The Natchitoches enterprise., 1912-10-24
ACT NO. lat.

Senate Rill No. 157.
BY Senate Judiciary Committee.
Section b" Substitute for Sen
ate Bill No. IS.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article 100
of the Constitution of Louisiana. rela-
tive to District Courts.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Cen
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
sonal election to be holden on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday IN NO
vember, 1912, and if approved and ratl-
| fled by a majority of said electors, Vot-
| ing in said election, the same to become
a part of the Constitution, to-wit:
That Article 1e9, 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 $4,000. 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 De
vested in other courts authorized by
| this Constitution; and in all probate
ard succession matters. and where g
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 OF
| Mt
| receivers or liquidators to corporations
| or partnerships; and said court shall
have authority to issue all such wrlts
process and orders as may be neces.
sary or proper. for the purposes of the
| Jurisdiction herein conferred upon
| them There shall be one District
Judge in each Judicial District ex-
in the First be and until
lotheEwisea nrpzided ahy law there shat
| be two f2) District Judges, but judge
of the Twenty-first Judicial D1strlc
shall not be residents of the sam
parish. And the Judges Of the tl1
ter the expiration of 4Ehe terms of tn
first Judges elected under this Consul
tuition.
District Judges shall be elected by
plurality of the qualified voters of thei
respective districts. in which they shal
have been actual residents for Nv
years next preceding their election. The,
shall be learned in the law, and shall
have practiced law in this State fiv
| wears previous ito their election.
The first District Judges under th1
Constitution shall be elected at tn
general State election in 1900, and shal
hold office untile their successors a.r
elected on the Tuesday after the frs
Monday in November, 1904. at whlc
time and every four years thereafte
District Judges shall be elected TO
/ Of Vacancies OCCa
stoned by death, resignation, or otnef
wise, where the unexpired portion Q
| the term is less than one year, snal
be filled for the remainder of the teri
by appointment by the Governor. wit
the advice and consent of the SENATE
In all cases where the unexpired POI
ton of the term is one year or mor'
the vacancy shall be filled by specia
election. to be called by the Governor
and held within sixty days of the oe
currence of the vacancy, under the ger
era1 election laws of the State.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc
That the foregoing amendment TO Tn
Article Of the Constitution of this stat
If adopted, shall become operative o
4 the first day of December, A d., III.
and the Governor of the State shall
within ten days thereafter, order a
election to be held within the F1fteent
Judicial District of Louisiana. and cor
, forrnity with existing election laws, II
the purpose of electing the aaqltlq on
\ u =,
teenth Judicial District, who shall hol
office until the next regular election :
. Judges under this Constitution ana unit
. his successor is elected and qualified
Section 9. Be it further ,a rns1ive
, be used at said Congressional electio
) shall be printed the words FOR 70 tt
proposed amendment to Article 10y
: the Constitution of Louisiana, relat1H
to District Courts" and the wore
Against the proposed amendment
q Article 109 of the Constitution OF Lol
: isiana, relative to District Courts. an
! each elector shall indicate, as prov1de
, in the general election laws OF II
: State, which of the propositions, FOL
= or Against" he votes for.
L. f. THOMAS,
! Speaker of the House of Representative
THOMAS c.. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President
r the Senate.
O Approved: July 10th, 1912.
Governor of the State OF Louisian
: | A true copy:
| ALVIN z. HEBERT-
| Of a