The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-09-05
the jurisdiction herein conferred upon

the jurisdiction herein conferred upon
them.
There shall be one ~ district Judge
in each judicial district, except in the
First and Twenty-frst judicial dis
tricts, where, until otherwise provided
by law, there shall be two ~ district
judges, but the judges of the Twenty
first judicial district shall not be resi-
dents of the same parish.
District judges shall be elected by a
plurality of the qualified voters of
their respective districts in which they
shall have been actual residents for two
(2)years next preceding their election.
They shall be learned in the law and
shall have practiced law in the State
five (5) years previous to their cleo
ton.
The first district judges under this
Constitution shall be elected at the
general State election in 1900 and shall
hold Office until their successors are
elected at the election OF the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, 1904, at which time, and
every four years thereafter. district
judges shall be elected for terms of
four years. Vacancies Occasioned by
death, resignation or otherwise, where
the unexpired portion Ofthe term is less
than one year, shall be filled for the
remainder of the term by appointment
by Governor, with the advice and
consent of the Senate.
In all cases where the u%nexpired por-
ton of the term is one year or more,
the vacancy shall be filled by special
election, to be called by the Governor
and held within sixty (6O) days of the
occurrence of the vacancy, under the
general election laws of the State.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc., That the foregoing amendment to
the article of the Constitution of the
State, if adopted, shall become Oper-
alive on the first day of December
1906, and the additional Judge pro-
yided for, for the First judicial dis
trict, shall be chosen or elected by the
qualified electors of the said First jul
dicial district at an election to be held
| on the third (3rd) Tuesday in January,
1907, who shall hold his Office until the
congressional and judicial election in
November, 1908, at which time the said
| Office shall be filled by election, by the
| qualified electors of the First judicial
district, CaddO parish, Louisiana, for
| a term of four (4) 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 amendments
be submitted to the electors of this
| State, for their approval or rejection,
as required by the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, and the gener al
election laws of this State, at the con-
gressional election to be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, 1905.
Section 4. Be it further resolved,
etc. That on the official ballotst be used
at said election there shall be places
the words "For the proposed amend.
ment to Article 100 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana" and the
words " Against the proposed amend.
ment to Article 100 of the Constitution
of the State of louisiana" and each
elector shall indicate as provided in
the general election laws of the State,
which of the propositions s'for'' OF
against" he votes for.
J. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President o.
Senate.
i j. W. HYAMs,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
Approved June 22d, 1905.
NEWTON G. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A JOHN 1eSs So +! MICHEL,
Secretary Of State.