The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-11-02
ACT NO. 1M.

Senate Bill No. 1877.
BY Senate Judiciary COMMITTEES.
Section b." Substitute for Sen
ate Bill No. 35.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article 100.
of the Constitution of Louisiana. reia-
tive to District Courts.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen.
real Assembly of the State OF Louisiana.
two-thirds of all the members elected
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 a majority of said electors, vot-
| ing In said election. the same to become
a part of the Constitution. to-wit:
| That Article 100. of the Constitution
of Louisiana be amended so as to reao
a. - 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 ($50.00). 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-
l-cept such as otherwise provided IN TINS
| 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
and succession matters, and where 9
succession is party defendant ano
in all cases where the State. parish
and municipality or other politicai e COT.
less of the amount in dispute; ana o.
all proceedings for the appointment OF
receivers or liquidators to corporations
or partnerships; and said court snal
have authority TO issue all such writs
process and orders as may be neces
! sary or proper for the purposes OF TN
jurisdiction herein conferred n,. 1pDI
Judge . in 30 each Judicial District. ex
} cept in the First. Twenty-first and FIJI
; teenth judicial Districts. where unit
: otherwise provided by law there shat
be two f2) District Judges. but Judges
( of the Twenty-first Judicial Distrlc
1 shall not be residents of the sam
' parish And the Judges of the FIJI
: teenth (15th) Judicial District shai
not be residents of the same parish az
e ter the expiration of the terms OF tn
: first Judges elected under this Consti
: tuition
!. District Judges shall be elected by
( plurality of the qualified voters OF the,
: respective districts, in whsch they snal
b have been actual residents Tor NV
: wears next preceding their election. The
- have practiced law in this State Nv
o wears previous to their election
e The first District. Judges under IN
II Constitution shall be elected at IN
Il general state election in 1900. and sha
$ hold office until their successots ar
. elected on the Tuesday after the firs
II Monday in November. 1904, at whic
II time and every four years thereafte
i District Judges shall be elected &c
q terms OF four years. Vacancies occs
r stoned by death. resignation. or otnel
(, wise, where the unexpired portion
It the term is less than one year. sha
,e he filled for the remainder of tire ter
J. by appointment by the Governor. wit
&c the advice and consent of the S<nat