The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-09-20

Amite City, New Iberia, Crowley,
Thibodaux and Lake Charles and
such other places as may be desig-
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
Alexandria, 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 1T the different return places
herein named as the public business
may require, and shall keep their
Court in session un 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 regu
lated by law.
Section 5. 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 Parish 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 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 so as to read as follows:
Article l31. 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
q term of twelve years. The said
Court, except as otherwise provided
in this Constitution, shall have ap-
pellate jurisdiction only, which juris-
diction shall extend to all cases, civil
or probate, when the 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-
sive of interest. No judgment shall
be rendered by the Court of Appeal
for the Parish of Orleans without the
af two judges, except as
ns herein otherwise provided. Whea
two judges cannot concur for any
reason, the Court shall have author
ity to call upon any Judge or Judges
If the 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
he Courts of Appeals to aid in the de-
of the case. Said Courts
hall also have jurisdiction Of all ap
oeals from the City Courts Of the City
If New Orleans, and all Appeals from
he said City Courts shall be tried de
,ovo and the judges of the said Court
# Appeal may provide by rule that
me or more of the Judges shall try
UGH cases, which they shall be au
horized to decide INN ediately after
rial and without written opinions.
rhe first Court to be organized under
his amendment shall be composed Of
be present Judges of the Court OF
appeals for the Parish of Orleaus,
tho shall continue in office until the
rst Gay 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
s tho nrosont fvo 1u6poa nf soi6