Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-10-03


which shall be presided over by one
judge, and which shall have iuris
diction within the territory herein
after prescribed, for the trial with
out jury and the punishment of al
Offenses against the State, where the
penalty does not exceed six months
! Imprisonment in the Parish Jail or q
| fine of three hundred dollars, or both
IN all other cases the judges of said
courts shall have jurisdiction as com
naItting magistrates, with authority
20 commit, bail or discharge.
The territorial Jurisdiction of the
First City Criminal Court shall ex-
Mend 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 iuris-
dlctlon 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,
nave 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 offenses 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 iuris-
diction of the other City Criminal
Court. In all cases it sail be lawful
for the judge assuming the iuris-
dlction 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 in the
law and shall have resided and prac-
tlced 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 a 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,
N equal monthly payments on his
own warrants.
Each judge shall appoint a clerk |
and such deputies as may be author
re by law, at salaries not exceeding
Twelve hundred dollars per annun.
except one deputy, who shall be a
and who NAV receive
salary not exceeding two thousand
dollars per annum, to be paid in t
monthly installnents by the City of
New Orleans.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
That the above amendment shall be
unlimited to the electors of this State
or approval or rejection at the Gen
raj Election for Congressman to be
leld in November, 1918, and that
he Secretary of State be directed to
insert upon the ballot to be used in
aid election, and in the proper col
INN, the following: "For the pro-
,osed amendment to Article 140 of
he Constitution, relative to the First
lily Criminal Court of the City of
Jew Orleans, and the Second CITY
,riminal Court of the City of New
)rleans," and the words: against
ne proposed amendment to Article
40 of the Constitution, relative to
ne First City Criminal Court of the
,ity New Orleans and the Second
Iity Criminal Court of the City Of
lew Orleans" and each elector shall /,
ldicate how he votes on the pro-
osed amendment as provided for in {
he general election laws of this
tate.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD, (
Speaker of the House of Repre-
entatives.
FERNAND MOUTON.
Lieutenant Governor and President t
! the Senate.
June %, 1918. S
R. G. PLEASANT, t
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
true copy:
JAMES J. BAILEY, t
Secretary of State.
ACT NO. ZIG. ?
ouse Bill No. 233. By Mr.. Nix. n
JOINT RESOLUTION. :
joint resolution proposing an :
amendment to Article 100 of the :
Constitution of the State of Louisi- = :,
ana, relative to Judicial officers for =
the Parish of Orleans. !.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the y
sneral Assembly of the State of =
'uisiana, two-thirds of all members D