The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-02-12
AMENDMENTS.
alive to the Jurisdiction of Courts
of Appeal
AMENDMENT NO. 4.

Article %. "The Courts Of Appeal
except in eases hereinafter provided.
shall have appellate jurisdiction on
lv, which jurisdiction shall extend in
ali cases, civil or probate. VII N the
matter in dispute or the funds to DE |
distributed shall exceed ONE hundred
dollars, exclusiv" of interest, and
shall not exceed two thousand dol
lars, exclusive of interest
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE l0l
OF the Constitution of the State, Rel
alive to Trial of Cases in Courts of
Appeal when Judges "lisagree."
AMENDMEN 4 NO 5.
Article lN1. "Whenever the
Judges composing the Conrts of APP
peal shall concur, their Judgment
shall be final. Whenever there shall
be disagreement, the two Judges
shall appoint a lawyer having the
qualification for a Judge Of the
Court of Appeals of their Circuit,
who shall aid in the determination
of the case, a judgment concurred
in ny any two Of them shall be ii
nal"
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 1923.
OF the Constitution OF the State,
"Relative to the Jurisdiction of
Courts of Appeal for the Parish Of
Orleans"
AMENDMENT NO.6.
Article 1923. "There shall be in
the Parish of Orleans Court of APP
peals for said Parish, with exclusive
appellate jurisdiction in all matters,
civil and probate, arising in said
Parish when the amount in dispute,
or fund to be distributed exceeds
one hundred dollars exclusive Of in
terest, and does not exceed two
thousand dollars, exclusive Of inter-
est; said court shall be presided
over by two judges, who shall be
elected by the General Assembly,
in joint session; they shall be resi-
dents and voters of the City of New
Orleans, possessing all the qoalii
cations necessary for judges of CIR
cult Courts of Appeal throughout
the State they shall each receive
an annual salary of four Thousand
dollars, payable monthly upon their
respective warrants. Said appeals
shall be upon questions of law alone,
in all cases involving less than five
hundred dollars, exclusive of inter-
est, and npon the law and the facts
in other cases. 1t shall sit in the
city of New Orleant from the First
Monday Of November to the last
Monday of June in each year; it
shall have authority to issue writs
of Man0amus, Prohibition, Certlor-
ari and Hobeas Corpus in aid Of its
appellate jurisdiction"
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 1856
Of the Constitution of the State,
"Relative to the Jurisdiction OF
the City Courts of the Parish Of
Orleans"
AMENDMENT NO..
Article 1876. "There shall be in
: the City of New Orleans four City
Conrts, one of which shall be loca
ted in that portion of the City or
the right bank of the Mississippi
river, presided over by Judges hav
: ing all the qualifications required
: for a District Judge, and shall b
elected by the qualified voters TO
the term of four years; they shal
have exclusive jurisdiction over al
sums not exceeding one hundred
! dollars, exclusive of interest, snb
$ ject to an appeal to the Civil Dis
e trict Court when the amount claim
y ed exceeds twenty five dollars, ex
i elusive of interest. The Genera
: Assembly shall regulate the sala
e ries, territorial division of jurisdic
) ton, the manner of executing thei
9 process, the fee bill, and proceed
ings which shall govern them; the,
: shall have authority to execute com
# missions, to take testimony, an
i shall receive therefor each fees a
/, may be allowed by law. The Gen
If eral Assembly may increase til
e number of City Courts for the sal
y Parish not to exceed eight in al
e until otherwise provided by Law
!; Each of said Courts shall have on
u Clerk, to be elected for the term
II fopr years by the qualified voters {