Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-03-27

They shah have unlimited original jfrisdcticn
10 ell criminal, probate and successi0n matters,
and when Q. succession ls party defendant.
The district judges shall be elected by plural
ify cf the qualified voters OF their respective
districts, in which they shall have been actual
residents for two years next preceding their
election. They shall be learned In the law,
and shall have practiced law IN the state for
Ave years PREVIOUS to their election. They shall
be elected for the term OF four years. All
elections to al vacancies occasioned by death,
resignation or removal, shall be for the unex.
phed term, and the Governor shall Ill the va
cancy until an election can be held. The judges
Of the District Court shall each receive n sal
airy OF three thousand dollars per annum. pay
able monthly on their respective warrants.
Sec. 4. Be II further resolved, etc. That
Article one hundred and eleven OF the Consti-
tuition Of the State Of Louisiana be amended
as to read as follows:
Article Ill. The District Courts shall have
jurisdiction Of appeals from justices OF the
peace IN AN civil matters regardless OF the
amount In dispute.
See s Be ii further resolved, ETC., That
stitution Of the State II Louisiana be 90
amended as to read as follows:
Article rs. In each parish. the Parish Of
Orleans excepted, there shall be as many JUS
tees OF the peace as may be provided by law.
The present number OF Justices OF the peace
shall remain as now liked until otherwise pro-
yided. They shall be elected for the term Of
four years by the qualified voters within the
territorial limits OF their jurisdiction, and their
qualifications shall be a1ed By law They shall
matters when the amount IN dispute shall not
exceed fifty dollars, exclusive of interest, and
original Jurisdiction concurrent with the Dis
trict Court, when the omount IN dispute shall
exceed fifty dollars exclusive OF interest and
shall not exceed one bsuldred dollars exclusive
OF interest. They shall have no Jurisdiction in
succession OF probate matters, or when sue
cession Is defendant when the State or
any parish IS party. They shall receive such
fees in civil matters as may be fixed nv law
Sec. 9. Be II further resolved. etc. That Ar
ticle one hundred and twenty-six Of the Consti-
tuition of the State OF Louisiana shall lie so
amended as to read as follows:
Article 126. Thew snail have criminal furfs-
dlctfon as committing magistrates, and shall
have power to bail or discharge IN cases not
capital or necessarily punishable at hard labor.
They. shall receive no fees In criminal matters
including peace bond cases, but in lieu thereof
such salary as may Be fixed annually by the
police rE r. e os u P1s p sSs parish That
ticle one hundred and twenty-seven Of the Con-
stituiion OF the State OF Louisiana be 50 amend
ed as TO read ae follows:
Article 127 There shall be a constable for
each Justice OF the peace IN the several mar
ishes OF the State, the Parish Of Orleans except
ed. who shall be elected for n term of four
years by the qualified voters within the terri
toriai limits Of the Jurisdiction OF the several
justices OF the peace. They shall receive such
fees N civil matters as may be fixed by law
In criminal matters they shall receive no fees
or mileage. but In Hen thereof salary to be
fixed annually and paid by the police jury Of
See s Be It further resolved. etc. That ar
ticles one hundred and twenty-eicht and one
hundred and twenty-nine OF the Constitution Of
the State Of Louisiana be and the same an
hereby '0l0sa'ea and re9Pe' M' BOLTON.
Speaker of tie House Of Representatives.
II. 4. LOTT,
President Pro TempOrs of the Senate.
T. S. ADAMS, Secretary of State.