The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-01-30

H. r. LOTT,
President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
A true copy:
Z. S. Adams, Secretary Of State.
No. 1877. JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing amendments to Articles I, 81,
100, III, 118, 1Z5, 126 and TT, and
abrogating Articles 12S and l29 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
house concurring, that article seven 90 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 otfense shall
have been committed, except in cases OF
change of venue; provided, that III 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 specia!
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 hereinafter provided. shall have
| 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
! +yr-o
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-
tio9aity or legality of any tax, 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
soeyer 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-
!
questions of law alone whenever the pun
ishment of death or Imprisonment at hard
labor may be inflicted. or q 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
lo Il Il NV Low no nrat
sembly shah 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 so amended as to read as follows:
Article 100. The District Courts shall
have original Jurisdiction in all matter!
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
tcrs, and when succession is part.
defendant. The district judges shall b'
elected by plurality of the quaNtied vOt
ers Of their respective districts, in which
they shall have been actual residents TO
two years next preceding their election
They shall be learned in the law, ant
shall have practiced law in the State TO
five years previous to their election. The,
shall be elected for the term of four years
All elections to fill vacancies occaslone'
by death, resignation or removal, shai
; he for the uncxpircd 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 0
three thousand dollars per annum, paya
bic monthly on their respective warrants
Sec +. BE it further resolved, etc
That article one hundred and eleven o
) the Constitution of the State of Louisian
f be so amended as to read as follows:
l Article Ill. The District Courts sha
r have jurisdiction of appeals from justice
5 of the peace in all civil matters regardles
J of the amount in dispute.
| Sec 5. BE it further resolved, etc
/ That Article one hundred and twenty
Q five of the Constitution of the State {
Louisiana be 50 amended as to read Il
! follows:
: Article 125. In each parish, the paris
f of Orleans excepted, there shall be g
r many justices of the peace as may
provided by law. The present numbs
t Of justices of the peace shall remain &
/ now fixed until otherwise provided. The
e shall be elected for the term Of TO,
. years by the qualified voters within II
territorial limits of their jurisdiction, an
! their qualifications shall be fixed by lay
f They shall have exclusive original juri
j diction in all civil matters when Il
amount in dispute shall not exceed fiji
dollars, exclusive of interest and origin
). jurisdiction concurrent with the Distri
Court, when the amount in dispute sha
;. exceed fifty dollars exclusive of intcres
and shall not exceed one hundr'
dollars exclusive of interest. Th'
shall have no jurisdiction in succession
probate matters, or when a succession is
i defendant, or when the State or any pa
l. ish is party. They shall receive SUE
/ fees in civil matters as may be fixed
law.
ii Sec. 6. Be it further resolved. ct
J. That Article one hundred and twenty-s
h of the Constitution of the State of LOU
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