Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-08


proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Texas
providing for a Supreme Court of
nine members, and for continuous
session of that Court
BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE
OF TEXAS:
Section /. That Sections 2 and 8
OF Article 5 of the Constitution of
the State of Texas be amended so
as to hereafter read as follows:
Article 5. Section 2. The ST.
preme Court shall consist of a
Chief Justice and eight Associate
justices, any five of whom shall
constitute a quorum, and the con-
currence of five shall be necessary
10 a decision of a case; in other
matters, until otherwise provided
by Law, the jurisdiction of the
Court shall be exercised under
SUCH regulations and orders as the
Court by a majority vote may pre-
scribe. No person shall be eligible
10 the office of Chief Justice or
Associate Justice of the Supren.
court unless he be. at the time of
MS election, a citizen Of the United
states and Of this State and IN
less ne shall have attained the age
Oh thirty years, and shall have
been a practicing lawyer or a Judge
OF a court, or such lawyer and
Judge together at least even years
Said Chief Justice and Associate
Justices shall be elected by the
qualified voters Of the State at a
general election, shall hold their
of1lces six years, or until their
successors are elected and uuaIi-
lied, and shall receive such COM
%pensation as may be provided bv
law. In case Of a vacancy in the
office Of Chief Justice Of the Su-
preme Court, the governor shall
I'LL the vacancy until the next gem
eral election for State officers. and
at such general election the vacancy
Tor the u~nexpired term shall be
filled by election by the qualified
voters Of the state. The Judges
OF the Supreme Court who may be
IN office at the time this amend
ment takes effect shall continue
IN office until the expiration of
their term of office under the
present Constitution, and until
their successors are elected and
qualified. When this amendment
takes effect, the governor shall i'm
medlately appoint six additional
Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court for terms of office SO that
the terms of two of such appointed
Associate Justices shall expire with
the term of office Of each Of the
present members Of the Supreme
Court, and, upon the qualification
OF such new Justices, the Commits
sion Of Appeals of the State OF
Texas shall terminate"
Article V. Section 3. The SUI
preme Court shall have appellate
jurisdiction only except as herein
specified. which shall be co-exten-
slve with the limits of the state
It's appellate Jurisdiction shall ex-
tend to questions of law arising in
cases of which the Courts Of Civil
Appeals have appellate jurisdiction
under such restrictions and regula-
tionS as the Legislature may pre-
scribe Until otherwise provided
by law, the appellate jurisdiction OF
the Supreme Court shall extend tc
questions of law arising in the cases
in the Courts of Civil Appeals In
which the Judges of any Court
of Civil Appeals may disagree OF
where the several Courts Of Civil
Appeals may hold differently or
the same question of law, or where
a Statute of the State is held void
and shall extend to such other
questions as may be within the
Courts Appellate Jurisdiction un-
der the Statutes of the State In
force when this amendment takes
effect. The Supreme Court and tbs
Justices thereof shall have power