Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-09-26

/ Amt. City, New Iberia oro"iey,
Tbibodsux and Lake Charles and
sucb other places as may be desis-
mated by said Court of Appeals; and
the Court of Appeals FOR the Second
Circuit shall hold sessions OF Court az
Shreveport, Monroe. oPelOusas and
Alexandria. and such other places as
NAV be designated by said Courts OF
Anneals. The terms of Court TO be
held at said places from the ffss Mon
dav Of October to the end OF June oil
each wear. and said court shall con-
vene ,t the different return places
bereiu named as the public business
may require. and shall keep 'neir
Court in session til the cases before
them are heard and finally deter
mined. The time and place. to which
appeals shall be made returnsole 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 los Of the Oous'i,
tution of the State of Louisiana be SO
amended as to read as followns:
Article 1O5. The Clerk of the Dis
trict Courts of the Parish in which the
sessions of the Courto of Appeal
ara held shall se7ve 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 l31 of the Consti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana be
amended so as to read as follows:
Article 13l. 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 residentc 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 ap-
pellate- jurisdiction only, which iuris-
diction shall extend to all cases, civil
or probate, when the matter in dis
pute, or the funds to be distributed,
shall exceed One Hundred Dollars,
exclusive of interest, and shall not ex-
coed Five Thousand Dollars, exciu-
sivs 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. When
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 bo when called upon to aid in
the determination Of the case:
or it may reques. 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 City Courts Of the City
Of New Orleans, and all Appeals from
the said City Courts shall be tried de
nOvo and the judge 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-
thorized to decide mmediately after
trial and without written opinions.
Ths first Court to be organized under
this amendment shall be composed uI
the present Judges of the Court of
Appeals for the Parish of Orleans,
who shall continue in Office until the
first Gay Of December of the year oi
the expiration Of the terms for which
they we're 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.
piration of their terms of Office, two
judges for said Court. one thereof for
term Of eight years, and the other