The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-10-01

JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article '09
of the Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana of 1898, relative to District
Courts.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly Of the State of Louis
lana, two-thirds of all the members
Of each House concurring, That para
graph l of Article 'iO9 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-
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 a succession is a party defend
ant: and in all cases where the State
parish, any municipality or other politi-
cal corporation is a party defendant,
regardless of the amount in dispute:
and for all proceedings for the appoint
ments Of receivers or liquidators to coz"
poration or partnership; and said court
shall have authority to issue all such
writs, process and orders as may De
necessary or proper for the purpos IS
OF the jurisdiction herein conferred
upon theE1. 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
Twentyfirst 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
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
Live years pIeNlUuS u tHclT election.
Section 2. Be it 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 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 a 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 State in November,
1904.
r. H. SNYDER,
Speaker Of the House Of Representa-
tives.
]. Y. SANDERS.
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 +. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.