New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-08-30


Five Thousand Dollars, eXcluslv
of interest, and such appeal sha
be upon the law and the facts.
Section 3. Be it further re
solved, etc, That Article 99of tn
Constitution Of the State o
Louisiana be so amended AS t
read Us sollOWS:
Article 80. The Court of Ap
peals shall consist each of three
| judges. They shall be citizen:
citizens of the United States
learned in the law, and shall have
practiced law in this State fol
six years, and shall have beer
actual residents of the Circuit
from which they are appointed OF
elected for at least two years
next preceding theirappointmen'
or election. They shall each re
ceive a salary of -Four Thousand
Dollars per annum, payable
monthly on their own warrants
Section 1. Be it further re
solved, etc, That Article 100 OF
the Constitution of the State Lou
isiana be so amended as to reaC
as follows:
Article 100. Exclusive of the
Parishes composing the Court OF
Appeal for the Parish of Orleans
elsewhere provided for, the State
shall be divided into two circuits
until otherwise provided by law
the Parishes of East Baton
Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Liv-
ingston, Tagipahoa, Washington,
st. Helena, East Feliciana, West
FeIiciana, Point Coupee, lberville,
st. Mary, Terrebonne, Assump-
ton, Lafourche, Ascension, Cal
casieu, Cameron, NermiliOn, La
fayette. Iberia, st. Martin, st.
Tammany and Acadia, shall com
pose the first Circuit, and to be
known as the Court of Appeals,
First Circuit, State of Louisiana"
and the Parishes of Caqdo, Bos-
sier, Webster, Bienville, Clai-
borne, Union, Lincoln, Jackson,
Caldwell, Vim, Natchitoches,
Sabine, Desoto, Red River,
Ouachita, Richland, Franklin,
Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas,
Madison, East Carroll, West Car
roll, Morehouse, Avoyelles, st.
Landry, Rapides, Grant and Yer
non, shall compose the Second
Circuit, and to be known as the
Court of Appeals, Second Cir
cult, State of Louisiana" From
each of said Circuits there shall
be appointed, and elected as here
matter provided, three judges.
The First Court of Appeals to be
organized in the circuits herein
described, under thisamendment
to the Constitution shall be as
follows: The judges Of the pres
ent Court of Appeals of theThird
and Fourth Circuits, as organ
lied under the Constitution of
1879, and the judge appointed
under the authority of Act No. Z
of 1900, to fill the vacancy in the
Fifth Circuit, shall constitute the
Court of Appeals, First Circuit of
Louisiana, until the first day of
July, 1904, when three judges
shall be appointed for said cir
cult, by the Governor, by and
with. the advice and consent of
the Senate, whose term shall ex-
pire one on December 1st, 1908,
one on December 1st, 1906, and
one on December 1st, 1904; and
the Governor shall state in the
commission of each judge the
term for which he is appointed,
and the judges of the present
Court of Appeals of the First and
Second Circuits, as organized
under the Constitution of 1879,
together with an additional Judge
to be appointed by the Governor
of Louisiana, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate
to serve until July 1st, 1904, and
shall constitute the Court of APP
peals, Second Circuit of Louisi-
ana, until the LIST day of July,
1904, when three judges shall be
appointed for said circuit, whose
commission shall expire one on
December 1st, 1908, one Deem
Der 1st, 1906, and one on Deem
Der 1st, 1904, and the Governor
shall designate in thecOmmission
of each the term for which said
Judge is appointed, and upon the
expiration of the term of Office of
each ofthe judges thus appointed,
his successor shall be elected for
a term of eight years. The cleo
ton herein provided for shall
take place at the same time that
representatives in Congress are
elected, the first of said election
being in November, 1904, and the
judges appointed under this act
shall hold Office until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified.
In case of death, resignation or
removal from Office of any Judge,
the vacancy shall be filed by ap-
pointment for the unexpired
term of said Judge. Until other
wise provided by the General
Assembly, the Court of Appeals
of the First Circuit shall hold
sessions of Courtat Baton Rouge,
Amite City, New Iberia, Crowley,
Thibodeaux, and Lake Charles,
and such other places as may be
designated by said Court of APP
peals: and the Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit shall hold
sessions of Court at Shreveport,
Monroe, Opelousas and Alexan-
dria, and such other places as
may be designated by said Court
of Appeals. The terms of Court
ta no hold of cai1 plaonS from tho