The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-09-21
ACT no. 1877.

Senate Bill No. 157
BY Senate judiciary Committee.
Section .sB.'t Substitute for Sem
ate Bill No. IS.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article 100.
of the Constitution Of Louisiana rela-
tive to District Courts.
Section l. Be it 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 Mo-
vember. 1912, and if$approved and rat1-
| fled by majority of said electors. vot-
| ing in said election, the same to become
| a part of the Constitution, to-wlt:
1,hat Article 109,#of the Constitution
/ of Louisiana be amended SO as to read
as Aol1o"&' ARTICLE 1os.
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 (s50.0o), 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
1 Constitution
They shall have unlimited and ex-
elusive original jurisdiction in all crim-
1 ina1 cases except such as may pc
this Constitution and in all probate
and succession matters, and where 2
succession is a party defendant, ana
/ in all cases where the state, parish,
! and municipality or other political cor
| poration is a party defendant, regard
| less of the amount In dispute; and tof
4 all proceedings for the appointment Of
receivers or Iiquidators TO corporations
: or partnerships; and said court shall
/ have authority to issue all such writs,
nrocegs and orders as may be neces-
sary or proper for the purposes of the
jurisdiction herein conferred upon ?. n
Judge in each Judicial District. ex-
! cent in the FIRST, twenty first and Fif-
/ teentI judicial Districts. where until
otherwise provided by law there shall
of the twenty first Judicial District
/ shall not be residents of the sans
parish. And the Judges Of the FIT,
/ tenth (15th) Judicial District shall
not be residents of the same parish at
4 fer The expiration of the terms of the
4 first judges elected under this CoHsti-
1 tuition.
plurality Of the qualified voters Of theil
respective districts, in which they shall
\ have been actual residents for tive
years next preceding their election. They
4 shall be learned in the law, and shall
have nracticed law in this State five
. Years Years 3 previous to their election.
The first District . judges under this
Constitution shall be el 5sde At 9Th tn
boI7 office until their successors arr
elect on the Tuesday after the frs
Monday in November, 1904, at which
time and every four years theTeaf fe
terms Of four years. Vacancies occa
stoned sforns BY death, resignation. Or other
, wise wise, where the unezpired portion 9 :,
the term IS than 9ne :, yea ars 4 5aT
. Nv annointment by the Governor. will
) sie advice. and consent of the Senate