The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-09-01
Act No. 20.

By Mr.. Barret. Senate Bill No. IA.
AN ACT.
Joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to article 109 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana Of 1893, rela-
tive to District Courts.
Section t. Be it resolved by the Cen,
eral Assembly Of Louisiana, two-thirds
of all the members of each house con-
curing, That paragraph l OF Article
1O9 of the Constitution OF the State OF
Louisiana, of 1888, be 50 amended as to
read as follows:
Article 1O9. The District Courts, eX-
cept in the Parish of Orleans, shall have
original jurisdiction in all civil matters
where the amount in dispute shall ex-
ceed $50, exclusive of interest, and in all
cases where the title to real estate is in
volved, or to office or other public posi-
ton, or civil or political rights, and all
other cases where no specific amount is
in contest, except as otherwise provided
in this Constitution.
| They shall have unlimited and exclu-
| sive Jurisdiction in all criminal cases
| except as may be vested in other courts
authorized by this Constitution; and in
all probate and succession matters, and
where succession is party defendant;
and in al. cases where the State, parish,
any municipality or other political cor
poration is party defendant, regardless
of the amount in dispute; and for all
proceedings for the appointments OF re-
ceivers or hquidasors to corporation or
partnership; and said court shall have
authority to issue all such writs, process
and orders as may be necessary OF
proper for the purposes of the jurisdic-
ton herein conferred upon them. There
shall be one District Judge in each Judi
cial District, except in the First and
Twenty First Judicial Districts, where
until otherwise provided by law, there
shall be two District Judges, but the
Judges of the Twenty-First Judicia
District shall not be residents of the
same parish. District Judges shall bt
elected by plurality of the qualified
, voters of their respective districts Ii
,, which thew shall have been actual resi-
,, dents for two years next proceeding thei
: election. They shall be learned in tn,
> law and shall have practiced law IN th'
;, State five years previous to their election
Sec, 9. Be it further resolved, etc.
!, That the foregoing amendment to tn
, Article OF the Constitution OF the State
| IL auOpteu, Siitu DCCouiC " tOA AAeA'S ~ VII
,, tst day of December, 1904, and the Gov
!, ernor OF the State shall appoint by an
!, with the advice and consent OF the Sen
. ate, the additional Judge provided fo
for the First Judicial District, who sha]
hold his Office until the Congressiont
4 election in November, 1905, at whic
= time the said office shall be filled b
election, by the qualified electors OF tn
a First Judicial District, ,Caddo Parish, La
# for term of two years, or until the ne'
y judicial election, when both Judges
: said District will be elected.
" Sec. 3. Be it further resolved, etc
y That said proposed amendment be sui
\ mitted to the electors for their approx;
"a or rejection, as required by the Const
~ tuition, Article 32i, of the State OF Lot
- isiana and the general election laws (
: this State, at the Congressional electle
~ to be held in this State in November, 1870
- r. H. SNYDER,
" Speaker of the House OF Representative
70 70 J. Y. SANDERS,
" Lieutenant Governor and President
ar the Senate.
ID Approved June 81, A. D. 1904.
NEWTON G.. BLANCHARD,
Governor Of the State OF Louisian
IS. A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Of Secretary OF State.