The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-10-18
Act No. 1867
House Bill No. 52S.
AN ACT

AN ACT
Joint resolution proposing amendments
to Articles IS, 49, 80. 100, 105 and l3l of
the Constitution of the State of Louisi-
ana relative to the Judiciary Depart
ment.
Section /. Be it resolved by tire Ganer.
al Assembly of the State of Louisiana
two-thirds of all members elected to each
House concurring, That Article So of the
Constitution of the State of eAisiana to
he so amended as to read as follows:
Article S., The Supreme Court, except
as herein after provided, shall have ap-
pellate jurisdiction only. which jurisdic-
tion shall extend to all cases where the
matter in dispute, or the fund to be dis
tributed, whatever may be the amount
therein claimed, shall exceed Five Thous-
and Dollars, exclusive of interest; to
! suits of divorce and separa tiou from bed
and board, and to all matters arising
therein; to suits involving alimony, for
the nullity of marriage, or for interdic-
I tion; to all matters of adoption, emanci-
patton, legitimacy, and custody of child
rem; to suits involving homestead ex-
emptions and to all cases in which the
constitutionaIity or legality of any local
! assessment, tax, toll or impost VIII .tever.
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 whsrein
the titutionality Or legality of any
ordinance of municipal corporation or
law Of this State is called in question,
i and in such cases the appeal on the law
and the facts shall be directly from the
court III which the case originated to the
Supreme Court; and in criminal cases ON
questions of law alone, whenever the
! punishment of death or imprisonment at
| hard labor may be inflicted, or a fine ex-
/ Ilol cr
! prisOnmenteXceeding six months, is ac-
! tually imposed. Said Court shall have
! such original jurisdiction as may be nee
! essary to enable it to determine questions
of facts affecting its own jurisdiction in
any case pending before it, or it may re-
mand the case; and shall have exclusive
original jurisdiction in all matters touch
| ing professional misconduct eff members
of the bar, with power to dishar under
such rules as may BE- adopted by the
| Court.
Section Q. Be it further resolved, etc,
! That Article 90 of the Constitution of the
| State of Louisiana he SO amended as to
read as follows:
Article IS. The conrt of appeal, except
as otherwise provided in this Constitu-
! tion. shall have appellate jurisdiction
only, which jurisdiction shall extend to
all cases, civil or probate. when tire mat
ter III dispute or the fund to be distribut-
TS,
| exclusive OF interest, a nd shall not exceed
Five Thousand Dollars, exclusive of in
terest, and such appeal shall be upon the
law and the facts.
Section 3. Be it further resolved, ETC.,
! That Article 80 of the Constitution of the
| State of Louisiana be SO amended as to
read as follows:
Article 81: The Court of Appeal shall
consist each of Three Judges. They shall
| tNa f.Itr rynM SNff hn1 TSlIf fn1 Sfo<a al
in the law, and shall have practiced law
IN this State for six years, aud shall have
! practlced law in this State for six years
and shall have been actnal 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 salary 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 be so amended as
to read as follows.
Article 100. Exclusive of the Parishes
i composing the Court of Appeal for the
! Parish of Orleans, elsewhere provided
! for, the State shall be divided into two
circuits, until otherwise provided by law,
the Parishes of East Baton Rouge, West
Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangipahoa,
Washington, st. Helena, East Felieiana.
West Feliciana, Point Coupee, IbeTyille.
st. Nary, Tcrrebonne, Assumption, La
fOurclfe. Ascens sion, Gale asien, Cameron,
Vermilion, Lafayette, IBERIA st. Martin,
ST. Tanmany and Acadia, shall compose
! the first Circuit, and to be known as the
Court of Appeals. First Circuit. State Of
Louisiana;" and the Parishes of Caddo,
Bossier. Webster, Bienvlle. Claiborne,
Union, Lincoln. Jackson, Caldwell. Winn,
Natchitoches, Sabine, DeSoto, Red River,
Ouachita. Richland, Franklin, Catahou-
la, Concerdia Tensas, Madison, Fast
Carroll, West Carroll Morehouse, Avey-
elles. ST. Landry, Rapides. Grant and
cult and to be known as the Court of
Appeals Second Circnit, State of Louisi. |
ana" From each of said Circuits there !
shall Ire appointed, and elected as here
! matter provided three Judges. The First |
Court of Appeals to be organized in the |
circui IS herein described, under this |
az endment to the Constitution, shall be |
as follows: The Judges of the present |
Court of Appeal of the Third and Fourth |
Circuits, as organized under the Consti- |
tution of 1879. and the Judge appointed |
under the authority of Act No. z of 1900,
to fill the vacancy in the Fifth Circuit.
shall constitute the Court of Appeals,
First Circuit of Louisiana, until the first
day fully, 1904. when three Judges shall
be appointed for said circuit; by the
Governor, by ard with the advice and
consent of the Senate whose term shall
expire one on December ist, 1868, one on
December 1st, 1905 ana one on December
LIST, 1904; and the Governor shall state in
the commission of each Judge the term
for hich he is appointed. and the iudges
of the present Court of Appeals of the
First and Second Circuits as organized