The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-10-12

CLAIBORNE, JACKSON, Lincoln, tdtduouid,
Union, Bossier, Winn, Webster and
Grant, shall compose the second dis
trict of the second circuit; and the par
ishes of Caddo. DeSoto, Natchitoches,
Rapides, Sabine, Avoyelles 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 qualified
electors of each district rs above desig-
mated.
The first Courts of Appeals to be or
ganiZed in the circuits herein estab-
lished under this amendment to the
Constitution shall be as follows: There
shall be elected on January 10, 1907,
by the qualified electors thereof, one
Judge for each of the districts in the
two circuits. The judges for each of
the first districts above named shall be
elected for a term of four years, be-
ginning on the first day of March, 1907;
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 a period of eight years,
beginning on said date. Upon expira-
ton of the termo office of each of the
Judges thus elected, his successor shall
be elected for a term of eight years,
by 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-
occasional election next preceding the
In of
death, removal or resignation from of
flee of any judge, the vacancy shall be
filed 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 ease any one of
the circuit judges shall be, from sick
ness or any other cause, unable to at
tend any session of court, it shall be
competent for the other two judges to
appoint, in his place, a qualified MEM
Der of the bar, who shall be sworn to
sit as judge of said court during such
absence only. Who shall receive such
compensation as the General Assembly
NAV fix, or the Courts of Appeal may
arrange Tor an interchange of judges
from one circuit to the other when a
member of the court is unable to at
tend from sickness or other cause. I'm
til otherwise provided by the General
Assembly, the Court of Appeals of the
6rst circuit shall hold sessions of court
at Baton Rouge, Amite City, New Ibe
ria, Houma, Franklin, Opelousas, Crow
ley, Lake Charles, Thibodeaux and
Donaldsonville 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, Alex
andria, Natchitoehes, Vidalia, Tallulah,
and Ruston, and such other places as
may be designated by said Court of AD-
peals. The sessions of said Courts of
Appeal shall continue in each circuit for
period of ten months, beginning on
the first Monday of September of each
year, and ending on the last day of
June of the following year; and said
courts shall convene at the several
places named as the public business
may require, and shall keep their courts
in session at such places until the cases
before them are heard and finally de-
termined. Until otherwise provided by
law, the time and place for the return
of appeals shall be fixed by said court
No decisions shall be rendered by
these courts without the concurrence of
two judges, but any two of the judges
of each circuit shall constitute quorum
for the transaction of business.
Section 4. Be it further resolved,
etc., That Article los of the Constitu-
tion of the State of Louisiana shall be
and is hereby abropated.
Section 5. Be it further resolved,
etc., That Article LOG of the Constitu-
tion of the State of Louisiana be
amended so as to read as follows:
Article log. The sheriff of the parish
in which the sessions of the court are
held, shall attend in person, or by dep
uty, to execute the orders of said court,
and the clerk of the district court of
the parish in which the sessions of the
Courts OF Appeal are held shall serve as
clerF Of the Court of Appeals and shall
attend sessions of said court, either in
person or by deputy, until otherwise
provided by the General Assembly. The
costs of appeal in any case appealed to
the Courts of Appeal, of the first and
second circuits, shall not exceed five
dollars. The police juries of the va
rious parishes of the State in which
the Courts of Appeal are held, shall
provide suitable rooms for the holding
of said court so as not to interfere with
the session of the district or other
courts.
Section 6. Be it further resolved,
etc., That the fourth paragraph of Ar
ticle 131 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be so amended as to
read as follows:
Until otherwise provided by law, all
appeals within its jurisdiction from the
parishes of Orleans, st. James, st. John
the Baptist, st. Charles, Jefferson,
Plaquemines and st. Bernard shall be
returnable to said court, and the costs
of filing same shall not exceed five
dollars in each case.
Section Z. Be it further resolved,
etc., That the foregoing amendments to
the Constitution of the State shall be-
come operative on the first day of jan
uary, 1907, and all cases pending and
undetermined in the Courts of Appeals
as now constituted shall be transferred
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