The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-10-19

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JOHN T. MICHEL
Secretary Of State.
ACT NO. %.
BY Mr.. Barrett. Senate Bill No. II.
AN ACT.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article .0a
Of the Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana Of 1885, relative to District
Courts.
Section 1. Be n resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly Of the State Of Louis
OF each House concurring, That para
graph / Of Article 100 Of the Constitu-
ton OF the State Of Louisiana, OF 1891,
be 20 amended an to read a. 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 all cases where the title
to real estate II involved. or to ofics
or other public position. or civil or po-
litical rights. and all other cases where
no specific amount II in contest. ex-
cept an otherwise provided in this Con-
stitution.
They shall have unlimited and exclu-
sive jurisdiction In all criminal cases
except a. may be vested in other courts
authorized by this Constitution: and In
all probate and succession matters, and
where q succession IL q party defend
ant: and In all cases where the State.
parish. any municipality or other politi-
regardless Of the amount in dispute:
and for all proceedings for the appoint
ments Of receivers Of liquidators to co.,
poration or partnership: ana said court
shall have authority to issue all such
writs. process and orders ~ may be
necessary or proper for the purposes
the Jurisdiction herein conferred
upon them. There shall be oEe District
Judge in each judicial District, except
in the First and .Twenty-frst judicial
Districts. where. until otherwire pro-
vided BY law. there shall be two Dis
trict Judges, but the Judges Of the
judicial District shall not
be residents Of the same parish. Dis
trio Judges shall be elected By . plu-
rality Of the qualified voters Of their
districts In 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.
That the foregoing amendment to the
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Il adopted. shall become operative on
the first day Of December 1904. and thu
Of the State shall appoint by
and with the advice and consent Of the
Senate. the additional Judge provided
for the First Judicial District, who
shall hold his office until the Congress
Bional electi0n 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
lsh, Louisiana, for . term Of two years.
- until the next judicial election, when
both Judges Of said District win bs
Section Z Be It further resolved, ETC.,
That said proposed amendment be SUBJ /
to the electors for their approval
pr rejection. ~ required BY the Consti- |
:ution. Article "a, Of the State OF LOUIS |
lana, and the general election laws Of /
Ills State. at the Congressional election
@ b held In this StatA.m November.
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r. n. SNYDER,
ypeaker q The House Of Representa-
ttvss.
]. +. SANDERS.
Governor ana President Of
the SenAta.
Approved June n. A. d. 1901.
NEWTON c. BLANCHARD. |
0overnor q the state Of Louisiana.
\ true COPY:
JOHN 4. MICHEL
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