The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-10-31
the jurisdiction herein conferred upon

the jurisdiction herein conferred upoI
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There shall be one ~ district Judge
Ia each judicial district, except in tht
FIRST and Twenty-first judicial dis,
ltflcts, where. until otherwise provided
by law, there shall be two on disyricr
Judges, but the Judges of the Twenty.
hrSt judicial district shall not be resi-.
dents of the same parish.
District Judges shall be elected by a
plurality of the qualified voters o
their respective districts in which they
shall have been actual residents for two
l2lyears XXI preceding their election.
They shall be learned in the law and
shall have practiced law in the State
five ~ 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 on 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 bv
death, resignation or otherwise, where
the uneXpired portion ofthe term is less
than n 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 uneXpired 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 =. 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 iu-
dicial district at an election to be held
on the third Ord 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 (4l years or until the
next Judicial election. when both
judges OF said district will be elected.
Section }. Be it further resolved,
etc., That said proposed amendments
be submitted to the electors of this
State, Tor their approval OF rejection,
as required by the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, and the general
election laws of This State aft tho cop-
gressional election to be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November. 1906.
Section 4. Be it further resolved,
etc., That on the official ballotsto be Fused
at said election there shall be placed
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 |
shall indicate as provided in
general election laws of the State, |
which Of the propositions ''for'' or
against" he votes for.
j. Y. SANDERS.
Governor and President of
Senate.
j. w. HYAMS,
Speaker OF the House of Representa-
tives.
Approved June 22d. 1906.
NEWTON G. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana,
true copy:
JOHN 4. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.