The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-06

Speaker of the House OF Representatives.
H. R. LOTT,
President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
4 true copy;
T. s. Adams. Secretary Of State.
No. 1o7. JOINT RESOLUTION. j
Proposing amendments to Articles Z, 81, !
100. III, 116, 125, 1926 and 127. and
ahrogating Articles 12S and l23 OF
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 O. of
the Constitution Of the State of Louisiana
be so amended as to read as follows:
Article Z In all criminal prosecutions
the accused shall enjoy the right to
speedy public trial by an impartial curry
If 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
,risonineut 1t hard labor. or death the
General Assembly shall provide for trial
thereof before a jury of six in number or
Iv the court at any regular or special
term
See. = Pn it further resolved, etc,
That article 81 Of the Constitution of the
State If Louisiana shall be so amended
US - read IS follows:
Article 81. The Supreme Court. except
in cases hereinafter provided. shall have
anrcI.ute jurisdiction only, which juriS-
Gict0n shall extend to all cases when the
matter in dispute or the fund to be dis
trihutcd. whatever may be the amount
therein claimed shall exceed two thcus-
and dollars, exclusive CT interest, to suits
for divorce and separation from bed and
board. to suits for the nullity of marriage,
to suits involving the rights Of home
stcals. TO suits for Introduction. and TO
all cases arising under the Constitution,
Treatise anl Laws Of the United states,
or under the Constitution of the State,
/ and 10 all cases In which the constltu-
tioIaI;ty or legality of any tax, toll or
imp0St whatever, or any tine, forfeiture
or penalty imposed by municipal cor
noration shall be in condensation, or i'll
which the legality of costs, fees, charges
or allowances shall be in dispute, what
socver 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 originated to the Su-
|,
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
ters touching professional misconduct of
members of the bar. with power to dsbar,
and iDilct such other punishment as may
hn nr0EiGa1 nv law the General 4 =
sembly shall enact laws to enforce the
foregoing provisions. q
Sec 3. BE it further resolved, etc
That article one hundred and nine OF
the Constitution of the State of Louisiana
be 50 amended as to read as follows:
Article 100. The District Courts shall
have original Jurisdiction in all matters
civil, probate and criminal not vested il
the Supreme Court or exclusively in some
other court by the Constitution and laws
made in pursuance thereof. They shal
have unlimited original jurisdiction in al
criminal. probate and succession mat
tiers. and when a succession is a party
defendant. The district judges shall b.
elected by plurality of the qualified vot
ers Of their respective DISTRICTS in which
they shall have been actual residents 70
J
They shall be learned i'll the law, an,
shall have practiced law in the State TO
five years previous to their election. The
shall be elected for the term of four years
All elections to fill vacancies occasone
: by death, res gnatlOn or removal, sha
) br fer the uncHPred term, and the Gov
crnor shall ell the vacancy until an cleo
E ton can be held. The judges of the dis
! shall aarh rpppiVa n salary n
G three thousand dollars per annum, pays
: bic monthly on their respective warrants
+ Sec t. BE it further resolved, etc
y That article one hundred and eleven G
) the Constitution Of the State of Louisian
be SO amended as to read as follows:
h Article Ill. The District Courts sha
+ have jurisdiction of appeals from justice
s Of the peace i'll all civil matters regardlcs
Of the amount in dispute.
i Sec s. he it further resolved. etc
II That Article one hundred and twcnt,
e five of the Constitution of the State
5, Louisiana be so amended as to read i
n follows:
( Article 125. In each parish, the paris
II Of Orleans excepted, there shall be
IT many justices of the peace as may
provided by law, The present numb
II now fixed until otherwise provided. Th'
e shall be elected for the term of fo
% years by the qualified voters within t
territorial lil1ts Of their jurisdiction, al
T. their qualifications shall be fixed by ia
II They shall have exclusive original jur
u diction in all civil matters when t
amount in dispute shall not exceed fl
dollars, exclusive of interest, and origin
S. jurisdiction concurrent with the Distri
Court, when the amount in dispute sh
c exceed fifty dollars exclusive of intere
and shall not exceed one hundr
dollars exclusive Of interest. Tn
shall have no jurisdiction in succession
probate matters. or when a succession is
u defendant, or when the State or any p;
d sh is a party. They shall receive su
u fees il civil matters as may be fixed
law
al Sec 9. Be it further resolved. ct
D That Article one hundred and twenty
II cf ha titutiou If tho Stafo OF NJ,