The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-09-27

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which he is appointed, and the Judge.
of the present Court of Appeals of thu
First and Second Circuits, as organ
lied under the Constitution of 1879
together with an additional Judge t.
be appointed by the Governor o.
Louisiana, by and with the advice ant
consent of the Senate, to serve unit
July 1st, 1904, and shall constitute
the Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
of Louisiana, until the 1st day OF
July, 1904, when three judges shall b.
appointed for said Circuit; WHOSE
commission shall expire one on De
cember LIST, 1908, one December list
1906, and one on December LIST, 1904
and the Governor shall designate in
the commission of each the term fol
which said Judge is appointed, and
upon the expiration of the term of of
fee of each of the judges thus APP
pointed, his successor shall be elect.
ed for a term of eight years. The cleo.
ton herein provided for shall take
place at the same time that repre-.
sentatives in Congress are elected, the
first of said election being in Novem-
Der, 1904, and the judges appointed
under this act shall hold Office until
their successors are elected and quail
flied. In case of death, resignation,
or removal from office of any Judge,
the vacancy shall be filed by appoint
ment for the unexpired term of said
| judge. Until otherwise provided by
the General Assembly, the Court of
Appeals of the First Circuit shall hold
sessions of Court at Baton Rouge,
Amite City, New Iberia, Crowley, Thi-
bodaux, and Lake Charles, and such
other places as may be designated by
said Court of Appeals; and the Court
of Appeals for the Second Circuit
shall hold sessions of Court at Shreve-
port, Monroe, Opelousas and Alexan-
dria, and such other places as may be
designated by said Courts of Appeals.
The terms of Court to be held at said
places from the first Monday of Oc-
tober to the end of June of each year,
and said court shall convene at the
different return places herein named
as the public business may require,
and shall keep their Court in session
until the cases before them are heard
and finally determined. The time and
place to which appeals shall be made
returnable from the Parishes in said
Circuit to be fixed by said Court, I'M
til otherwise regulated by law.
Section s. Be it further resolved,
etc., That Article los of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana be SO
amended as to read as follows:
Article los. The Clerk of the Dis
trict Courts of the Parish in which
the session of the Courts of Appeal
are held, shall serve as clerk
of the Court of Appeals, and
shall attend sessions of said Court
either in person or by deputy, and the
Clerk of the Court of Appeals for the
Parish of Orleans shall remain as now
fixed by the Constitution, until other
wise provided by the General Assem-
bly,. The cost of appeal in any case
appealed to the Court of Appeals shall
not exceed Six Dollars. The Police
Juries of the various Parishes of the
State in which the Courts of Appeals
are held, shall provide suitable rooms
for the holding of such Courts, so as
not to interfere with the sessions of
the District or other Courts.
Section 6. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That Article 1871 of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana be
SO as to read as follows:
Article 131. There shall be Court
of Appeal known and designated as
the Court of Appeal for the Parish of
Orleans. which shall be composed of
three judges, who shall be learned in
the law and who shall have practiced
law in this State for six years, and
shall have been residents of one of !
the Parishes hereinafter named for at |
least two years next preceding that |!
election, and they shall be elected for !
, term of twelve years. The said |
Court, except as otherwise provided in |
This Constitution, shall have appel
ate jurisdiction only, which jurisdic-
lion shall extend to all cases, civil or
probate, when the matter in dispute,
Or The funds to be distributed, shall |
exceed One Hundred Dollars, exciu-
i've of interest, and shall not exceed
five Thousand Dollars, exclusive of
No Judgment shall be rem
Tered by the Court of Appeal for the
Parish of Orleans without the con-
'urrence of two judges, except as
herein otherwise provided. When two
Judges can not concur for any reason,
he Court shall have authority to call
lpon any Judge or Judges of the Dis
riot Court within its territory of
whose duty it shall be
vhen called upon to aid in the de-
ermination-oft the case; or it may re-
uest judge or judges of the Courts
4 Appeals to aid in the determine
ion of the case. Said Courts shall al
o have jurisdiction of all appeals
rom the City Courts of the City of
lew Orleans, and all appeals from the
aid City Courts shall be tried de
ovo, and the Judges of the said
curt of Appeal may provide by rule
hat one or more of the Judges shall
ry such cases, which they shall be
uthorized to decide Immediately
fter trial and without written opin-
ms. The first Court to be organized
nder this amendment shall be COM
osed of the present Judges of the
curt of Appeals for the Parish of Or
.aus who shall continue n, <,ff3co nm