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

the jurisdiction herein conferred upon
them.
There shall be one (1) district Judge
in each judicial district, except in the
First and Twenty-first 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 1905 and shall
hold office until their successors are
elected at the election or 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 filed 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 or 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 general
election laws of this State, at the con
/ gressional election to be held on the
| first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, 1906.
| etc. That on the official ballots to beused
| 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
| electOr shall indicate as provided in
the general election laws of the State,
which CT the propositions ''for" or
against" he votes for.
J. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
Senate.
j. W. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives. +,
Approved June 22d, 1905.
NEWTON c. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN r. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.