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

the Governor shall state in the COM
mission of each judge the term for
which he is appointed, and the judges
of the present Court of Appeals of the
First and Second Circuits, as organ
lied under the Constitution Of 1879,
together with an additional Judge to
be appointed by the Governor OF
Louisiana, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, TO serve until
July list, 1904, and shall constitute
the Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
of Louisiana, until the 1st day OF
July, 1904, when three judges shall be
appointed for said Circuit; whose
commission shall expire one on De-
cember LIST, 1908, one December list,
1906, and one on December 1st, 1904,
and the Governor shall designate in
the commission OF each the term for
which said Judge is appointed, and
upon the expiration of the term OF Of
fee of each of the judges thus ap-
pointed, his successor shall be elect
ed for term of eight years. The cleo
ton herein provided for shall take
place at the same time that repre-
sentatives in Congress are elected, the
first of said election being in Novem-
Der, 1904, and the judges appointed
under this act shall hold Office until
their successors are elected and quail
fled. In case of death, resignation,
OF removal from Office of any judge,
the vacancy shall be filled by appoint
ment for the unexpired term of said
Judge. Until otherwise provided by
the General Assembly, the Court of
Appeals of the First Circuit shall hold
sessions of Court at Baton Rouge,
Amite City. New Iberia, Crowley, Thi-
bodaux, and Lake Charles. and such
other places as may be designated by
said Court of Appeals; and the Court
of Appeals for the Second Circuit
shall hold sessions of Court at Shreye-
port, Monroe, Opelousas and Alexan-
dria, 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 Monday of Oc-
tober to the end of June of each year,
and said court shall convene at the
different return places herein named
as the public business may require,
and shall keep their Court in session
until the cases before them are heard
and finally determined. The time and
place to which appeals shall be made
returnable from the Parishes in said
Circuit to be fixed by said Court, un-
til otherwise regulated by law.
Section s. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That Article los of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana be SO
amended as to read as follows:
Article 105. The Clerk of the Dis
trict Courts of the Parish in which
the session 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 the 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 suitable rooms
for the holding of such Courts, so as
not to interfere with the sessions of
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Section 6. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That Article 131 of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana be
amended so as to read as follows:
Article f3f. 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
a term of twelve years. The said
Court, except as otherwise provided in
this Constitution, shall have appel
late jurisdiction only, which jurisdic-
ton shall extend to all cases, civil or
probate, when the matter in dispute,
or the funds to be distributed, shall
exceed One Hundred Dollars, exclu-
sive of interest, and shall not exceed
Five Thousand Dollars, exclusive of
interest. No Judgment shall be rem
dered by the Court of Appeal for the
Parish of Orleans without the con-
currence of two judges, except as
herein otherwise provided. When two
judges can not concur for any reason,
the Court shall have authority to call
upon any Judge or Judges of the Dis
trict Court within its territory of
jurisdiction, whose duty it shall be
when called upon to aid in the de-
termination of the case; or it may re-
quest judge or judges of the Courts
of Appeals to aid in the determine
ton of the case. Said Courts shall al
so have jurisdiction of all appeals
from the City Courts OF the City of
New Orleans, and all appeals from the
said City Courts shall be tried de
novo, and the Judges of the said
Court of Appeal may provide by rule
that one or more of the Judges shall
try such cases, which they shall be
authorized to decide Immediately
after trial and without written opin-
ions. The first Court to be organized
under this amendment shall be COM