The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-11-03
Act No. %
Act No. 20,
BY Mr.. Barrett Senate Bill No. ii.
AN ACT.

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BY Mr.. Barrett. Senate Bill No. Il.
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, thirds
of all the members of each house con-
curing, That paragraph 1 of Article
1O9 of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, of 1898, 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-
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 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-
ton herein conferred upon them. There
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 qualified
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
State five years previous to their election.
That the foregoing amendment to the
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if adopted, shall become operative on the
1st day of December, 1904, and the Gov
ernor of the State shall appoint by and
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ate, the additional Judge provided fol
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hold his Office until the Congressional
election in November, 1905, at which
time the said Office shall be filled by
election, by the qualified electors of the
FirstJudicial District, ,Caddo Parish, La.
for term of two years, or until the mex
judicial election, when both Judges o.
said District will be elected.
Sec. 3. Be it further resolved, etc.
That said proposed amendment be sub.
mitted to the electors for their approva
or rejection, as required by the Consti
tuition, Article 321, of the State of Lou.
isiana and the general election laws O.
this State, at the Congressional election
to be held in this State in November, 1904
r. H. SNYDER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
J. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President o
the Senate.
i Approved June 81, A. D. 1904.
NEWTON C.. BLANCHARD,
Governor OF the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.