St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-10-12

whether to veterans Or TO widows,
issue all such writs, process and or
dcrs as may be necessary or propeI
for the purposes Of the 5urtsdlction
herein conferred upon them. There
shall be one District Judge In eacn
Judicial District, except In the First.
|Twenty-First and Fifteenth Judiciai
Districts, where until otherwise pro
vided by law there shall be two ~
District Judges, but Judges OF the
Twenty-First Judicial District shall
not be residents of the same parish
And the Judges of the Fifteentn
(15th) judicial District shall not De
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
q plurality of the qualified voters OF
their respective districts. In wnlcn
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 five years previous
to their election.
The first District Judges under this
Constitution shall be elected ut the
general State election in 1900. ar1
shall hold Office until their success
sors are elected on the Tuesday after
the first Monday il. November, 1905,
at which time and every four years
thereafter !sst.ict Judges shall 1e
elected for terms of four years.
Vacancies occasioned by death, reg
Equation, or otherwise, where the un-
expired portion Of the term Is less
than one year, shall be filled 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
of the term is one year or more, the
vacancy shall be filed by special
election, to be called by the Govern
or, 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
to the Article Of the Constitution Of
this State, If adopted, shall become
operative ON the first day of Decem-
Der, A. D. 1912, and the Governor
of 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 shah
ton for Judges under this Constitu-
ton and until his successor Is elected
and qualified.
Section 3. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That upon the oflcial ballots to
be used at said Congressional cleo
ton shall be printed the words For
the proposed amendment: to Article
100 of the Constitution of Louisi-
ana, relative to District Courts" and
the words Against the proposed
amendment to Article 100 of the
Constitution of Louisiana. relative
to District Courts" and each electo.
shall indicate, as provided in the
general election laws of the State
which of the propositions, For" or
Against" he votes for.
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Represen-
| tatives.
| THOMAS C. BARRET,
Speaker of the House of Represent
atives.
Approved July 10. 1912.
L. E. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy.
| ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.