The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-03-07

lection l. Be it resolved by the General
-ss57t6fy Of the State Of Louisiana, two
t,4trGs OF all the members elected 10 eacn
I5oase coneGrEinG, that Article .a.aos y-ifvs
Of tie Constitution Of the state OF I4eil.si-
ana he Sc amended as to 1ead as follows:
Article s. The Courts OF 1afsaeaI ex-
cei1t ii cases hereinafter provided shall
s-aSse appellate jurisdiction oa3F. which
,sz9ictioa s:z,zil extend to all cases. civil
or H-obate, vixen the matter il d:souta
or the fnrd te he & stfibEted shall exceed
one hundred dollars, exclusive q interest,
:tz9sss.,ii i4at= ,.Scs..i two thousand ,,o.iars
tzze3l.t5.E'e= q interest.
l5e i ffzH53er ~csa,Fod. etc, That Ar-
tfe1c nine tssix ef tlla Constitution Of tie
szs-to CT 5esf S.1nG be SO a.neaG5yi as to
resd as fellows:
A3.s-eIe s. Tie Coerts Of A.oeal xrau
ccasiat Of net less taas three nor more
than Six jade, ard each circuit shall
Il ,a7f-ss6 Of three 5s11r2s- IN the n
era{ safe election in 1909 they shall be
eIeete5; hsy tz9a people, fer tIIe tzf,l @ four
years. In case Of death. resignation or
removal froaa Office o. cry Of sd JUICES.
the vacancy shall BE- flied ~ aeoin nlenI
by tie Govsrf:cT. 7..zey SHAH - citizens
ef tho ta.sas- States and O. tHis .state,
learned il2 the law ard shall have prae-
ted law il the State for SIX -eaTr, ana
sell have =beza s1etsai residents cf the
d=stT.c1s fen which they shall have
been elected Ter at least tao years pre-
cel..ag the slcetion
See. g. Ba Il further resolved, etc, That
Ar s..te uifeet,-.r,sn ai - ,tonE1itu.io,.
OF TIE Sltate= . LJuts.ssrl2 Se SO amended
as to read as fol ows:
article s. TIE State shall be divided
into two circuits UntiT otherwise pro-
XIeHed by law the parishes of Coddo. Bos-
stzF, Webster. Btenvi.le. Claiborne, Union,
Lincoln, Jackson, Caldwell, Winn,
AaFehifo foehes. sabine, HeSoto, Red River,
oaaeh'ta, iseiland, franklin, atahoula,
West Carroll, Moreheuse, ST. Laparv
Ae;ttiia, tyefelles, H.pi,ies, Grant, Yer
nan Calcasieu, Cameron, Eermilion,
Lafayette, Iberia and St Martin shall
compose the First Circuit, and tho par
isfes OF Greans, East Eaton Rouge West
Etaton ROUGE, livingston, Tansipahoa. st.
tasHfnany. Washington, St. Helena East
FeI3eilHa, West Feliei. ma. Pointe Coupee,
IhefYiAc st. Mary, Tersebonne. Assumption,
l14sHaFehe, St. Charles, j fF"lseH, st. Bernard
11stGasnlines,sf = JOHN the Baptist, st James
AID Ascension shall compose the Second
Circuit
IN order that no Inconvenience NAV re-
suit to the public service and to save the
expense Of s0ecial election. the three
Judges elected by the General Assembly
IN l6g2 for the first. second and third
~ - respectively SI6tt GA the jGEGaS
Of the Court Of Appeals for the FIRST
Circuit, and the three Judges elected at
the same time for the fourth stne lifth
circuits. and for the Court Of appeals
for the parish of orleans respectively.
shall be- the Judges of the Seeon{ cirt uit,
and they shall hold Office until the general
State election in 1900 AID until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified. Until
etheryFise provided by law the State shall
be divided into six Appellate Court
Districts ard one judge shall be
elected from each OF said dis
trlcts by the qualified voters thereof.
70 be voted for al the general election
IN 1900, and every four years thereafter.
eni to serve for term Of four years The
parishes OF Caddo, Bossier, Webster,
BienVille, Claiborne. Union Lincoln, Jack
son, Caldwell. Winn. Natchitoches, Sa-
blne, De Seto and Red River shall COM
pose the First Appellate Court District
from which one judge shall be elected.
The parishes of Ouachita, Richland.
Franklin, Catahoula, Concordia. Tensas,
Madison, East Carroll. West Carroll and
Morehouse shall compose the Second Ap-