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Concurrent resolution submitting to the quail
fed voters of the State o. Missouri an amend
menI TO the constitution thereof. concerning the
judicial department.
Be IL resoZp.d by tie Senate, the House 81
Rep~resentahires ~concnrring therein: ,,o
That al the general election 10 he held on the
Tuesday next following the first Monday IN
November. A. ID. 1884. the following amend
souri,. concerning the judicial department, shall
be submitted to the qualified voters OF said
State, to-wit:
court OF appeals is hereby extended so as be CO.
extensive with the counties of Monroe. Shelby.
Knox. Scotland: Clark. Lewis. Marion, Rails
Jefferson. Ste. Genevieve. Perry. Cape Girar-
deau, scott. Mississippi. New Madrid. Pemls-
Madison, St. Frsncois. Washington. Franklin,
Crawford. Iron. Reynolds. Carter, Butler, Rip
ley. Oregon. Shannon. Dent. Phelps. Pulaski.
d alese'' H %sss':e ozA Cb.ls 1Sak'as fa Mg'sh! Stone as.
Donald, 40 well as the city OF st; LOUIS; ami
shall be elected by the qualified voters of the
counties ani Of the city under the Jurisdiction of
said court. and shall be y resident OF the said
| territorial appellate district.
SIC. 2 There ID hereby established at Kansas
City an appellate court. to be known as the KAN
s s1s Gi sy.S court ns Of appeals p e tn, @.n5 ju a1 iSa eon0 Of
ties In the state, except those embraced in The
jurisdiction OF the st. Louis court OF appeals
mere en8u De neiu IN each year Two Terms OF
said Kansas City court OF appeals. one on the
first N )nday Of March,. and one ON the first
Monday of October. The Kansas City cou.t of
appeals shall conslst.of three judges, who shall
ties under the jurisdiction Of said court. and
shall be residents OF said territorial appellate
district.
SEC. 3. The general assembly shall have
power by law to create one additional court
of appeals. with u new district thercfor; to
change. the limits OF the appellate districts.
and the names of the courts Of appeals, desIg-
Mating the districts by numbers or Otherwlse:
to change the time OF holding the terms of said
courts; to increase or diminish the pecuniary
limit Of the jurisdiction OF the courts of APP
peals; to provide for the transfer of cases
from one court Of appeals to another court Of
from q court Of appeals to the supreme court,
and to provide for the hearing and determine
ton OF such cases by the courts to which they
SEC. 4. The first term of said Kansas City
court Of appeals shall be held on the first
first judges thereof shall upon the adoption of
this amendment, be appointed by the COVER
nor OIL said state for the term OF four years
1885, and at the general election in the year
1888. the first election for the judges vi said
court shull be held. and the provisions of the
constitution of the State concerning the organ
~ization, the judges, the powers, the jurisdic-
tlon and proceedings OF the st. Louis court Of
appeals. as herein amended. shall in all APP
prOpriate respects apply to the Kansas City
court OF appeals. and to such additional court
OF appeals AZ may be by law created.
SIC. 5. In ali causes or proceedings review
able by the supreme court, writs of error shall
run from the supreme court directly to the cir
cult courts and to courts having the jurisdic-
ton pertaining to circuit courts. and in all
such causes or proceedings, appeals shall lie
from such trial courts directly to the supreme
court. and the supreme court shall h I'VE tx
elusive Jurisdiction OF such wits OF error and
appeals, and shall in all such cases exclusive
~. exercise experimenting control over such
trial courts. III.
Sx1 AZ Uboo on- - ~ sad oo,,,, >
peals shall in any cause or proceeding rem
der q decision which any one OF the judges
therein sitting shall deem cOn,raly TO any pre-
vious decision OF any one OF said courts Of APP
peals, or Of the supreme court. the said court
Of appeals must, of It's W motion, pending
the 81 re term and not a%fierward. certify and
NAL Transcript therein to the supreme court,
and thereupOn the supreme court must rehear
and determine said cause or proceeding, as in
pellate process; and the last previous rulings of
the supreme court on any question Of law or
equity shall. in all Cases., be controlling au-
thOriLy in SAID court OF appeals.
SEC 7. All cases which may be pending In
the supreme court at the time oil the adoption
mitted, and which by it's I. rms would come
within the territorial appellate Jurisdiction Of
the Kansas City court of appeal. shall he err
titled and transferred 10 such. courts TO he heard
and determined 10y it,.
SIC. 8 The supreme court shall have super
Intending control over the courts OF appeals by
udnuAWuss pTOuluiIlou auu Ce/fSOTNTt-
SEC. 8 The State shall provide a suitable
courtroom at Kansas City. In which the Kan
sas City court Of appeals shall hold It's ses-
siOns; also q clerks ofice and furnished Offices
for the judges
SEC. 10. The judges of the Kansas City court
OF appeals. ana of such additional court OF APP
peals rs may be created by law. shall each
annually receive d salary of three thousand,
i've hundred dollars per annum, which. to-
g. Sf'hs the jua xi.a of The tns St. sn hos,s cs sa'srie ei
appeals. shall be paid out of the State treas
ury, a-0ihe salaries OF the judges OF the Sill
preme court are now paid. unless otherwise
provided by law.
SEC. IL. All provisions of the constitution of
this state, and all laws OF this state which are
Inconsistent with this amendment shall, 50 lar
as inconsistent. upon it's adoption, be forever
resclnded and of no effect.