The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-09-25
1904, and the Governor shall designate in

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 Office OF |
each Of the judges thus appointed, his
successor shall be elected for term Of |
eight years. The election herein pro-
vided for shall take place at the same
time that representatives In Congress- are
elected, the first of said election being in
1904, and the judges appoint
ed under this act shall hold Office until
their successors are elected and qualified.
In case of death, resignation or removal
from Office of any judge, the vacancy
shall be filled bv appointment for the
unexpired term of said Judge. Until
otherwise provided by the General AS
sembly, the Court of Appeals of the
First Circuit shall hold sessions of Court
at Baton Rouge, Amite City, New
Iberia, Crowley, Thibodeaux, and Lake
Charles, and such other places as may
be designated by said Court of Appeals;
and of the Second Circuit shall hold ses-
sions of Court at Shreveport, Monroe,
Onelousas and Alexandria, and such
other places as may be designated by
said Court of Appeals. The terms of
Court to be held at said places from the
first Monday of October 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, until
otherwise regulated by law.
S .ction 5. Be it further resolved, etc.,
That Article los of the Constitution of
to read as follows:
Article los. The Clerks of the District
Courts of the Parish in which the ses-
sions of the Courts of Appeal are held,
shall serve as Clerk of the Court of APP
peals, 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
otherwise provided by the General As
sembly. 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 are held, shall
provide suitable ooms for the holding of
such Courts, so as not to interfere with
sessions of the District or other Courts.
Section 6. Be it further resolved, etc.,
That Article 131 of the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana be amended so as
to read as follows: te
Article t3t. There shall be Court Of
Appeal known and designated as the
Court of Appeal for the Parish of Or
leans, 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 herein
after named for at least two years next
preceding that election, and they shall
be elected for term of twelve years.
The said Court, except as otherwise pro-
vided in this Constitution, shall have
appellate jurisdiction only, which juris-
diction shall extend to all cases, civil or
| probate, when the matter in dispute, or
| the funds to be distributed shall exceed
One Hundred Dollars, exclusive of inter-
est, and shall not exceed Five Thousand
Dollars, exclusive of interest. No iudg-
ment shall be rendered by the Court of
Appeal for the Parish of Orleans without
| the concurrence of two Judges, except
| Judges cannot concur for any reason, the
Court shall have authority to call upon
any Judge or Judges of the District Court
within its territory of jurisdiction, whose
duty it shall be when called upon to aid
in the determination of the case; or it
may request q Judge OF Judges of the
Court of Appeals to aid in the determi-
nation of the case. Said Courts shall
| have also jurisdiction of all appeals from
the City Courts OF the city of New Or
leans, and all appeals from the said City
Courts shall be tried de novo, and the
Judges of the said Court of Appeals may
| provide by rule that one or more of the
Judges shall try such cases, which they
shall be authorized to decide Immediately
after tria, and without written opinions
| The Court to be organized under this
amendment shall be composed of the
present Judges of the Court of Appeals
| for the Parish of Orleans, who shall con-
tinue in Office until the first day of De-
| cember of the year of the expiration OF
the terms for which they were respec-
| lively elected, or until such time there
after as their successors may be elected
| and qualified; and upon the expiration
| of the term of the present two Judges of
said Court, which term expires in 1904,
there shall be elected at the general State
election next preceding the expiration Of
their terms OF Office, two Judges for said
Court, one thereof for term of eight
years, and the other thereof for term of
twelve years. And upon the expiration
of the term of office of the other present
Judge thereof, whose term expires in
1908, there shall be elected at the general
State election next preceding the expira-
ton of his term, one Judge for the term
| of twelve years. All subsequent elections
for Judges for said Court shall be for a
term of twelve years and shall be held at
the general State election next preceding
the expiration of the term of the Judges
| of said Court. Said Court shall sit in the
Parish of Orleans and shall hold its
sessions from the second Monday in
October until the end of the month OF
June of each year.
Vacancies occasioned by death, resig-
nation or otherwise, shall be filled for
the unexpired terms by appointment OF
| the Governor. with the advice and con-