The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-09-28
order az may be necessary or prop.

. ordels as may be necessary or prop
f eli fO the purposes of the jurisdic-
Q ton herein conferred upon them.
: There shall be one District Judge in
t each Judicial District, except in the
, First. rwsnty-first and Fifteenth Ju-
: dicial Di stricts, where until other
wise provided by law there shall be
two or District Judges, but Judges
of the fwenty-first Judicial District
shall MT be residents of the same
, parish And the Judges Of the Fiji
teentb Q5th, Judicial District shall
not be residents Of the same parish
after the expiration of the terms Of
the first Judges elected under this
Constitution.
district Judges shall be elected by
plurality Of the qualified voters of
ueir respective districts, in which
Gey shall have been actual residents
-or 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 1000, and
shall hold office until their success
Ors are elected o.. the Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, 1904,
2. which time and every four years
thereafter District Judges shall be
elected for terms of four years. Va
cancies occasioned by death. resigna-
ton. or otherwise, where the uneX-
PRED portion of the term is less
than one year, shall be filled for he
remainder of the term by appointment
by the Governor, with the advice
and consent Of the Senate. In all
cases whore the uneXpired portion Of
the term is one year or more, the
vacancy shall be filled by spe cial
election, to be called by the Govern
or, and held within sixty days of the
occurrence Of the vacancy, under the
general election laws or the State.
Section .. Be it further resolved.
etc, That the foregoing amendment
to the Article Of the Constitution Of
this State, if adopted, shall become
operative on the first day of Deem /
Der, A. D. 1912, and the Governor
oS the State shall, within ten days
thereafter, order an election to be
held within the Fifteenth Judicial
District of Louisiana, and conformity !.
with existing election laws, for the !
purpose Of electing the additional
Judge herein provided for, for the
Fifteenth Judicial District who shall
hold office until the next regular /
election for Judges under this Con- I
stitution and uhcil his successor is F
elected and qualified.
Section 3. Be it further resolved, /
etc, That upon the official ballots to
be used at said Congressional cleo I!
ton shall be printed the words .
For the proposed amendment to Ar /
ticle .109 Of the Constitution of Lou
isiana, relative to District Courts"
and the words Against the proposed .
to Article 100 of the Con-
stitution Of Louisiana, relative to
District Courts" and each elector
shall indicate, as provided in the gen.
eral election laws of the State,
which of the propositions, For" or
Against he votes for
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives.
THOMAS G. BARRETT,
Governor and President
of the Senate.
July 10th, 1912
l.. Z. HALL,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
4 true copy:
ALVIN Z. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.