The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-10-10
ACT. NO. 147.

Senate Bill No. 157. ,...
Section 3D." Substitute for Sen
ate Bill No. IS.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article
IO9 of the Constitution OF Louis
lana. relative to District Courts.
Section 1. Be IL resolved by the Cen
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 IL approved
and ratified by a majority OF said elect
ors. voting in said election the same
to become a part of the Constitution,
That Article 100. 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
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 Constitutions; and in all probate
| succession is a party defendant, and
/ in all cases where the state. parish,
and municipality or other political cor
poration is party defendant, regard.
less of the amount in dispute; and of
all proceedings for the appointment of
| receivers or liquidators to corporations
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
be two C2) p District judges, but Judges
of the Twenty-first Judicial District
shall not be residents of the same
parish. And the Judges of the FIT.
teenth 05th) 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 theil
respective districts, in which they shall
have been actual residents for two
| HcAL- QEcCtulh6 NuCiI CiCNNiOiL
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 thi:
Constitution shall be elected at the
general State election in 1900, and shall
hold office until their successors arr
elected on the Tuesday after the frs
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 o
the term is less than one year, shall
be filled for the remainder of the tern
by appointment by the Governor, will
the advice and consent of the Senate
In all cases where the unexpfred por
ton 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 tn
general election laws of the State.
Section 2. Be 1t further resolved
etc, That the foregoing amendment I
, tho A rticIa Qf the Constitution OF Ihi