The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-15

Carroll. West Carroll. Morehouse. Av-
Oyelles. Rapides and Grant shall com
pose the second circnit, and he known
as the Court Of Appeals, Second Cir
cult. State of Louisiana"
The circnits above provided for, un-
til otherwise provided by law. shall
he divided in three districts each, az
follows: The parishes Calcasieu. Cam
eron. vermillfor. Lafayette. st. Mar
! thu Acadia, st. Landry, Vernon and
iberia shall compose the first district
of the first circuit; and the parishes
of West Baton Rouge. Ascension.
P0inte COupet. Iberville. st. Mary.
Terrebonne, Assumption and La-
! fourche, shall compose the second
district Of the first circuit; and the
parishes of East Baton Rouge, Liv-
| ingston, Tangipahoa, ST. Helena. ST.
| Tammaiy, East Feliciana. West Fe-
liciana. and Washington. shall cum
pose the third district of the first cir
cult; and the parishes OF Richland,
Concordia. East Carroll, West Carroll,
Franklin, Tcnsss. Ouachita. Madison,
MOrehOusc and Caldwell shall COM
! POSC ttic utSI uiSlIlCO O tie tcCtuuU
circuit; and the parishes of Bic uville.
Claiborne. jackson. Lincoln. Cats.-
hOula. Union, BOssicr. VIM, Webs
ter and Grant shall compose the
second fod) district of the second
circuit; and the parishes Of Cad
do, DeSoto. Natchitoches. kapitles
Sabine. AvoyelIes and Red River shall
compose the third district Of the sec
L ot, "a -
there shall he elected three Judges, as
herein provided for. one Judge to he
elected Ivy the qualified electors of
each district as above designated.
The first Courts of Appeals to he
organized In the circuits herein estab-
lished under this amendment to the
Constitution shall be as follows:
There shall he elected on January
16. 1907. by the qualified electors
thereof, one Judge for each of the dis
tricts in the two circuits. The Judges
for each of the first districts above
named shall he elected FIR u term Of
four years, beginning ON the first day
Of March. 1907; aud tire 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 he eject
ed for a period of eight years. begfn-
ming. on said date. Upon expiration
of the term of office Of each OF the
judges thus elected, his successor shall
, he elected for u 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 congressional election next pre-
cefling the expiration of his term. In
case Of death, removal or resigna-
ton from Office Of any judge. the va
cancy shall be filed by appointment
of the Governor by and with the adj
vice and consent al the Senate, until
the next congressional election. At
which time his successor shall he
elected. In Case any one Of the cir
cult Judges shall he, from sickness or
any other canse. unable to attend
any session of court, it shall Ike COM
petent for the other two judges to
appoint. in his place, aqualified men,
her of the bar. who shah he sworn tn
sit us Judge of said court during such
absence only. Who shall receive
such compensation as the General
Assembly may fix, or the Courts of
Appeal may arrange for an inter-
change of judges from one circnit to
the other when n member of the
court is unable to attend from sick
ness or other cause. Until otherwise
provided by the General Assembly the
Court of Appeals of the first circuit
shall hold sessions ut court at Baton
Rouge, Amite City. New Iberia, Hon.
ma. Franklin, OpelOusas, Crowley.
Lake Charles. Thibotleaux and Dom
aldsonviile. and sneh other places as
may he designated 10y said Court Of
Appeals. and the Court Of Appeals
for the second circuit shall hold ses-
sions of court at Monroe. Shreveport.
Alexandria, Natchitoches, Vidalia,
Talluiah and Ruston. and such other
places as may be designated by said
Court Of Appeal. The sessions of
said Courts Of Appeal shall continue
in each circuit for n perion of ten
months. beginning On the first Mon
day Of September of each year and
ending on the last day of June of the
following year; and said courts shall
convene at the &c veral 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 determin-
led. Until other wise 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 tw % judges. but any two OF the
judges of each circuit shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction Of busi-
ness.
Section 4. Be It further resolved,
etc, That Article los of the Cunstitu-
ton Of the State Of Louisiana, shall
be and is hereby abrogated.
Section 5. Be it resolved, etc. That
Article log Of the Constitution of the
State Of Louisiana be amended so as
tn read as follows:
Article 106. The sheriff of the par
18Th in which the sessions of the court
are held. shall attend in person, or
by deputy, to execute the orders of
said court, and the clerk of the dis
trict court Of the parish in which the
sessions of the Courts of Appeal are
held shall serve as clerk of the Court
of Appeals and shall attend sessions
of said court, either in person or by
deputy, until otherwise provided by
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