The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-09-29
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AN ACT. -
SC luton proposing amendments
- AIe,faes ~ -. zoe. los and lsI. and
~. ,i, 1. the repeal OF Article les Of
siitution Of the State OF T,eu-
partment De-
section / Pc Il resolved by the Gen.
&c. &c. assembly OF the State of Louis.
'a' Two thirds of all the members
IL edcn House cnncurrine. Thst
as'e 90 OF the Constitution of the
TO read as follows. - as
AI'ieie sS- The Courts of Appeal. ex-
.sp. Us otnerwise provided in this Con-
a.. shaii nave appellate jurisdjc
..oh oniy. which jurisdiction shall ey-
40 ~ an cases. civil and promate
"nen .ns matter In dispute or the fund
- nc uislfinuted shall exceed One Hun
u.ea Doiiars. exclusive OF interest. ana
snai' not exceed Two Thousand Dol
as exclusive OF interest. and such
| facts. -u Tue
Sec. 2. BE it further resolved, etc.
ha. Article " of the Constitution of
Id
as TO read as follows.
Article So The Courts of An,a,1 .,,.,,
CONSIST or three judges each They
snaii De citlzens OF the United States
ana quaiified electors of this State.
iearned IN the law and shall have prac.
tlceo law in this State for six years
ana shaii have been actual residents of
the district from which they are elected
or appointed for at least two years
preceding their election or appoint
ment. They and the judges Of the
Court OF Appeals for the Parish of Or
leans shall each receive a salary of
not less than Four Thousand Dollars
per annum, payable monthly on his own
warrant. and the Legislature shall
make ADEQUATE appropriation to pay
the same.
Sec. 3. BE it further resolved. etc.
That Article 100 of the Constitution OF
the State of Louisiana be so amended
as to read as follows:
Article 100. Exclusive of the parishes
whose appeals are returnable to the
Parish of Orleans. the State shall be
divided into two circuits to be subii-
vfded into districts as hereinafter pro-
vided. Until otherwise provided by
law the parishes of East Baton Rouge,
West Baton Rouge. Livingston. Tangi-
pahoa. Washington. st. Helena. Pointe
Coupee, Iberyille. st. Mary. Terra
bonnie, Assumption. Lafourche Ascen-
sion. Calsasieu. Cameron. vermillion.
Lafayette. iberia, ST. Martin. ST. Tam
many. Acadia. East Feliciana. West
Feliciana. st. Landry and Vernon.
shall compose the first circuit and be
known as the Court of Appeals First
Circuit. State of louisiana" and the
parishes of Caido. Bossier. Webster.
Bienville. Claiborne. Union. lincoln
Jackson. Caldwell. W-fnn. Natchitoches.
Jackson. DeSoto. Red River. Ouchita.
Richland. Franklin. Catakoula. Con-
cordia. Tensas. Madison. East Carroll.
West Carroll. Morehousa. Avoyelles.
Rapides and Grant. shall compose the
Second Circuit to be known as the
Court of Appeals. Second Circuit. State
of Louisiana
The circuits above provided for, until
otherwise provided by law. shall be
divided into three districts EACH as fol-
lows. The parishes of CaISasieu. Cam
eron. verIriiiicn. Lafayette. st. Martin.
Acadia. St. Landry, Vernon and iberia.
shall compose the First District of the
First Circuit. and the parishes of West
ALTON Rouge. Ascension. Pointe Cou-
pee. Iberville. st. Mary. Terrabonne.
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 Feliciana,
West Feiiciana. and Washington shall
compose the Third District OF the First
Circuit: and the parishes of Richland.
Concordia, East Carroll. West Carroll.
Franklin. Tcnsas. Oouchita, Madison.
Morehouse. and Catahoula. shall COM
pose the First District OF the Second
Circuit: and the parishes Of BienvilIe.
Claiborne. jackson, Lincoln. Caldwell.
Union, Bossier. Winn. Webster and
Grant shall compose the Second Dis
trict of the Second Circuit: and the
parishes OF Caddo. DeSoto. Natchito- |
ches, Rapides. Sabine Avoyelles and
Red River shall compose 1<he 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 |
qualified electors of each district as
above designated.
The FIRST Courts of Appeal to be or |
ganized In the circuits herein estab- /
lished under this amendment to the
Constitution shall be as follows: There |
shall be elected by the qualified cleo
tors thereof one Judge for each OF the
districts In the two circuits at the Con- |
gressional and Presidential elections. |
In November. 1904. The judges for each /
OF the first districts above named shall
be elected for a term of four years. be-