The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-09-03
ACT NO. %.
ACT no. %
By Mr.. Barrett Senate Fill No. II.
AN ACT

JOINT RESOLUTION.
+ Proposing an amendment to Article 90
Of the Constitution Of the state OF
Louisiana of 1898, relative to District
Courts.
Section I. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly Of the State Of Louis
lana. two-thirds of all the members
of each House conc airing. That para
graph ! of Article 100 of the Constitu-
ton Of the State of Louisiana. of 1898.
be so amended as to read rs 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 olJic,
or other public position, or civil or po
litical rights, and all other cases wh4"e
no specific amount is in contest. ex
cept as otherwise provided in this Con-
st!tut.On.
They shall have unlimited and exclu-
sive jurisdiction in all criminal cases
except as may he vested in other courts
authorized by this Constitution; and III
all probate and succession matters. ana
where a succession is a party DEFEND
ant: and in ali cases where the State.
parish. any municipality or other politi
cal corporation is party defendant,
regardless OF the amount in dispute:
and for all proceedings for the appoint
ments of receivers or liGudat tors to CO.."
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 purDos -
Of the jurisdiction herein conferred
upon Their. There shall be one District
Judge in each judicial District. exce0t
in the First and Twenty-frst 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 sha.i 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 AM
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
Article Of The Constitution Of the Stata,
if adopted, shall become operative on
the first day Of December 1894, and the
Governor Of the State shall appoint By
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, the additional ;udge provided
for the First Judicial District who
shall llold his office until the Congress
sional election III November 1896 at
which time the said office shall be fiiiel
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 lie
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. 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 G. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true COPY:
JOHN r. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.