The St. Mary banner., 1904-09-10
ACT NO. %.
BY Mr. Barrett. Senate Bill No. II.
AN ACT.
ACT NO. 90.
JOINT RESOLUTION.

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 1O9 of the Constitu
ton of the State of Louisiana, OF 1895
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, and in all cases where the title
to real estate is involved. or to office
or other public position, or civil or pO-
litlcal 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 eyclu
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 q 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 Equidators to co.,
po~ation or Partnership: ard said cour;
shall have authority to issue all such
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necessary or proper for the purpos IS
Of the jurisdiction herein conferred
upon them. There shall be one District
Judge in each Judicial District. except
in the First and Twentyfirst Judicial
Districts, where. until otherwise pro-
viaed 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 ,. BE it further resolved. etc,
That the foregoing amendment to the
Article of the Constitution Of the STATE
if adopted, shall become operative Oh
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, VINO
shall hold his office until the Congress
ctr al N Nny-1r.1h at
which time the said office shall be filled
by election. by the qualified electors Of
the First Judicial District. CadJo 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 8. 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.
J. 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.