The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-11-01

! Si5S1I Z ~ 1+ottialall&. until the lat day Of
! July, l954, when three Judges shall bp
appointed for said Circuit; whose com
! MISSION ShalI expire enc on Decefn Der fsE
! lAb one december lsT. 1906. and one on
! Iectmber lSt, 1914, and the Governor
! snail desl gn ate III the commission Of each
the term for which said ,Isdge is appoint
ta ana upon thg expiration Of the term
OF once gf each Of the Jul9es thus a,,-
pointed, his successor shall Ae elected for
q term OF elciit gf3ts fh@ election here
III provided fof sba}i take place at tne
same time thaE sa4resenrafives III Con
grtss are elee5sl ae iirstof said election
being ia November, 1854, and the iEages
appointed nndar this aet shall hold office
ahut ffcir Successors are elected and
qualified. In ease of death, resignation
o. removal from otf!ce of any Judge. the
vacancy shall be filied by appointments
1or the nneNpirel term ol said Judge.
Until otherwise provided by the Geners.
Asseannly AStsea the C9qrt OF Appeals OF ,he
tirsf Circuit shall hold sessions Of Court
at Baton Rouge, Amite City, n ew iberia
Crowley, Ihi bodaux, and Lake ,5baffas
anu such other places ~ may be .Iesfq.
mated by said Court of Appeals. an3 .ae
Cont OF Appeals for the Second tziTt0It'
shall hold sessions Of Court ;E &hge5e.-
port, Monroe. 0palnusas and Alexandria.
and such other places rs NAV he dtslFnst-
ed by said Courts uf appeals The terms
OF Court Ia he heIa ut said places from f1t.
iirst Monday OF October to tie end af
june OF each year, and said euuTb shall
convene at tlfe different return places
herein named a. the pubtic business may
require aud stall keep their Court ii
session fatIl the eases before them .trt
heard and finally drfarmined The timt
aud place 10 " hieh abptala shall lie made
fetuTnabie from the Parishes IN said Cir
emit 10 be liked by sai3 Court, until
otherwise regulated bV law.
Section D ESg u race a41
That Article te5 ut the Constitution Of
the State OF Louisiana be so amended as
to read as follows:
Article 105. The Clerk Of tho Djstriet
Conrts Of the Parish in when tile ses-
sions of the Courts Of Appeal are held.
shall serve as Clerk OF ',le Court of An
pea!s, and shall attend sessions If said
Songt either ID person OF by deputy and
the Ctork'of the Court Of Appeals for the
Par. sh of+Iearish OF Orleans shall remain,
as now, fix ed by the. Constitution. until
Otherwise provided ..by the General AS
sembly. 1.-The; cost of appeal in any case
adpeale4 70 the Court of Appeals shall
OF the various Parishes of the State I'M
which ,the; courts of Appeals are held |
shall nEovide suitable rooms for the
holding OF such Courts SO as not to inter-
fere with the sessions of the District or |
other courts.
Section 6. BE it further resolved. etc, (
That Article Isl of the constitution of |
the state OF Louisiana be amended so as
to read as follows:
Article 49, There shall be a court of
Appeal known and designated us 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
stall have praeticed law in this State for
SIX years and shall have been residents
of one OF the Parishes hereinafter named
Tor 4 least two years next preceding that
election. and they shall be elected for
term OF twelve years. The said court.
except as otherwise provided in this con
sttution, shall have appellate jurisiic-
tlon only, which jurisdiction shall extend
TO oil cases. civil or probate, when the
matter i'll dispute, or the funds to be dis
tribated, shaiI exceed One Hundred Dol
lars. exclusive oil Interest, and shall not
exceed Five ! honsauI Doiiars, exclusive
of interest. No 5ud4nent sha1I be rem
dered BY the Court gf Appeal FOR the Par
lsh Of Orleans without the concurreae4 Of
tWo I1dges, except Us herein otherwise
When two judges cannot cou-
cur TOR any reason, tile court shall lav6I
authority 10 call uFej any Judge or
J gtS oi the District Court within it,
territory Of Jurisdiction, whose duty Ii
shall be " hen called upon + . aid III bhe de-
GeruInatlnn Of the case: or it may request
J OI
to aid III the determination of the case
said courts snail also have jurisdiction oil
I'll appeals from the City courts of the
city ot New Orleans and all appeals from
the said city courts shall be tried de nnro,
md the Judges Gf tbs said court Of inne4i
nay proyl,te hy rule tissit one or lnere III
lie iudges shall try sueh cases, which
hey shalt be au thVfizsdto decide ilnme-
lately after 5rial and without written
)plhIouS- The first Cnnrt to be organized /
inder this amendment shall be composed
II the present JHagesof the CaHrt Of Ap- ,
]eals for the Parish Of Orleans. who stlalT
,ontiGRe in office until the first (lay of De
.ember of the year OF the expiration of tile
efms for which they were respectively ,
elected, or until such time thereafter as !
heir Successors may BE- elected and quali-
led; and upon the Xpiaation o1 the tern
4 he present two 3Hages IF said court
winch term expires n 1904. there shall be
eeted at the general atata election next I
preceding the expiration of their terms of | +,
thGe. t"o jua gas Tor said ConFt,ane there (
4 tor @ term OF eight FaaTs and the ether /
hereof For a term OF twelve years And !
pom the expiration If 5he term Of 6teaa 3t
he other present judge thereof. Whase
erfn expires u 1903, there shall beeibcted
t the general State election net preeeG-
ig the expiration Of his tetE,!, ono judge =,
2I the term OF twelve years, 3 u scbse- !
Gent elections fol- j'tI sss< for said Court
hall be for term &. tWaixa years satsi "
hail he Ile!u at the general State eIeetIHWf
ext preceding the Spirati0n III tlte term
T the Judges Of ssld curt. SAID Ctlrt /
s.fil sit in the Parish of Orleans ana AIall
Old its sessions iroi4 til" second MbnttagV
, October until the eud Of the month d
ilne of each year.
Vacancies accasioned by death. resi- gna |
on or otherwise, shall l,e tiied for the rln-
lpired terms iy appoia tnl1@t Of the Gov
nor. with the advice and consent Of the
nnate
'he Judges Of saiA Raarte shall each re-
live salary Of four Thousand Dollars,
II AflnnIn naNnitle mnntlllv on Ils own