The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-10-18
House Bill No. 1928.
Act No. 1861

House Bill No. 1928.
Act No. 1861
AN ACT
JOINT resolution proposing amend
ments to Articles IS, 9s, 90, 100, 10,
and 13l of the Constitution Of thu
State Of Louisiana relative to thu
Judiciary Department.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisi
ana, two thirds of all members elect
ed to each House concurring, Tha,
Article IS of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana to be so amended
as to read as follows:
Article IS. The Supreme Court. ex-
cept as hereinafter-provided, shall
have appellate jurisdiction only,
which jurisdiction 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 Thousand Dollars,
exclusive of interest; to suits of d.
vorce and separation from bed and
board, and to all matters arising
therein; to suits involving alimony.
for the nullity of marriage, or for in
terdiction to all matters of adoption,
emancipation, legitimacy, and Gus
tody OF children; to suits involving
homestead exemptions, and to all
cases in which the constitutionality
or legality of any local assessment,
tax, toll, or impost whatever, or of
any fine, forfeiture, or penalty inn
posed by a municipal corporation,
shall be in condensation, whatever
may be the amount thereof, and to all
cases wherein the constitutionality
or legality of any ordinance of a
corporation or a law of
this State is called in question, and
in such cases the appeal on the law
and the facts shalt be directly from
the court in which the case original
ed to the Supreme Court; and in GRIM
lnal cases on questions of law alone,
whenever the punishment of death or
Imprisonment at hard labor may be
inflicted, or fine exceeding Three
hundred Dollars, or imprisonment
exceeding six months, is actually i'm
posed. Said Court shall have such
original jurisdiction as may be nee
sssary to enable it to determine ques-
ions of facts affecting its own juris-
fiction In any case pending before it,
Or 1t may remand the case; and shall
rave exclusive original jurisdiction in
Ill matters touching professional
of members of the bar.
With power to disbar under such
'ules as may be adopted by ihe Court.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
tc., That Article 80 of the Constitn-
ion of the State of Louisiana be SO
mende as to read as follows:
Article 90. The courts of appeals.
kept as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, shall have appellate ju-
isdiction only, which jurisdiction
hall extend to all cases, civil or pro-
ate, when the matter in dispute or
he fund to be distributed shall ex-
eed One Hundred Dollars, exclusive
I interest, and shall not exceed Five
thousand Dollars, exclusive of inter-
st, and such appeal shall be upon the
wv and the facts.
Section 8. Be it further resolved.
to-, That Article 90 of the Constitu-
on of the State of Louisiana be so
as to read as follows:
Article 30: The Courts of Appeal
hall consist each of Three Judges.
hey shall be citizens of the United
tates, learned in the law, and shall
ave practiced law in this State for
x years, and shall have been actual
'sidents of the Circuit from which
ley are appointed or elected for at
asst two years, next preceding their
,pointment or election. They shall
oh receive a salary of Four Thou
nd Dollars per annum, payable /,
onthly on their own warrants.
Section 4. Be it further resolved.
c., That Article 100 of the Constitu-
On of the State of Louisiana be so | |
nended as to read as follows: Il
Article. 100. Exclusive of the Parish
composing the Court of Appeal for |
e Parish of Orleans, elsewhere pro-
led for, the State shall be divided 1
to two circuits, until otherwise pro-
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