Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-11
ACT NO. 147.

ACT NOs 111s
Senate Bill No 157.
BY Senate Judiciary Committee.
ate Bill No. 35.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article 100.
OF the Constitution of Louisiana. rela-
tive to District Courts.
Section /. Be Ii 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 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 read
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 (350.00). 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.
They shall have unlimited and ex-
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 a party defendant, and
in all cases where the State, parish,
and municipality or other political cor
poration is a party defendant, regard
Ices If he N diCnlfn.
all proceedings for the appointment of
receivers or liquidators to corporations
or partnerships; and said court shall
have authority to issue all such writs,
sary or proper for the purposes of the
jurisdiction herein conferred upon
them. There shall be one District
Judge in each Judicial District ex-
teenth Judicial DistrictG where until
otherwise provided by law there shall
be two CD District Judges. but Judges
Of the Twepty-first Judicial District
parish. And the Judges of the FIT
| teenth (l5th) Judicial District shall
not be residents of the same parish ar
ter the expiration of the terms of the
tuition.
District Judges shall be elected by q
plurality of the qualified voters of their
respective districts, in which they shall
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
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 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 gen
eral election laws Of the State.
Section 2. Be il further resolved, etc.
| That the foregoing amendment to the
Article OF the Constitution Of this State
| II adopted, shall become operative OF
the first day of December, A. D., 1917
within ten days thereafter, order ar
| election to be held within the Fifteenth
| Judicial District Of Louisiana. and con
| formity with existing election laws, fol
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| Judge herein provided for, for the FIJI
| teenth Judicial District, who shall hole
/ office until the next regular election eol
Judges under this Constitution and until
| his successor Is elected and qualified.
Section g. Be II further resolved
| etc, That upon the official ballots Il
be used at said Congressional election
shall be printed the words Tor thu
| proposed amendment to Article 109 OF
/ the Constitution of Louisiana, relativ'
to District Courts" and the words
| Against the proposed amendment Il
| Article 100 of the Constitution OF Lou
| isiana, relative to District Courts" and
each elector shall indicate, as provided
in the general election laws OF tn.
State, which of the propositions, For
or Against" he votes for.
L. e. THOMAS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
| THOMAS G. BARRET,
Lieutenant Governor and President o.
the Senate.
Approved: July 10th. 1912.
Governor Of the state of Louisiana
| A true copy:
/ ALVIN Z. HEBERT.
Secretary of State.