The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-10-25

state, Wnetncr lie votes fOr OF
against the proposed amendment.
(Signed.) J. Y. SANDERS,
Speaker of the House of Represent
atives.
(Signed.) ALBERT ESTOPINAL,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
The Senate.
Approved: July 5th, A. d. 1902.
w. w. HEARD,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN I. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.
House Bill No. 1928.
Act No. 1861
AN ACT
Joint resolution proposing amend
ments to Articles IS, %, 80, 100, 1O5
and 131 of the Constitution of the
State Of Louisiana relative to the
Judiciary Department.
Section /. 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, That
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 i'm which the constitutionality
or legality of any local assessment,
tax, toll, or impost whatever, or of
any fine, forfeiture, or penalty i'm
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
municipal corporation or law of
this State is called in question, and
in such cases the appeal on the law
and the facts shall be directly from
the court in which the case original
ed to the Supreme CORTLAND in crim-
whenever the punishment of death or
Imprisonment at hard labor may be
inflicted, or a fine exceeding Three
Hundred Dollars, or imprisonment
exceeding six months, is actually inn
posed. Said Court shall have such
original jurisdiction as may be nee
essary to enable it to determine ques-
tons of facts affecting its own juris-
diction in any case pending before it.
or it may remand the case; and shall
have exclusive original jurisdiction in
all matters touching professional
misconduct of members of the bar,
with power to disbar under such
rules as may be adopted by the Court.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That Article 9s of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana be SO
amende as to read as follows:
Article 9s. The courts of appeals,
except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, shall have appellate ju-
risdiction only, which jurisdiction
shall extend to all cases, civil or pro-
bate, when the matter in dispute or
the fund to be distributed shall ex-
coed One Hundred Dollars, exclusive
of interest, and shall not exceed Five
Thousand Dollars, exclusive of inter-
est, and such appeal shall be upon the
law and the facts.
Section 3. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That. Article 90 of the Constitu-
ton 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 actua,
residents of the Circuit from VIII Oh
they are appointed or elected for at
least two years, next preceding their
appointment or election. They shall
each receive a salary of Four Thou
sand Dollars per annum, payable
monthly on their own warrants.
Section 4. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That Article 100 of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana be so
amended as to read as follows:
Article 100. Exclusive of the Parish
es composing the Court of Appeal for
the Parish of Orleans, elsewhere pro-
vided for, the State shall be divided
into two circuits, until otherwise pro-
vided by law, the Parishes of East
Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Liv-
ingston, Tangipahoa, Washington, ST.
Helena, East Feliciana, West Felici-
ana, Point Coupee, Iberville, st. Mary,
Terrebonne, Assumption, Lafourche,
Ascension, CaIcasieu, Cameron, Yer
million, Lafayette, Iberia, st. Martin,
st. Tammany and Acadia. shall COM
pose the first Circuit, and to be known
as the Court of Appeals, First Cir
cult, State Of louisiana" and the
Parishes of Caddo, Bossier, Webster,
Bienville, Claiborne, Union, Lincoln,
Jackson, Caldwell, VIM, Natchi-
toches, Sabine, De Soto, Red River,
Ouachita, Richland, Franklin, Cata-
houla, Concordia, Tensas, Madison,
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