Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-10-23

FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Concerning the judicial department.
Courts OF appeals.
Concurrent resolution submitting to
the qualified voters of the State of Mis-
souri an amendment to the constitution
concerning the judicial depart
ment.
Be Il resolued by the Senate, the House
ofRepresenatire coacurring thereia:
That at the general election to be held
ON the Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November, A. d. 1884, the
following amendment to the constitution
of the State of Missouri, concerning the
judicial department, shall be submittedito
the qualified voters of said State, to wit:
SECTION l, The jurisdiction of the ST.
Louis court of appeals is hereby extended
SO as to be CO. o-extensive with the counties
of Monroe, Shelby, Knox, Scotland, Lin
coin, Clark, Lewis, Marion, Rails, Pike,
Warren, st. Charles, St. Louis, jefferson,
Ste. Genevieve, Perry, Cape Girardeau,
Scott, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemi-
scot, DunkIin, Stoddard, Wayne, Bollin-
ger, Madison, st. Francois, Washington,
Franklin, Crawford, Iron, Reynolds, Car
ter, Butler, Ripley, Oregon, Shannon,
Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas, Howell,
Ozark, Douglas, Wright, Laclede, Web
ster, Christian, Taney, Stone, Greene,
Lawrence, Barry, Newton and Mcdonald,
as well as the city of St. Louis; and each
Judge thereof, when hereafter elected,
shall be elected by the qualified voters of
the counties and of the city under the iu-
risdiction of said court, and shall be a
resident of the said territorial appellate
district.
SECTION 2. There is hereby establish
ed at Kansas City an appellate court, to
be known as the Kansas City court Of
appeals, the jurisdiction of which shall
be co-extensive with all the counties in
the State, except those embraced in the
jurisdiction of the St. Louis court of ap-
peals. There shall be held in each year
two terms of said Kansas City court of
appeals, one on the first Monday of March
aud one on the first Monday of October.
The Kansas City court of appeals shall
consist of three Judges, who shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the
counties under the jurisdiction of said
court, and shall be residents of said ter
ritorial appellate district.
SECTION 8. The general assembly
shall have power by law to create one
additional court of appeals, with a new
| district therefor; to change the limits of
the appellate districts, and the names OF
the courts of appeals, designating the dis
tricts by numbers or otherwise; to change
the time of holding the terms Of said
courts; to increase or diminish the pecu-
mary limit of the jurisdiction of the
| Nc of f1n for ~
| transfer of cases from one court of ap-
peals to another court of appeals; to pro.
vide for the transfer of cases from 6
court of appeals to the supreme court
and to provide for the hearing and deter.
mination of such cases by the courts tt
which they may be transferred.
SECTION 4. The first term of sait
Kansas City court of appeals shall bt
held on the first Monday of March in tht
year 1885, and the first judges Thereof
shall, upon the adoption of this amend.
ment, be appointed by the governor ot
said State for the term of four year.
each, beginning on the first day of January
1885, and at the general election in tn,
year 1888, the first election for th'
judges of said court shall be held, ant
the provisions of the constitution of tn,
State concerning the organization, tn,
Judges, the powers, the jurisdiction ant
proceedings of the st. Louis court of ap
peals as herein amended, shall In all ap
propriate respects apply to the Kansa
City court of appeals, and to such addi
tional court OF appeals as may be b
law created.
| SECTION 8. In all causes or proceed
ings RENEWABLE by the supreme court
writs of error shall run from the suprem
court directly to the circuit courts an
to courts having the jurisdiction pertain
ing to circuit courts, and in all sue
causes or proceeding, appeals shall Iii
from such trial courts directly to the su
preme court, and the supreme court shal
have exclusive jurisdiction of such writ
of error and appeals, and shall in all sue
cases exclusively exercise superintendent
control over such trial courts.
SECTION 6. When any one of sal
courts of appeals shall in any cause 9
proceeding render decision which an
one of the judges therein sitting sha
deem contrary to any previous decisio
of any one of said courts of appeals, G
of the supreme court, the said court {
appeals must, of it's own motion, pendin
the same term and not afterward, certii
and transfer said cause or proceeding an
the original transcript therein to the 81
preme court, and thereupon the supren
court must rehear and determine sal
cause or proceeding, as in case of juris
diction obtained by ordinary appella,
process; and the last previous rulings
the supreme court on any question
law or equity shall, in all cases, be col
trolling authority in said courts of az
peals.
. SECTION Z. All cases which may
pending in the supreme court at the tin
of the adoption of this amendment, whiG
have not been submitted, and which
its terms would come within the territel
ial appellate jurisdiction Of the Kans'
City court of appeals, shall be certiit
and transferred to such court to be heal
and determined by it.
SECTION 8. The supreme court sha
= have experimenting control over tt
courts of appeals by mandamus, prohfb
ton and certiordri.
SECTION 9. The State shall provide
suitable courtroom at Kansas City,
which the Kansas City court of appea
1 shall hold its sessions; also q clerks oi
flee and furnished offices for the judge
SECTION 10. The judges of the Kans,
City court of appeals, and of such add
tional court of appeals as may be create
by law, shall each annually receive sa
ary of three thousand, five hundred do
lars per annum, which, together with tt
. entire salaries of the judges of the s
Louis court of appeals, shall be paid OF
of the State treasury, as the salaries {
the judges of the supreme court are no
paid, unless other wise provided by Law
SECTION IL. All provisions of the col
stitution of this State, and all laws
this State which are Inconsistent wi
J this amendment shall, so far as inconsi
tent, upon its adoption, be forever re
cinded and of no effect.
SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
We Concerning revenue and taxation.
=. y Additional tax levy for road, bridge al
street purposes.)
n
90 Concurrent resolution submitting
,n ,e the qualified voters of the State OF Mis-
souri, an amendment to the constitute
thereof, concerning revenue and taxatiol