St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-05

posing the Courts of Appeal shall con
cur, their judgment shalt be final. When
# ever there shall be q disagreement, til
two Judges >hall appoint a lawyer hay
ing the qualifications for q Judge of tn
Court of Appeals for th.ir circuit, VIII
shall aid in the determination of tn.
case, and Judgment coneurred in b.
: any two of.them shall be final"
:, AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 12S
S OF the Constitution of the State, Relativ'
: to the jurisdiction of Courts of Appea
: for the Parish of Orleun.
Amendment 40. 6.
ART. 1913. 'srhere shall he in the Par
ish of orleansa Court of Appeals for said
parish, with exclusive appellate juris-
dictlon in all matters, civil and probate.
arising In said parish. when the amount
In dispute or fund to be distributed ex-
ceeds one hundred dollars, exclusive OF
interest, and docs not exceed two thou
sand dollars, exclusive If interest; said
court shall be presided over by two
Jsd ses. who shall he elected by the Cen
eral Assembly, in joint session; they
shall be residents and voters of the city
OF New Orleans, possessing all the quail
hcations necessary for judges of clrcIil
conrts of appeal throughout the state:
they shall each receive an annual salary
oi tour thousand dcliats. payable month
~ upon their respective warrants. Said
appeals shall be upon questions of law
alone. In all eases involving less than
live hundred dollars. exclusive of inter
est. and upon the law and the fi,cts in
other cases. 1t shall sit in the city of
New Orleans from the first Monday of
November tn the last Monday of June in
each year: II shall have authority to Issue
wits Of Maiaiumtts, Prohibition, Certio-
rdri and Habsas corpus in aid of its ap-
Peliate jurispiction."
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 135
Of the Constitution of the State, Relative
to the jurisdiction OF the city courts
OF the parish Orleans.
Amendment no. z.
ART. 135. "rhere Shall be in the CIV
of New Orleans four city courts. one OF
which shall be located in that portion q.
| the city on the right bank of the Miss.s-
sippi river. presi ed over by jud ,es Ii ~
| ing all the qualifications required Tor IA
District Judge, an / shall be elected hy
the qualified voters for the term of four
years; they shall have exclusive jur;s lie
tlon over all sans not exceeding ON,
hundred dollars. exclusive of interest.
subject to IN appeal tn thu Civil pistrit:: |
coUit When til amount cl..ial al exceeds |
twenty-five dollar. exclusive of interest. |
The General Assembly shall resulate |
tue salnil =, territorial division o. juris-
III ID n, the manner of executing heir
pcccss>. the lee bill, and proceedings
wlich sha govern them: tiIey shall Ia,e I
authority II execute comlaissi Ms. to
take testimony, tn / sinai; receive slinre-
or such fees rs nmv he Il we'd IN Law.
Lie ocner.i ASSEMBLY may increase tl.e
nimbef OF city courts o suii parish,
hot 10 xce.d .i;ht in MI. until ether.
Wise frbsitei 10y law. E.ch of said
courts Snail have one cl,rk. 10 be elect
ca Tor the term oil four years v the |
4 lali-is voters .. tie parish, VIII. shall
reeve salary of twelve Hundred do
lars perannIm. an no more, an | whns.
luaiiiic ons, bon and duties shall lie
iesu.ted by law"
rs To ARTICLE 100
OF the Constitution o. the State. Relative
to the jurisdiction of the Civil District
Courts of the Parish Of Orleans.
Amendment No. 8.
AIT. 100. "For the Parish of Orleans
there shall lie two District Courts and
no more. One of said courts shall be
known as The Civil District Court for
he Parish of orleans;' aud the other MS
The Criminal District Court for the
Parish of Orleans The former shall
); INSIST of not less than five iud res, auu
he hitter not less than two Judges, lay-
rs the qualifications prescribed for Dis I
rict Judges throughou. the State. III.
aid judges shall be appointed by til,
Governor, by and with the advice ant
absent Of the Senate, for the term OF
light years. The FIRST appointment shall
'e m.ue rs follows: Three judges Of the
,ivil District court. for .nr years, anu
wo judges for eight years. une Judge :
1 tue Criminal district court for four :
ears, and the other for eight years, the
erms to be i, sisnate,i in tl4eir commts-
Ms. The said judges shall r.ceiy. | ,
ach four thousand dollars par nnnum
.ui civil District conrt shall have "a
lus.vo AMI general probate, AMI ex.I.-
I've civil Jurisdiction liz ~. bases. w!I.n
ne amount IN disput- OF 10 be lia;r.L
tel exceeds one hundred dollars, c. 4
lusive of interest. ami exclusive appel
tie jurIs iicii n from the c.ty con Is Of
re faflsi of Orleans, VIXEN the amorn.
1 dispute exceeds TWENTY-FIVE Goilnrs.
ScinSive OF Interest. All causes filed il,
I'D courts shall be equally allotted and
signesi among said judges. in accord
ice with rales OF court to lie adopted
II the purpose. In case of reeusa,iun
any judge IN any rnuse, such cause
laii be reas>isnea, or In case of absence
ON tae parish, sickness or the iissbil-
OF the Judge to whom all cause my
I'VE been assigned, any judge of sail
urt may Issue or gran. conservatory
rlts or orders. In o her respects eac. -
dee shall have exclusive control over 81
cry cause assigned To hiEl fram is ill.,
ption TO its final discrimination in ,ad
urt. The Criminal Dist,ic. court shall
We criminal Jurisdiction only. Ali
osecutions Instituted i'll aaid court
NIL be equally npportional between
d judges by lot. Each Judge or his
ecesspr shall have exclusive control
er every cause falling to him. fro.n its
:ept.on to its final determination i'm
d.conrt. In case of vacancy or r.
sation, causes assigned shall be reas- ,
ned under order OF court =
iiveh under my signliIre and the =,
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