Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-09-13
ACT NO. l47.

SENATE Eli NO. lSf
BY Senate Judiciary Committee.
Section ''B." Substitute for Sem
ate Bill No. IS.
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to Article 100.
of the Constitution of Louisiana. rela-
tive to District Courts.
Section l. 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 be holden on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember, 1912, and If 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 1oa-
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 N50.o0). 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 nave unlimited and ex-
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
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
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 shais
be two (2) District Judges. but Judges
of the Twenty-first Judicial District
shall not be residents of the same
parish. And the Judges of the Fiji
teenth (15th) Judicial District shall
not be residents of the same parish af-
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 ere
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-
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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
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 gem
eral election laws OF the State.
Section 2. Be IL further resolved, etc,
That the foregoing amendment to the
Aiticle of the Constitution OF this state.
IL adopted. shall become operative on
the first day of December, A. D., 1912.
and the Governor of the State shall,
within ten days thereafter, order an
election to be held within the Fifteenth
Judicial District of Louisiana, and con-
formity with existing election laws, for
the purpose of electing the additional
Judge herein provided for, for the Fif-
teenth Judicial District. who shall hold
office until the next regular election COR
Judges under this Constitution and until
his successor is elected and qualified.
Section 3. Be it further resolved.
etc, That upon the official ballots 10
be used at said Congressional election
shall be printed the words Tor the
proposed amendment to Article 100 of
the Constitution of Louisiana. relative
to District Courts" and the words
Against the proposed amendment to
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 the
State. which of the propositions. For
or Against" he votes for.
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
THOMAS c. BARRET,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF
the Senate.
Approved: July 10th. 1912.
Governor of the State or Louisiana.
| A true copy:
| ALVIN E. HEBERT.
Secretary of State.