The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-09-13
ACT no. 1T.

/ Senate ELL No. 1871.
! BY Senate Judiciary Committee
| Section 'R." Substitute for Sen
I ate Bill No. 81.
AN ACT
| Proposing an amendment to Article fag
OF the Constitution Of Louisiana, rela
tive to District Courts
| Section ]. 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 he holden on the first
| Tuesday after the first Monday in No
! vember. 1912. and if approved and rati-
I fed by a majority of said electors. vot-
! ing in said election, the same to become
a part of the Constitution. to-wit:
! That Article 1903, of the Constitution
| of L.Odsiaoa 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.o0). exclusive Of in
tcrcst 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. eS-
.cept such as otherwise provided in this
Constitution
They Shall have unlimited and ex-
elusive original jurisdiction in all GRIM
inal cases except such IS may be
vested in other courts authorized by
this Constitution: and in al probate
and succession matters. and where 4
succession is a party defendant, and
in all cases where the State. parish.
and G,r or other poc yass eo5
less of the amount in dispute;-tnd OF
all proceedings for the appointment Of
receivers or liqutdators 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
item. There shall be one District
cept in the First. Twenty-first and FIJI
teenth Judicial Districts where until
otherwise provided By law there shah
be two rs District Judges. but Judges
of the Twenty-first Judicial District
shall not be residents of the same
parish. And the Judges Of the Fiji
tecnth 15th) Judicial District SHAH
not be residents OIL the same PARISH Al
ter the expiration Of the terms OF the
first Judges elected under this Consti.
tuition.
) District Judges shall he 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
Shall be elected at the
State election in 1900. and shall
hold office until their successors are
elected on the Tuesday after the first
in November, 1904 at which
time and every four years. thereafter
District Judges shall be elected for
tcrms of four years. Vacancies occa-
stoned by death. resignation. pr. other.
wise. where the unexpired portion, Of
the term is less than one year. shall
,e filled for the remainder Of the term !.
~. appointment by the Governor: with
ths advice and consent Of the Senate, !,