The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-10-05
ACT NO. I37.

ACT NO. 1877.
By Mr.. Wimberly. House Bill No. lie.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing amendments to Articles 9S,
90, 100, 106 and Isl, and proposing
the repeal of Article los, of the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana,
relative to the Judiciary department.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State Of Louis
lana. two-thirds of all the members
elected to each House concurring, That
Article 9S of the Constitution of the
State OF Louisiana be amended so as to
read as foil VS.:
Article g.. The Courts of Appeal,
except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, shall have appellate jur-
isdiction on Y, which jurisdiction shall
extend to all cases, civil and probate,
when the matter in dispute or the
fund to be distributed shall exceed one
hundred do la $, exclusive of interest,
and sue appel shall be upon the law
ana the facts.
etc., That Article 80 of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana be so
amended as to read as follows:
Article 9! The Courts of Appeal
shall consistof three judges each. They
shall be citizens of the United States
aId qualified electors of this State,
learned in e law and shall have prac-
ticed law in this State for six years,
and shall have been actual residents of
the district from which they are elected
Or appointed for at least two years pre-
eeding their election or appointment.
They shall receive a salary of four
thousand dollars each per year, and the
Judges of the Court of Appeal for the
Parish of Orleans shall receive salary
Of FIVE thousand dollars each per year,
payable morthly on his own warrant,
and the L stature shall make adequate
appropriation to pay the same.
Section 3. Be it further resolved,
etc.. That Article 100 of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana be so
amended as to read as follows:
| Article 100. Exclusive of the par
;shes whose appeals are returnable to
the parish of Orleans, the State shall
be divided i. to two circuits to be sub
| divided into districts as hereinafter
crowded. Until otherwise provided by
law, the parishes of East Baton Rouge
West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangi
oahoe, Wa hington, st. Helena, Points
lCoupee zIberville, ST. M.ry, Terrebonne
Assumption, Lafourche, Ascension, Cal
casieu. Cameron, Vermillion, Lafayette
Iberia st. Marin, st. Tammany, Aca
dia, East f liciana, West Felieiana, st
Land v. and Vernon shall compose tn,
fir.t circuit and be known as tn,
Court of Appeals, First Circuit, Stat,
of Louisiana" and the parishes o.
lCaddo, Boss;er, Webster, Bienville. Clai
borne, Union, Lincoln, jackson, Cald
well, Winn, Natcbitoches, Sabine, d,
Soto, Red River, Ouaehita, Richland
Franklin, Catalonia. Concordia, Tensas
NJ: olson, East Carroll, West Carroll
Morehouse, Avoyelles, Rapides an,
Grant, shall compose the second circui
and be known as the "Court of APP
Ipeals, Second Circuit, State of Louis
lana -
The circuits above provided. for, un
til otherwise provided by law, shall b
divided in three districts each, as fol
lows: The parishes of Cnlcasieu, Cam
eron, yermillion, Lafayette, st. Mar
tin, Acadia, st. Landry, Vernon an,
iberia, shall compose the first distric
of the first circuit, and the parishe
jof West Baton Rouge, Ascension
Pointe Coupee, Iberville, st. Mary
Terrebonne, Assumption and Lafourch
shall compose the second distric of tn
.. first circuit; and the parishes Of Eas
Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangipahos
! st. Helena, st. Tammany, East Felie
lana, West .Feliciana and Washington
shall compose the third district Of tt
! ART circuit; ard Tia parishes Y Riel