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such other places IS may be desig
mated by said Court Of Appeals; AM
the Court of Appeals for the secon'
Circuit shall hold sessions of Court a
Shreveport, Monroe, OpeIousas AM
Ale7andria, and such other places
may be designated by said Courts o
Appeals. The TERMS Of Court to b
held at said places from the hrss Mon
day of October to the end of June 0
each year, cnd said csurt shall con
vene at the different return place
herein named as the ptblia business
may require, and shall keep their
Court in session until 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 regu-
lated by law.
Section 5. Be it further resolved,
etc., That Article 1O5 of the Cous'i-
tuition of the State Of Louisiana be SO
amended as to read "a followns:
Article los. The Clerk OF the Dis
triot Courts of the Parish in wliish 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 reEain as now
fixed by tho 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 the
sessions of the 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 road as follows:
Article 1911. 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 i'll
the law and who shall have practiced
law in this State for six years, and
shall have been residento of one of
the Parishes hereinafter named for at
least two years next preceding that
slection, and they shall be elected for
\ term Of twelve years. The said
Court, except as otherwise provided
N this Constitution, shall have ap-
oellate jurisdiction only, which juris-
liction shall extend to all cases, civil
Or probate, when the matter in dis
oute, or the funds to be distributed,
hall exceed One Hundred Dollars.
exclusive Of interest, and shall not ex-
,eed Five Thousand Dollars, exclu-
live Of interest. No Judgment shall
70 rendered by the Court Of Appeal
or tho Parish Of Orleans without the
At two judges, except as
IS herein otherwise provided. When
wo judges cannot concur for any
eason, tho Court shall have author
ty to call upon any Judge or Judges
I tho District Court within its terri
DRY Of jurisdiction. whose duty it
hall be when called upon to aid in
be determination of the case:
r it may Request a judge or judges of
be Courts Of Appeals to aid in the de-
Of tho case. Said Courts
hall also have jurisdiction of all ap-
calls from the City Courts Of the City
New Orleans, and all Appeals from
ne said City Courts shall be tried de
ovo and the judges Of the said Court
Appeal may provide by rule that
no or more of the Judges shall try
1ch cases, which they shall be au-
lorized to decide Immediately after
'isl and without written opinions.
he first Court to be organized under
lis amendment shall be composed Of
10 present Judges of the Court OF
ppeals for the Parish of Orleans,
no shall continue in office until the
rst day of December of the year OF
10 expiration of the terms for which
icy were respectively elected, or un,
such time thereafter as their sue
'ssors may be elected and qualified;
ID upon the expiration of the term
the present two judges of said
curt which term expires in 1904.