Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-09-19

Amt. CITY, New Iberia, Crowley,
Tbibodaux and Lsko Charles ana
such other places ss may be oesis-
mated BY said Court of Appeals; ana
the Court OF Appeals for the Second
! crcuit shall hold sessions OF Court al
Shreveport. Monroe. OpeIouS"s aud
Alexandria, and such other places o.
n-y be designated by said Courts Oh
Arne.Is The terms of Court to be
held at said places flom the first Mon
day of October to the end OF Juue o'
each year, and said court shall con-
yene at the different return places
berein named "a the pablo business
NAV require, and shall keep their
Cour. in session un til the cases before
them are heard aud finally deter
minod. The time aud place to Whlch
appeals shall be made returnable from
the Parishes in said Circuit to be nxed
bv said Court, until otherwise regu-
lated by law.
Section 5. Be it further resolved
etc. That Article 105 of the Cous'i'
tntiou of the State of Louisiana be so
amended ac to read as followns:
Article 1O5. The Clerk OF the Dis
trict Courts of the Parish in which the
sessions of the Courts of Appeal
ars 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 iuries of the various Parishes
of the State in which the Courts OF
Appeals are held, shall provide suit
able 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 I81 of the Const-
tuition of the State of Louisiana be
amended so as to read as follows:
Article 13I. 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 Ill
;he law and who shall have practiced
law in this State for six years, and
shall have been residentG Of one of
the Parishes hereinafter named for at
least two years next preceding that
election, and they shall be elected for
q term of twelve years. The said
Court, except as otherwise provided
in this Constitution, shall have ap-
pellate jurisdiction only, which iuris-
diction shall extend to all cases, civil
or probate, when the matter in dis
puts, or the funds to be distributed,
shall exceed One Hundred Dollars,
exclusive Of interest, and shsll not ex-
ceed Five Thousand Dollars, eIclu-
sive of interest. No judgment shall
be rendered by the Court Of Appeal
for the Parish Of Orleans without the
concurrence af two judges, except as
as herein otherwise provided. Whel
Two judges cannot concur for any
reason, the Court shall have author
ity to call upon any Judge or Judges
of the District Court within its terri
tory Of jurisdiction. whose duty it
shall be when called upon to aid in
the determination OF the case:
or it may Request a judge or judges of
the Courts of Appeals to aid in the de-
termination Of the case. Said Court,
shall also have jurisdiction Of all ap-
peals from the Oity Courts of the City
of New Orleans, aud all Appeals from
the said City Courts shall be tried de
novo and the judges Of the said Court
Of Appeal may provide by rule that
one or more Of the Judges shall try
such cases, which they shall be au-
thorised to decide immediately after
trial and without written opinions.
Tbs first Court to be organized under
this amendment shall be composed Of
the present Judges Of the Court of
Appeals for the Parish Of Orleans.
who shall continue in office until the
first day of December of the year OF
the expiration Of the terms for which
they were respectively elected, or un
til such time thereafter as their sue
cessOrs may be elected and qualified;
and upon the expiration of the term
of the present two Judges of said
Court which term expires in 1904,
there shall be elected at the general
State election next preceding the ex