have authority to issue
writs of Manddmus, Prohibition. Ger
tiOrari and Hdbeds Corpus in aid of
its appellate Jurisdiction"
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 1876.
OF the Constitution OF the State, "reiattve to
the jurisdiction of the City Courts of the
Parish of Orleans"
Amendment No. q.
ART. 1856. "There shall be in the
city of New Orleans four City Courts,
one of which shall be located in that
portion of the city on the right bank
of the Mississippi river, presided over
by Judges having all the qualifications
required for a. District Judge, and
shall be elected by the qualified voters
for the term of four years; they shall
have exclusive Jurisdiction over all
sums not exceeding one hundred dol
lars, exclusive of interest, subject to
an appeal to the Civil District Court
when the amount claimed exceeds
twenty-five dollars, exclusive of in.
terest. The General Assembly shall
regulate the salaries, territorial divi-
sion of jurisdiction, the manner of
executing their process, the fee bill,
and proceedings winch shall govern
them; they shall have authority to
execute commissions, to take testi-
J mony, and shall receive. therefor such
fees a. may be allowed by law. The
General Assembly may increase the
, number of City Courts for tho said
| parish, not to exceed eight in all, I'M
E til otherwise provided by law. Each
r of said Courts shall have one Clerk, to
| be elected for the term of four. years
/. by the qualified voters of the parish,
1 who. shall receive salary of twelve
!, hundred dollars per annum, and no
. more, and whose qualifications, bond
=. aud duties shall be regulated by law"
Y AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 1870,
= OF the Constitution Of the State, relative to
the jurisdiction Of the Civil District Courts
@ Of the Parish of Orleans"
/ Amendment No. 9.
J. Act. 1870. "For the Parish of Or
f leans there shall be two District Courts
7 and no more. One of said. courts
8 snail be known as The Civil Dis
n trict Court for the Parish of Orleans
$ and the other rs 'The Criminal Dis
e trict Court for the Parish of Orleans.
/ The former shall consist of not less
than five judges, and the latter not
less than two judges, having the quail
It fcatioRs prescribed for District Judges
e throughout the State. The said judges
&c shall be appointed by the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent OF
T. the Senate, for the term Of eight
years. The first appointment shall be
made as follows: Three judges of
II the Civil District Court, for four years
n and two judges, for eight years. One
.r Judge of the Criminal District Court,
/ for four years and one for eight years,
=. the terms to be designated in their
j. commissions. The said judges shall
4 receive each, four Thousand dollars
>. per annum. Said Civil District Court
n shall have exclusive and general pro-
bate, and exclusive civil jurisdiction
i, in all cases, when the amount in dis
" pute or to be distributed, exceeds one
p hundred dollars, exclusive of interest,
:. and exclusive appellate jurisdiction
a. from the City Courts of the Parish of
,t Orleans, when the amount in dispute
Al exceeds twenty-five dollars exclusive
i. of interest. All causes filed in said
70 courts shall be equally allotted and as-
signed among said judges, in accord
Il ance with rules of court to be adopted
It for the purpose. In case of recusa-
A. ton Of any judge In any cause, such
A. cause shall be rGassigned, or in case of
is absence from the parish, sickness or
the disability of the Judge to whom
said cause may have assigned, any
Judge of said court may issue or grant
!" conservatory writs or orders. In other
respects each judge shall have excln-
II siVe control over every cans0 assigned
4 to him from it's inception 10 its final
. discrimination in said court. The
n criminal District Court shall have
+. criminal jurisdiction only. A prose-
a. cntions Instituted in said court shall
/. be equally sppOrtioned between said
n Judges by lot. Each judge or his
r. successor, shall have exclusive control
over every cause falling to, him from
its inception to its final determination
in said court. In cases of vacancy or
to recusation causes assigned shall be
en- re-assigaed under order Of court ,"
Given under my signature and the
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