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mated by said Court Of Appeals; and
the Court OF Appeals for the Second
Circuit shall hold sessions of Court at
Shreveport. Monroe. Opelousas and
Alexandria, and such other places as
msy be designated by said Courts OF
Appeals. The terms of Court to be
held at said places from the first Mon
day of October to the end Of June OF
each year, and said court shall con-
veno at the different return places
herein named as tho public business
may require, and shall keep their
Court in session until the cases before
them are heard and finally deter
mined 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 1egu-
lated by law.
Section s. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That Article 1O5 of the Cous'i-
tuition of the State of Louisiana be SO
amended as to read as fSllowns:
Article los. The Clerk of the Dis.
trict Courts of the Parish in which the
sessions of the Courts of Appeal
are held shall serve as Clerk
OF the Court of Appeals, 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 other
wise provided by the General Assem-
bly,. The cost of appeal in any case
appealed to the Court of Appeals
shall not exceed Six Dollars. The
Police iuries of the various Parishes
of the State in which the Courts OF
Appeals are held, shall provide suit
able rooms for the holding of such
Courts. so as not to interfere with the
sessions of tho District or other
Courts.
Section 6. Be it further resolved,
etc., That Article 131 of the Consti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana be
amended so as to read az follows:
Article l3l. There shall be Court
of Appeal known and designated as
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 shall have practiced
law in this State for six years. and
shall have been residents Of one of
the Parishes hereinafter 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 provided
in this Constitution, shall have ap-
pellate jurisdiction only, which juris-
diction shall extend to all cases, civil
or probate, when the matter in dis
pute, or tho funds to be distributed,
shall exceed One Hundred Dollars,
exclusive of interest, and shall not OK
coed Five Thousand Dollars, exclu-
sive OF interest. No Judgment shall
be rendered by the Court Of Appeal
for the Parish Of Orleans without the
concurrence af two judges, except as
as herein otherwise provided. When
two judges cannot concur for any
reason, tho Court shall have author
ity to call upon any Judge or Judges
Of the District Court within its terri
tory Of Jurisdiction, whose duty it
shall be when called upon to aid in
the determination of tho case:
or 1t may request judge or judges of
the Courts Of Appeals to aid in the de-
termination Of the case. Said Courts
shall also have jurisdiction Of ell ap-
pesls from the City Courts Of the City
Of New Orleans, and oil Appeals from
the said City Courts shall be tried de
novo and tho judges Of the said Court
of Appeal may provide by rule that
ono or moro Of the Judges shall try
such cases, which they shall be au-
thorized to decide imm ediately after
trial and without written opinions.
Ths first 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 continue in Office until the
first dny of December Of the year OF
the expiration of the terms for which
they were respectively elected, or un
til such time thereafter IS their sue
cessors may be elected and qualified;
and upon the expiration of the term
of tho present two judges of said
Court which term expires in 1904.
there shall be elected at the general
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