Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-10-03

Amits City, New Iberia. Crowley,
Thibodaux and Lake Charles and
such other places rs may be desig-
mated BY said Court Of Appeals; and
the Court Of Appeals for the Second
oircuit shall hold sessions Of Court at
Shreveport. Monroe, OpelousaS and
Alexandria, and such other places as
may be designated by said Courts OF
Appeals. The terms Of Court to be
held ct said places fiom the first Mon
day of October to the end OF June OF
each year, and said court shall con-
vens 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 deter
mined. The time and place to which
appeals shall be made returnable from
the Parishes in said Circuit 10 be hxed
by said Court, until otherwise regu-
lated by Law.
Section s. Be Il further resolved,
ETC., That Article los Of the Cous'i-
tution Of the State Of Louisiana be so
amended asto read as followns:
Article 1o5. The Clerk of the Dis.
trict Courts of the Parish in which the
sessions Of the Courts Of Appeal
ere held shall serve ss 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 tho 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 juries 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 the District or other
Courts.
Section 6. Be 1t further. resolved,
etc., That Article 151 of the ccnsti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana be
amended so ss to read as 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 ia
the law and who shall have practiced
law in this State for six yeaEs, and
shall have been residento Of one of
the Parishes hereinafter named for at
least two years next preceding that
election, and they shall be elected for
q term Of twelve years. The said
Court, except as otherwise provided
in this Constitution, shall have sp-
pellate jurisdiction only, which juris-
diction shall extend to all cases, civil
or probate, when the matter in dis
puts, or the funds to be distributed,
shall exceed One Hundred Dollars,
exclusive Of interest, and shall not ex-
csed Five Thousand Dollars, exclu-
sivs Of interest. No judgment shall
be rendered by the Court Of Appeal
for the Parish Of Orleans without the
concurrence ai two judges, except as
as herein otherwise provided. When
two judges cannot concur for any
reason, the 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 the 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-
peals from the City Courts Of the City
of New Orleans, and all Appeals from
the said City Courts shall be tried de
novo and the judges of the said Court
OF Appeal may provide by rule that
one or more Of the Judges shall try
such cases, which they shall be au-
thorized to decide imm msdiately after
trial and without written opinions.
The first Court to be organized under
tais 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 dayAof December of the year OF
the expiration Of the terms for which
they were respectively slected, or un
til such time thereafter as their sue
cessors 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 az .