The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-10-30
Approved: July 5th, A. D. 1902.
w. w. HEARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
House Bill No. 38.
Act No. 1851

House Bill No. 328.
Act No. 1851
AN ACT.
Joint resolution proposing amendments
to Articles s., 80, 80, 100, los, and 13l
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana relative to the Judiciary
Department.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
two-thirds of all the members elected to
each House concurring, That Article s.
OF the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana be 80 amended as to read as
follows:
Article IS. The Supreme Cont, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided, shall have
appellate jurisdiction only, which juris-
diction shall extend to all cases where
the matter in dispute, or the fund to be
distributed whatever may be the amount
therein claimed, shall exceed Five Thous-
and Dollars, exclusive of interest; to
suits of divorce and separation from bed
and board, and to all matters rising
therein; to suits involving alimony, for
nullity of marriage, or for Introduction;
to all matters of adoption, emancipation,
legitimacy, and custody of children; to
suits involving homestead exemptions,
and to all cases in which the constitution
atty or legality of any local assessment,
tax, toll, or impsot whatever, or Of any
fine, forfeiture, or penalty imposed by a
municipal corporation, shall be in con-
testation, whatever may be the amount
thereof, and to all cases wherein the con-
stitu6onality orlegality of any ordinance
OF municipal corporation or a law of
this State is called in question, 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-
preme Court; and in criminal cases on
questions of law alone, whenever the
punishment of death or Imprisonment
at hard labor may be inflicted, or a fine
exceeding Three Hundred Dollars, OF
imprisonment exceeding six months, is
actually imposed. Said court shall have
such original jurisdiction as may be
necessary to enable it to determine
questions OF facts affecting its own jur-
isdiction in any case pending before it,
or it may remand the case; and shall
have exclusive original jurisdiction in all
matters touching professional miscon-
| duct of members of the bar, with power
to disbar under such rules as may be
adopted by the Coutt.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc.
That Article SO of the Constitution OF
the State of Louisiana be so amended al
to read as follows:
| Article SO. The courts of appeal, ex.
cept as otherwise provided in this Con.
stitution, shall have appellate jurisdic.
ton only, which jurisdiction shall extend
to all cases, civil or probate, when the
matter in dispute or fund to distributed
shall exceed One Hundred Dollars, ex.
elusive of interest, and shall not exceed
Five Thousand Dollars, exclusive of in.
terest, and such appeal shall be upon tn,
law and the facts.
Sections. Be it further resolved, etc.
That Article 80 of the Constitution Of
the State of Louisiana be so amended a
to read as follows:
Article 80. The Court of Appeal.
shall consists each of three Judges. The!
shall be citizens of the United States
learned in the law, and shall have prac
ticed law in this State for six years, ant
shall have been actual residents of tn,
Circuit from which they appointed O
elected for at least two years next pre-.
ceding their appointment or election
They shall each receive salary of Fou
Thousand Dollars per annum, payabl,
monthly on their own warrants.
Section 4. Be it further resolved, etc.
That Article 100 of the Constitution O.
the State of Louisiana be so amended a
to read as follows:
| Article 100. Exclusive of the Par.
ishes composing the Court of Appeal TO
the Parish of Orleans, elsewhere pro
vided for, the State shall be divided int.
two circuits, until otherwise provided b,
law, the Parishes of East Baton Rouge
West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangi
pahoa, Washington, st. Helena, Eas
Feliciana, West Feliciana, Point Coupee
Iberville, st. Mary, Terrebonne, As
sumption, Lafourche, Ascension, Cal
casieu, Cameron, Vermilion, Lafayette
Iberia, st. Martin, st. Tammany an,
Arcadia, shall compose the first Circuit
and to be known as the "Court of Ap
peal, First Circuit, State of Louisiana;
and the Parishes of Caddo, Bossier, Web
ster, Bienville, Claiborne, Union, Lin
coin, Jackson, Caldwell, Vim, Match
itoches, Sabine, DeSoto, Red River
Ouachita, Richland, Franklin, Gaia
houla, Concordia, Tensas, Madison, Eas
Carroll, West Carroll, Morehouse, Avoy
Giles, st. Laundry, Rapides, Grant, an,
Vernon, shall compose the Second Cir
cult, and to be known as the "Court o
| Appeals, Second Circuit, State Of Louis
lana" From each of said Circuits Their
shall be appointed, and elected as herein
after approved, three judges. The Firs
Court of Appeal to be organized in tn
circuits herein described, under thi
amendment to the Constitution, shall b
as follows: The judges of the presen
Court of Appeals of the Third an
Fourth Circuits, as organized under tn
Constitution of 1879, and the Judge ap
pointed under the authority of Act No.
of 1900, to fill the vacancy in the Fiftl
Circuit, shall constitute the Court o
Appeals, First Circuit of Louisiana, un
til the first day of July, 1901, when thre
Judges shall be appointed for said circuit
by the Governor, by and with the avdic
and consent of the Senate, whose tern
shall expire one on December list, 1905
one on December list, 1906, and one OF
December list, 1904; and the Governo
shall state in the commission of eacl
JUDGE the term for which he is appoint
ed, and the judges of the present Cour
of Annao1a of tho Eirat md Cooona C;r