St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-02-01

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49, ~-rse6SnC ehree hundred
g; = u.s M. s~ccSa ne sunremo
Co...s .s.,s n.-s or1S1naI axclusive jug
CouIs s".u ." -s.,sr. 1onchinr nrofee-
n,S, -; =, ~ r,embere Of the
s.o".s .~ U.s S~.. - as.s.r sn6 inffief such
10 ~. ".s ..!sos~..s =. M be provided
0sns! pu"ss"mCs x.s~hiv snan
81 .necrcs n. xoreroine pro-
en.C. ~ " s
V =. .,,..A.. ...oa ~ ate. That
1880 - hurdrefs ma nine Of the Con-
atitutlon Of ~ STATE OF Louisiana be 20
amended a 10 rad q follows:
Artacle 10 The District Courts shall
have or1einal Nurisdiction IN an matters
civil. nrohata and criminal not vested
IN the 0upreme Court Of exclusively In
some other court By the Constitut1on ana
laws made In pursuance thereof. They
shall have unlimited original jurisdiction
In an criminal, probate ana ouccecoson
mattsra. and when . seccscsson y =
party defendant The district 1udoeo
shall - elected oy puISuSy Of Su0
Qualt0e0 voters o. thesr feepeesNo ols.
tr1ceos In which they enau nave usen =.
tuel ree1oense !oe Two yeASo ncAt Ptee
ee0lne tneir eseoSson. 1ny snsn
learned N the Aw: nc sn.n n.v. BE-.
tlceo 20 tne Dse1e t3r w , sxs.s
~ susss 49, ~ An .,s.ss~n.
=. .o1 s sm1 "n.. ~ ."~ n.s..sn,.1 he dessh
-..,s~ :. -..r.1 snsn - scr Nh~
...s.,-~s go .ra 11e rsovernov ahaIl
AZ *. v.csn~r nntil IA eIection can 81
held. The 1udeea 81 the district court
.h.M eech receIve n salarv OF three thou.
san0 dollars per annum. payable monthly
on their reepectiye warrants:
49, 4 ne - furthsr reeolved. etc. That
article one hundred and eleven OF the
Constitut1on Of the state Of Louisiana
be 70 amended a 20 read a follows:
A,,,-,. ~ IN. Di.traet courta shaI
h.v. 1vr..0Ict,on a. annee !. from 1uaticea
of the neace IN All civil mattera reeard-
less Of the amount IN dispute.
sec &. Re n further resolved. etc. That
.rtici. one hundred and tventv-five Of
the Constitution Of the State Of Louis
iana ~ no amended "A to read A fol-
Iow.:
Article ras In each n.nsh ths p.rj.h
Of ORLEANS excspted- there shall be A
manv 4ustieea az the peace a NAV be
provided by law. The present number Of
Justices Of the peace shan remain a nov
axed until otherwise provided. They
shall be elected for the term OF four veara
BY the qualified voters within the terri
torisl limits Of their 1urfsdiction. ana
their oualiflca tions shall he flxed nv law
They shau have exclusive orieinaI furis-
dtction IN All civil natter vhen the
amount IN disnufe sh.n not exceed nTtv
doIl.rr exclusive Of Interest ana ortr.
fnal lurisdiction concurrent Win the Dis-
trict Court. when the amount In disnute
shau exceed Aftv dollars exclusive ~
interest- ana ahall not exceed one hum
dreA dollars. exclusive Of in,erest
They chan have no Jurisdiction in
succession or probate mattera. or
when = succession II q defendant, or
whom the State or any parish u q party
They shall receive such fees In civil mat
ter, a may be fxed By Law.
Sec G. Be Il further resolved etc, That
article one hundred and twenty-six OF
the Constitution OF the State Of Louis
Ana be 70 amended a. to read a. foIlows:
Article liz They shall have criminal
1urisdjcsiou a. committing magietratee
and shall have power to bail or discharge
In cases not capital or necessarily pun
ishable At hard labor. They shall re-
eeive no fees In criminal matters lnclud-