The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-04-18

II. 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.
Section ]. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all the members elected to each
house concurrins, that article seven ~ 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 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 OF
by the court at any regular or special
term.
Sec. 2. 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 hereinaft provided, shall nave
appellate jurisdiction only, which jurls-
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-
tionality or legality of any tax, toll or
| impost whatever, or any line, forfeiture
or penalty imposed by a municipal cor
poration shall be in condensation, or in
which the legality of costs, fees, charges
or allowances shall be in dispute, what
! soeysr 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-
pre1ne 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 all 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. 8. Be it further resolved, etc.
That article one hundred and nine OF
the Constitution of the State of Louisians
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
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. The,
shall be elected for the term of four years
All elections to FL vacancies occasionet
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 salary O.
three thousand dollars per annum, paya
bic monthly ON their respective warrants
Sec. t. Be it further resolved, etc.
That article one hundred and eleven O.
the Constitution of the State of Louisianl
be so amended as to read as follows:
Article Ill. The District Courts shal
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 O.
Louisiana be 80 amended as to read a
follows:
Article 125. In each parish, the parisl
!, of Orleans excepted, there shall be a.
many justices of the peace as may b.
provided by law. The present numbe
!. of justices of the peace shall remain q
! now fixed until otherwise provided. The!
. shall be elected for the term of fou
years by the qualified voters within tn
territorial limits of their jurisdiction, AM
their qualifications shall be fixed by law
They shall have exclusive original juria
diction in all civil matters when tn
amount in dispute shall not exceed fit.
dollars, exclusive of interest, and origina
jurisdiction concurrent with the Distric
Court, when the amount in dispute shal
exceed fifty dollars exclusive of interest
and shall not exceed one lundre
dollars exclusive of interest. The,
shall have no jurisdiction in succession o
probate matters, or when a succession is
defendant, or when the State or any par
: ish is a party. They shall receive sucl
fees in civil matters as may be fixed b.
law.
Sec. 6. Be it further resolved, etc
That Article one hundred and twenty-si