The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-27

81. r. LOTT,
President Pro Tempore Of the Senate.
A true copy:
T. S. Adams, Secretary Of State.
No. 1877. JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing amendments to Articles Z, 81,
100, iii, 116, 125, 126 and 127, and
abrogating Articles 1913 and 129 OF
the Constitution of the State OF
louisiana q !
Section l. Be it resolved by the Generaf
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, TWO
thirds of all the members elected to eacn
house concurring that article seven C( 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
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.
| Sec 2. Be 1t 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-
! iiction shall extend to oil 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
ALI cases arising under the Constitution,
Treatise and Laws Of the United States,
ar under the Constitution of the State,
and to all cases In which the constitu-
eionality or legality of any tax, toll or
impost whatever, or any fine, forfeiture
or penalty Imposed by 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 tie 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
nnestions of law alone whenever the pun
;shment Of death or imprisonment at hard
, labor may be inflicted, or q fine exceed
, ing three hundred dollars is actually im-
posed The Supreme Court shall have
original exclusive Jurisdiction in all mat.
tiers touching professional misconduct OF
. members of the bar, with power to disbar
and in1ict such other punishment as may
be provided by law. The General As
sembly shall enact laws to enforce tht
| foregoing provisions. .
Sec. 3. Be 1t further resolved, efo
That article one hundred and nine O.
the Constitution Of the State of Louisiana
be 50 amended as to read as followss
3 Article 100. The District Courts shall
: have original jurisdiction in all matter
9 civil, probate and criminal not vested il
the Supreme Court or exclusively in som
r other court by the Constitution and law
b made in pursuance thereof They shall
= have unlimited original jurisdiction In al
criminal, probate and succession mat
. tiers, and when a succession Is part
n defendant The district judges shall b
: elected by plurality Of the qualified vol
4 ers Of their respective districts, In whic
3 they shall have been actual residents 70
T two years next proceeding their election
y They shall be learned in the law, an
d shall have practiced law in the State fo
five years previous to their election. The
I shall be elected for the term of four year,
d All elections to fill vacancies occasiOne
g by death, resignation or removal, sha
8 be for the unexpired term, and the Go,
ernor shall fill the vacancy until an ele'
e ton can be held. The judges Of the di
d trict court shall each receive a salary {
c three thousand dollars per annum, pay,
F. BILE monthly on their respective warrant
# Sec. 1. Be it further resolved, etc
y That article one hundred and eleven {
Is the Constitution of the State of Louisiar
II BE- 80 amended as to read as follows:
h Article Ill. The District Courts sha
,r have jurisdiction of appeals from justice
ls of the peace In oil civil matters regardle
h of the amount in dispute.
al Sea 5. BE it further resolved, ett
N That Article one hundred and twent
le five Of the Constitution Of the State
8. Louisiana be 80 amended Is to read
in follows:
K Article 125. In each parish, the pari
Of Of Orleans excepted, there shall be
or many Justices Of the peace as may
provided by law. The present numb
at Of justices of the peace shalt remain
I'd now fixed until otherwise provided. III
ne shall be elected for the term Of TO
to years by the qualified voters within t
territorial limits Of their jurisdiction, a
ID. their qualifications shall be fixed by la
Of They shall have exclusive original jur
ed diction in all civil matters when I
amount In dispute shall not exceed fiji
dollars, exclusive Of interest, and origiI
20. Jurisdiction concurrent with the Distr
Court, when the amount Ia dispute sh
te. exceed fifty dollars exclusive Of intere
and shall not exceed one hund,
dollars exclusive Of interest. tt
shall have no jurisdiction in succession
probate matters, or when a succession IL
~ defendant, or when the State or any p
la- ish is a party. They shall receive ST.
Oh fees in civil matters as may be fixed
law.
raj SEQ. O. Be it further resolved, e
Vo- That Article one hundred and twenty
Oh of the Constitution of the State Of LO,
iann ahall te Al amended "A tn read