The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-09-12
ACT. NO. 145.

Senate Bill No. 157.
Section "B." Substitute for Sen
ate Bill No. IS.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article
109 of the Constitution of Louis
lana. relative to District Courts.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louis
lana, two-thirds of all the members
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 If approved
and ratified by 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 $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-
cept such as otherwise provided in
this Constitution.
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 party defendant, and
| 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
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
jurisdiction herein conferred upon
Judge in each Judicial District, ex-
cept in the First, Twenty-first and Fiji
| teenth Judicial Districts, where until
otherwise provided by law there shall
| of the Twenty-first Judicial District
| shall not be residents of the same
parish. And the Judges of the Fiji
| teenth U5th) 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
| years next preceding their election.
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 for
| 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 term
/ by appointment by the Governor. with
| the advice and consent of the Senate.
/ In all cases where the unexpired por-
ton of the term is one year or more,
| the vacancy shall be filled by special
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 1t further resolved
etc. That the foregoing amendment to
the Article of the Constitution of this