St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-12

posing the Courts of Appeal shall cor
eur, their judgment shalt be final. WheI
t ever there shall be disagreement, til
two Judges shall appoint lawyer ha,
ing the qualifications for a Judge of tn
Court of Appeals for their CT cult, win
shall aid in the determination of til.
case, and Judgment conenrred in b,
any two of them shall be final"
: AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE u!
OF the Constitution of the State, RELATIVE
To the Jurisdiction of Courts OF Appea
for the Parish of Orleans
Amendment No. 6.
ART. l2S. 'srhere shall be in the Par
1sh OF Orleansa Court OF Appeals T said
parish, with exclusive appellate jnris-
ulction III all matters, civil and probate.
arising IN said parish, when the amount
IN dispute or fund to be distributed ex-
cteds one hundred dollars, exclusive of
interest, and docs not exceed two thou
sand dollars, exclusive # interest; said
conrt shall be presided over by two
judges. who shall he elected by the Gen
| era1 Assembly. in joint session; they
shall be residents and voters of the city
OF New Orleans, possessing alt the quail
hc.tions necessary for judges of circuit
courts OF appeal throughout the State,
they shall each receive an ANIMAL salary
OF four thousand dollars. payable month
~ upon their respective warrants. Said
appeals shall be upon questions of law
aiohe, In all cases involving less than
hve hundred dollars, exclusive OF inter-
est, and upon the law and the facts in
other cases. 1t 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
wits OF .naaddaas, Prohibition, Csrti0-
rall and Hassus corpus in eid of its APP
pellate jurisdiction.
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 135
OF the Constitution of tie State. Relative
TO the jurisdiction OF the city courts
OF the parish Orleans.
Anne nanent No Z.
ART. l35. '.Ihere STALL b.. in the CIV |
OF New Orleans four city courts, one of /
which shall be located in that portion of |
the ely on the right bank CT the Aiissis-
sippi river, presided over by judges hay
ing all the qualifications required for
District Judge, and shall be elected by
The qualified voters for the term of four
years, they shall have exclusive lurislic-
ion over all sums not exceeding one
hundred dollars, exclusive o. Interest.
subject To an appeal To the Civil Distric,
court when thu aInourt claimed exceeds |
twenty-five dollars. exclusive of interest
ho General Assembly Shall regulate
oe salaries, territorial division of iurIs-
ilctIon, the manner of executing heir
'tocess, the Ice bill. AM proceedings
which shall govern them: lev shall aaye
uthorIty - execute commissions, to
axe testimony, ana Shall receive there
OF such fees as HAY he nj owed lty law.
lie s'enerll Assembly may increase the
lumber o. city courts FOX said parish.
'ot to ,xcetd eight IN all. until ether
'ise provided ny law. T. .ch Of sail
oafts STALL have one clerk. to be elect
Il Tor the term OF four year. lv the
aaliiiei voters OF the parish, who shall
ece!Ve Il salalry of twelve hundred dnI
tfS perannnm, aad no more, and whose
uaitilc.tons, bon land duties shall! be :.
esniated by law"
AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 1901
4 the Constitution OF the State. Relative .
to the jurisdiction OF the Civil District
Courts OF the Parish of Orleans. 4
Amendment No. 8. :
ART. 100. "FoI the Parish of Orleans 9
iere Shall lie two District Courts and :
D more. One of sail courts shall be
nown as The Civil District Cour, for Q
e Parish Of Orleans and the other rs =
he Criminal District Court for the !
,rish of Orleans The former shall h
INSIST of not less than FIVE judges. and q
e latter not less than two judges. hav- Il
8 the qualifications prescribed Tor Dis s.
let Judges throughou. the State. The G
Id Judges shall be appointed by the :
Dvernor, by aud with the advice and Z
nsent Of tue Senate. for the term of .
5ht years. The first appointment shall
maae as follows: Three judges of the
VII District Court. for + .ur years, ana
o judges for eight years. One judae z;
tie Criminal District court for four 4,
airs, AMI the other fer eight years, the
ms to be designated in their commits r
rs The said judges shall receive .
ch four thousand dollars per aunum s
LII owl D,st..c: cour; shall have cx-
islve AMI general probate. AMI sXcir.-
e CIVIL jurisdiction IN all cases. hen
amount In dispute or to be d.strib
FL exceeds one hundred dollars, cx- =,
lsiye OF interest. and exclusive appel
e JurisdIct from the city courts Of s
Parish of Orleans, when the amount
dispute exceeds TWENTY-FIVE dollars.
'iusiVe OF interest. All causes filed in
q courts shall be equally allotted and
ignet among said judges, in accord
&c with rules of court to he adopted
the purpose. In case of recusa,ion
any Judge in any cause, such cause
III ee reassisnel, or in case of absence
m the parish, sickness or the disabil-
of the judge to whom Sail cause NAV
re been assigned, any Judge of sal
1T may issue or grant conservatory
Is or orders. In other respects each M
&c shall have exclusive control over gu
ry cause assigned to him from it's in ms
tlon to its final determination in said In
rt. The Criminal District court shall,
'e criminal Jurisdiction only. All
secutIons instituted in aaid court
IL be equally apportionei between
Judges by lot. Each judge or his
cessor shall have exclusive control
every cause falling to him, from its
,pt!on to its final determination in
court. In case of vacancy or r.
ltIpD pan.eS assivpa al sbnll