The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-09-08

to commit. bail or discharge.
The territorial jurisdiction of the First
City Criminal Court shall extend over
the First. Fourth, Sixth and Seventh
municipal districts of New Orleans; and
the Second City Criminal Court over the
Second, Thin and Fifth municipal dis
tricts of said city. In case of vacancy
in the office, recusation, disability or
absence with or without leave, of either /
of said judges, it shall be the duty OF
the other judge to issue warrants of ar
rest for the apprehension of parties ac-
eused within the jurisdiction of the
Judge he replaces, and to make any or
der of commitment or admitting to bail |
that may be necessary and proper and
might in due course, have been made by
the judge within whose jurisdiction the
offense was committed. And in case OF
such vacancy, recusation, absence or dis
ability of one of said Judges, on motion
Of the prosecuting officer, or of the ac-
acting within his discretion, may pro-
acting within his dishcretion, may pro-
coed to try and discharge or convict and
sentence parties accused of o6fenses charg-
ed to have been committed within the
jurisdiction of the court wherein the va
cancy exist, or whereof the judge is re-
cused, absent or disabled. In like man.
ner, acting also within his discretion,
upon formal application made he may rs
committing magistrate examine and dis
charge, bail or commit parties accused
| of offenses charged to have been Commit
ted within the territorial jurisdiction OF
the city criminal court. In all such
cases it shall be lawful for the judge as
| Stunning jurisdiction under the provision
| of this paragraph to issue warrants OF
arrest, make preliminary orders and have
the accused brought before him, although
sitting in his own court; or he may, in
his discretion, Occupy the benA Of the
Judge he replaces. Said judge shall be
elected by the voters of the City of New
Orleans, at large, fpr the term of four
years; the first election therefor shall be
held at the congressional election in No
vember, 1898, and the judges then elect
ed shall serve until May l, 1900, and
their successors shall be elected at the
parochial and municipaF election in the
year 1899. They shall be learned in the
law, and shall have resided and prac-
tieed az attorneys in the City of New
Orleans for not less than three years
before their election or appointment. The
Judges Of said courts shall each receive
yearly compensation Of $4,000 payable
monthly on his own warrant. Each judge
shall appoint clerk and such deputies
as may be authorized by law, at sala-
ries not exceeding $1,000 per annum,
except one deputy, who shall be ste
nographr, and who may receive salary
not exceeding 81 30 per annum, to be
paid in monthly installments by the City
of New Orleans.
Section .. Be it further resolved etc.
That said proposed amendments be sub
mitted to the electors for their approval
or rejection as required by Article 32l
or the Constitution of Louisiana, and the
general election laws of this Stae at
the congressional election to be held in
this State in November, 1906.
i J. W. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
i j. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved June 20, 1906.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,
Governor or the Statesof Louisiana.
\ A true copy:
JOHN. T. MICHEL
Secretary Of State.
i ACT NO. 122.
BY Mr.. Beale. Senate Bill No. go
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amQdment to Article PSI
of the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana, relative to drainage dis
tricts.
; Section /. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana
two-thirds of all the members elected
to each House concurring, That al
I amendment to the Constitution Of tn,
State Of Louisiana be submitted to the
qualified electors of the Safe for theil
| approval or rejection, as required b,
| Article 321 Of the Constitution, at tn,
congressional election on the first Tues
day next following the first Monday il
November 1906, amending Article %
Of the Constitution 50 as to read as fol
| lows: e.
Article 2s1. Municipal corporations
parishes, school districts and drainag
and sewerage districts, the City of Ne
Orleans excepted, when authorized to
50, by q vote Of a majority in humble
+ and amount Of the property taxpayers