The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-09-21
ACT NO. 1877.

ACT NO. 137.
BY Mr.. Wimberly. House Bill No. 116.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing amendments to Articles 9S,
90, 100, LOG and 131. 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 Horse concurring, That
Article 9S of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be amended so as to
read as follows:
Article 9S. The Courts of Appeal,
except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, shall have appellate jur-
;sdiction only, which jurisdiction shall
extend to all eases, civil and probate,
when the matter in dispute or the
fund to be distributed shall exceed one
hundred dollars, exclusive of interest,
and such appeal shall be upon the law
and the facts.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc, That Article 80 of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana be so
amended as to read as follows:
Article 49, The Courts of Appeal
shall consistof three judges each. They
shall be citizens of the United States
ands qualified electors of this State,
learned in the law and shall have prac-
siced 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-
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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 monthly on his own warrant,
and the Legislature shall make adequate
appropriation to pay the same.
Section 3. Be it further resolved
etc.. That Article 100 of the Constitu
lion of the State of Louisiana be SC
amended as to read as follows:
| Article 100. Exclusive of the par
ishes whose appeals are returnable t
the parish of Orleans, the State shall
De divided into two circuits to be sub
| divided into districts as hereinafter
provided. Until otherwise provided b,
law, the parishes of East Baton Rouge
West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangi
pahoe, Washington, st. Helena, Point
lCoupee, Iberville, st. Mary, Terrebonne
Assumption, Lafourche, Ascension, Cal
casieu. Cameron, Vermillion, Lafayette
Iberia, st. Martin, st. Tammany, AGA
dia, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, s,
Landry, and Vernon shall compose tn
first circuit and be known as tn
Court of Appeals, First Circuit, Stat
of louisiana and the parishes o
Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Bienville, Clai
borne, Union, Lincoln, jackson, Gallo
well, VIM, Natchitoches, Sabine, ID
Soto, Red River, Ouachita, Richlant
Madison, East Carroll, West Carol
Morehouse, Avoyelles, Rapides an
Grant, shall compose the second circui
and be known az the "Court of Ar
peals. Second Circuit, State of Louii
iana.''
The circuits above provided for, VI
til otherwise provided by law, shall b
divided in three districts each, as TO
lows: The parishes of Cnlcasieu, Can
eron, VermilTon, Lafayette, st. Ma
tin, Acadia, st. Landry, Vernon an
Iberia, shall compose the first distrit
Iof the first circuit, and the parisht
lof West Baton Rouge, Ascension
Pointe Coupee, Ibcrville, st. Mar,
Terrebonne, Assumption and Lafourch
shall compose the second distric of th
: first circuit; and the parinhes Of Eai
Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangipaho'
Isl. Helena, 81 Tammany East Fell
7Sna. Wet FeIicinnn md Washington
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