The Opelousas courier., 1884-03-15
Amendment NO. 8.

appeal "hen Judges ''diisagrss'ss q
Amendment NO.
ART. l0I. whenever tho
composing the Courts of AnnaoII aases
concur, their judgment shall h. saaIl
Whenever there shall be a dis aaat
ment, the two Judges shall an ,saslss.
lawyer having the qualificatianps0 .
Judge of the Court of Appeals Of ~ H.; :
Circuit, who shall aid in the deta ms!i
nation of the case, a judgment y
Cured in by any two of them sb.S Sga'
final" nalto %
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 100
Of the Constitution of the State ap.,.
the to the Jurisdiction of asa,
appeals for the Parish Of Orleans : q
Amendment NO. 6.
ART. 1913. There shall no.
Parish of Orleans a Court of ANNA. ss
for said Parish, with exclusive spoa,
late jurisdiction in all matters. eivi fp -,
probate, arising in said parish ms ua
the amount in dispute, or fund ~ nH y
distributed exceeds one hundred Az ~
lars, exclusive of interest, and S ~,
not exceed two thousand dollss.
exclusive of interest said e"as.
shall be presided over by two iaSas.
who shall be elected by the GensssII
Assembly, in joint session thew sss1
be residents and voters of the citv a.
New Orleans, possessing all the onaIis'
cations necessary for Judges of Gireu;t
Courts of Appeal throughout H.
State they shall each receive an an
nual salary of four thousand dollar.
payable monthly upon their respective
warrants. Said appeals shall be nm.
on questions of law alone, in All eaae,
involving less than five hundred AL.
lars, exclusive of interest, and unan
the law and the facts in other cases
1t shall sit in the city of New Orleans
from the first Monday of November IA
the last Monday of June in each war,
it shall have authority to issue WtiIs
of MaRdamus, Prohibition, Csriorun
and HabeaS Corpus in aid of its ap
p~eIlate Jurisdiction"
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I5
Of the Constitution of the State, "ReJa.
tire to the Jurisdiction of the CHI
Courts Of the Parish Of 0rleaas.h
Amendment no. y.
ART. l35. There shall be in ts
city of New Orleans four city Courts.
one of which shall be located in that
portion of the City on the right bauk
of the Mississippi river, presided over
by judges having all the qualification
required for a District Judge, and
shall be elected by the qualified 70.
tiers for the term of four years they
shall have exclusive jurisdiction over
all sums not exceeding one hundred
dollars, exclusive of interest, subject
to an appeal to the Civil District
Court when the amount claimed ex.
ceeds twenty-five dollars, exclusive Of
interest. The General Assembly
shall regulate the salaries, territorial
division of jurisdiction, the manner Of
executing their process, the fee BILL
and proceedings which shall govern
them they shall have authority to
execute commissions, TO take test
mony. and shall receive therefor such
fees as may be allowed by Law. Ts
General Assembly may increase te
number of City Courts for the SAID
parish, not to exceed eight in alt %,
til otherwise provided By law Bach
of said Courts shall have one CLERK, ~
be elected for the term of four ysals
by the qualified voters OF the parlshl
who shall receive a salary Of twelve
hundred dollars per annam and %
more, and whose qualifications, bona
aud duties shall be regulated By laW.s
AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE la
Of the Constitution Of the Stat, ssfsla
the to the jurisdiction q tag tsss
District Courts Of the parish 81 Y
leans"
Amendment no. s.
ART. 100. "For the Parish q ot
leans there. shall be two Dlslfes
Courts and no more. One o. sala
courts shall be known as the .Ihe vi
il District Court for the Parish Of "
leans and the other as the Crimlnaips
trict Court for the Parish Of orIesas
The former shall consist ofnotl less guy
i've judges, and the latter not !ess -.
two Judges, having the quaiileali0a'
prescribed for District Judges tat0usJ
out the State. The said judges anali
be appointed by the Governor, y ~ ~
with the advice and consent @ =
J Senate, for the term OF elgne yss .ss
The first appointment shall % 1 Iii
f as follows: Three judges of the ~ ~
District Court, for four years anu ~
indges, for eight years. o y
judge of the Criminal District Coaa ..s.
! four years and one for eight ss FL
, the terms to be designated ~ s s.a
commissions. The said judges l M
receive each, four Thousand a c.ss
Der annum Said Civil District es :.
Shall have exclusive and genera, a H
: bate, aud exclusive civil Jurlsa's.%S II.
: in all cases, when the amount = 81
pute or to be distributed, excssos
hundred dollars, exclusive OF me- H.,
and exclusive appellate Jurlsa.s'
from the City Courts OF the rs s;.aal
: Orleans, when the amount 10 u aissI.
exceeds twenty.fiye dollars, e2 + Id
4, of interest. All causes meg s. 81 !
courts shall be equally allotted aaa .ats
r signed among said judges ~ aeSp Il
r with rules of court to be au ops &
/, the purpose. In case OF recusss Nd
any judge in any cause, SUN 4 d
$ shall be reassigned, or IN cass 4 ii
! sence from the parish, sickness esoa, ID
f disability Of the Judge to wnop IS
$ cause may have been assigned s,,s q 1,
judge Of said court may iss sasss
In other respects each judge ~. ~
. have a]xclnsive control over ~