The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-10-15
ACT NO. %.
By Mr.. Barrett. Senate Bill NO. H.
Secretary of State.

JOINT RESOLUTION.
Promising an amendment to Attic, .
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana of 1885, relative to District
Courts.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly Of the State OF Louis
lana, two-thirds Of all the members
OF each House conadrring, That para
graph l Of Article lS9 of the Consfitu-
ton Of the State of Louisiana, of 1898
be so amended as to read as follows:
Article 109. 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, andin 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-
sive Jurisdiction in all criminal cases
except as may be vested ir other courts
authorized by this Constitutions; and in
all probate and succession matters, and
where succession is a party defend
ant; and in all cases where the State,
parish, any municipality or other poiti
cal corporation is u party defendant,
regardless Of the amount in dispute:
and for all proceedings for the appoint
ments of receivers or liquidators to cor
poration or partnership; and said court
shall have authority to issue all such
writs, process and orders as may be
necessary or proper for the purpoS IS
of the jurisdiction herein conferred
upon theEl. 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 law, there shall be two Dis
trict Judges. but the Judges Of the
Twenty first Judicial District shall not
be residents Of the same parish. Dis
trio Judges shall be elected by a plu-
rality of the qualified voters OF their
respective 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.
Section 2 Be it further resolved, ETC..
That the foregoing amendment to the
J Article of the Constitution Of the STATE,
if adopted, shall become operative on
the first day Of December 1904 and the
Governor 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
| 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 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
1904.
| r. H. SNYDER,
| Speaker of the House Of Representa-
tives.
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