The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-02-08


G. w. BOLTON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
II. r. LOTT,
President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
A true copy:
T. S. Adams, Secretary Of State.
No. 1917. JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing amendments to Articles Z, III,
100, III, 116, 125. 128 and 127, and
abrogating Articles 12S and 129 of
the Constitution of the State Of
Louisiana.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of oil the members elected to each
house coneurring, 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 jury
of tue 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
prisonment 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. 4v
Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, ETC.,
That article 81 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana shall be 80 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 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 constitu-
tio1alty or legality of any tar, toll or
impost whatever, or any fine, forfeiture
or penalty imposed by municipal cor
poration shall be in condensation, 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-
preme 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 fine exceed
ing three hundred dollars is actually i'm
posed. The Supreme Court shall have
original exclusive jurisdiction in oil mat.
tiers touching professional misconduct Of
members of the bar, with power to disbar
and inflict such other punishment as may
be provided by law The General As
sembly shall enact laws to enforce the
foregoing provisions.
Sec. 3. Be it further resolved, etc.
That article one hundred and nine oil
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 law.
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 b,
elected by plurality of the qualified vot
ers of their respective districts, in which
they shall have been actual residents fol
two years next preceding their election
They shall be learned in the law, ant
shall have practiced law in the State fol
five years previous to their election. They
shall be elected for the term of four years
All elections to fill vacancies occasioned
by death, resignation or removal, shall
be for the unexpired term, and the Gov
ernor shall fill the vacancy until an cleo
ton can be held. The judges of the dis
trict court shall each receive q salary oil
three thousand dollars per annum, paya
bic monthly on their respective warrants
Sec. i. Be it further resolved, etc.
That article one hundred and eleven Of
the Constitution of the State of Louisiana
be so amended as to read as follows:
Article Ill. The District Courts shall
have jurisdiction of appeals from justices
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 Of
Louisiana be so amended as to read a,
follows:
Article 12o. In each parish, the parish
of Orleans excepted, there shall be q.
many justices of the peace as may b.
provided by law. The present number
of justices of the peace shall remain a.
now fixed until otherwise provided. They
shall be elected for the term of foul
years by the qualified voters within tn,
territorial limits of their jurisdiction, ant
their qualifications shall be fixed by law
They shall have exclusive original juris
diction in all civil matters when tn,
amount in dispute shall not exceed fifty
dollars, exclusive of interest, and origina
jurisdiction concurrent with the Distric'
Court, when the amount in dispute shall
exceed fifty dollars exclusive of interest
and shall not exceed one hundred
dollars exclusive of interest. They
shall have no jurisdiction in succession OF
probate matters, or when succession is 4
defendant, or when the State or any par
ish is a party. They shall receive sucl
fees in civil matters as may be fixed BY
law.
Sec. g. Be it further resolved, etc.
That Article one hundred and twenty-si,
of the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana shall be so amended as to read al
follows: