The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-09-08
ACT NO. IL.
By Mr.. Barrett. Senate Bill No. S.
AN ACT

By Mr.. Barrett. Senate Bill No. S.
AN ACT.
Joint resolution proposing amend
ments to Article 100 at the Consti-
tuition OF the State of Louisiana of
1893, relative to district courts,
and providing for additional judge
i'm the First judicial district.
: Section Ii Be it resolved by the
General Assembly Of Louisiana, two
thirds of all the members of each
House concurring, That Article 100
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana of 1898, be 80 amended to
read as follows:
Article 100. The district courts,
except in the Parish of Orleans, shall
have Original Jurisdiction in all civil
matters where the amount in dispute
shallexceed fifty $500 dollnrs exclu-
sive of interest, andin all cases where
the title to real estate is involved, or
to Office or other public positions, or
civil or political rights, and all other
cases where no specific amount is in
contest, except asotherwise provided
in this Constitutions
They shall have unlimited and ex-
elusive original Jurisdiction in all
criminal cnses except as may be vest
ed in other courts authorized by this
Constitution: and in all probat e and
succession matters, and where u sue
cession is o party defendant; and in
all cases where the State, parish. any
municipality or other political cor
poration is a party defendant, regard
less of the amount in dispute; and
for all proceedings for the appoint
ments of receivers OF liquidntors to
corporation or partnership; and snid
court shall have authority to- issne
all such writs, process and orders as
may be necessary or proper, for the
purposes of the jurisdiction herein
conferred upon them.
There shalT be one / district Judge
in each judicial district, except in the
First and Twenty-first judicial dis
tricts, where, until otherwise provid-
ed by law, there shall he two (2) dis
trict judges. but the judges of the
Twenty-first judicial district shall not
be residents of the same parish.
District Judges shall he elected by u
plurality o: the qualified voters oi
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 Eve t5) years previous to
their election.
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 No
vember, 1904, ut which time, and ev-
cry four years thereafter, district judi
ges shall be elected for terms of four
years. Vacancies occasioned by dea til
resignation or otherwise, where the
unexpired portion of the term is less
than one year, shall be filed for The
remainder Of the term by appoint
ment by Governor, with the advice
and consent of the Senate.
In all cases where the unexpired
portion of the term is one year a
more the Vacancy shall be filed by
special election, to he caf4ed by the
Governor and held within sixty (6O)
days Of theoccurrence of the vacancy,
under the general election LAWS of the
| State.
Section 9 10 II farther resolved