The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-09-22
NUMBER 80.


otherwise provided by law, shall be di-
gided into three districts each, as fol-
lows: The parishes of C;slcasieu, Cam
eron, Versniiion, Lafayette, ST. Martin,
Acadia, St. Landry, Vernon and Iberia
shall compose the First District of the
First Circuit, and the parishes of West
Baton Rouge, Ascension, Pointe Coupee,
Iberville, st. Mary, Terrebonne, AS
and Lafourehe shall compose
the Second District of the First Circuit3
and the parishes of East Baton Rouge,
Livingston, Tangipahoa, st. Helena, Sta
Tammany, East Feliciana, West Fefici-
ana and Washington shall compose the
Third District Of the First Circuit, and
the parishes of Richland, Concordia,
East Carroll, West Carroll, Franklin;
Tensas, Ouachita, Madison, Morehouse
and Catahoula shall compose the First
District of the Second Circuit, and the
parishes of Bienville, Claiborne, jack
son, Lincoln, Caldwell, Union, Boosters
Winn, Webster and Grant shall compose
the Second District of the Second Cir
cult, and the parishes OF Caddo, DeSoto,
Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, Avoy-
elles and Red River shall compose the
Third District of the Second Circuit.
For each of the circuits there shall be
elected three Judges, as herein provided
for, one Judge to be elected by the quail
flied electors of each district as above
designated.
The first Courts of Appeal to be or
ganized in the circuits herein establish
ed under this amendment to the Con-
stitution shall be as follows: There shalt
be elected by the qualified electors
thereof one Judge for each of the dis
tricts in the two circuits at the Congress
sional and Presidential elections in No.
yember, 1904. The judges for each OF
| the first districts above named shall be
| elected for term of four years, Begin
ming on the 1st day of January, 1905;
and the judges for each of the second
districts above named shall be elected
for a term of six years, beginning on.
said date; and the judges for each of
| the third districts above named shall be
/ elected for period of eight. years, be-
| ginning on said date. Upon expiration
! OF the term of office of each of the
| Judges thus elected, his successor shall
be elected for term of eight years, by
the qualified electors of such district OF
each circuit; the election of each judge
herein provided for shall take place at
the same time and place as the Con-
!. gressional election next preceding the
expiration Of his term; the judges pro-
i yided for herein are to be elected at the
same election as the submission of these
Constitutional amendments, with the
proviso that if these amendments to the
Constitution are adopted, the judges
elected hereunder shall qualify; if not,
then their election is to be null and void.
In case OF death, removal or resignation
from Office of any judge, the vacancy
shall be filled by appointment of the
Governor by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, until the next
Congressional election, at which time
his successor shall be elected. In case
any one of the circuit judges shall be,
from sickness or any other cause, unable
to attend any session of court, it shall
be competent for the other two judges to
appoint, i'll his place, qualified menu
ber OF the bar, who shall be sworn to sit
as Judge of said court during such abb
sence only, who shall receive such com
. pensation as the General Assembly may
fix, or the Courts Of Appeal may arrange.
for an interchange OF judges from one.
circuit to the other when a member of
the court is unable to attend from sick
ness or other cause. Until otherwise
J provided by the General Assembly, tho
) Court of Appeals of the First Circuit
: shall hold sessions Of court at Baton
! ! Rouge, Amite City, New Iberia, Frank
: lin, Opelousas, Crowley, Lake Charles
ard Thibodeaux, and such other places
as may be designated by said Court Of
Appeals, and the Court of Appeals for
: the Second Circuit shall hold sessions of
:. court at Monroe, Shreveport, Alexan-
! dria, Natchitoehes, Vidalia, Tallulah
: and Ruston and such other places as
Z may be designated ty said Court OF
!, AppeaIs. The sessions of said Courts
OF Appeal shall continue in each circrit
for a period of ten months, beginning on
!, the First Monday Of September Of each
: wear and ending on the last day OF June
of the following year; and said courts
), shall convene at the several places NAM
!, u ed as the public business may require,
= and shall keep their courts in session al
- such places until the cases before them
y are heard and finally determined. Until
|, otherwise provided by law, the time anc
y place for the return Of appeals shall %
- fixed by said court.
Nodecision shall be rendered by these
3 courts without the concurrence OF twt
= judges, but any two OF the judges q
- each circuit shall constitute Il quorum
@ for the transaction of business.
il' Sec. A. Be it further resolved; etc.
!, That Article i05 Of the Constitution 9
y the State of Louisiana shall be, and
hereby abrogated.
:. Sec. 5. Be it further resolved, etc
"a That Article f06 of the Constitution Q
~ the State of Louisiana be amended 8
as to read as follows:
e es Article 106. The sheriff of the paris
Z ne in which the sessions OF the court al
7. u held, shall attend in person, or by der
81 uty, to execute the orders of said cour
=. and the clerk of the district court of til
no parish in which the session OF the Cour
~ of Appeal are held shall serve as cler
20 of the Court Of Appeals and shall after
70 sessions of said court, either in perst
= - or by deputys until otherwise provide
q by the General Assembly. The costs
~ appeal in any case appealed to q
~ Courts OF Appeal shall not exceed n
10, dollars. The police juries Of the vario
.s 1se parishes of the State in which Il
w W Courts Of Appeal are held shall provi
laee suitable rooms for the holding OF ga
,,o oi courts so as not to interfere with &
lie, sessions OF the district or other courts
", Sec. s. Be it further resolved, ct
n5s' That the fourth paragraph OF Artia