The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-04

Amits City, New Iberia. Crowley,
Thibodaux and Lake Charles and
such other places IS may be dssig
mated by said Court of Appeals; and
the Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit shall hold sessions of Court at
Shreveport, Monroe, Opelousas and
Alexandra, 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 Mon
day of October to the end of June OF
each year, and said court shall con-
vene ct the different return places
herein named as the public business
may require, and shall keep their
Court in session I'm til the cases before
them are heard and finally deter
mined. The time and place to which
appeals shall be made returnable from
the Parishes in said Circuit to be fixed
by said Court, until otherwise Yegu-
lated by law.
Section 8. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That Article los of the Cous'i
tuition of the State of Louisiana he so
amended as to read as followns:
Article los. The Clerk of the Dis
| trict Courts of the Perish in which the
sessions 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 suit
able rooms for the holding of such
Courts, SO as not to interfere with tho
sessions of tho District or other
Courts.
Section 6. Be it further resolved,
etc., That Article 131 of the Consti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana be
amended 80 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 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 sp-
pellate jurisdiction only, which juris-
diction shall extend to all cases, civil
or probate, when tho 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, exclu-
sivs Of interest. No Judgment shall
be rendered by tho Court Of Appeal
for the Parish Of Orleans without the
concurrence at two judges, except as
as herein otherwise provided. When
two judges cannot concur for any
reason, tho Court shall have author
ity to call upon any Judge or Judges
of tho 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 judge or judges of
the Courts of Appeals to aid in the de-
of the case Said Courts
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 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-
thorized to decide imm ediately after
trial and without written opinions.
Tha first Court to be organized under
his amendment shall be composed Of
The present Judges of the Court OF
Appeals for the Parish of Orleans,
" ho shall continue in office until the
irst day of December of the year OF
he expiration of the terms for which
hey were respectively elected, or un
il such time thereafter as their sue
essors may be elected and qualified;
nd upon the expiration of the term