The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-09-07
BY .ir. Barrel

ACT 40. IL.
Rv Ir. Barrel. Senate Bill No. s.
AN ACT.
Jeiat resolu ion proposing amendments to
Article 100 of the Constitution of the State
OF Louisiana of 1898. relative to district
courts. I'd providing for an additional
judge in tie First Judicial Dis riot.
Section l. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly, o. Louisifn IA, two-thirds of all the
members of each House concurripg, That
Article 1o9 OF the Constitution OF the State OF
Laa.siRna CT 1898, be SO amended as TO read as
foiiow5:
Article 100. The district courts, except in
jns isairtion IN all civil matters where the
arssunt in dispute shall exceed fifty dollars
GO Exclusive OF interest, and in all eases
where the title to real estate is involved or 10
Office or other public positions, or civil or
political rights, and all other cases where no
specific amount is il contest, except as other
wise provided in this Constitution.
jurisdiction in all criminal cases except as
may be vested in other courts authorized by
this Constitu lion: and in all probate and suc-
cession matters, and where succession as n
party defendant; and in all cases where the
State parish any municipality or ether political
corporation i q party defendant, regardless OF
tn amount in dispute; and for all proceedings
toes 20 corporation or partnership; and said
courts shall have authority 20 issue all such
Wits, process and orders Us may De necessary
0: proper. for the purposes of the jurisdiction
heaei in conferred upon them
There shall be one ~ district judge in each
ius.icial district except the FIRST and Twenty
ms, judicial districts, where, until otherwise
provided by law, there shall be two C2) district
fudges, but the judges of the Twenty-tirst
judicial district shall not DE 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
election. They shall be learned in the law and
shall have practieed law in the State five (5l
years previous to their election.
The first district Judges under TINS Cons stu.
election in 1900 and shall hold Office until their
, successors are elected at the election on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in Noyem-
thereafter, district judges shall be elected for
terms of four years. Vacancies oecasioned by
death. resignation or otherwise, where the
unexpired portion of the term Is less than one
year, shall be filled for the remainder OF the
term by appointment by the Governor, with the
advice and consent of the Senate.
In all CASES where the unexpired portion 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 (6ol days
of the occurrence of the vacancy, under the
election laws of the State.
Section Q. Be IL further resolved ETC., That
| the foregoing amendment TO the article or the
Constitution of the state, II adopted. shall
become operative on the first day OF December,
| 1906 and The additional judge provided for. for
! the First judicial district. shall be chosen or
| elected by the Qualined electors OF the sara
First Judicial district at election to be held
| on the third l3rdl Tuesday In January, 1907,
who shall hold his office until the congression-
| al and judicial election in November, 1913, at
which time the said Office shall be filed by
| election, Ey the qualified electors of the First
| judicial district, Caddo parish, Louisiana, for
| = term OF four "a years or until the next ju-
dicial election. when both judges OF said
district will be elected.
Section s. Be il further resolved, ETC., That
said proposed amendment be submitted to the
electors of this State, Tor their approval or re-
| lection, as required by the Constitution OF the
state Of Louisiana, and the general election
laws of this State, at the congressional election
| TO be held on the first Tuesday after the first
| Monday in November, 1905.
Section Be it further resolved, etc, That
ON the official ballots to be used at said
| election there shall be placed the words FOR
| the proposed amendment to Article 100 of the
Constitution OF the State of louisiana" and
| the words Against the proposed amendment
/ 70 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 "for' OF
| against he votes for.
| lieutenant Governor and Pres. of the Senate
j. W. HYANS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
Approved June nd, 1905.
| NEWTON c. BLANCHARD,
| Governor OF the State of Louisiana
. JOHN di +. MICHEL,
Secretary of State