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

A JOINT RESOLUTION
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 3 of the Constitution of
the State Of Texas be amended so
as 10 hereafter read as follows:
Article S. Section Q. The Sill
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
py Law, the jurisdiction Of the
court shall be exercised under
Such regulations and orders as the
Court by a majority vote NAV pre-
scribe. No person shall be eligible
70 the office Of Chief Justice or
associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court unless he be, at the time of
MS election, a citizen of the United
States and Of this State and nm
Iess nc shall have attained the age
OF thirty years, and shall have
oeen a practicing lawyer or a Judge
u a court. or such lawyer and
Judge together at least seven years.
Said Chief Justice and Associate
Justices shall be elected bv the
qualified voters Of the State at a
general election, shall hold their
OFFICES six years, or until their
successors are elected and quail
lied, and shall receive such COM
pensation as may be provided nv
law. In cas- of a in the
office Of Chief Justice of the ST.
preme Court, the governor shall
Ill! the vacancy until the next gen.
eral election for State officers. and
az SUCH general election the
Tor the unexpired term shall be
filled by election by the qualified
voters of the state. The Judges
OF the Supreme Court who NAV 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
thelr successors are elected and
qualified. When this amendment
takes effect, the governor shall i'm
mediately 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 8. The Su-
preme Court shall have appellate
jurisdiction only except as herein
specified, which shall be co-exten-
sive with the limits of the state.
Its 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-
tons as the Legislature may pre-
scribe. Until otherwise provided
by law, the appellate jurisdiction of
the Supreme Court shall extend to
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 or
where the several Courts of Civil
Appeals may hold differently on
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 I'M
der the Statutes of the State In
force when this amendment takes
effect. The Supreme Court and the
Justices thereof shall have power