The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-10-29

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whose name is hereby changed to thu
| Louisiana Industrial Institute, estab
| lished and located at Ruston, and th'
| Southern University. now established
| in the City of New Orleans, for ths
| education of persons of color. are here
| by recognized; and the General Assem-
| bly, is directed to make such apprO
| be necessary for the maintenance, sup
port and improvement of these insti
| tutions: provided that the appfopria
ton for the maintenance and suppori
Of the Southern University shall moi
exceed ten thousand dollars per an
mum.
Section 9. Be 1t further resolved
etc, That said proposed amendment
be submitted to the electors Of the
State CT Louisiana for their approval
or rejection, as required by Article 321
of the Constitution of Louisiana 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
P. NJ LAMBREMONT,
President pro tenn. of the Senate.
Approved June 18th, A. d. 1904.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.
ACT NO. 90.
By Mr.. Barret Senate Bill No. Il.
AN ACT.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment TO Article
109 Of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana of 1898, relative to
District Courts.
Section I. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly Of Louisiana, two
thirds OF all the members of each
House coneurring, That paragraph /
Of Article 100 of the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana, of 1898, be
SO amended as to read as follows:
Article 109. The District Courts,
except 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 70
office or other public position, or civil
or political rights, and all other cases
where no specific amount is in con-
test, except as otherwise provided in
this Constitution.
They shall have unlimited and ey-
elusive jurisdiction in all criminal
cases except as may be vested in other
courts authorized by this Constitution;
and in al probate and succession mat
tiers, and where succession il a
party defendant; and in all cases
where the State. parish. any munich
pality or other political corporation is
a party defendant, regardless of the
amount in dispute; and for all pro
ceedings for the appointments OF re
ceivers or 1iquidators to corporation
or partnership; and said court shall
have authority to issue all such writs,
process and orders as may be neces-
sary or proper for the purposes of
the jurisdiction herein conferred upon
them. There shall be one District
Judge in each Judicial District, OK
cept in the First and Twenty-first Ju-
dicial Districts, where, until other
wise provided by law, there shall be
two District Judges. but the Judges
of the Twenty-irst Judicial District
shall not be residents of the same
parish. District Judges shall be elect
ed by a plurality of the qualified vot-
ers of their respective districts in
which they shall have been actual
residents for two years next preced-
ing their election. They shall be
learned in the law and 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, il adopted, shall become
operative ON the first day of Deem
Der, 1904, and the Governor OF the
State shall appoint by and with the
advice and consent Of the Senate, the
additional jugde provided for the First
Judicial District, who shall hold his
office until the Congressional elec-
ton in November, 1906, at which time
the said Office shall be filed by cleo
ton, by the qualified electors OF the
First Judicial District, Caddo Parish
Louisiana, for a term of two years. or
until the next Judicial election, when
both Judges Of said District will be
elected.
etc, That said proposed amendment
be submitted to the electors for their
or rejection, as required by
the Constitution, Article 321, of the
State OF Louisiana, and the general
election laws of this State. at the Con-
election to be held in this
State in November, 1904
r. II. SNYDER,
Speaker Of the House OF Representa-.
tives.
]. 7. SANDERS.
Iieutenaat-G and President OF
the Senate.
Approved June 81, a. o. 1904.
NEWTON e. BLANCHARD.
Governor OF the State OF Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary Of State.
ACT NO. So
NV r.