The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-10-26
ACT NO. 1877.

ACT NO. 137.
BY Mr.. Wimberly. House Bill No. 116.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing amendments to Articles 9s,
80, 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.
eral Assembly of the State of Louis
lana, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each House concurring. That
Article 90 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be amended so as to
read as follows:
!. Article IS. The Courts of Appeal,
except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, shall have appellate iur-
isdiction only. which jurisdiction shall
fextend to all cases, 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.
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-
tion of the State of Louisiana be so
amended as to read as follows:
Article 100. Exclusive of the par
ishes whose appeals are returnable to
the parish of Orleans, the State shall
be divided into two circuits to be SUBJ
divided into districts as hereinafter
provided. Until otherwise provided by
law, the parishes of East Baton Rouge,
West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangi-
pahoe, Washington, st. Helena, Pointe
Coupee, Iberville, st. Mary, Terrebonne,
Assumption, Lafourche, Ascension, Cal
casieu, Cameron, Vermillion, Lafayette,
Iberia, st. Martin, st. Tammany, Aca-
dia, 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
Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Bienville, Clai-
borne, Union. Lincoln, Jackson, Cald-
well, Winn, Natchitoehes, Sabine, De
Soto, Red River, Ouachita. Richland,
Franklin, Catahoula. Concordia, Tensas.
Morehouse, Avoyelles, Rapides and
Grant, shall compose the second circuit
and be known as the tCourt of APP
peals, Second Circuit, State of Louis
lana"
The circuits above provided for, I'M
til otherwise provided by law, shall be
divided in three districts each. as fol
lows: The parishes of Calcasieu, Cam
eron, Vermillion, Lafayette, St. Mar
tin, Acadia, st. Landry, Vernon and
Iberia, shall compose the first district
of the first circuit, and the parishes
of West Baton Rouge, Ascension,
Pointe Coupee, Iberville, st. Mary
Terrebonne, Assumption and Lafourche
shall compose the second distric of the
first circuit; and the parishes of East
Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangipahoa,
st. Helena, st. Tammany, East Felic.
lana, West Feliciana and Washington
shall compose the third district of the
first circuit; and the parishes Of Rich.
land. Cuncordia, East Carroll, West Car