The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-02-05
AMENDM ENTS.
alive to the jurisdiction OF Courts
of Appeal
4 AMENDMENT NO. 4.

Article 05. "rhe Court Of Appeal
except in eases her"inaitrr pro""'ed,
shall have nrprilat" jurisdiction on
", which jnri >dictioI snail "Ste'' in
ali eases, ciyII Or pr"ba,e. when the
matter in dispute or t'i' fn'!s Ia De
distributed shall cxcred on" 'nn''red
dollars, eye u>ivn If ihl"rst. ana
Shall not cxreed twn thnnNand ''ol-
lars, exclusive Of interest
AMENDMENT TO ARli'Lk l0l
Of the Constitution Of the state, Rcl-
alive To Trial Of Gas stia Courts of
Appcal " he, Iul.r> ',iisagr"c."
AMENiMEN / NO D.
Article lDI "Whenever the
Judges comprising the Courts of APP
peal shall concur, their Judgment
shall he 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 Ivy any two OF them shall be u
nal"
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 1913.
OF the Constitution OF the State,
"Relative to the Jurisdiction OF
Courts of Appeal for the Parish Of
Orleans"
AMENDMENT NO. 6.
Article 1873. "There shall be in
the Parish of Orleans a 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 qualif
; 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
i shall he upon questions Of law alone,
in all cases involving less than five
: hundred dollars, exclusive of inter-
est, and upon the law and the facts
t in other cases. It shall sit in the
t CITY of New Orleant from the First
. Monday of November to the last
!. Monday of sJnne in each year; II
! shall have authority to Issue writs
IF Atantlan,us, Prohibition, Certior'
8 qyi and Habeus Corpus in aid OF itt
e appellate jurisdiction"
y AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 1876
: OF the Constitution of the State
e "Relative to the Jurisdiction o.
r the City Coults of the Parish o
i Orleans"
It AMENDMENT NO.7.
II Article 1875. "There shall be ii
J. the City of New Orleans four Cit.
Il Courts, 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
!e ing all the qualifications required
70 70 for District Judge, and shall b
IL elected by the qualified voters TO
the term of four years; they sinai
r. have exclusive jurisdiction over al
! sums not exceeding one hundre
n dollars, exclusive Of interest, sub
as iect to an appeal to the Civil Dis
,e trict Court when the amount claim
" ed exceeds twenty-five dollars, eS
il elusive Of interest. The Gener'
u Assembly shall regulate the sala
&c ries. territorial division of jurisdit
u tion. the manner of executing thei
10 process, the fee bill, and proceed
g 9 ings which shall govern them the
" shall have authority to execute con
If missions, to take testimony, an
81 shall receive therefor each fees
~ nav be allowed by law. The Ger
of eraI Assembly may increase Il
he number of City Courts for the sa
ly parish not to exceed eight in a
.se until otherwise provided by la
It; Each of said Courts shall have OF
of CLERK, to be elected for the term
mt four Years by the qualified voters
Ia the Parish, who shall receive ST
3, =, arv Of twelve hund dollars p
W. annum, and no more, ana VINO