The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-10-11

| and separation f. ON bed and board, and Il
all matters arising therein; to suits involv
| ing alimony, for the nullity of marriage, o
for in,erdiction; I" all matters of adoption
emancipation, legitimacy, and custody q
| children; to suits involving homestead ex
| emptions, and to all cases in which the con
stitu,onality legality of any local as
| sessment, tax, toll, or imPost whatever, q
| OF any fine, forfeiture, or penalty imposed
by n municipal corporation, shall he in con
! testation, whatever may be the amount
| ther eof, and 10 all cases wherein the const
| tutiohality or legality of any ordinance of
| municipal cor poraton or a law of this State
| is called in question, AMI in such cases the
appeal on the law and the facts shall be Iii.
| rectly from the court in which the case
| originated 10 the Supreme Court; and in
criminal cases in questions of law alone,
whenever the punishment of death i'm
prisonment al hard labor may he inflicted,
or fine exceeding Three Hundred Dollars,
Or ImpEtS' nment exceeding SIX months, is
actually imposed. Said Court shall have
such original jurisdiction as may be ncces-
sary to enable it 10 determine questions of
facts affecting its jurisdiction in any
case pending before il, or it may remand
the case, end shall have exclusive original
jurisdiction in all matters touching profess
sional misconduct of members of the bar,
with power TO dIsbar under such rules as
may he adopted by the Court.
Section 2. +. II further resolved, etc,
That Article % of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be ameu1cd to
read as follows;
Article %. The courts of appeal, except
otherwise provided in this Constitution,
shall have appellate jurisdiction only, which
jurisdiction shall extend TO all cases, civil or
probate, When the matter in dispute or the
funI 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
he upon the law and the facts.
Section t.. further resolved.
That Article SO OF the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be SO amended to read
as follows:
Article 80. 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 are 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 4. BE it further resolved, etc,
That Article 100 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana he SD 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,
ii! otherwise provided by law, the Parishes
of East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge,
Livingston, Tangipahoa, Washington, St.
Helena, East Feliciana, West Feliciana,
Point Cnupee. Iberville. ST. May, Terre-
bonne. Assumption, Lafourche. Ascension,
Calcasieu, Cameron. Nermilion, Lafayette,
Iberia, St. Martin, ST. Tammany and AGA
dia, shall compose the first Circuit, and to
be known as the ''Cour, of Appeals, First
Circuit. State of Louisiana;'' aud the par
ishes of CaGdo, Bossier, Webster, Bienvill,,
Claiborne. Union, Lincoln, Jackson, Cald-
we'll, Winn. Natchitoches, Sabine, DeSoto,
Red River, Onachita, Richland Franklin.
Concordia, fensas. Madison,
Avoyelles, St. Landry, Rapides, Grant and
Vernon, shall compose the Second Circuit,
and to be known the Court of Appeals,
Second Circuit, State of Louisiana
appointed. and elected hereinafter pro-
vi!ed three Judges. The First Court of
Appeals TO he organized in the circuits
herein described, under this amendment to
the Constitution, shall be as follows: The
Judges of the present Court of Appeal of
the Third and Fourth Circuits, organized
under the Constitution of 1879. and the
Judge appointed under the authority of .Ac,
No. 7 Of 1900, to fill the vacancy in the
Fifth Circuit, shall constitute the Court Of
first day of July, 1904, when three judges
shall be appointed for said circuit; by the
by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate whose term shall expire
I, 1906, and one on December I, 1904; and
the Governor shall state in the commission
of each judge the term for which he is APP
pointed and the judges of the present Court
Of Appeals of the First and Second Circuits
as organized under the Constitution of 1870.
together with an additional judge to be APP
pointed by the Governor of Louisiana, by
and with the advice and consent of the Sen
ate to serve until July 1, 1904, and shall
the Court of Appeals, Second Cir
cult. of Louisiana, until the Ist day of July,
1904, when three Judges shall be appointed
for said Circuit; whose commission shall eN-
pire one on December I, 1908, one Decem-
Der /. 1906. and one on December I, 1904,
and the Governor shall designate in the
of each the term for WI ich said
Judge is appointed and upon :be expiration
of the term of office of each of the judges
thus appointed his successor shall be elected
for term of eight years. The election
herein provided for shall take place at the
same time that representatives in Congress
are elected, the first of said election being
in November. 1904, and the judges APP
pointed under this act shall hold Office un-
til their successor, are elected and qualified.
In of death, resignation, or removal
from office of any judge, the vacancy shall
be filled by appointment for the uneNp PRED
term of said judge. Until otherwise pro-
vided by the General Assembly, the Court of
Appeals of the First Circuit shall hold SEES
sons of Court at Baton Rouge, Annite City,
New Iberia, Crowley. Thibodau< and Lake
Charles, and such Other places may be
designated by said Court of Appeals: and
the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Monroe, Opeousas. and Alexandria. and
Such ot her placeS NAV 1T. tit.Spnated bv