The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-13

shan cease upon tnelr reularrldse.
G. w. BOLTON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
H. r. LOTT,
President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
a true copy:
Z. S. Adams, Secretary of State.
No. 1877. JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing amendments to Articles 7, 81,
100, III, 116, 125. 11 and 1T, and
abrogating Articles 12S and 129 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 60 OF
the Constitution of the State of Louisiana
be so amended as to read as follows:
Article l. 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
nrisonment at hard labor, or death the
General Assembly shall provide for trial
thereof before q jury of SIX IN number or
by the court at any regular or specla!
term.
Sec. .. 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 nave
appellate jurisdiction only, which juris-
dirtion 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 thous-
and dollars, exclusive of 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
steads, to suits for introduction, 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 consttu-
tioralty or legality of any tax, toll or
impost whatever, or any tine, forfeiture
or penalty imposed by d municipal cor
poration shall be in contestation, 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 originated to the Su-
nreme 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 al mat
tiers touching professional misconduct of
members of the bar, with power to disbar,
and intiict such other punishment as may
be provided by law. The General AS
sembly shall enact laws to enforce the
foregoing provisions.
Sec B. 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 il
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
ters. and when a succession is a party
defendant. The district judges shall be
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 in the law, anG
shall have practiced law in the State fo,
five years previous to their election. They
shall be elected for the term of four years
All elections to fill vacancies occasionec
by death, resignation or removal, shall
h., f,>r fha
crnor shall fill the vacancy until an elec
ton can be held. The judges Of the dis
trict court shall each receive a salary O.
three thousand dollars per annum, paya
Die monthly on their respective warrants
Sec. i. BE 1t further resolved, etc.
That article one hundred and eleven o
the Constitution Of the State of Louisian;
be SO amended as TO read as follows:
Article Ill. The District Courts shall
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 O
Louisiana be SO amended as to read Il
follows:
Article 1875. In each parish, the paris
OF orleans excepted, tueTe SilaIl NE Il
many justices Of the peace as may b
provided by law. The present numbe
of justices of the peace shall remain a
now fixed until otherwise provided. The
shall be elected for the term of fou
} 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
dietion in all civil matters when tn
amount in dispute shall not exceed fit
dollars, exclusive of interest, and origin;
jurisdiction concurrent with the DistriC
Court. when the amount in dispute sha
{. exceed fifty dollars exclusive of interes
and shall not exceed one hundre
dollars exclusive Of interest The
shall have no jurisdiction in succession {
probate matters, or when a 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. 8. Be it further resolved, etc
: That Article one hundred and twentys