The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-10-11

Amits City, New Iberia. Crowley,
Thibodaux and Lake Charles and
such other places as may be desig-
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
may 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-
vene 1t 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 DO fixed
by said Court, until otherwise regu-
lated by law.
Section 8. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That Article los of the Cous'i-
tution Of the State of Louisiana lie SO
amended a. to road as followns:
Article 1O5. The Clerk Of the Dis.
trtct 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 ard the
Clerk of the Cours Of Appeals for the
Parish of Orleans shall remain as now
fixed by tbs 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 hold, 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 191 of the Consti-
tuition of the State OF Louisiana be
amended 80 as to read as follows:
Article l31. 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 i'll
the law and who shall have practiced
law in this State for six years, 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-
pellste jurisdiction only, which juris-
diction shall extend to oil cases, civil
or probate, when the matter in dis
pute, or the funds to be distributed,
shall exceed One Hundred Dollars,
exclusive of interest, and shall not ex-
coed Five Thousand Dollars, exclu-
sivs Of interest. No judgment shall
be rendered by the Court Of Appeal
for the Parish OF Orleans without the
at two judges, except as
rs herein otherwise provided. Whea
two judges cannot concur for any
reason, the Court shall have author
ity to call upon any Judge or Judges
II tho 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 it may request judge or judges of
The Courts of Appeals to aid in the de-
Of the case. Said Courts
shall also have jurisdiction Of all ap-
9eals from the City Courts Of tho City
# New Orleans, and all Appeals from
he said City Courts shall be tried de
,ovo and the judges Of the said Court
If Appeal may provide by rule that
me or more of the judges shall try
'uch cases, which they shall be au-
horized to decide imm ediately after
rial and without written opinions.
rhe first Court to be organized under
his amendment shall be composed of
he present Judges of the Court OF
ppeals for the Parish of Orleans,
Who shall continue In office until the
lrst day of December of the year of
he expiration OF the terms for which
hey were respectively elected, or un
il such time thereafter as their sue
essors may be elected and qualified;
nd upon the expiration of the term
E tha nresant two Jud0es of said