The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-10-18

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by the Governor of Louisiana. by and
with the advice and consent of the Sem
ate to serve until July 1st, 1904 and shall
constitute the Court of Appeals, Second
Circuit of Louisiana, until the 1st day of
July. 1904, when three judges shall be
appointed for said Circuit; whose COM
mission shall expire one on December lst
| 1908, one December 1st, 1905, and one on
| December lst, 1904, and the Governor
| shall designate in the commission -ofeach
| the term for which said Judge is appoint
ed. and upon the expiration of the term
OF office OF each of the judges thus APP
| pointed, his successor small be elected for
| term OF eight years The election here
in provided for shall take place at the
| salhe time that representatives in Con-
gress are elected, the first Of said election
being in November, 1904, and the judges
appointed 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 by appein tment
for the unexpired term of said Judge.
Until otherwise provided by the General
Assembly, the Court of Appeals of the
First Circuit shall hold sessions of Court
at Baton Rouge. Amite City, New IBERIA
Crowley, IhlbOdauX, and Lake Charles.
and sRch other places as may be desIg-
mated by said Court of Appeals; and the
Court OF Appeals for the Second Circuit
port, Monroe, Opelousas and Alexandria,
and such other places Us may be designat-
ed by said Courts 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
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 whfch appeals shall be made
retHrnabte from the Parishes IN said Cir
otherwise regulated by law.
Section s.. Be it further resol we'd, etc,
That Article los of the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana be so amended as
to read as follows:
Article los. The Clerk of the District
Courts of the Parish in which the ses-
sions of the Courts of Appeal are held.
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 Parish of Orleans shall remain
as now fixed by the Constitution. until
otherwise provided by the General As
adpealed to the Court of Appeals shall
not exceed Six Dollars. The Pelice Juries
of the various Parishes of the State in
wAioh the Courts of Appeals are held,
shall provide suitable rooms for the
holding OF such courts, so as not to inter
fere with the 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 tollows:
: Article 131. There shall be court of
Appeal known and designated as the
cenrt of Appeal for the Parish of Orleans,
which shall be composed of three judges,
who shall be learned in the law and who
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 Conrt.
stitution, shall have appellate jurisdic-
tion only, which jurisdiction shall extend
to all cases, civil or probate, when the
matter in dispute, or the funds to be dis
tributed. shall exceed One Hundred Dol
lars. exclusive of interest. and shall not
exceed Five Thousand Dollars, exclusive
dered by the court of Appeal for the Par
ish of Orleans without the concurrence of
twojudges, except as herein otherW iSe
provided. When two judges cannot con-
cur for any reason, the Coart shall have
authority. to call upon any Judge or
JuuSeS VI tue DlStrlCG CouTt WlGnin It's
territory of jurisdiction, whose duty it
shall be when called upon o aid in the de-
termination of the case: or it may request
a judge or judges of the courts of Appeals
to aid in the determination of the case.
Said courts shall also have jurisdiction of |
all appeals 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 |
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