Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-03-13
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JOINT RESOLUTION

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Proposing Amendments to Articles z, 81, 100.
Ill, 116. LIS. 126 and 127, and Abrogating
Articles 12s and 100 Of the Constitution Of
Section /. Be it resolved by the General As
sembly Of the State OF Louisiana, two-thirds of
all the members elected to each House con-
ton OF the State OF Louisiana be 50 amended as
to read as follows:
Article 4 In all criminal prosecutions the &C.
tSiai By an IMPARTIAL jury Of the parish wherein
the ofense shall have been committed: except
In cases OF change Of venue; provided, that In
cases where the penalty Is not necessarily i'm
prisonment at hard labor, or death, the Gen.
eTal Assembly shall provide for trial thereof
before jury OF six in number Or, by. the court
at any regular or special term.
Sec 2 Be 1t further resolved, ETC., That
Afttcle 81 OF the Constitution OF the State OF
Louisiana shall be 50 amended as to read as fol-
Article 81. The Supreme Court, except IN
cases hereinafter provided. shall have appel
late Jurisdiction only, which Jurisdiction shall
extend to all cases when the matter In dispute
or the fund to be distributed whatever may be
the amount therein claimed, shall exceed two
thousand dollars, exclusive Of interest, to
suits for divorce and separation from. bed aud
board, TO suits for the nrllity OF marriage TO
suits involving the rights OF homesteads to
suits for Introduction, and to al cases arising
under the Constitution, Treatise and Laws Of
the United States, or under the Constitution Of
the State, and 10 all cases In which the con-
stitutionality or legality Of any tax. toll or i'm
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~ imposed by a municipal corporation shall be
In contestation, in which the legality Of
costs, fees, charges or allowances shall be in
dispute. whatsoever may be the amount there
Of; and in such cases the appeal on the law and
the facts shall be directly from the court in
which the case originated 70 the supreme Cont;
and to criminal cases on questions of law alone
whenever the punishment OF death or imprisor-
ment at hard labor may be inflicted. or fine
exceeding three hundred dollars Is actually i'm;
exclusive Jurisdiction in all matters TOUCHING
professional misconduct Of members OF the
other punishment as may he provided nv law
The General Assembly shall enact laws to In
force the foregoing provisions. p
Sec. 3. Be II further resolved, etc. That
Article one hundred and nine Of the Constit,,.
tion OF the State OF Louisiana be so amended
as TO read as follows:
Article 100. me District Courts shall have
original jurisdiction in all matters civil probate
and criminal not vested in the Supreme Court
CT exclusively in 91ne other court BY the Con-
stitution snd laws made In pursuance thereof.
They shall have unlimited original jurisdiction
10 all criminal, probate and succession matters
and when a. succession y a party defendant.
The district judges shall Be elected BY a plural
districts. in which they shall have been actual
residents for two years next preceding their
elsction They sasll Be learned IN the law,
i've years previous to their election. They slsall
Be elected for the term OF four years. All
elections 20 al; vacancies occasioned BY death.
pied Term. and the Governor shall I'LL the va
cancy until an election can be held The Judges
OF the District Court shall each receive a sal
airy Of three thousand dollars per annum, nay
able monthly on their respective warrants.
Sec. A. Be IL further resolved. etc. That
Article one hundred and eleven Of the Consti-
tuticn Of the State Of Louisiana be so amended
as TO read as follows:
Article III. The District Courts shall have
Jurisdiction OF appeals from Justices Of the
peace in all civil matters regardless Of the
amount IN dispute.
See s. Be It further resolved, etc, That
Article one hundred and twenty-five OF the Con-
stituti0n OF the State Of Louisiana be 90
amcrded as to read as follows:
Article 125. In each parish the Parish Of
Orleans excepted. there shall be as many ius-
tees OF the peace as may be provided by law
The present number OF justices OF the peace
yided They shall be elected for the term Of
four years by the qualified voters within the
territorial limits OF their jurisdiction and their
qualifications shall be fxed by Law. They shall
have exclusive original jurisdiction in ali civil
matters when the amount IN dispute shall not
exceed fifty dollars, exclusive Of interest and
original Jurisdiction concurrent with the Dis
trict Court, when the amount in dispute ehall
exceed ffty dollars exclusive Of interest and
Of interest. They shall have no jurisdiction IN
succession OF probate matters. or when a s1c-
'cession Is a defendant or when the State or
any parish Is party. They shall receive such
fees In civil matters as may be fixed hr law
Sec. g. Be II further resolved. etc That Ar
ticle one hundred and fwenty-six Of the Cousti-
tuition Of the State OF Louisiana shall he 10
amended as 70 read as, follows: KY
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