The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-09-15

ton, as required by Article 321 of the
Constitution of Louisiana and the gen.
eral election laws of this State, at the
Congressional election to be held in this
State in November, 1904.
r. H. SNYDER,
Speaker of the Houseof Representatives.
P. NJ. LAMBREMoNT,
President pro tempore of the Senate.
Approved June II, A. D. 1904.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD.
Governor of the State of Louisiana,
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
Act No. -.
BY Mr.. Barrett Senate Bill No. IA.
AN ACT.
Joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to article 100 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana of 1898, rela-
tive to District Courts.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of Louisiana, two-thinds
of all the members of each house con-
curing, That paragraph of Article
100 of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, of 1893, 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 ex-
ceed $50, exclusive Of interest, and in all
cases where the title to real estate is in
volved, or to Office or other public posi-
ton, or civil or political rights, and all
other cases where no specific amount is
in contest, except as otherwise provided
in this Constitution.
They shall have unlimited and exclu-
give 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 succession is party defendant:
and in all cases where the State, parish,
any municipality or other political cor
poration is party defendant, regardless
of the amount in dispute; and for all
proceedings for the appointments OF re-
ceivers or liquidators to corporation or
partnership; and said court shall have
authority to issue all such writs, process
and orders as may be necessary or
proper for the purposes OF the jurisdic-
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shall be one District Judge in each Judi
cial District, except in the First and
Twenty First Judicial Districts, where,
until otherwise provided by law, there
shall be two District Judges, but the
Judges of the Twenty First Judicial
District shall not be residents of the
same parish. District Judges shall be
elected by plurality of the qvalihed
voters of their respective districts in
which they shall have been actual resi-
dents for two years next proceeding their
election. They shall be learned in the
law and shall have practiced law in the
Stcte five years previous to their election.
Sec. 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
list day of December, 1904, and the Gov
ernor of the State shall appoint by and
with the advice and consent of the SEN
ate, the additional Judge provided for
for the First Judicial District, who shall
hold his Office until the Congressional
election iii November, 1906, at which
time the said Office shall be filled by
election, by the qualified electors of the
First Judicial District, Caddo Parish, La,
for term of two years, or until the next
judicial election, when both Judges of
said District will be elected.
Sec. 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 21, of the State of Lou
isiana 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 Representatives.
]. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
Approved June 81, A. D. 1904.
NEWTON C.. BLANCHARD,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
Act No. m.