The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-08-02

Ia q Charles-EIrSt Mondays IN March anu
sIsFerson-Second Mondays in March and October.
g. Bernard-Fourth Mondays in March and October.
pIaouemines-First Mondays In April and November.
g. John the Baptist-second Mondays in April and November.
O. James-Third Mondaysin April and November.
Iscension-Second Mondays in May and December.
ar 10. Whenever the first day of The term shall fall on a legal
hoiday, the court shall begin its sessions on the first legal day
aT iiOl. Whenever the judges composing the courts of appeal
EAan concur, their judgment shall be final.
Aom shall stand affirmed.
y Arr. lO2. All causes on appeal to the courts of appeal shall be tried
b the original record, pleadings and evidence in the district court.
A ns 1oS. The rules Of practice regulating appeals to and proceed
nos in the Supreme Court shall apply to appeals and proceedings in
ae courts Of appeal SO far as they may be applicable until otherwise
ri 1oI The judges of the courts of appeal shall have power to
rstody within their respective circuits. They shall also have au-
SOray to issue writs of mandamus, prohibition and certiorar, in
AFT. los. The judges of the courts of appeal shall each receive a
sEy Of four thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly on their
The General Assembly shall provide by law for the trial of re-
nasd cases in the courts Of appeal, -,
AIT. LOG. The sheriff of the parish in which the sessions of the court
& held shall attend in person or by deputy to execute the orders of
Sc court
Ar. 1O7 The State shall be divided into not less than twenty nor
lore than thirty judicial districts, the parish of Orleans excepted.
Ar los. Until otherwise provided by law there shall be twenty
districts
The parish of Caddo shall compose the First District.
The parishes of Bossier, Webster and Bienvile shall compose the
snnd DItnct.
The parishes of Claiborne, Union and Lincoln shall compose the
The parishes of Jackson, Vim and Caldwell shall compose the
houth Distrct.
The parishes of ouachita and Richland shall compose the Fifth
Ie parishes of M0rehouse and West Carroll shall compose the
The parishes of Catahoula and Franklin shall compose the Seventh
Es sa parishes Of Madison and East Carroll shall compose the Eighth
De parishes of concordia and Tensas shall compose the Ninth
DE parishes of De Soto and Red River shall compose the Tenth
nepGishes of Natchtoches and Sabine shall compose the Eleventh
1hs parishes of Rapides, Grant and Avoyeues shall compose the
parish of st. Landry shall compose the Thirteenth District
parishes of Vernon, Calcasieu and Cameron shall compose the
10 parishes of Pointe Coupee and West Felsiana shall compose
He parishes of East Feiciana and St Helena shall compose the
ssenih District.
"a parish of East Baton Rouge shall compose the Seventeenth
q parishes of Ta%ngipahoa, Livingston, ST. Tammany and Wash
u shall compose the Eighteenth District.
ne parishes Of St. Mary and Terrebonne shall compose the Nine
le parishes Of Lafourche and Assumption shall compose the
IIe parishes of St Martin and Iberia shall compose the Twenty
District
- parishes of Ascension and st. James shall compose the Twenty
% parishes of West Baton Rouge and Ibervile shall compose the
As parishes Of Paquemines and 81. Bernard shall compose the
tyiourth District.
~ parishes of Lafayette and Vermilion shall compose the
ntyifth District.
ahadthe parishes of Jefferson, st. Charles and st. John the Baptist
compose the Twenty-sixth District.
Sha los. District courts shall have original Jurisdiction in all civil
- where the amount in dispute shall exceed fifty dollars, exclu-
icy shall have unlimited original Jurisdiction in all criminal, pro-
ald succession matters, and when a succession is a party de-
IL district judges shall b elected by a plurality of the qualified
- q their respective districts in which they shall have been act
Fnadents for two years next preceding their election.
Esy shal be learned in the law and shall have practiced law in
2sAe Tor five years previous to their election.
10y snail be elected for the term of four years. All elections to
s.eancaes occasioned by death, resignation or removal shall be for
sssnszpred term, and the Governor shall fill the vacancy until an
x%n can be held.
~ judges OF the district courts shall each receive a salary of three
A warrants.
&zl 10 The General Assembly shall have power to increase the
~ Of district judges in any district whenever the public bust
nay require.
FSLilL The district courts shall have jurisdiction of appeals from
3 OF the peace in all matters where the amount in controversy
saceed ten dollars, exclusive of interest.
*SLll1 The General Assembly shall provide by law for the trial of
~ cases IN the district courts by the selection of licensed attor-
! Jaw BY an interchange of judges or otherwise.
~ Wherever in this constitution the qualification of any JUS
n y !uoge shall be the previous practice of the law for a term of
sI Im shall be included in such term the time such justice or
.u nave occupied the bench of any court of record in this
Eoesded, he shall have been a licensed attorney for five years
. election or appointment.