The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-08-29
ACT. NO. 145.

Senate Bill No. 1851. o..o
BY Senate Judiciary Committee'
Section "B." Substitute for Sen
ate Bill No. 35.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article
100 of the Constitution of Louis
lana, relative to district Courts.
Section l. Be Ii resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State OF Louis
lana, two-thirds of all the members
the following amendment to the Con-
stitution of 7 louisiana shall be submit
ted to the electors of the State, at the
Congressional election to be holden on
the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day in November, 1912, and IL approved
and ratified by majority or said elect
| ors. voting in said election, the same
to become a part OF the Constitution
That Article 1Os. of the Constitution
| of Louisiana be amended so as to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 1O9.
The District Courts, except in the
Parish of Orleans. shall have original
Jurisdiction in all civil matters where
the amount in dispute shall exceed
fifty dollars ($5O.OO). exclusive of in
| terest and in all cases where the title
| to real estate is involved. or to office
| or other public position, or civil or po-
| litical rights, and all other cases where
no specific amount is in contest, eX-
| cept such as otherwise provided in
| this Constitution.
elusive original jurisdiction in all GRIM
| inal cases except such as may be
| vested in other courts authorized by
| this Constitution; and in all probate
| and succession matters, and where a
| succession is a party defendant, and
in all cases where the State, parish,
and municipality or other political cor
poration is a party defendant, regard
l nf
all proceedings for the appointment OF
receivers or liquidatOrs to corporations
or partnerships and said court shall
have authority to issue all such writs
process and orders as may be neces-
sary or proper for the purposes of the
Jurisdiction herein conferred upon
Judge in each Judicial District, ex-
cept in the First, Twenty-first and Fiji.
teenth Judicial Districts, where until
otherwise provided by law there shall
of the Twenty-frst Judicial District
shall not be residents of the same
parish. And the Judges of the FIT
teenth (15th) judicial District shall
not be residents of the same parish
after the expiration of the terms of the
first Judges elected under this Consti
tuition.
District Judges shall be elected by {
plurality of the qualified voters of theil
respective districts. in which they shall
have been actual residents for tive
years next preceding lnelr election
They shall be learned in the law. ant
shall have practiced law in this STATE
five years previous to their election: =.
The first District Judges under thi
Constitution shall be elected at tn,
general State election in 1900. and shall
: hold office until their successors ar
elected on the Tuesday after the frs
| Monday in November. 1904, at which
time and every four years thereafte
District Judges shall be elected 70
terms of four years: Vacancies occa
stoned by death, resignation, or other
wise. where the unexpired portion o
the term is less than one year. shall
be filled for the remainder of the tern
, by appointment by the Governor. wit
| the advice and consent Of the Senate
In all cases where the unexpired por
tion Of the term is one year or more
the vacancy shall be filled by specia
] election. to be called by the Governor
| and held within sixty days of the oc
, currence of the vacancy, under tn
; general election laws of the State.
Section 2. Be it further resolved
etc, That the foregoing amendment I
. the Article Of the Constitution OF thi