Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-10-24

7 Amit. City, New Iberia, Crowley,
Th;hodaux and Lake Charles and
sncb other places as may be desig-
mated by said Court Of Appeals; ana
the Court of Appeals for the Second
C;rcuit shall hold sessions OF Court at
Shreveport. Monroe, ops!ousas ana
Alexandria, and such other places as
NAV be designated by said Courts oil
Appeals. The terms o! Court to be
held at said places from the first Mon
a., ., october to the end Of June ol
each wear. ond said court shall con-
v.ns st the different return places
herein named as the public business
may require. and shall keep their
court in session until the cases before
than are heard and finally deter
mined. The time and place to which
sppesls shall be made returnable from
the Parishes in said circuit TO be hxed
bv said court, until otherwise regu-
lated by law.
section 5. Be IL further resolved,
ate That Article 105 Of the Cousti-
tntion of the State of Louisiana be so
amended as to read as followns:
Article 1o5. The Clerk Of the Dis.
trict Courts Of the Parish in which the
sessions of the Courts OF Appear
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
axed 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 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 it further resolved,
etc., That Article l31 Of the Consh-
tuition of the State OF Louisiana bs
amended so as to read as followsi
Article l3I. There shall be Cour'
4 of Appeal known and designsted al
+. the Court of Appeal for the Parish o
Orleans, which shall be composed o
three judges, who shall be learned il
4 the law and who shall have practice(
!, law in this State for six yeNss, and
: shall have been resident0 of one o
= the Parishes hereinafter named for q
= least two years next preceding tha
Q election, and they shall be elected fol
n q term OF twelve years. The sal
d Court, except as otherwise provided
q in this Constitution, shall have ap
q pellate jurisdiction only, which juris
n diction shall extend to all cases, civi
II or probate, when the matter in dis
n puts, or the funds to be distributed
II shall exceed One Hundred Dollars
|. exclusive of interest, and shall not 81
IF ceed Five Thousand Dollars, exclr
10 sive Of interest. No judgment sha
l. be rendered by the Court of Appei
}, for the Parish Of Orleans without th
Ie concurrence af two judges, except g
II as herein otherwise provided. Whe
IL two judges cannot concur for an
st reason, the Court shall have autho
st ity to call upon any Judge or Judge
es Of the District Court within its terr
~ tory Of jurisdiction, whose duty
70 shall be when called upon to aid i
m the discrimination Of the cas-,
It, or it may request judge or judges (
I'd the Courts of Appeals to aid in the d
le termination Of the case. Said Cour
IN shall also have jurisdiction OF all o.
is peals from the City Courts Of the Oil
g. of New Orleans, and all Appeals fro
i'd the said City Courts shall be tried
er novo and the judges of the said Cou
er of Appeal may provide by rule tn
D. one or more Of the Judges shall t
a. such cases, which they shall be a
n. thorized to decide immediately aft
ly trial and without written opinion
be The first Court to be organized und
of tais amendment shall be composed
v, the present Judges Of the Court
D. Appeals for the Parish of Orlean
M who shall continue ip ofice until Il
n first day Of December of the year
I6, the expiration Of the terms for viii
nd they were respectively elected, or u
be til such time thereafter as their su
'Or cessors may be elected and qualitie
nd and upon the expiration Of the tel
Of of the present two Judges Of 50
.p- Court which term expires in 19C
cd there shall be elected ct the gene
,c- State election next preceding the e
ke pirstien Of their terms of office, {,
IT. judges fOr said Court, one thereof |