The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-10-26

Senate Rrl No. 157.
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 Louisiana. re,a-
tive to District Courts.
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
electors of the State. at the Congress
sional election to be holden on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in Mo-
vember. 1912. and IL approved and ratt-
fled by a majority of said electors. vot-
ing in said election, the same to become
a pert of the Constitution, to-wit:
Tkat Article 100. of the Constitution
Of Louisiana be amended so as to read
ARTICLE 100.
The District Courts, except in the
Parish of Orleans. shall have original
Jurisdiction in all civil matters where
fifty dollars ($50.o0). 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.
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 Constitutions: and in all probate
and succession matters. and where q
| succession is a. party. defendant. and
in all cases where tho State. parish.
and municipality or other political cor
poration Is a 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
them There shall be one District
Judge in each Judicial District. ex-
cept in the First. Twenty-frpt and FIT
tenth Judicial Districts. vice until
otherwise provided by law there shall
be two CD District Judges. but Judyes
of the Twenty-first Judicial District
shall not be residents of the same
parish. And the Judges of the Fiji
| teerth G5th) Judicial District shall
not be residents of the same parish az
ter the expiration of the terms Of the
first Judges elected under this ConSti-
| tuition.
j District Judges shall be elected by a
plurality of the qualified voters of Their
respective districts. in which they shall
| have been actual residents for tg
years next preceding their election The
| shall be learned in the law. AMI 5hal
have practiced law in this State five
/ years previous to their election.
The first District Judges dnder this
Constitution shall be elected at the
| general State election in 1900. and cha
hold office until their successors az
| elected on the Tuesday after the ffrs
Monday in November, 1904. at whic
time and every four years thereafte
/ District Judges shall be elected fc
terms of four years.. Vacancies occn
wise, where the unexpired portion
| the term Is less than one year. s.TS
| be filled for the remainder OF the ter
| by appointment by the Governor. wit
] the advice and consent Of the Senate