The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-04-09

H. X. LOTT,
President Pro Tenpore Of the Senate.
4 true copy:
Il. S. Adams, Secretary Of State.
No. 1877. JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing amendments to Articles I, 81,
=, 100, III, 11G, 125, 126 and 1T. and
!. abrogating Articles 12S and 12o of
2 the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana.
Section l. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State Of Louisiana. two
thirds Of all the members elected to each
house concurring, that article seven a. of
the Constitution of the State Of Louisiana
be so amended as to read as follows:
Article 7. In all criminal prosecutions
the accused shall enjoy the right to
speedy public trial by an impartial jury
Of the parish wherein the offense shall
have been committed, EXCEPT in cases Of
change of venue; provided, that in cases
where the penalty is not necessarily I'M
prisOnmcnt at hard labor, or death the
General Assembly shall provide for trial
thereof before jury of six in number or
by the court at any regular or SPECIAL
term.
Sec. 3 Be it further resolved, etc,
That article 81 Of the Constitution Of the
State of Louisiana shall be SO amended
as TO read as follows:
Article 81. The Supreme Court, except
in cases hereinafter provided, shall have
appellate jurisdiction only, which juriS-
diction shall extend to all cases WHEN the
matter in dispute or the fund to be dis
tributed, whatever may be the amount
therein claimed, shall exceed two thpus-
and dollars, exclusive of interest, to suits
for divorce and separation from bed and
board to suits for the nulity Of marriage,
to suits involving the rights of home
steads, to suits for intcrdiction, and to
all cases arising under the Constitution,
Treatise and Laws of the United States,
or under the Constitution of the State,
and to all cases in which the constitu-
tioHaiity or legality of any tax, toll or
iDlpost whatever, or any fine forfeiture
or penalty imposed by a municipal cor
poration shall be in cOnteStatlOn, or in
which the legality of costs, fees, charges
| or allowances shall be in dispute, what
soever may be the amount thereof; and
in such cases the appeal on the law and
the facts shall be directly from the court
in which the case orr slnated to the Su-
prcme Court; and to criminal cases on
questions of law alone whenever the pun
ishment of death or imprisonment at hard
labor may be inflicted, or a fine exceed
| ing three hundred dollars is actually i'm
| posed The Supreme Court shall have
! original exclusive jurisdiction in all mat
tiers touching professional misconduct Of
members of the bar. with power to dishar,
Nd ina hnr ;c1, r,7.,y
be provided by law The General As
sembly shall enact laws to enforce the
/ foregoing provisions. .
Sec. ). Be it further resolved. etc,
| That article one hundred and nine of
! the Constitution of the State of Louisiana
: be so amended as to read as follows:
! Article 100. The District Courts shall
| have original jurisdiction in all matters
| civil. probate and criminal not vested in
| the Supreme Court or exclusively in some
| other court by the Constitution and laws
! made in pursuance thereof. They shall
have unlimited original jurisdiction in al
criminal. probate and succession mat
| tiers. and when a succession is a party
defendant. The district judges shall bt
elected by plurality of the qualified vot
, ers of their respective districts, in which
| they shall have been actual residents fol
two years next proceeding their election
They shall be learned i'll the law. anC
| shall have practicCd law in the State foI
tive years previous to their election. They
| shall be elected for the term of four years
! All elections to fill vacancies 0ccasionet
by death, resignation or removal, shall
be for the unexpircd term, and the Gov
crnUr shall ill he vacancy until an elec
ton can be held. The judges of the dis
trict court shall each receive a salary Q
three thousand dollars per annum, paya
bic monthly on their respective warrants
Sec +. Be it further resolved, etc
That article one hundred and eleven 0
the Constitution of the State Of L0uisian
be so amended as to read as follows:
Article Ill. The District Courts sha
have jurisdiction of appeals from justice
of the peace in all civil matters regardless
of the amount in dispute.
Sec. 5. Be it further resolved. etc
That Article one hundred and twenty
FIVE of the Constitution of the State q
Louisiana be SO amended as to read a
follows:
Article 125. In each parish, the paris
of Orleans excepted, there Shall be q
many justices Of the peace as may /
provided by law. The present humble
of justices Of the peace Shall remain a
now fixed until otherwise provided. The
shall be elected for the term of for
years by the qualified voters within til
territorial limits of their jurisdiction, an
their qualifications shall be fixed by Law
They shall have exclusive original juri
diction in all civil matters when Il
amount In dispute shall not exceed fit
dollars, exclusive of interest, and origin
jurisdiction concurrent with the Distri
Court. when the amount in dispute shl
| exceed fifty dollars exclusive of interes
and shall not exceed one hundrt
dollars exclusive Of interest. The
shall have no jurisdiction in succession
probate matters. or when succession is
: defendant, or when the State or any pa
> ish is a party. They shall receive sue
> fees in civil matters as may be fixed
law.
Sec. 6. Be it further resolved, ct
That Article one hundred and twenty-S
| o tb of ba of