The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-11-05
ACT no. 20.
by Mr.. Barrett. Senate BIN No n
AN ACT.
JOINT RESOLUTION.

JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amondmsHt to Article %
Of the Constitution of the State Of
Louisiana OF 1898, relative to District
Courts
Section l. Pc 1t resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State Of Louis
lana, tWo-thirds of all the members
Of each House cOnCdrring, That paTl-
graph l of Article l09 Of the Constitu-
ton Of the State of Louisiana, of 1898.
be SO amended as to read as follows:
Article 100. The District Courts, ex-
cept in the Parish Of Orleans. shall
have original jurisdiction in all civil
matters where the amount in dispute
shall exceed Fifty Dollars. exclusive OF
interest, and in ali cases where the title
to real estate is involved. or to office
or other public position. or civil or,po-
litical rights. and all other cases where
no specific amount is in contest, ex-
cept as otherwise provided in this Con-
stitution.
They shall have unlimited and exclu-
sivC Jurisdiction in all criminal cases
except as may be vested IL other courts
authorized by this Constitution; and in
all probate and succession matters. ana
where a succession is a party defend
ant; and in all cases where the State,
parish, any municipality erIbtFer poIiti-
cal corporation is Z VaTty/defendant.
regardless OF the amount in dispute:
and for all proceedings for the appoint
ments Of receWersRr liquidators to co..
poratton or pNtE7rship; and said Govt
shall have auAI}ority to issue all SUCH
writs, procefsF and orders as may De
necessary ptSpropar for the purposes
of /the GulEdiction herein conferred
upon thelt. There shall be one District
Judge in/each Judicial District, except
in the First and Twenty first judicial
Districts, where, until otherwise pro-
vided by lazy, there shall be two Dis
trict Judges, buy Judges Of the
Twenty-first fudis ial District shall no1
be residents Of ttf same parish. Dis
trio Judges shan be elected by a plu-
rality OF the v quail fied voters of their
respective districts I'm which they shall
have been actual residents for two
years next preceding their election.
They shall be learned in the law and
shall have practiCed law in the State
five years previous to their election.
Section 2. Be II further resolved. etc.
That the foregoing amendment to the
Article of the Constitution Of the STATE,
if adopted. shall become operative on
the first day of December 1904. and tn.
Governor of the State shall appoint by
and with the advice and consent Of the
Senate, the additional Jutge provided
for the First Judicial District, who
shall hold his office until the Congress
sional election in November 1906 at
which time the said office shall be filled
by election. by the qualified electors Of
the First Judicial District, Caddo Par
ish. Louisiana. for n term of two years,
or until the next judicial election, when
both Judges of said District will be
elected.
Section 3. Be it further resolved, etc.
That said proposed amendment be sub
mitted to the electors for their approval
or rejection, as required by the Consti-
tuition. Article 321, Of the State of LOUIS
lana, and the general election laws of
this State at the Congressional election
to be held in this Staue in November, |
1904
R. II. SNYDER,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
J. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate
Approved June q, A. D. 1904.
NEWTON c. BLANCHARD.
Governor of the State of Louisiana. |
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.