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ACT 80. 1872.
ACT 80 1872.
BY Mr.. Barrett Senate Bill No 122.
AN ACT


AN ACT.
Joint resolution propsing amendments
to Article =, %, 100 10G ana l2l anj
proposing the repeal Of Article 100 of
the Constitution Of the state Of Lou
isiana relative TO the judiciary De-
partment.
Section /. z" II rego'vo1 by tn" G"n-
cral Assembly # the state u Louis
Iona, tWo-thirds Of all the members
elected to each House coacIrrtng IHa'
Article IS Of III Constitution u Tao
State of Louisiana be ameuIeI 70 az
to read as follows:
Article IS. The Courts Of Appeal, az
cept as otherwise provided in this Con-
stltution, shall have appellate iurisi'c-
ton only, which Jurisdiction shall eX-
tend 10 all cases, civil and probate,
when the matter in dispute or the fund
to be distributed shall exceed one Hun
dred Dollars, exclusive Of interest, ani
shall not exceed TWO Thousand Dollars,
exclusive Of interest, and such appeal
shall be upon the law and the facts
Section 9 Be it further resolved, etc,
that Article 80 OF the Constitution Of
the State OF Louisiana be SO attended
as to read as follows: ~
Article 80. The Courts of AppH shatl
consist Of three judgAs jeah. They
shall be citizens Of the Nntted states
and qualified eecto Fs\ q Mis- State,
learned in the law and AbaNl Aave prac-
ticed law IN this MateNfbr siy/tears and
shan have been a&tuaMesi5ents of the
district fronp/whch they are elected or
appointed for ATHEIST ytvo years pre-
ceding their \electioA Or appointment.
They and the budge5Npf the Court OF
Appeals for ths Parish of Orleans shall
each receiveN salary Of not less than
four Thousand dollars per annum. pay
able(NopAhN on his own warrant and
the DGfehtFe shall make adequate
apptopri lion to pay the same.
Section 3. Be it further resolved, etc.
That Efticle 100 of the Constitution of
the State of LQHfsiaha be so amended
as TO read as follows
Article 100. I Exclusive Of the parishes
whose appeals are teturnable to the
Parish Of q leans. the state shall be
divided into >cvre-e++e+aits to be subdi
vided into districts as aerNnafter pro-
vided. Until otherwise provided by law
the parishes Of East Baton Rouge.
West Baton Rouge. tivingfon, Tangi-
pahoa, Washington. St ftflena, POinte
Coupee, Ibarville. St Mary, Terrebone,
Assumption, Lafourche. Ascension. Cal
Casicu, Cameron, Veymillion. Lafayette,
Iberia, st. Martin. St. Tammany,
Acadia, East Feliciana. West Feliciana,
St Landry and Vernon, shall compose
the first circuit and Ee known as the
of Louisiana" aad the parishes Of
Caddo, Bosssf webster, HenviIle.
Claiborfel VIZ Lincoln, Jackson,
Caldwell Winb, Eatchitoches, Sabine,
DeSeto. Red HiyeRy Qua chita, Richland.
Fra nklin, EatGbSuA, Concordia, Ten
sas. MadisoE NySt Carroll, West Car
ROLL Moreh0ds<. Avoyellss. Rapidss.
and GraDX Shall compose the Second
Circuit and be known rs the Court of
Appeals Second Circuit, State Of Louis
lana"
The circuits above provided for. until
otherwise provided by law, Shall be
divided into three districts each. as fol-
lows: The parishes Of Calcasieu. Cam
eron. Vermillion. Lafayette. st. Martin,
Acadia, ST. Landry, Vernon and Iberia.
shall compose the Firatfistrict of the
First Circuit and the parishes Of West
Baton Rouge, Ascension, Pninte COu-
pee, 1berville. st. Mary. Terrebone.
Assumption and LafourChe shall com
pose the Second District of the First
Circuit; and the parishes Of East Baton
Rouge. Livingston, Tangipahoa, St
Helena, st. Tammany. East Felicianq,
West Feliciano and Washington shall
compose the Third District Of the First
Circuit; and the parishes of Riehland,
Concordia, East Carroll, West Carroll
rankin, Madison. Tensas Ouachta,
Morehouse and Cetahouia shall COM
pose the First District Of the Second
Circuit: and the parishes of Bienville
Claiborne, Jackson. Lincoln, Caldwell.
Unon, Bossier, VIM, Webster and
Grant shall compose the Second Dis
trict OF the Second Circuit: and the
parishes of Caddo. DeSoto, Natehito-
ches. Rapides. Sabine, Avoyeues and
Red River shall compose the Third
District Of the Second Circuit For
each OF the circuits there shall be
elected three iu2gos. az harala provided
for, sns jgags to ss slsn'ea by the