Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-18
ACT NO. 147.

Secretary of state.
ACT MO. 147.
Senate Bill No. 157.
BY Senate Judiciary Committee.
Section 'B." Substitute for Sen
| ate Bill No. IS.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article Ios.
| of the Constitution of Louisiana rela-
tive TO District Courts
Section 1. Be IL resolved by the Gen.
real Assembly Of the State OF Louisiana
| two-thirds of all the members elected
to each House concurring. That the fol-
lowing amendment to the Constitution
of Louisiana shall be submitted to the
| electors of the State. at the Congress
| sional election to be holden on the first
| Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember. 1912. and II approved and rati-
| fled by majority of said electors, vot-
| ing in said election. the same to become
part of the Constitution. to-wit:
That Article 100. of the Constitution
OF Louisiana be amended so as to read
az follows:
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 ($50.00). exclusive OF in
terest and in all cases where the title
to real estate is involved, or to office
OF other public position. or civil or po-
litical rights, and all other cases where
no specific amount Is in contest, ex-
eept such as otherwise provided in this
Constitution.
They shall have unlimited and ex-
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.
Ill
poration is n party defendant, regard
less of the amount in dispute: and of
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 Eff
teenth Judicial Districts. where until
otherwise provided by law there shall
of the Twenty-first Judicial District
shall not be residents OF the same
parish. And the Judges OF the Fiji
teenth 05th) Judicial District shall
not be residents of the same parish af
ter the expiration of the terms Of the
first Judges elected under this consti-
tuition
District Judges shall be elected by a
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
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 on the Tuesday after the first
Monday in November. 1904. at which
time and every four years thereafter
District Judges shall be elected for
stoned by death. resignation. or other |
wise, where the unexpired portion Of
the term is less than one year. shall
be filled for the remainder OF the .erm
the advice and consent OF the Senate |
In all cases where the unexpired por-
ton OF the term Is one year or more |
the vacancy shall be filled by special
and held within sixty days of the oc-
currence OF the vacancy. under the gen. |
eral election laws Of the State.
Section 2. Be II further Resolved, etc. |
That the foregoing amendment to the |
Article OF the Constitution of this State |
II adopted, shall become operative on |
the first day OF December. 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 con-
formftv with existing election laws. Tor /
the purpose of electing the additional |
Judge herein provided for. for the Fiji /
teenth Judicial District. who shall hold /
office until the next regular election COR /
Judges under this Constitution and until |
his successor Is elected and qualified.
Section 8. Be IL further resolved.
etc. That upon the official ballots 10
be used at said Congressional election /
shall be printed the words or the /
proposed amendment to Article 100 of
the Constitution of Louisiana. relative
to District Courts" and the words /
Against the proposed amendment to
Article 109 OF the Constitution Of Lou
isiana, relative to District Courts" and
each elector shall Indicate. as provided /
in the general election laws OF the
State. which of the propositions. For
or Against" he votes for
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
THOMAS c. BARRETT.
Governor and President Of
the Senate.
Approved: July 10th. 1912.
Governor of the State OF Louisiana
A true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.