The St. Mary banner., 1904-10-08
ACT NO. %.
BY Mr.. Barrett Senate Bill No. II.
AN ACT
ACT NO. 90.
JOINT RESOLUTION.

Proposing an amendmect to Article %.
Of the Constitution Of the State o
Louisiana of 1898, relative to District
Courts.
Section L. Be it resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly Of the State of Louis
lana, two-thirds of all the members
of each House concIrring, That para
! graph l of Article .G9 of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana. of 1898.
be so amGnded 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 disput.
| snail 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-
| litical rights, and all other cases where
no specific amount is in contest, eS-
cept as otherwise provided in this Con-
stitut.on.
They shall have unlimited and exclu-
sive jurisdiction IN al criminal cases
except a may be Vested in other courts
authorized by this Constitution: and in
all probate and succession matters ana
where a succession is a party DEFEND
ant: and in all cases where the State
parish, any municipality or other po!iti-
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 cor
poration or partnership: and said court
shall have authority to issue all such
writs, process and orders as may De
no e.,
of the jurisdiction herein conferred
upon ther1. There shall be one District
Judge in each Judicial District. excent
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 ana
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 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
lsh, 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.
: 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