The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-01-16
No. 1877. JOINT RESOLUTION.


abrogating Articles lbs 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
hoase concurrng, that article seven 60 of
the Constitution of the State of Louisiana
be so amended as to read as follows:
Article I. In all criminal prosecutions
the accused shall enjoy the right to
speedy public trial by an impartial jury
of the parish wherein the oTcnse 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 Il jury Of six in number or
by the court at any regular or SPECIAL
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 have
appellate jurisdiction only, which Jurls-
dirtiUn shall extend to all cases when the
matter in dispute or the fund to be dis
tributCd, 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-
tioHality or legality of any tax, toll or
impost whatever or any fine, 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
soevcr 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 a fine exceed
ing three hundred dollars is actually i'm
posed. The Supreme Court shall have
original exclusive jurisdiction in all mat
.
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 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 in
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 all
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 for
two years next preceding their election.
They shall be learned i'll the law, and
shall have praCticcu law in the State for
i've 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 uncNpred term. and the Gov
crnor shah fill the vacancy until an cleo
ton can be held. The judges of the dis
trict court Shall each receive salary of
! three thousand dollars per annum, paya-
Die monthly ON their respective warrants
See i. BE it further resolved, etc,
| That article one hundred and eleven of
the Constitution of the State of Louisiana
| la, n nI to
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 ConstitutIDN OF the State of
Louisiana be So ;i!ne .l'.rd as 10 read as
follows:
Article 10. In each parish, the parish
| of Orleans excepted. there shall be as
many justices of the peace HIS may be
provided by law. The present nlnlbcl
of justices of the pace Hl;I! remain a.
now fined until olhrrW Use prevailed. They
shall be elected for the term If foUl
years by the qualified waters within the
| territorial limits Of their jurisdiction, ant
their qualifications shat! l." ..S",l E)y law
They shall have exclusive original juris
diction in all civil matters when the
amount in d.>p11tn shall nat exceed fifty
| dollars. exclusive of interest, and Origina
jurisdiction concurrent with The Distrc
Court. when the amount in dispute shall
exceed fifty dollars exclusive of interest
| and shall ut =. go. ~, h'}n1i",
dollars exclusive of interest. III D.!
shall have no jurisdiction in .uccess~n %
probate matters, or when a succession is
defendant. or when the State or any par
ish is party. They shall reccjv" SucI
fees in civil matters as may be fixed b,
| 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 tc 50 amended as to read a
follows:
Article 1926. They shall have crmina
jurisdiction as committing magistrates
and shall have power to bail or discharg
in cases not capital or necessarily punish
able at hard labor They shall recev
no fees in criminal matters including