The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-10-25
J. Y. SANDERS,


the Senate. =
w. w. HEARD.
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A t!TS JoGHP GafHPyTi +. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
Act No. 1867 House Bill No. s2s.
AN ACT
! Joint resolution proposing amendments
10 Articles So, 9S, &c. 100, 105 and l3l of
the Constitution of the State of Louisi-
ana relative to the judiciary Depart
ment.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Ganer-
al Assembly of the State of Louisiana.
two-thirds of all members elected to each
House concurrihg, That Article IS of the
Consultation of the State of Louisiana to
lie so amended as to read as follows:
| Article s5, The Supreme Court, except
as hereinafter provided, shall ffave- -ap-
pellate jurisdiction only. which jurisdic-
/ tion shall extend to all cases where the
! matter in dispute, or the fund to be dis
.tribHted, whatever may be the amount
| therein claimed, shall exceed Five Thous-
and Dollars, exclusive of interest; to
/ suits of divorce and separa tion from bed
and board, and to all matters arising
therein; to suits involving alimony, for
the nullity of marriage, or for interdic
! tion; to all matters of adoption, emancl-
rem: to suits involving homestead ex-
emptions and to all cases in which the
cOnstitutiGnaIity Or legality of any local
assessment, tax, toll or impost VIII etever,
or of any fine, forfeiture. or penalty i'm
posed by a Municipal corporation Shall,
! be in contestation, whatever may be the
| amount thereof, and to all cases wh7rein
the constitutionality OF legality of any
! ordinance of municipal corporation or a
law of this State is Called pa sqestion.
and in such cases the appeal on the law
| and the facts shall be directly from the
! court IN which the case rigiLated to the
/ Supreme Court; and in criminal cases ON
auestiOns of law alone, whenever the
| punishment of death or Imprisonment at
| hald labor may be inflicted, or fine ex-
ceeding Three Hundred Dollars, or i'm
! prisonment exceeding six months. is ac-
such original jurisdiction as may be nee
essary to enable it to determine questions
of facts affecting it's own jurisdiction in
any case pending before it, OF it may re-
mand the case; and shall have exclusive
original jurisdiction in all matters touch
ing professional misconduct of members
of the bar, with power to disbar under
such rules as may be adopted by the
Court.
Section 2, Be it further resolved, etc,
That Article 95 of the Constitu tion of the
State of Louisiana be SO amended as to
read as follows:
Article 9s. The eourt.nf appeal, except
as otherwise provided in this Constitu-
ton, SAarl have appellate jurisdiction
only, which jurisdiction shall extend to
all cases, civil or probate. when tile mat
ter in dispute or the fund to be distr; but
ea shall efceeG One Hundred Dollars,
exclusive of Interest, and shall not exceed
Five Thousand Dollars, exclusive Of i'll
terest, and such appeal shall be upon the
law and the facts.
Section 3. Be it further resolved, etc,
That Article SO Of the Constitution of the
State Of Louisiana be so amended as to
read as follows:
Article 80: The Court of Appeal shall
consist each of Three Judges. They shall
be citizens of the United States learned
in the law. and shall have praeticed law
in this State for six years, and shall have
practiced law in this State for six years
and shall have been actual residents OF
the Circuit from which they are appoint.
ed or elected for at least two years, next
preceding their appointment or election
They shall each receive q salary of Four
Thousand Dollars per annum, payable
monthly on their own warrants.
Section T. Be it further resolved. etc,
That Article 100 of the Constitution OF
the State Of Louisiana be SO amended as
to read as follows . .
Article 100. Exclusive OF. tne Parishes
composing the Court of Appeal for the
Parish of Orleans, elsewhere provided
circuits. until otherwise provided by. law,
the Parishes of East Baton Rouge, West
Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangipahoa,
Washington. st. Helena, East Feliciana,
West Feliciana, Point Cpnfee, IberTille.
st. Mary, Terrebonne, ASSUMPTION, La
Vernilion. Lafayette, Iberia, st. Martin.
st. Tammany and Acadia, shall compose
the first Circnit, and to be known as the
Court of Appeals. First Circuit State OF
louisiana" and the Parishes of Cadde,
Bossier Webster, Bienville, Claiborne,
Natchitoches, Sabine. DeSoto, Red River.
Ohachita. Richland, Franklin. Catahou-
la, Concordia, Tensas, Madison, Fast
CARROLL West Carroll, Morehouse, Avoy7
elles. st. Landry, Rapides. Grant and
Vernon, shall compose the. Second Cir
Appeals. Second Circuit, State Of Loiiisi-
J, ana" From each of. said Circuits there
shall be appointed, and elected as here
matter provided three Judges, The First
Court of Appeals to be organized in the
circuits herein; described, under this
az endment to the COnstitut tion, shall be
as follows: The Judges :of the present
Court of Appeal of the Third and Fourth
Circuits, as organized under the Coilsti-
tntion Of 1870, and the Judge appointed
Under the authority of Act No..7 OF 1900,
to NIL the vacancy in the Fifth Circuit.
shall constitute the Court of Appeals,
First Circuit of Louisiana, until the first
day of July 1885, a. When laa three 9dges shall
Governor. by ard with the advice and
consent of the Senate whose term shall
, expire one on December lst, 1873. one on
, December lst. 1906 and one on December
, 1st 1885, and the Governor shall state III