St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-09-07
whether to veterans or to widows,

whether to veterans or to widows,
| issue al such writs, process and or
ders % may b necessary or proper
for the purposes Of the Jurisdiction
herein conferred upon them. There
shall be one District Judge In eacn
Judicial District, except In the First.
lTwenty-First aud Fifteenth Judicial
Districts, where until otherwise pro
vided by law there shall be two Cd
District Judges, but Judges OF the
lTwenty-Tirst Judicial District shall
not be residents Of the same parish
And the Judges of the Fifteenth
(15th) judicial District shall not be
residents Of the same parish after
the expiration Of the terms of the
first Judges elected under this Con-
stitution.
District Judges shall be elected by
. plurality Of the qualified voters OF
their respective districts. In which
they shall have been actual residents
for two years next preceding their
election. They shall be learned in
the law, and shall have practiced
law in this State I'VE years previous
to their election.
The first District Judges under this
Constitution shall be elected at the
general State election In 1900. an
shall hold Office until their success
s0rs are elected ON the Tuesday affev
the first Monday il, November, 1904,
Ut which time and cvery four years
thereafter T,:st.;ct Judges shall be
elected for terms Of four years.
Vacancies occas toned by death, reg
|ignation, or otherwise. where the un-
expired portion OF the term is less
than one year, shall be filed for the
remainder of the term by appoint
ment by the Governor, with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate. In
|all cases where the unexpired portion
LOT the term 10 one year or more. the
vacancy shall be filled by special
election, to be called by the Govern
Tor, and held within sixty 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
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this State, II adopted, shall become
operative on the first day of Decem-
Der, A. D., 1919. and the Governor
LOT the State shall, within ten days
thereafter, order an election to be
held within the Fifteenth judicial
District Of Louisiana, and conform
ity with existing election laws. for
the purpose of electing the addition
|al judge herein provided for, for the
Fifteenth Judicial District, who shall
hold office until the next regular cleo
ton for Judges under this Constitu-
ton and until his successor IL elected
and qualified.
Section 3. Be it further resolved,
etc. That upon the ofncial ballots to
be used at said Congressional cleo
ton shall be printed the words "For
the proposed amendment to Article
1O9 Of the Constitution of Louisi-
ana, relative to District Courts" and
the words Against the proposed
amendment to Article 100 of the
Consultation Of Louisiana, relative
to District Courts" and each elector
shall indicate, ~ provided III the
general election laws Of the State
which Of the propositions. ''For" OF
Against" he votes for.
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives.
THOMAS C.. BARRETT,
Speaker of the House OF Represent
atives.
Approved July 10. 1919.
L.. E. HALL,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy.
ALVIN e. HEBERT,
Secretary of State,