The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-10-02
9o4. 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
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 Alexandra, 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.
Section 5. Be it further resolved, etc.,
That Article los of the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana be so amended as
to read as follows:
Article t05. 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 shall
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| Juries of the various Parishes of the
State in which the Courts are held, shall
provide suitable rooms 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:
| Article 13t. 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 OF
probate, when the matter in dispute, o.
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 judg.
ment shall be rendered by the Court o.
Appeal for the Parish of Orleans withou
the concurrence Of two Judges, excep
as herein otherwise provided. When twt
Judges cannot concur for any reason, the
Court shall have authority to call upoI
any Judge or Judges of the District Cour
within its territory of jurisdiction, who's
duty it shall be wnen called upon to ali
in the determination of the case; or
may request a Judge or Judges of thu
: 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 Cit,
: Courts shall be tried de novo, and tn
: Judges of the said Court Of Appeals ma,
provide by rule that one or more of th,
Judges shall try such cases, which the,
, shall be authorized to decide immediatel,
after trial and without written opinions
The Court to be organized under thi
amendment shall be composed of tn
) present Judges of the Court of Appeal
for the Parish of Orleans, who shall con
tinue in Office until the first day OF De
: cember of the year of the expiration o
the terms for which they were respec
} lively elected, or until such time there
: after as their successors may be electe
and qualified; and upon the expiration
of the term of the present two Judges o
said Court, which term expires in 1904
there shall be elected at the general Stat
election next preceding the expiration o
their terms of Office, two Judges for sal
Court, one thereof for term of eigh
years, and the other thereof for term Q
twelve years. And upon the expiration
of the term of office Of the other presen
Judge thereof, whose term expires i
1908, there shall be elected at the genera
State election next preceding the expira
ton of his term, one Judge for the teri
of twelve years. All subsequent election
for Judges for said Court shall be for
term of twelve years and shall be held q
the general State election next precedin
the expiration of the term of the Judge
of said Court. Said Court shall sit in tn
/ Parish of Orleans and shall hold il
sessions from the second Monday j
} October until the end of the month {
June of each year.
Vacancies occasioned by death, resig
, nation or otherwise, shall be filled fc
} the unexpired terms by appointment {
} the Governor, with the advice and con