The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-09-27

| lars. exclusive OF interests; 10 SUIT OF divorce
and separation f, ON bed and board, and L
| all matters arising therein: suits involv
ing alimony, for the nullity of marriage, %
for interdiction; +" all matters of adoption
emancipation, legitimacy, and custody o.
children; To suits involving homestead eX
emptons, and to all cases in which the con
| stitutionality legality of any local as
| sessmcnt, tax, toll, or impost whatever, OIL
of any fine, forfeiture, or penalty imposed
| by n municipal corporation, shall be in con
testaiion, whatever may be the amour,
| thereof, and TO all cases wherein the consti-
tutonaliiy or legality of any ordinance of q
| municipal corporation or a law OF this State
| is called in question, AMI in such the
appeal on the law and the facts shall be di-
| rectly from the court in which the case
orig nated TO the Supreme Court; and in
criminal cases IN questions OF law alone,
whenever the punishment of death i'm
prisonment at hard labor may he inflicted,
or fine exceeding Three Hundred Dollars,
Or impris' 'nmert exceeding six months, is
actually imposed Said Court shall have
such orr. nal jurisdiction may he ncces-
sary to enable il 10 determine questions of
fac:s affecting its own jurisdiction in any
case pending before il. or it may remand
the case, nd shall have exclusive original
jurisdiction in all matters touching profess
sional misconduct of members of the bar,
with power TO disbar under such rules
may be adopted 10y the Court.
Section ?. BE IT further resolved, etc,
That Article 9S of the Constitution of the
read as follows:
Article oS. The courts of appeal, except
otherwise provided in this Constitution,
shall have appellate jurisdiction only, which
jurisdiction shall extend to all cases, civil
probate, when the matter in dispute Or the
fund TO be distributed shall exceed One
Hundred Dollars. exclusive of interest, and
shall not exceed Five Thousand Dollars,
exclusive of interest and such appeal shall
be upon the law and the facts.
Section ). Be il further resolved, ETC.,
That Article 90 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be so amended as to read
as follows:
Article 90. The Courts of Appeal shall
CONSIST each of Three Judges. They shall
be citizens of the United States, learned in
the law, and shall have practiced law in
this State for six years, and shall have been
actual residents of the Circuit from which
they appointed or elected for at least
two years, next preceding their appointment
or election. They shall each receive sal
airy of Four Thousand Dollars per annum,
payable monthly on their own warrants.
Section d. BE it further resolved, etc,
That Article 100 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be amended to read
as follows:
Article 100. Exclusive of the Parishes
the Court of Appeal for the Par
ish of Orleans, elsewhere provided for, the
State shall be divided into two circuits, un-
til otherwise provided by law. the Parishes |
of East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge.
Livingston, Tangipahoa, Washington, s.. |
Helena, East Feliciana, West Feliciana,
Point Coupae, Iberville, St. Mary, Terre |
bonnie. Assumption, Lafourche. Ascension, |
Calcasieu, Cameron. Ncrmilion, Lafayette |
Iberia, ST. Martin, St. Tammany and AGA
dia. shall compose the first Circuit, and to
be known the .'Cour, of Appeals, First |
Circuit. State of Iouisana:' and the par
shes of Carldo. Bossier, Webster. Bienvlle, |
(:laihnrne, Union. Lincoln, Jackson, Ca1d-
we'll, Vim. Natchitoches. Sabine. DeSoto,
Red River, Ouachita, Hchland Franklin.
catahoula, Concors!ia, Tcnsas. Madison,
Avoyelles, St. Landry, Rapides, Grant and
Vernon, shall COMPOSE the Second Circuit,
and t" be known as the Court of Appeals.
second Circuit, State of Louisiana. -
From each Of said Circuits there shall be
appointed. and elected hereinafter pro-
vded three Judges. The First Court of
Appeals TO be organized in the circuits
herein described, under this aneu,iment to
he Constit ution, shall be follows: The
Judges of the present Court of Appeal of
he Third and Fourth Circuits, organized
under the Constitution of 1879, and the
Judge appointed under the authority of Act
No. 7 of 1900, to fill the vacancy in the
Fifth Circuit, shall constitute the Court of
Appeals, FIRST Circuit OF Louisiana, until the
irst day of July, 1904, when three judges
shall be appointed for said circuit: by the
Governor, by and with the advice and con
sent of the Senate whose term shall expire
,ne December I, 1908, one on December
|, 1906. and one on December 1, 1904: and
he Governor shall state in the commission
Of each Judge the tenn for which he is APP
pointed, and the judges of the present Court
IF Appeals of the First and Second Circuits.
Is organized under the Constitution of 1870.
ogether with IN additional judge to be APP
pointed by the Governor of Louisiana. by
md with the advice and consent of the Sen
lte to serve until July 1. 1904, and shall
the Court of Appeals, Second Cir
cui&> of Louisiana. until the I>t day of July,
1904, when three judges shall be appointed
FOR said Circuit; whose commission shall
)er 1, 1906 and one on December 1, 1904,
md the Governor shall designate in the
Of each the term for which said
Judge is appointed, and upon :he expiration
Of the term of office of each of the Judges
huS appointed. his successor shall be elected
or term of eight years. The election
herein provided for shall take place the
same time that representatives in Congress
ire elected, the first of said election being
II November. 1904, and the Judges APP
pointed under this shall hold office un-
Ill their successors are elected and qualified.
In of death, resignation, removal
rom office of any judge, the vacancy shall
&c filled by appointment for the une<pirei
.ilcd by the General Assembly. the Court of
Appeals of the First Circuit shall hold ses-
:ions of Coart at Baton Rouge. Amite City,
New Iberia, Crowley. Thibodaux and Lake
char lies, and such other places may he
designated by said Court Of Appeals: and
he Cour, of Appeals for the Second Circuit
shall hold sessions of court at Shreveport,
Monroe, Opelousas, and Alexandria, and
such other places may be designated by