The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-09-14

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F. 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. q.
BY MI. Barrett. Senate Bill No IL
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article :os
Of the Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana Of 1888, relative to District
Courts.
section 1. BE n resolved BY the Gen.
eral Assembly Of the State Of Louis
lana, two-thirds Of all the members
Of each House concurring, That para
graph 1 Of Article 100 Of the Constitu-
ton OF the State Of Louisiana, OF 1888,
be 20 amended an to read - follows:
Article 100. The District Courts,
cent 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 II involved. or to ONCE
or other public position. or civil or po-
litical rights. and all other cases where
no specific amount n in contest,
cept a. otherwise provided in this Con-
stitution.
They shah have unlimited and exclu-
sive Jurisdiction In all criminal
except ~ may be vested in other courts
authorised by this Constitution: and In
all probate and succession matters, and
where q succession Il q party defend
ant; and in all cases where he State.
parish. any municipality or other poliA-
cal corporation In . 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
writs, process and orders a. may be
necessary or proper for the purposes
Of the jurisdiction herein conferred
upon them. There shall be DEE District
Judge in each Judicial District. except
in the First and Twenty-irst 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 . 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 2. Be it further resolved, ETC.,
That the foregoing amendment to the
Article Of the Constitution Of the State.
II 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
Tor the First Judicial District, who
shall hold his office until the Congress
Dional 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
ish, K~ouigianas . . term Of two years,
or unttl the next judicial election, when
both Judges e said District win be
elected.
Section Z Re It further resolved, etc,
That said proposed amendment be SUBJ
mitted to the electors for their approval
or rejection, - required BY the Consti-
tuition. Article "a, Of thS State Of LOUIS
lara and the general election laws Of
TIT state. ct the Congressional election
% y ;heId in this state In November.
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r. n. SNYDER
Speaker q the House Of Representa-
lives.
J. =. SANDERS,
lieutenant Governor ana Presldsne of
tn Senate.
Approved Tune n, Il D. 1854.
NEWTON c. BLANCHARD.
0overnor g tn state 81 Louisiana
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John Z. 1EIcHE1&
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