Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-08-29

and the Second City Criminal Court
of the City of New Orleans, each of
which shall be presided over by one
| judge, and which shall have juris-
dictlon within the territory herein
after prescribed, for the trial with
out jury and the punishment of all
otfenses against the State, where the
penalty does not exceed six months
Imprisonment in the Parish Jail or a
fine of three hundred dollars, or both ;
IN all other cases the judges of said
courts shall have jurisdiction as COM
hitting magistrates, with authority
to commit, bail or discharge.
The territorial jurisdiction of the
First City Criminal Court shall ex-
tend over the First, Fourth, Sixth
and Seventh Municipal Districts of
New Orleans, and the Second City
Criminal Court over the Second,
Third and Fifth Municipal Districts
of said city. In case of vacancy in
the Office, recusation. disability or
absence with or without leave of
either of said judges to issue war
rants Of arrest for the apprehension
of parties accused within the juris-
dictIon Of the judge he replaces, and
to make any order of commitment
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 mo-
ton of the prosecution officer, or of
the accused or his counsel, the other
judge, acting within his discretion,
may proceed to try and discharge or
convict and sentence parties accused
of otfenses charged to have been
committed within the jurisdiction of
the court wherein the vacancy exists.
In like manner, acting also within
his discretion, upon formal applica-
ton made, he may, as committing
magistrate, examine and discharge,
bail or permit parties accused of
offenses charged to have been COM
mitted within the territorial juris-
diction of the other City Criminal
Court. In all cases it sail be lawful
for the judge assuming the iuris-
diction under the provisions of this
paragraph to issue warrants of ar
rest, make preliminary orders and
have the accused brought before him,
although sitting in his own court:
or he may, in his discretion, occupy
the bench of the judge he replaces.
Said judges shall be elected by the
voters of the City of New Orleans,
at large, for the term of. four years,
at the parochial and municipal cleo
tons. They shall be learned i'll the
law and shall have resided and prac-
ticed at 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 four thousand dollars, three
thousand of which shall be paid by
the State in equal monthly payments
on his own warrant, and one thousand
dollars by the City of New Orleans,
in equal monthly payments on his
own warrants.
Each judge shall appoint a clerk
and such deputies as may be author
ize by law, at salaries not exceeding
twelve hundred dollars per annum,
except one deputy, who shall be a
stenographer, and who may receive
salary not exceeding two thousand
dollars per annum, to be paid in
monthly installments by the City of
New Orleans.
Section 2. Be it further resolved.
That the above amendment shall be
submitted to the electors of this State
for approval or rejection at the Cen
eral Election for Congressman to be
held in November, 1918, and that
the Secretary of State be directed to
insert upon the ballot to be used in
said election. and in the proper col
umn, the following: "For the pro-
posed amendment to Article 140 of
the Constitution, relative to the First
City Criminal Court of the City of
New Orleans. and +he Second City
Criminal Court of the City of New
Orleans" and the words: against
the proposed amendment to Article
140 of the Constitution, relative to
the First City Criminal Court of the
City New Orleans and the Second
City Criminal Court of the City of
New Orleans" and each elector shall
indicate how he votes on the pro-
posed amendment as provided for in
the general election laws of this
State.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved: June 20, 1918.
R. C. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY,
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. 116.
House Bill No. 233. BY Mr.. Nix.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to Article 100 Of the |