The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-09-05
ACT. NO. 14!.

Senate Bill No. 157.
BY Senate judiciary Committee,
Section "B," Substitute for Sen
ate Bill No. 35.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article
109 of the Constitution of Louis
lana. relative to District Courts.
Section /. Be il resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the state of Louis
lana. two-thirds of all the members
elected to each house concurring, That
the following amendment to the Con-
Stitution of 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 II approved
and ratified by a majority of said elect
ors, voting in said election, the same
to become a part of the Constitution,
to-wit:
That Article 1O9. of the Constitution
of Louisiana be amended so as to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 100.
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 (S50.00), 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
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,
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-
4 cept in the First. Twenty-first and Fiji
teenth Judicial Districts, where until
| otherwise provided by law there shall
| be two CD District Judges, but Judges
of the Twenty-frst Judicial District
shall not be residents of the same
teenth G5th) 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 a
plurality of the qualified voters of their
respective districts, in which they shall
have been actual residents for two
i
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 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 fol
terms of four years. Vacancies occa-
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 tern
by appointment by the Governor. with
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 the
general election laws Of the State.
Section 2. Be ii further resolved
ETC., That the foregoing amendment t
the Article Of the Constitution OF thi!