The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-19

shall have appellate Jurisdiction onlT
jurisdiction shall extend in VI
cases, civil or probate, when the MAJ oil
ter in dispute or the funds to be as
tributed shall exceed one bnnd.as
dollars, exclusive of interest. aeS
shall not exceed two thousand dollarau
exclusive of INTEREST,"
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I'M
Of the Constitution Of the State Poi,
the TO Trial Of Gases IN Courts !.
Appeal ~hen Judges "disagree.s y
Amendment NO. s.
ART. IOl. "Whenever the .Ind...
composing the Courts of Appeal sSsIi
concur, their Judgment shall be- snal
Whenever there shall be a d~isarrsa
ment, the two Judges shall appoint !.
lawyer having the qualifications for !
Judge of the Court Of Appeals of fha;,
Circuit, who shall aid in the detarm;
nation of the case, q Judgment eon
cured in by any two of them shall h
final"
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 100
Of the Constitution Of the State, .Reb
the to the Jurisdtctiom of Courts ~
appeals for the Parish Of Orseans.ny
Amendment NO. s,
ART. 1913. "There shall be in tha
Parish of Orleans a Court of Apneals
for said Parish, with exclusive apnals
late jurisdiction in all matters. civil sna
probate, arising in said parish when
the amount in dispute, OF fund TO ba
distributed exceeds n hundred dol.
lars, exclusive of interest, and doa.
not exceed two thousand dollars
exclusive of interest !; said courf
shall be presided over by two iadees
who shall be elected by the General
Assembly, in joint session !; they shall
be residents and voters of the city Of
New Orleans, possessing all the Quali6.
cations necessary for Judges of Circnit
Courts of Appeal throughout tho
State ; they shall each receive an an.
nual salary of four thousand dollars
payable monthly upon their respective
warrants. Said appeals shall be IN,
on questions of law alone, in all cases
involving less than five hundred dol.
lars, exclusive of interest, and upop
the law and the facts in other cases
1t shall sit in the city of New Orleans
from the first Monday of November t.
the last Monday of June in each wear:
it shall have authority to issue writs
of Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorud
and Habeas Corpus in aid of its an.
p~ellate jurisdiction"
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE lS5
Of the Constitution of the State, alReh.
the to the Jurisdiction of the CHI
Courts Of the Parish Of Orleans
Amendment NO. 2.
ART. 1876. sThere shall be il tia
city of New Orleans four city Courts,
one of which shall be located in that
portion of the City OIL the right bank
Of the Mississippi river, presided ever
by Judges having all the qualifications
required for a District Judge, and
shall be elected by the qualified ve
tiers for the term of four years they
shall have exclusive jurisdiction ever.
!. all SIMS not exceeding one hundred
dollars, exclusive of interest, sabjetf
to an appeal to the Civil DistTei
Court when the amount claimed Ell
) eeeds twenty-five dollars, exclusive Qf
: interest. The General AssemhI
. shall regulate the salaries, territoria
, division of jurisdiction, the manner Il
executing their process, the fee b4l
! and proceedings which shall gOvsa|
a them !; they shall have authority q
execute commissions, to take test
i mony, aud shall receive therefor sue
fees as may be allowed by Law. M|
1 General Assembly may increase TIL
/ number of City Courts for the sal
parish, not to exceed eight in all, us|
til otherwise provided by law. Esd
of said Courts shall have n CLERK, a
be elected for the term of four yeas'
y by the qualified voters of the paris
o who shall receive a salary OF tWelss
q hundred dollars per annum, and Y
more, and whose qualifications, OOa!
and duties shall be regulated By laF
AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE ia|
Of the Constitution Of the State, 'sfaSl
tue to the jurisdiction Of the w
u District Courts Of the parish q u
leans"
Amendment Mo. Q.
: ART. 100. "For the Parish Of sS|
i leans there shall be two Dnsus
4 Courts and no more. One Of ssal
4 courts shall be known as the The hl
/, il District Court for the Parish q Y
IS leans and the other as the Criminals
trict Court for the Parish of 0fleans
IF The former shall consist of not less taa
3 FIVE judges, and the latter not less W
Il two Judges, having the qualincatea
= prescribed for District judges thrOasg
: out the State. The said judges sas
r be appointed by the Governor, ~ vi
,e with the advice and consent q NJ
It Senate, for the term of elgn5l saS
n The first appointment shall 20 gsaE
Of as follows Three judges Of the III
If District Court, for four years any n n
es judges, for eight years vi
m Judge of the Criminal District Ceals
is four years and one for eight. lsssl
ae the terms to be designated u vi
N commissions. The said judges ss
receive each, four thousana WV e.s
per annum. Said Civil District W. "