The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-09-14
ACT NO I37.

by Mr.. NlmDefIN. 1ouSt Dill NJ. i1o.
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 l. Be it resolved by the Gen.
aral Assembly of the State of Louis
lana, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each House coneurring, That
Article 9S of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be amended so as to
read as follows:
Article %. The Courts of Appeal,
except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution. shall have appellate iur-
isdiction 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 80. The Courts OF Appeal
shall consistof three judges each. They
shall be citizens of the United States
and qualified electors of this State,
learned in the 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-
/ ceding 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 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
ton of the State of Louisiana be SC
amended as to read as follows:
4 Article 100. Exclusive of the par
ishes whose appeals are returnable t.
the parish of Orleans, the State shall
be divided into two circuits to be sub
divided into districts as hereinafter
provided. Until otherwise provided By
iiaw, the parishes of East Baton Rouge
West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangi
pahoe, Washington, st. Helena, Point,
Coupee, IbervilIe, st. Mary, Terrebonne
Assumption, Lafourche,, Ascension, Cal
casieu. Cameron, Vermillion, Lafayette
liberia, st. Martin, st. Tammany, Aca
dia, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, st
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, Cald
well, Winn. Eatehitoches, Sabine, ID
Soto, Red River, Ouaehita, Richland
Franklin, Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas
Madison, East Carroll, West Carroll
Morehouse, Avoyelles, Rapides an,
Grant, shall compose the second eircui
and be known as the aCourt of Ap
peals. Second Circuit, State Of Louis
lana.
The circuits above provided for, un
It'll otherwise provided by law, shall b
divided in three districts each, as fol
lows: The parishes Of Cnleasieu, Cam
eron, Vermillion, Lafayette, st. Mar
tin, Acadia, st. Landry, Vernon an,
Iberia, shall compose the first distric
of the first circuit, and the parishe
OF West Baton. Rouge, Ascension
Pointe Coupee, Iberville, st. Mary
ITerreb0nne, Assumption and Lafourch
shall compose the second distric of til
!, first circuit; and the parishes Of Eas
Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangipahos
. st. Helena, St Tammany, East Fclie
llama, West FelicianA and Washington
lshall compoee tAe third district Of Il
l1x1t circuit; I'D the paxishes of Ricl